[Norfleet]

Originally posted by Vynd:
I've never suffered through the particular circumstance you've described, but I have seen this happen to troops I've left sitting in a province with no commander and no province defense. This fact is (I assume) part of the reason why people recommend setting the PD in every province you own to at least 1 (since 1 gives you a commander).

This is not necessarily a bad thing. Odds are that troops simply left lying around commanderless are the routed remnants of some previous battle. If given a commander via PD, they'd fight with default orders and positioning....and likely die. Without a commander, they'll head for greener pastures the first turn of the battle.

The sole exception to this would be Ashen Empire Ermor, where if left without a commander, the troops simply crumble.

The other drawback of PD is that if you are defending a province using SCs, the PD units will die quickly and cause an immediate rout.

On the flipside, PDless provinces can be overrun by a single scout, an obnoxious annoyance that was recently introduced into the clan lexicon by some damned foreigner.

[ May 15, 2004, 00:58: Message edited by: Norfleet ]