EB 1.2: unit size suggestions?

[Slaists]

By the way, has EB 1.2 economies/populations been optimized for any particular unit size? I tend to play on large, but maybe the developers had different sizes in mind?

[-Praetor-]

No, population levels in settlements are the same for every unit size you pick.

It depends on your processor, memory and video card capacity really, but I personally use huge unit sizes, and I've always adviced other to do so.

[Rilder]

Large myself.

[Aemilius Paulus]

It depends on your processor, memory and video card capacity really, but I personally use huge unit sizes, and I've always adviced other to do so.

Why? I mean, it does make the battles more epic, but on the downside, much of the fighting happens inside cities and towns. And it is a nightmare to move units on huge unit size there...

I play on Large myself.

[DaciaJC]

Large works well enough for me. I'm too used to the standard ~80 man unit (or 120 for phalangites) to try anything else.

[A Very Super Market]

I use huge, simply to get a feel for the epicness of the period.

[Tolg]

Won't AI settlements grow much faster if the unit size is smaller than huge because the script adds 200 for each recruited unit?

[Rilder]

The script has different population modifiers for different unit sizes, so if you your on huge it will give like 200, and 80 or something if your on large.

[Slaists]

The script has different population modifiers for different unit sizes, so if you your on huge it will give like 200, and 80 or something if your on large.

ok. that answers my question. in vanilla, playing on huge would make the demographics work very differently. obviously, if the script adds what the player subtracts by training, then unit size does not affect demographics balance at all.

on a different note, i find that on huge size, units get even more disoriented (pathing problems) in city battles...

[Aemilius Paulus]

Won't AI settlements grow much faster if the unit size is smaller than huge because the script adds 200 for each recruited unit?

The AI settlements will always grow if they recruit 120-man (or 240 on Huge) units. And they always decrease (although not by much) if the AI recruits 80-man units, or worse, 60-man units.

[A Very Super Market]

No the script only does that for the AI. You lose population no matter what.

AP, I think you have it backwards. Doesn't the script add 100 on large? 60-man elite units will result in a gain of 40 for the AI

[Bucefalo]

I always play on large too, mostly because my computer can´t handle too much units on huge while keeping the quality of graphics. There are also another reasons:
-Huge units tend to have more pathfinding problems than smaller ones, specially on sieges an narrow passages.
-I find more realistic the size of the units on "large" compared to buildings, trees etc.
-I just find units on huge a bit weird, difficult to manouver and a bit imbalaced towards archers.

[Aemilius Paulus]

AP, I think you have it backwards. Doesn't the script add 100 on large? 60-man elite units will result in a gain of 40 for the AI

Yes, you are right.