[Norfleet]

I find that the use of excessive force is very useful in early expansion. Yes, you could probably take a province with, say, the army you have now....but that would involve a higher loss ratio. Squashing them with excessive force will minimize your losses from attrition, and will allow your army to keep on rolling longer. After all, anything worth doing is worth doing with excessive force.

As a rule of thumb, if there is any doubt in your mind over whether or not you can squash the puny rebels, you need more force.

[ February 12, 2004, 02:31: Message edited by: Norfleet ]