What Unit Size do you prefer in TATW 3.1?

[Trailhog250]

I have not had time to actually play a thorough game of TATW 3.1 as I did in 1.4 and 2.1.. I've been wondering what Unit Size most people prefer these days for this mod

I've heard some say run the highest option your PC can handle, I;ve heard some say Small because of Custom Settlements, etc. I personally have always played Huge because of the large-scale battles it often gave me

Anyone want to post their thoughts?


(just so the moderators know.. I searched 'unit size' and got some very off topic threads so I don't think there's been a thread similar to this in a while or anything...)

[paradamed]

Huge for sure. I wish there would be a mega size!

[Garriath]

I like "Large." The unit sizes are large enough that battles are suitably epic, yet sieges work fine, too. I also don't need to worry about overtaxing my processor.

[StealthFox]

I used to play on large, but since 3.0 and custom settlements I normally play on medium. BTW, why are the results hidden? Kind of defeats the purpose of having a poll.

[Wizad]

I play on small, even to the point that I will remake a game because I noticed too late that I let the game put it on the default huge. I just find anything bigger to be unplayable in the custom settlements.

[Mhaedros]

I usually play on huge, although I recently started playing a vanilla campaign on medium

[Trailhog250]

Huge for sure. I wish there would be a mega size!

Haha, my thoughts exactly. (one reason DMUC for Empire is so amazing)

I like "Large." The unit sizes are large enough that battles are suitably epic, yet sieges work fine, too. I also don't need to worry about overtaxing my processor.

True.. M2TW only uses 1 processor anyway

I used to play on large, but since 3.0 and custom settlements I normally play on medium. BTW, why are the results hidden? Kind of defeats the purpose of having a poll.

Sent you a VM about that

I play on small, even to the point that I will remake a game because I noticed too late that I let the game put it on the default huge. I just find anything bigger to be unplayable in the custom settlements.

Interesting.. So it appears it comes down to large-scale battles or better maneuverability in custom settlements

[Toshach]

I like huge, if only because I love those hoards of orcs.

[Mikail Mengsk]

huge as always

[Enarec]

Huge, like in every other mod. I love large, more realistic feeling battles.

[Avelon]

Huge for epic proportion battles!

[Macilrille]

Huge, I wish I could play TW with tens of thousands of men. And like Wizad I will reload if I forgot to set it for Huge, and I will only lower it for performance, which is not a problem for MTW and RTW on my laptop, but is- especially with EB- on my stationary.

[Dwarven Berserker]

Huge for me More dudes = more fun

[The Evil Team]

I prefer large or whatever the second largest is. Big but too overwhelming.

[Ferdiad]

Huge, TW gets way more epic the more men you have on the field, applies for ever mod and game.

[Trailhog250]

Huge, TW gets way more epic the more men you have on the field, applies for ever mod and game.

Though most games will look better with more on the field; TATW just simply looks outstanding with huge battles.

[Ferdiad]

Though most games will look better with more on the field; TATW just simply looks outstanding with huge battles.

It's the same as any other mod with large armies in this regard.

[Lothar135]

Medium size. Because the lagg is terrible in the big battles. I do not know how good computer is needed for flawless game run with huge armies...but probably very, very, very good

[Avelon]

Medium size. Because the lagg is terrible in the big battles. I do not know how good computer is needed for flawless game run with huge armies...but probably very, very, very good

I think a relatively new and not very low end pc would do the job ... mine is two and a half years old and is up to the job even on very large battles ... and it wasn't a top spec setup back then ...

Huge for sure, but i dream of an option that let you adjust your units' size ingame (even cut one in two smaller) this would be awesome in some situations (that happen to me often ><)
For example: i have 2 battallions of 200 men and i want 4 of 100 instead... Then i need back one unit to go 200 while i keep 2 of 100... ETc.

This would be great ... but it will remain a dream

[Dwarven Berserker]

I think a relatively new and not very low end pc would do the job ... mine is two and a half years old and is up to the job even on very large battles ... and it wasn't a top spec setup back then ...

Yep Older PC's generally have only two or one core, which are often pretty strong. Newer PC's often have four weak cores which makes them pretty unfir for playing TATW

A 4.0 Ghz single-core computer with a crappy graphics card will run TATW batter then a 2.0 Ghz eight-core processor with an awesome graphics card