Mount&Blade: Warband > M&B Warband: Napoleonic Wars
Regiments?
sinofchaos:
--- Quote from: Rallix on April 02, 2012, 12:44:46 AM ---
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--- Quote from: Rallix on April 02, 2012, 12:23:41 AM ---It's a bit silly that (almost)every group calls themselves a 'regiment' when in fact, few of them are even above platoon size.
But I guess it is useful if you want to get a certain regiment's 'culture' and history.
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Are you new to this realism stuff?
We try to reenact things like they were done throughout history. However, we can't get everything right (like the correct number of troops, the tactics, formations...)
Just because we don't have a lot of guys playing in a group, you want us not to use the term regiment or even do any line-battles?
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No.
Considering that we can never have more than company vs. company-sized battles in this game, it makes sense that you would scale the ranks/titles and such accordingly.
What I really mean to say is, that if I were to create a group, I would call it a platoon or company, for originality. :P
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I understand where you are getting at. One of my friends also expressed disgust in the way we were doing things in the secession civil war mod. He didn't understand why we weren't forming companies with the little men we had. He also didn't like the way we marched in columns instead of lines, however that can never be changed unless NW's walking animation really holds true to it's image.
Stevon:
It's merely a matter of scale. Each "regiment" represents a regiment and thus the linebattles attempt to represent a pitched battle of the Napoleonic era. That's the way I view it at least (any wargamer knows what I'm talking about). Plus, calling the clans regiments makes it easier for groups to style themselves after historical Napoleonic units, which greatly contributes to the immersion factor.
MaHuD:
--- Quote from: sinofchaos on April 02, 2012, 01:27:07 AM ---
--- Quote from: Rallix on April 02, 2012, 12:44:46 AM ---
--- Quote from: sinofchaos on April 02, 2012, 12:33:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: Rallix on April 02, 2012, 12:23:41 AM ---It's a bit silly that (almost)every group calls themselves a 'regiment' when in fact, few of them are even above platoon size.
But I guess it is useful if you want to get a certain regiment's 'culture' and history.
--- End quote ---
Are you new to this realism stuff?
We try to reenact things like they were done throughout history. However, we can't get everything right (like the correct number of troops, the tactics, formations...)
Just because we don't have a lot of guys playing in a group, you want us not to use the term regiment or even do any line-battles?
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No.
Considering that we can never have more than company vs. company-sized battles in this game, it makes sense that you would scale the ranks/titles and such accordingly.
What I really mean to say is, that if I were to create a group, I would call it a platoon or company, for originality. :P
--- End quote ---
I understand where you are getting at. One of my friends also expressed disgust in the way we were doing things in the secession civil war mod. He didn't understand why we weren't forming companies with the little men we had. He also didn't like the way we marched in columns instead of lines, however that can never be changed unless NW's walking animation really holds true to it's image.
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Two weeks ago (NW) we advanced in 3 seperate lines of 5x2 accross some farmland with drummers/captains/flagbearers between the lines. (whilst getting shot by some skirmishers)
It worked great and looked really epic.
Marshal_Ney:
Don't rub it in :mrgreen:
Yea, I think that it seems way cooler if we call ourselves a "regiment". Being called a "Platoon" doesn't really cut it.
\Besides, we're not really "regiment", we just want to represent a regiment
Ghost Dad:
Yes, historically speaking, very few groups are above subsection size. But honestly, who cares what you call it, it's all just fancy names for clans. It's a game, people.
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