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Originally Posted by thejeff
Long spear and Plate armor, yes.
17 protection to the Principe's 12. Principe uses a short sword, btw.
Not old would be nice, but you won't see them changed to map move 2. That's very rare for humans in heavy armor.
Encumbrance and defense are both worse than the principe, too. 9 encumbrance even without the age penalty.
Without age, they'd have a useful niche. With it, not really worth much.
On a slightly different note, most of Ermor's troops are described with a definite role or place on the battle field. Has anyone experimented with this formation? Does it work at all in Dominions? Even against regular troops?
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It shouldn't work, because there are no rules to accomodate how it was actually used.
The tiered formation would have allowed troops to withdraw behind the line behind them if they were getting beaten too badly and regroup. The game doesn't recognize withdrawal as a valid tactical option, there's only breaking and running. Nor does the game permit regrouping. As such, there is no advantage to fighting in such a formation.