disband units

[belliger]

if i disband a unit somewhere on the map, will the soldiers be added to the original town from where they were raised?

[Arjos]

No, they're going to add up to the population of the region they're disbanded in...

[Rahl]

No, they're going to add up to the population of the region they're disbanded in...

...if it's your region.

[Megas Methuselah]

...if it's your region.

... otherwise they will float away to paradise, their numbers unpresent in mortal lands.

[vartan]

... otherwise they will float away to paradise, their numbers unpresent in mortal lands.

@ the person who asked the question originally: when you disband a unit, the number of men in that unit is added to the town inside the region the army is currently located at. It doesn't matter if the town is yours or not. The fact of the matter is that the men don't vanish, they become residents of that town, as recorded by the town's population count.

[Megas Methuselah]

Naw, naw, naw, they float away in the rapture! It says so in the Book of Revelations!!!

[Duguntz]

Naw, naw, naw, they float away in the rapture! It says so in the Book of Revelations!!!

i must agree brother! following every scientific principles and facts, I must say : this is totally TRUE. They all float away in the ether, just like us in the real life... 0_o :)))))

[Taedius]

Yes, I've tested and confirmed that they only join your towns.

[belliger]

sorry, i don't know how to 'quote' your previous sentences.
but, f...! this means that if i disband roman citizens in a 'colony', they become inhabitants of the colony...
that means not available anymore for soldiering (as roman citizens)...
gosh! have to restart the game from earlier

[Lazy O]

Why would you restart? its not as if those units would have their previous Experience

[Rahwana]

for some weird reson, mercenaries did that too

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

I wish I could send armies of levies into enemy territory to disband and create massive squalor penalties and eventually revolt. Now that would be an awesome form of warfare!

[belliger]

yes, if you like to empty your homeland...

[Rahl]

... otherwise they will float away to paradise, their numbers unpresent in mortal lands.

I know it's not realistic and I don't know if your RTW does this, but when I disband a unit in lands that are not mine they don't add to the population of the town there.
Next time when you make a joke don't make it on my cost when you had not proof that I was wrong.

[Megas Methuselah]

Yes, I've tested and confirmed that they only join your towns.

See, I told you guys! If you disband a unit in foreign territory, their numbers dissapear and they float away in the ether!

[vartan]

See, I told you guys! If you disband a unit in foreign territory, their numbers dissapear and they float away in the ether!

Suicide. This game is messed up. I ain't buyin' it for my future kids.

[Olaf The Great]

This is useful if you want to quickly populate a town to build it up faster, just spam the cheapest per man unit in a town and disband them in the desired target.

[Megas Methuselah]

RP it as a migration, or make it coincide with the construction of military colonies or grants of land to RP colonization.

[Captain Trek]

This is useful if you want to quickly populate a town to build it up faster, just spam the cheapest per man unit in a town and disband them in the desired target.

Akontistai are great for this sort of thing... I don't generally move population around, but as far as cheap and spammable goes (particularly when garrisoning towns, which is how I use them), Akos are practically EBs answer to peasants...

[Burebista]

Akontistai are great for this sort of thing... I don't generally move population around, but as far as cheap and spammable goes (particularly when garrisoning towns, which is how I use them), Akos are practically EBs answer to peasants...

Yep , it's the best solution for the 400 pop problem. Also it gives the option of reaching 2000 pretty fast so you dont have to leave the construction queue empty