Army size graph

[Omnirizon]

rote number of units, IIRC.

its worth ignoring that graph. some nations use a few high powered units, and will look weak on the army graph.

others use chaff, and will look strong; though they aren't necessarily.

provinces, gems, dominion, forts, and research are the important graphs. army is virtually worthless IMO.

this is all assuming army is absolute numbers, but I'm pretty sure it is.

[Micah]

I'm actually pretty sure it measures size in the literal sense, so big units count more.

[Dragar]

thanks, feel much better about my abyssian army now

[Ironhawk]

Omnirizon said:
its worth ignoring that graph.

Definitely do not ignore the army strength charts. It is, in fact, the most important chart to look at.

It cant be denied that the chart only shows the raw number of units - and so can easily be skewed by large numbers of chaff or undead. But if you consider it with a critical eye, it will tell you a great deal about another nation. Of particular importance is the dip in the graph due to battles. If two nations fight and one's graph drops FAR faster than the other, then you know there was a clear winner. Additionally, if you fight with an enemy nation and inflict serious casualties on them, but thier graph does not drop significantly then you know that the damage you did has not outpaced thier production of new troops.