A question about Perspectives and mass combat

[Christopher R. Rice]

As the author that article I can tell you that it is meant for hero units, and not for creating new normal units. It says this in the preamble. It also states that if you do use it for the latter it will not be exactly the same as Mass Combat. This is because we just don't know what the effectiveness of spearman vs. a rifle squad is or how the battlefield conditions of an area would affect that. Most of the values in Mass Combat were not derived in any system or formula as far as I know (and I was in the playtest), but done rather by feel.