In <3535F1F3.E09B5179@tkb.lv>, Reinis wrote:
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>> its not the bumping into each other its those members of your group
>> who slope of for a crafty fag when there's work to be done, what you
>> fail to take into consideration is the fact the with any large number
>> of troops moved there will be a % who are quite happy to move at their
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>> own pace , ask any NCO in the Armed forces how difficult it is to get
>> a group of men from a to b,
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>In Soviet army that was solved very easy - for example a company of
>soldiers runs 10km - the two last ones will be beaten by other soldiers
>- and everyone tries to run as fast as possible - that's true story.
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And when the battle starts do you really think these people are going
to fight to their best abilty or are you going to employ NKVD to make
sure they do.
>> >4) Last, but not least. Suppose Sir Codric was on foot and walked
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>> >your lands ? As it would take him 10 turns to get to your castle. All
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>> you
>> >had to do is use 3 to 4 nobles and start recruiting and training
>> soldiers
>> >and X-bowmen. By the time he would arrive you 'ld have an equal
>> force.
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>> Of course you would, that is only reasonable.
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>But that will make the game being boring - now you have to scout whether
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>someone is going to attack you you have to maintain activity, but with a
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>slow movement all you need is full stocks with weapons - which cost you
>less than ready army - and when bad news are reaching you just train.
So are you going to keep a stock of iuntrained peasants as well, or
are you going to recruit and train them each turn in a single province
I think thats what 10 a go plus 10 days to train them so the enemy
approaches from 3 months away, you can raise 30 men in that time you
think he may bring a little more, and if you recruit fronm your
surronding area you still then have to move them, it would become a
race against time, and all the time you are doing this they are
slaying your garrisons destroying you Civ leval by pillaging thus
reducing you tax capacity and using your money to pay for his army,
and what stops him sending out recruiting parties.
If you think you could get away with what you are suggesting I think
you are going to loose.
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>> >Put them behind your 80 defence castle walls and he doesn't stand a
>> >chance.
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>> Yes right again
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>And therefore war turns to trying to get as many people as possible and
>numbers and that is getting the game boring when you are unable to move.
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NO No No, you just have to plan careful time you attack right , with
adiquate recon carried out , tactics like raiding into enemy lands to
reduce his ability to raise taxes, their is so many options available,
you just have to use a little more thought to solve the problem.
>If you talk about reality then remember that medieval France did not
>have castles 10 month way from each other. I suppose the movement could
>be much quicker.
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If you are attacking a castle that is that far away from your nearest
lands then you are either very ambitious have very understanding
neighours or going very wrong somewhere.