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Re: Infantry, consequences of routing
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:38 am
by Kerflumoxed
We won't lose regiments permanently unless there's a way to get new regiments, and I don't have a plan for that. Since our campaign doesn't have an end, if we lost regiments and got new ones, the regiment numbers would keep going up.
I know prisoners usually weren't exchanged, but the reason you don't lose the entire regiment is as I said, to represent those who weren't captured, and because troops who were in the regiment but not at the battle shouldn't get captured. Almost all of those actually captured, you never get back. So the regiment's experience will go down if these troops are replaced.
Understand the "numbering" issue, Mr. Garnier. We spoke about that before.
Interesting concept regarding those not in the battle, Mr. Garnier. True, some may have been home of leave, in the hospital, on "French furlough", foraging, etc., but how does one determine the numbers who were not present at the "fight"? I would suspect it would have been a very low percentage, but have no real idea.
J
Re: Infantry, consequences of routing
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:41 am
by Garnier
Right now it's about 8% of each regiment will be missing I believe. The actual amount varies from regiment to regiment randomly and depending on the colonel's control rating.
This figure doesn't include wounded in the hospital of course, since these are recorded elsewhere. Nor does it include deserters from battle, as they are counted as missing. But it's an arbitrary way to represent the sick among all other categories, which I think would be rather significant.
Re: Infantry, consequences of routing
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 2:56 am
by KG_Soldier
No, Mark, wasn't referring to your division, at all! I was purposely vague so as not to insult anyone, but it was not your attack.
J
Oh. . . I get it.
http://www.sow.philipmcg.com/c/platte/p ... attle=1304
Re: Infantry, consequences of routing
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 3:24 am
by SouthernSteel
Well at least this is a good showing of the actual perils of being a Civil War commander...He's gonna bleed the South (and North, for that matter) dry from the top down at that rate.
Re: Infantry, consequences of routing
Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:16 am
by Willard
Well at least this is a good showing of the actual perils of being a Civil War commander...He's gonna bleed the South (and North, for that matter) dry from the top down at that rate.
I guess the positive would be that at that rate the war would be over quickly. :laugh:
