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    Why archers require 2 pop instead of 1?

    ... target practice!




    Why scouts eat so much but run so fast?

    ... archers use them for target practice and they really need to be able to run very fast

    (c) Agien & Bobitza

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    because.... ITS A GAME!

    if the unis were 1:1 on pop, w¡ll be really easy to got a really BIG Army..

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    Heh, funny thought for the archers...

    but what about the Calveries 9 people? whats goin on over there?
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    gotta take care of the horses and the armor and weapons.

    squires and stable boys and whatnot support staff.
    What about the knight's family. He's gotta bring home the bacon to a wife and a kid or two. and maybe some of the staff have a family member or two

    so for each cavalry on the field there's 8 people back in town that make it possible


    just trying to come up with a rationale. personally I think 9 is too high. but meh. I'm sure it's for game balance reasons

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rota View Post
    gotta take care of the horses and the armor and weapons.

    squires and stable boys and whatnot support staff.
    What about the knight's family. He's gotta bring home the bacon to a wife and a kid or two. and maybe some of the staff have a family member or two

    so for each cavalry on the field there's 8 people back in town that make it possible
    lol.... ok mr.answers.

    why does a ballista need to eat 50 food?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshua Highbourne View Post
    lol.... ok mr.answers.

    why does a ballista need to eat 50 food?
    well I heard somewhere that a siege engine is a horse unit because it is marched to battle being hauled by horses. Though it should be much higher speed if this is tru. Like the speed of a transport ...since a transport with a full load should be a similar weight to the various siege engines per horse.

    So I suppose if 2 horses carry the ballista to the battlefield then you have to have the support staff for them, and the men to reload the ballista. and trained personnel to aim it.

    5 people doesn't seem unreasonable
    6 for a cataphract is quite ridiculous.

    personally I do not see why the units have different upkeep of food/per population unit.
    I believe infantry/archers should be 2 or 3 food per population unit and cavalry/catas and siege engines should be 5 food per population unit since they have horses to feed too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rota View Post
    well I heard somewhere that a siege engine is a horse unit because it is marched to battle being hauled by horses. Though it should be much higher speed if this is tru. Like the speed of a transport ...since a transport with a full load should be a similar weight to the various siege engines per horse.

    So I suppose if 2 horses carry the ballista to the battlefield then you have to have the support staff for them, and the men to reload the ballista. and trained personnel to aim it.

    5 people doesn't seem unreasonable
    6 for a cataphract is quite ridiculous.

    personally I do not see why the units have different upkeep of food/per population unit.
    I believe infantry/archers should be 2 or 3 food per population unit and cavalry/catas and siege engines should be 5 food per population unit since they have horses to feed too
    well whatever the case may be... i know the food cost to feed an army is extreamly large... too large... very unrealistic.

    a single castle should be able to feed 100,000 troops without problems.
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    Hey people, the "tone" of the topic was meant to be a funny one. Don't get too serious, lol.

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