Actually those mobs are very nice to get your army experienced. Once you have bayonets and fire by rank you literally mow those mobs over with a simple line of infantry. And since - I think - experience is gained by the amount of kills your units inflicts, mobs are the easiest, by far!

Also when the enemy sallies forth you're the defender so take on the most favourable defensive positions and bring enough artillery, you should easily be able to defeat say 1000 mob infantry with a mixed force of 1000 strong and only suffer minimal losses, but many units will gain a chevron of experience!

And tertio, the game is called Total War for a reason.


Kulgan