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Old January 21st, 2004, 03:01 AM
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Default Re: Unit Spreadsheet

As I said in my earlier post, avoid engaging more than 3x. As for 3x, it's relatively easy to not get surrounded. Careful pre-battle formation, and battle orders helps.

By the way, sure, some of the units will take afflictions. That's natural in combat. I never said that the same group of giants could go through 3x combat after 3x combat indefinately. What I said was that there would be very little chance of losses -- in the one combat. As the units go through consecutive battles, there will be some attrition. But you'll be building replacements (even expensive Jotuns) far faster than you'll be taking losses.

If you'd compare apples to apples, you'd see that a second battle with with now-injured giants is still skewed in favor of the giants ... if you match them up against a fair opponent (such as the wounded or depleted remains of a 3x human force that just routed from another battle).

What you need to do is make sure that the giant force is not outmatched by more than 3x in their current state. Takes a while to get a feel for this. Or cast Gift of Health and the problem becomes moot.


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