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Originally Posted by Dinadon
Then I'd say they'd be based off bowmen, not infantry. Otherwise they'd be really ineffective in a battlefield role they weren't trained for. More realistically, you should be raising archers for use on the battlefield, rather than using your best (and only) frontline infantry. Note that the notion of having bows is fine, light infantry have them but don't get fire class. Yet on the battlefield, you're wanting to put out sustained fire over the course of the battle, whilst infantry want to close with the enemy quickly. If you do have limits on men, then disbanding one of the regiments and retraining them, probably as Good or Elite quality bowmen to reflect the fact they use to be infantry.
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They are, effectively, cross-trained to the extent that they can do both jobs.
Why is it impossible to keep a regiment that can function either as Bowmen (in case of a siege or when defending someting) or as Heavy Infantry (during battles where they want to close)? The tactical flexibility is worth something and though a larger country might gain more benefit from specialising, this is specifically a small city state that has comparatively few men, but has historically been very rich for its size.
I understand that this capability should cost more, but I'm mystified why the rules don't allow for it at all.
In fact, I think that a lot of historical units would be capable of switching between two roles depending on the tactical situation. British infantry battalion had a company of Light Infantry that was equipped and trained to stand in the line of battle as normal Line Infantry during intense battles, but was also capable of serving as Skirmishers.
Those were simply men picked from the rest of the battalion for their intelligence and ability to function outside of the battleline, but that didn't mean they suddenly lost the ability to perform as the Line Infantry they had been trained as.
I think that an ability representing such capability (Multirole +20% or +25%) is necessary. It would take a round or so to switch roles and the TS might be different in each of them (in fact, it nearly certainly would be).