Quote Originally Posted by NimitsTexan View Post
No, they don't not really. Just like individual land soldiers do not represent real soldiers at a 1:1 ratio. In R:TW, if you accepted that an unit called a Cohort was, in fact, a Cohort, that put the game-real life ratio at 1:3 (on Huge). M2TW, given that Medieval are armies were historically less structured, is a bit harder to break out (and the size of the armies is greatly in dispute), but 1:3 ratio, at the least, was in effect, and a 1:5-1:10 ratio might make more sense in some cases. In ETW, given that each unit is a regiment, you have about a 1:5 to 1:10 ratio in effect (depending on whethe you define "regiment" as a battalion formationt that was generally the smallest manuvere unit, or as a actual regiment, equivalent to 2-3 battalions). Personally, I accept a 1:10 ratio of troops and about a 1:2-1:3 ratio for guns. One stack, then generally equates to about 2-3 divisions (small corps, or, on the other hand, more or less the size of a British expeditionary army).

Given all that, you should figure that the ships in game, at least, represent 2-3 "real" ships.
I guess it is all a matter of personal perspective...

For me the Huge units in RTW where the perfert size for as they normally formed up in groups of two centuries next to each other which made 180 men perfect...

But of course i am abstracting the other way and ignoring the game calling each unit a Cohort...

Of course, if your PC can take it you can mod the unit size for Brigades in ETW to 1000 men if you want...