Post by dpd on Mar 3, 2023 11:24:20 GMT
Going over the combat and movement factors for the various troop types.
3 figure "fast" units (3sp, 3pk, 3bd, 3wb, 3ax 5hd, 3bw) have definite movement advantage especially in bad going.
ancientwargaming.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dba3_qrs.pdf
Fine, that makes sense.
But should they not have a corresponding disadvantage in combat power?
Granted they "Recoiled by Solid foot in CC with it or Shooting at it, otherwise NE" "If its total is EQUAL to that of its opponent" - but that hardly seems sufficient to compensate and balance their movement advantage.
So they recoil on tied die rolls - big deal.
Lighter troops by definition sacrifice something equally great in armor and attack capabilities.
Like a deduction of 1 point from both their v. foot and v. mounted combat values sound about right
Thoughts or comments?
P.S. And what about fast knights (3kn)? What really distinguishes their combat capabilities from 4kn?
P.P.S. And what about intrinsically doubled units (8sp, 6bd, 8bw, 6kn, 6cv)? What characteristic consistently distinguishes them from solid units? Is this all just aesthetics?
3 figure "fast" units (3sp, 3pk, 3bd, 3wb, 3ax 5hd, 3bw) have definite movement advantage especially in bad going.
ancientwargaming.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dba3_qrs.pdf
Fine, that makes sense.
But should they not have a corresponding disadvantage in combat power?
Granted they "Recoiled by Solid foot in CC with it or Shooting at it, otherwise NE" "If its total is EQUAL to that of its opponent" - but that hardly seems sufficient to compensate and balance their movement advantage.
So they recoil on tied die rolls - big deal.
Lighter troops by definition sacrifice something equally great in armor and attack capabilities.
Like a deduction of 1 point from both their v. foot and v. mounted combat values sound about right
Thoughts or comments?
P.S. And what about fast knights (3kn)? What really distinguishes their combat capabilities from 4kn?
P.P.S. And what about intrinsically doubled units (8sp, 6bd, 8bw, 6kn, 6cv)? What characteristic consistently distinguishes them from solid units? Is this all just aesthetics?
