Why do mercenaries suck?

[frogbeastegg]

:looks about the Main Hall: Hmm, a bit quieter, but everything else is still the same as I remember it. Not posted in here in ages; barely even read the place for longer. But then I've only recently started to play MTW again, albeit in a very idle '1 turn a week' sort of way.

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That was before I learned the finer points of writing, and if I remember correctly I was in something of a hurry as I wrote it. It shows. Gah!

Heh. I just checked out that thread. I have to admit, it was pretty fun watching Froggy systematically dismantle every single part of their argument. That show must have made her furious!

I have a real dislike for these kind of so called history programs like this. I've seen many worse, and there were some good ones, but the profusion of crappy, infuriating documentaries is why I gave up watching any of them well over half a year ago. I stick to reading my history books now; they can easily outdo even the better documentaries by the simple fact of being a book, and therefore able to go into plenty of detail, give evidence and references, take as long as is needed to cover the subject well, and (if you choose the right books) do not need some controversial idea to centre the whole thing about. I can't stand inaccurate or plain daft 'history' being handed out; people beleive it, then it takes years of fighting for the misconceptions to be dismissed and mended. The damage that can do to the subject is ... painful.



To address the point of the thread, I've never seen anything about mercenaries being weaker in any way than ordinary troops. But it's been something like a year and a half since I last played the game, so how much the frog's word is worth is anyone's guess. I do recall other people making this same complaint though, but I think always another cause was found.