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== Militia and Peasants == | == Militia and Peasants == | ||
Militias are cheap, conscripted soldiers which historically have made up the bulk of medieval armies. Examples include peasants, slav warriors, and urban militia. They are cheap to train, have lower upkeep, and have low requirements to build. The fighting quality of militia type units varies from average to terrible, depending on the units. Most are lightly armed and armored and serve well as support units to nore professional soldiers which make up the core of the army. Militia type units are most common in the early part of the early era, when most factions are bulking up their first armies and gradually they are replaced by stronger and more powerful units as the years go by. | |||
Militia are good for garrison duties in safer provinces. Having an army in the province boosts loyalty but it does not matter what quality the units are, peasants count as much as knights in terms of boosting loyalty. | |||
Militia can serve a use in battle as well, just by sheer numbers. Outnumbering the enemy gives troops a moral boost and lowers the moral of the enemy, several units of peasants coule double or tripple the size of an army and tip the balance in favor of victorty. Militia units also are quite expendable and can be used to soak up missle fire, serve as fodder for enemy units and most roles which any warm body will do. | |||
Beware the low moral that most militia units have. They are often the first units to route, and that lowers the moral of other non-elite, non-disaplined units in the army, sometimes causing a chain reaction leading to the loss of the battle. | |||
== Skirmishers and Javalinmen == | == Skirmishers and Javalinmen == | ||
Revision as of 07:50, 22 November 2005
Types of Units
Militia and Peasants
Militias are cheap, conscripted soldiers which historically have made up the bulk of medieval armies. Examples include peasants, slav warriors, and urban militia. They are cheap to train, have lower upkeep, and have low requirements to build. The fighting quality of militia type units varies from average to terrible, depending on the units. Most are lightly armed and armored and serve well as support units to nore professional soldiers which make up the core of the army. Militia type units are most common in the early part of the early era, when most factions are bulking up their first armies and gradually they are replaced by stronger and more powerful units as the years go by.
Militia are good for garrison duties in safer provinces. Having an army in the province boosts loyalty but it does not matter what quality the units are, peasants count as much as knights in terms of boosting loyalty.
Militia can serve a use in battle as well, just by sheer numbers. Outnumbering the enemy gives troops a moral boost and lowers the moral of the enemy, several units of peasants coule double or tripple the size of an army and tip the balance in favor of victorty. Militia units also are quite expendable and can be used to soak up missle fire, serve as fodder for enemy units and most roles which any warm body will do.
Beware the low moral that most militia units have. They are often the first units to route, and that lowers the moral of other non-elite, non-disaplined units in the army, sometimes causing a chain reaction leading to the loss of the battle.