Pike handling in woods

[Oaty]

Perhaps it's for game balance. IMO woods have never given any great advantage for battle except for the AI, in wich case the player was hindered due to lack of sight. It'd be great to see cavalry getting slaughtered in forest by most infantry for a change.

[Censor]

The bonus is probably so that European factions do better in Europe while West Asian (or Middle Eastern, whatever you want to call them) factions do better in the desert, although I have no verification of the latter. However, if desert bonuses were present on the unit cards of the aforementioned West Asian troops, it would be serve well as a tentative affirmation of my hypothesis.

[Polemists]

One thing to keep in mind as stated in various other posts. This is not a finished project, and this demo is quite old (i saw this thing in a gameplay preview of E3, that was may). So i'm sure quite a few things have been tested, updated, etc.

As far the logical part of it. If you can form a line, and hide in woods I guess that'd be more effective. Then again I think most things when hidden are more useful then when not. However there not really hidden so I don't get the bonus. Maybe because they get shade and there armor gets hot Air Conditioning Bonus hehe