Dragoon! wrote:I've been using standard (orange/orange)attacks mostly-I've been playing the spartacus scenario so far-Playing alot more, I do see Victories and Defeats more now, I'm wondering if size of forces has something to do with it? as in small forces (under 10K) don't really produce victories? Play the Spartacus scenario with the release version, you should see some odd draws in the first couple of turns, odd because you do get vp's and all.
But, I think you're right. Once the Roman legions show up, things get alot more decisive.
you will see in later scenarios, that a 1000 Romans lost does mean i.e. 1 national moral lost. for balancing the barbarians and also the slaves need to be killed in much higher numbers to have a effect on victory points and national moral on this level.
this is also giving credit to the fact, that key cities taken by Romans will have influence on key diplomatic actions/events, not military losses only.
increasing the challenge...
as in this case, only a very rough explanation, since the gain from battling simple slaves is very low, [color="#FFD700"]yes having much higher numbers leads to higher losses (longer battles either) and thereby a higher chance to get Roman victories.
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you can also use Gladiators against small Roman troops and would have similar effects, Gladiator victories, as long the gain by killed Romans is higher than the valuable loss of good troops of the Gladiators. at least as long the Romans are busy with fighting simply slaves and the Gladiators get the momentum and punch hard
i other scenarios, like fighting Pontian troops, it will become more clear, that there is a large difference of loosing Roman or loosing barbarian fighters, which is at least a part of the calculation the engine drives into stalemate and even Roman losses
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however, prone to throw them into disarray.
PS:
‘Everything is very simple in War, but the simplest thing is difficult. These difficulties accumulate and produce a friction which no man can imagine exactly who has not seen War . . . in War, through the influence of an infinity of petty circumstances, which cannot properly be described on paper, things disappoint us, and we fall short of the mark.‘
Clausewitz
