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Old June 28th, 2007, 12:30 PM

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Default Re: Morale\'s a reasonable element.

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Kristoffer O said:
As someone said there is also an armyrout rule that makes the whole army rout when a certain amount of troops are dead or routed. Even if there are just 50 archers left they seem to have done us incredible harm, best not attack them!
Personally, I've found that this rule provides some strange efeects in practice. If you have a really solid SC but a big disadvantage in terms of armies, you end up forced to keep your SC alone, since bringing any troops whatsoever raises the risk of "automatic whole-army rout" when your troops die off in droves.

I've often seen this rule produce strange tactical requirements if you're fighting with thugs and SCs. You end up needing to keep your chaff protected!

Basically, I think the "army casualties -> army rout" connection is problematic. Let squads rout individually, don't force that Gorgon to rout just because Maenads are getting chewed up by spells.
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