[Mass Combat] PLAUSIBLE army diversity in settings

Lamech · 06-22-2011, 05:07 PM

Umm... whats the setting? This becomes a heck of a lot easier, if there are imbalances on the two sides. Suppose in one country everyone learns how to make and shoot a crossbow as part of a tradition, another army is okay with necromancers, and the third army is from the wizards guild. The first army's levies will be filled with crossbowmen and the second will have teams of zombies, and the last army will have nothing but mage created monsters and the mages themselves.

Or in a sci-fi setting, if one side is invading from space, they probably will want light units, or ones that are easy to land and launch. A lack of heavy tanks, but a preference to super-soldiers since the main cost is moving them; certainly no one without excellent training. The ground people don't need to worry about weight, so they can use tanks, or swarms of less well trained infantry.

06-22-2011, 05:07 PM	#8
Lamech Join Date: Mar 2011	Re: [Mass Combat] PLAUSIBLE army diversity in settings Umm... whats the setting? This becomes a heck of a lot easier, if there are imbalances on the two sides. Suppose in one country everyone learns how to make and shoot a crossbow as part of a tradition, another army is okay with necromancers, and the third army is from the wizards guild. The first army's levies will be filled with crossbowmen and the second will have teams of zombies, and the last army will have nothing but mage created monsters and the mages themselves. Or in a sci-fi setting, if one side is invading from space, they probably will want light units, or ones that are easy to land and launch. A lack of heavy tanks, but a preference to super-soldiers since the main cost is moving them; certainly no one without excellent training. The ground people don't need to worry about weight, so they can use tanks, or swarms of less well trained infantry.