Man Power in WWI

**aksir1987** · January 05, 2013, 02:30 AM

Hi!
Thanks a lot for the great mod. I've spent weeks on it.
I wonder whether it is possible to take manpower consumption into consideration.
In NTW, the army size is still relatively small (at most 10K for an army) in comparison to what's really happening.
The number is just fine for a game. But this means all the nations have virtually infinite manpower.
Is it possible to increase the manpower consumption for recruiting armies so that countries may face a population crisis after years of war?
Thanks again.

**mramazingfuntime** · January 05, 2013, 03:12 PM

Sounds interesting, but it's faily difficult to actually kill millions of people, even over the course of a long campaign in TGW mod. But sure it sounds like it would add an interesting element to gameplay

**berryblast** · January 07, 2013, 02:22 AM

Perhaps instead of using the actual historical populations (which would be millions of people) why not divide the numbers down to more manageable levels? It may not be realistic but it would make the game even more strategic and fun.
Just my thought

**hochmeister devin** · January 07, 2013, 03:38 PM

Im not certain but, im pretty sure the average army during world war 1 was ~400-600k troops in game we have ~10k troops in an army so its 40-60 times smaller. So take historically populations and divide by a number between 40-60.

**aksir1987** · January 07, 2013, 05:24 PM

Yeah, dividing population looks a brilliant idea.
Although it's fairly difficult to kill millions, but the available manpower for battlefield of the nations was indeed limited and losing men was going to bring great social instability, especially for the ententes.
Im not a moder so I dont know whether it's possible to connect war awareness (virtually not working in 4.5 - 4.6.1) to loss of men on battle field. Well at least, I think war awareness should be more significant than previously.
I think this may encourage limited offensive strategy for long time war which was really dominating during the middle of the great war.
Thanks again moders. You really make my day(s).

**General Brewster** · January 14, 2013, 06:09 AM

This doesn't sound bad at all.

**TheRomanRuler** · January 22, 2013, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by aksir1987

Hi!
Thanks a lot for the great mod. I've spent weeks on it.
I wonder whether it is possible to take manpower consumption into consideration.
In NTW, the army size is still relatively small (at most 10K for an army) in comparison to what's really happening.
The number is just fine for a game. But this means all the nations have virtually infinite manpower.
Is it possible to increase the manpower consumption for recruiting armies so that countries may face a population crisis after years of war?
Thanks again.