Jon,ciaphas wrote:Hi, at present i am painting up a mix bag of troops to suppliment larger forces, so far i have painted up swabians and wurzburgers but have no idea how to rate this fairly. I dont think they were that "good" overall but i am finding it difficult to really nail this down, as they as far as i can tell never fought battles on there own.
further to this i have a bavarian force which has 2 battalion regiments is there a drop off in performance between 1st and 2nd battalions?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
jon
Personally if I was sent off to fight for someone else while my monarch got paid for it I doubt I would be putting myself in the way of too much danger, therefore I would rate them as Raw. no matter how much training they had.ciaphas wrote:Hi, at present i am painting up a mix bag of troops to suppliment larger forces, so far i have painted up swabians and wurzburgers but have no idea how to rate this fairly. I dont think they were that "good" overall but i am finding it difficult to really nail this down, as they as far as i can tell never fought battles on there own.
jon
Ray, I'm not looking for an arguement with anyone , as I stated at the start of my answer, this was purely MY personal view and was only related to the minor German states. Raw means that the troops have had basic training but virtually no expereince, again in my view this could relate to many mainstream units which have a good historical background but been in garrison for a few years.Churchill wrote: Dave,[/color] I better start off with I'm not looking for a arguement with you, I've had enough of that already on this forum recently.
Ray.
Hello Ray,Churchill wrote:Hi wdrenth,
It was I and not Dave who used the Scots regiment as a example.
Raw/Elite surely Dave? Elite is more about what the troops believe in and of themselves, and they are still the Royal Scots. Officers and NCO's would drum that into them.obriendavid wrote:Even just using a regiments passed history to rate it is not always the best guide. If you look at the Royal Scots at Waterloo most gamers would at least rate them as drilled or vetern plus adding elite to their rating but the unit was actually the 5th battalion and basically called the 'boys battalion' as the average was only about 18, they had been drilled but had no military experience so to my thinking they should be rated as raw. And it's not as if anyone who knows me could accuse me of being pro-french
Cheers
Dave
Elite is one of the options we have given to all British troops in the Crimean supplement because basically the Brits thought they were much better 'in their eyes' than any 'jonny foreigner'BP wrote: Elite surely Dave? Elite is more about what the troops believe in and of themselves, and they are still the Royal Scots. Officers and NCO's would drum that into them.
Bill
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Now that is opening another whole can of worms which has upset some people in the past and I suppose it depends which theatre and timescale you are talking about but feel free to ask away.ciaphas wrote: everyones input has been appreciated. can i ask a further series of questions do they retain the pike and rank fire or do they switch over?
jon