Unit Costs and Unit Availability

[m_1512]

SUPERIOR

UNIQUE

PROFESSIONAL

REGULAR

LEVY

[m_1512]

Background

I was looking through the rule book, and there I saw a serious flaw I made.
I had just distinguished the units solely on their roles, but not on quality, training, and investments.

Another issues requiring consideration was the recruitment, Imagine the consequences of 1 point=1 regiment system for smaller powers. Therefore, the solution that I came up with is in two parts, one, to classify the soldiers into types, two, fix modifiers for every unit along with the cost per regiment of that unit.

The tiers for the units are,

• Superior
• Unique
• Professional
• Regular
• Levy

The modifiers are,
(CLASS) + (ARMS) + (EQUIPMENT) + (MOUNT, if any) + (EXTRA ARMS, if any)

LEGEND KEY

Melee Infantry
Ranged Infantry
Heavy Cavalry
Light Cavalry
Ranged (Missile) Cavalry

SUPERIOR

• Halberdiers : (C+A+E) = 2+0.3+0.2 = 2.5
• Musketeers : (C+A+E+XA) = 2+0.4+0.1+0.2 = 2.7
• Caracole Cavalry : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 2+0.2+0.3+0.3+0.3 = 3.1
• Demi Lancers : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 2+0.2+0.2+0.2+0.2 = 2.8
• Hussars : (C+A+E+M) = 2+0.2+0.1+0.2 = 2.5

UNIQUE

• Zweihänder : (C+A+E) = 1.5+0.3+0.2 = 2
• Longbowmen : (C+A+E+XA) = 1.5+0.3+0.1+0.1 = 2
• Janissary : (C+A+E+XA) = 1.5+0.2+0.2+0.2 = 2.1
• Winged Hussars : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 1.5+0.2+0.2+0.3+0.2 = 2.4
• Cossack Cavalry : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 1.5+0.2+0.1+0.2+0.1 = 2.1
• Cossacks : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 1.5+0.3+0.1+0.2+0.2 = 2.3

PROFESSIONAL

• Pike Infantry : (C+A+E) = 1+0.2+0.2 = 1.4
• Landsknecht : (C+A+E+XA) = 1+0.2+0.2+0.2 = 1.6
• Crossbowmen : (C+A+E+XA) = 1+0.3+0.1+0.1 = 1.5
• Knights : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 1+0.2+0.2+0.3+0.2 = 1.9
• Mounted Crossbowmen : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 1+0.2+0.1+0.2+0.1 = 1.6

REGULAR

• Swordsmen : (C+A+E) = 0.5+0.2+0.2 = 0.9
• Armored Lancers : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 0.5+0.2+0.2+0.2+0.2 = 1.3
• Light Cavalry : (C+A+E+M) = 0.5+0.2+0.1+0.2 = 1
• Dragoons : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 0.5+0.3+0.1+0.2+0.2 = 1.3

LEVY

• Spearbands : (C+A+E) = 0.2+0.1+0.1 = 0.4
• Archers : (C+A+E+XA) = 0.2+0.1+0.1+0.1 = 0.5
• Arquebusers : (C+A+E+XA) = 0.2+0.2+0.1+0.1 = 0.6
• Arab Cavalry : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 0.2+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1 = 0.6
• Tartar Cavalry : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 0.2+0.1+0.1+0.2+0.1 = 0.7
• Mounted Archers : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 0.2+0.1+0.1+0.1+0.1 = 0.6
• Tartar Raiders : (C+A+E+M+XA) = 0.2+0.2+0.1+0.2+0.1 = 0.8

Unit Availability

Who can recruit what.

Melee Infantry :

• Pike Infantry. [UNIVERSAL]
• Halberdiers. [WESTERN EUROPEAN]
• Swordsmen. [UNIVERSAL]
• Spear Bands.[EASTERN EUROPEAN, NORTH AFRICAN, MIDDLE EASTERN]
• Zweihänder. [GERMAN STATES]
• Landsknecht Mercenaries. [UNIVERSAL]

Ranged Infantry :

• Musketeers. [UNIVERSAL]
• Longbow men. [ENGLAND]
• Crossbow men. [UNIVERSAL]
• Archers (Composite bow). [EASTERN EUROPEAN, MIDDLE EAST, NORTH AFRICAN]
• Arqebusiers. [UNIVERSAL]
• Janissary. [OTTOMAN EMPIRE]

Melee Cavalry [HEAVY] :

• Caracole Cavalry. [EUROPEAN]
• Knights. [WESTERN EUROPEAN]
• Armored Lancers. [GERMAN STATES]
• Demi-Lancers. [FRANCE]
• Winged Hussars. [POLAND-LITHUANIA]

Melee Cavalry [LIGHT] :

• Light Cavalry. [UNIVERSAL]
• Arab Cavalry. [MIDDLE EASTERN, NORTH AFRICAN]
• Tatar Cavalry. [CRIMEAN KHANATE, RUSSIA, OTTOMAN EMPIRE]
• Hussars (Only Hussars is understood as light cavalry). [GERMAN STATES, POLAND-LITHUANIA]
• Cossack Cavalry (Lancers). [RUSSIA, POLAND-LITHUANIA, OTTOMAN EMPIRE]

Ranged Cavalry :

• Cossacks. [RUSSIA, POLAND-LITHUANIA, OTTOMAN EMPIRE]
• Mounted Crossbow men. [EASTERN EUROPEAN]
• Mounted Archers. [MIDDLE EASTERN, NORTH AFRICAN]
• Dragoons. [UNIVERSAL]
• Tatar Riders. [CRIMEAN KHANATE, RUSSIA, OTTOMAN EMPIRE]

[Thoragoros]

Updated with unit availability from Rules section.