Militia vs Trained

**Kraxis** · 12-08-2006, 15:33

Originally Posted by geala

InAs late as 1500 a peasant/militia army defeated the Danish king and his professional army (among them high rated Landsknechts) in the battle of Hemmingstedt.

Militias often were of doubtful quality but that was not always the case.

So I like the fact that some militia units are not merely canon fodder.

Ahh the famous attack of king Hans on the Ditmarsh people.
Well, obviously they had a brilliant leader as they managed to confine the Danish army to a single road and then ambush that army several times. You can say it was similar to Teutoberger Wald in many regards.

The Danish king even lost the original Danish flag that had fallen from the sky (legend, but he still lost it).

Anyway, when the unpacker arrives, I will give the Peasant Crossbowmen some advantages in armour, while the Militia Crossbows will get a little morale. That pretty much sums up to me what their respective strengths were compared to each other.

**KARTLOS** · 12-08-2006, 15:38

i like many people asumed that the milita units (i.e those from the cities) would be worse but it appears that it is certainly not the case. in general you need castles for heavier more advanced troops, but cities are fine for producing your basic infantry.

**Quillan** · 12-08-2006, 16:22

You need castles to produce peasants, since they can kill all those town/spear militia. They can even kill armored sergeants! Stupid spear attribute!

**Slaists** · 12-08-2006, 17:19

Yes. All hail Peasant!

I guess, one could argue, the peasants were better trained (physically) than town militias (from all the hard labor on the fields).

**Kraxis** · 12-08-2006, 17:27

That shoul just give them better stamina, which I find to be fair enough. But they are not armed or trained in any way, unlike the militia. And having a spear is significantly better than a trifork.

**Slaists** · 12-08-2006, 17:32

Tri-fork has 3 pointy things, while spears have only one... Also, I bet hours/per day wise, peasants had way more experience with the tri-forks than spear militias with their spears

Originally Posted by Kraxis

That shoul just give them better stamina, which I find to be fair enough. But they are not armed or trained in any way, unlike the militia. And having a spear is significantly better than a trifork.

**andrewt** · 12-08-2006, 17:33

Well, castles are supposed to train the more elite units compared to towns. With the way CA did peasants this game, they are correctly built from a castle since they're like elite units.