The Will of the Senate - out of character thread

[econ21]

Tricky_Lady: ok, I will assign you Marcella, who is 18. I am not sure how she is related to the rest of the family tree, as - like Quintus - she has no family name.

She will pretty quickly get an offer of marriage and the family member she weds can be your avatar by proxy. On reflection, I think giving you right of refusal may slow things down too much, so this will have to be an arranged marriage. However, you can let the First Consul know the desirable attributes you will look for in a match and what things you would like to veto - ie age, stats, traits etc.

Mount: morale is about the only quibble I have with RTR. IIRC a unit of hastati has a morale of about 6 in RTW, 13 in EB and 24 in RTR Gold. Shos's EDU file I posted earlier cuts it down to 18 or so, 25% as DDW said. I think the implication is that breaking the enemy's morale is even more important - try to go for the flanks, prepare the ground with missiles, threaten with cavalry etc. Total War has lots of pretty big morale modifiers hidden under the engine - you need to bring them into play. Just fight a frontal stand-up battle and the enemy can often fight to almost the last man - taking a lot of yours with them. Given that we have a no retraining rule, a couple of big battles can wreck your army (we'll need a fairly constant chain of replacements to top up depleted units regardless).