Units have too much athletics, in general

[yeahchris]

I find it bothersome that mid level characters who I have specifically trained in athletics still managed to be outpaced by every Tom, ****, and Harry that ever decided to take up soldiering in Calradia, even though they're frequently carrying much heavier armor than I am.

My typical getup consists of light leather armor, leather gloves, light leather boots, bastard sword, and round shield. Meanwhile some asshat nord NPC shows up wearing full chainmail, a war axe, throwing axes, a helmet, boots, mail gloves, and a much heavier shield, and yet he still can keep up with me. It's nonsense.

Even well trained troops don't need their current 7 ranks in athletics. Not all good soldiers need to have the skills of an olympic runner.

Discuss.

 

[Kyle Aaron]

They don't mean to have so many ranks in Athletics, it's just that while your lazy arse is on a horse all the time, they're walking for hundreds of kilometres in mail, they naturally build up their Athletics 

 

[Tzsak]

My characters generally go straight for 10 athletics~

 

[duracell]

Even well trained troops don't need their current 7 ranks in athletics. Not all good soldiers need to have the skills of an olympic runner.

Discuss.

Maybe I remember wrong but Nord Huscarls and Rhodok Sharpshooters have the highest athletics and that is "just" 6 points (and both of them are encumbered by their armor and shields).