Quote Originally Posted by dcd111
When we saw those bonuses for pikemen in other pre-demo screenshots, I thought maybe it was just a faction-wide bonus for certain Northern European factions, but I didn't give it enough thought to really investigate. But those are French pikemen from the demo, I think, so my earlier hypothesis doesn't make sense anymore.
Quote Originally Posted by Azog 150
Ok, i think i have understood this now, basically all units belonging to factions in the north, including the knights if you have a look, have combat bonuses in woods or snow. And all eastern factions have combat bonuses in desert, i think this is to do with fatigue levels ect for the factions to discourage them into going into deserts or snow.
So my original thought was right, but I'm not sure that makes sense for France, or is that not France in that screenshot? Is France really so snowy that their men should actually receive a bonus from fighting in snow, rather than, say, just not be penalized? I'm no expert on European weather or geography, so I'm really just asking. I know there were some stretches in the middle ages that were cold enough to kill entire harvests in northern Europe and cause mass starvation, so maybe this is legitimate for that time period?

- DCD