My impression is that in general mass combat armies are intended to be built based on the forces the campaign would suggest for each side. Nevertheless, just to get a feel for the system, we've been trying the "take $200,000,000 at TL6, don't worry about maintenance and slog it out" approach.
So do y'all have any suggestions for how one might optimize a force built from scratch, at say TLs 2, 6, 7 and 10? My Veritechs have been faring poorly against massed infantry with satellites and tactical air defense; likewise for legions up against hunter-gatherers with a contingent of ogres and a single shaman. Starting to get the idea that the best approach is a large core of high-TS-per-$ infantry, a substantial wallop with a few class superiorities, and then pikemen and MANPADs to neutralize the rest. But what other approaches have you guys tried?
Relatedly, maybe someone's come up with a rule of thumb on a budget divisor that might balance out a TL advantage? Since each new TL doubles many troop TSs, but also introduces new troop types, my thought was that 3x budget or so per TL disadvantage might yield a rough equality.
Understood this is backwards from the usual way of setting up the forces, but it's made for some interesting battles - Patton vs. Sauron is next, ha. Thanks for your thoughts!
So do y'all have any suggestions for how one might optimize a force built from scratch, at say TLs 2, 6, 7 and 10? My Veritechs have been faring poorly against massed infantry with satellites and tactical air defense; likewise for legions up against hunter-gatherers with a contingent of ogres and a single shaman. Starting to get the idea that the best approach is a large core of high-TS-per-$ infantry, a substantial wallop with a few class superiorities, and then pikemen and MANPADs to neutralize the rest. But what other approaches have you guys tried?
Relatedly, maybe someone's come up with a rule of thumb on a budget divisor that might balance out a TL advantage? Since each new TL doubles many troop TSs, but also introduces new troop types, my thought was that 3x budget or so per TL disadvantage might yield a rough equality.
Understood this is backwards from the usual way of setting up the forces, but it's made for some interesting battles - Patton vs. Sauron is next, ha. Thanks for your thoughts!
min/maxing mass combat armies
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