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And now back to OLYMPIA!
Unless a unit has a ranged attack it will not fight unless it is in the
lowest rank with troops.
A D R
Soldier 5, 5, 0
Swordman 15, 15, 0
Pikemen 5, 15, 0
Crossbowmen 1, 5, 25
So regardless if the above numbers a right lets use A = attack
D = deffense, and R = ranged.
Only the crossbowmen will fight if they are not in the front rank.
Noble 1 (behind 7) with Pikemen
Noble 2 (behind 5) with Swordmen & Soldiers
Moble 3 (behind 8) with Crossbowmen
All the troops at behind 5 and 8 will fight.
The Pikemen at behind 7 will not engage the enemy until all
Swordmen & Soldiers are killed.
So it is normal to have two nobles used in combat. One should have
archery and lead the range troops. The other guys skill should probably
include at least Fight to the Death. Cause if your gona fight you might
as well fight to win.
Basil
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From: Rodger Coghlan <grrc@ntwrks.com>
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On 06-Apr-97, Jorgen Jakobsson wrote:
>On Sat, 5 Apr 1997, Rodger Coghlan wrote:
>> If Lord Dufus has 60 soldiers 20 swordsmen,20 pikemen, and 20
crossbowmen,
>> it would seem that the ideal line up would be swordsmen in row 1 pikemen in
>> row 2, and crossbowmen in row 3; I do not see anyway to control this.
>Would
>> I have to split my various soldiers amongst 3 characters sorted by unit
type
>> in order to get the order I want?
>Yes you would have to do that, since only your nobles may choose how
>far behind they want to be, the soldiers are always as fare behind as
>the noble owing them.
>By the way I would put both the pikemen and
>swordsmen in the first row because otherwise the pikemen wouldn't be
>able to fight until all the swordsmen were dead, would they?
>dva96jjn@mail.cs.umu.se
Well, I believe that the pike (in RL) is about 7 foot long; the best defensive
use of a pike is to put it in the second rank sticking forward between
swordsmen. A charging opponent has to stop to keep from getting impaled and
the swordsmen then whack at them while they are avoiding the pointy end of the
pike.
Rodger
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