Troop Numbers Adjuster?

[Praetyre]

Even if it's technically the most common numerically (after all, it takes more men to make larger formations), what of employment? The most "common" unit numerically in modern warfare is a fireteam, but I doubt that they'd march independently as often as, say, a company.

A Cohors Reformata would be a cohort of 480 post-Marian legionaries, and was, IIRC, the predominant military formation of the Roman legion. Whereas, you can put Polybian/Camillan units to larger sizes due to the way Hastati, Principes and Triarii were historically arranged. We can get a rough idea of barbarian formations from historical accounts, numbers and populations at the time, along with looking at foreign influence from Hellenes.

It could, technically, lead to smaller battles in some cases, but that's because the IG numbers required to get, say, a legion are reduced to make for both a more realistic game (where you can field legions without the use of 0-turn or scripting) and allow the construction of even larger forces, like consular armies, and give a proper feel to battles involving rare/advanced units, which otherwise would make you ask "Why is the Sacred Band/Praetorians/Consul/General showing up at a minor skirmish?".

[LorDBulA]

Not to drag this discussion longer.

Yes what you want to do is doable. How will it look like when finished and how will it play I have no idea.
Truth is that you will have to make a lot of arbitrary decisions on the way, I hope you will not limit yourself to only roman point of view.

I dont expect EB team as whole will participate in this project.

Good luck with the project.

[Praetyre]

Very well. I certainly won't exclusively focus on Romans, as they are not the only faction out there with documentation on military structure, formation and organisation.

[Praetyre]

Alright.. I've come up with an Excel-formatted spreadsheet, for general purpose RTW use. It works via the formula above, along with a side section showing the optimum unit max (judging by comments I've heard in the area of AI and system slowdown from people with high end computers around the 10,000 mark) for additional information. Tell me what you think.

1:1 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 30 4800
Medium Scale 60 9600
Large Scale 120 19,200
Huge Scale 240 38,400
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
10,000

1:2 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 60 9600
Medium Scale 120 19,200
Large Scale 240 38,400
Huge Scale 480 76,800
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
20,000

1:3 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 90 14,400
Medium Scale 180 28,800
Large Scale 360 57,600
Huge Scale 720 115,200
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
30,000

1:4 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 120 19,200
Medium Scale 240 38,400
Large Scale 480 76,800
Huge Scale 960 153,600
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
40,000

1:5 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 150 24,000
Medium Scale 300 48,000
Large Scale 600 96,000
Huge Scale 1200 192,000
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
50,000

1:6 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 180 28,800
Medium Scale 360 57,600
Large Scale 720 115,200
Huge Scale 1440 230,400
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
60,000

1:7 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 210 33,600
Medium Scale 420 67,200
Large Scale 840 134,400
Huge Scale 1680 268,800
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
70,000

1:8 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 240 38,400
Medium Scale 480 76,800
Large Scale 960 153,600
Huge Scale 1920 307,200
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
80,000

1:9 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 270 43,200
Medium Scale 540 86,400
Large Scale 1080 172,800
Huge Scale 2160 345,600
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
90,000

1:10 Scale
Max non-officers per unit Max total non-officer men per battle
Small Scale 300 48,000
Medium Scale 600 96,000
Large Scale 1200 192,000
Huge Scale 2400 384,000
Optimum max Number of total men per battle
100,000