desert battles

[gunslinger]

I've never gotten RTW due to all the bad reviews. I'm surprised to learn that they took away the heat penalties. I'm no historian, but I'm pretty sure I've heard that heat and lack of knowledge about the desert was the only thing that held the crusaders back.

[professorspatula]

There is a heat stat in RTW actually. But the battles are typically over before you notice the effects anyway.

[Oaty]

There is a heat stat in RTW actually. But the battles are typically over before you notice the effects anyway.

The big difference is you can fully recover back to a fresh state in RTW. I liked the heat penalties in RTW better than MTW. I thought the heat penalties in the desert were a little overboard. Especially the fact that one of the best troops to take in the desert were urban militia, no armour cheap and could recover fatigue quickly, kind of sick that I could take on any unit with them after the first wave. Also peasants beating the crap out of Halberdiers- meh. The worst IMO is that reenforcements came on with reduced fatigue and by the time they marched,not ran, they were exhausted.

I dont mind heavy-armour type troops not being able to recover to full freshness maybe warmedup, while unarmoured troops can recover to full freshness.