Approx. how many individuals are in a unit?

[shoguntaka]

I had a very hard time trying to imagine a single archer taking over a city. How many individuals are in a unit of archer? 1,000? Do any of you have any idea approx. how many?

Thanks all,
~Shoguntaka

 

[Zachriel]

Very good question. With archers, 1000 sounds right.

But each age has different number of people. For instance, Napoleon fielded a million men. Today the U.S., in the current conflict, fields just tens of thousands of highly trained and motivated troops, while after Rome fell a couple thousand peasant warriors and a few knights might represent a large army.

 

[Richard III]

For no particular reason, I've always imagined it as a regiment or brigade, e.g. roughly 2,000-5,000 men.

But I can't assign any rationale to that other than to say that anything smaller seems silly relative to the populations of a typical civ3 civ at any point in time.

 

[dannyevilcat]

Hmmm. With modern units I've always figured I was dealing with whole divisions. But I guess that makes for a whole lot of armoured divisions, huh?

I just compare it to the scale of the map. regiments seem too small, but divisions too large. Maybe 7,500 men per?

 

[Furry Spatula]

I have an idea, how many people does one population point represent? B/c thats how big the unit is, atleast ground ones, B/c you loose one pop point per draft, and what happens to those who aren't drafted into the army? does the military kill them b/c they are unfit? or do the run off and live like hermits in the mountains?

Well its just a thought

 

[dannyevilcat]

Not a bad idea, but...

I'd imagine that by that measure, each unit would be 250,000 men or so

 

[Zachriel]

Originally posted by dannyevilcat
Not a bad idea, but...

I'd imagine that by that measure, each unit would be 250,000 men or so

Well, the original post was archers. At Agincourt, Henry's entire army was about 5000 men, his entire combat force on the Continent. That would certainly be considered more than one "unit." I expect he had about four archer units and a knight, against the French forces five times in numbers.

English
4 Longbowmen
1 Knight

French
10 Knights
10 Warriors
5 Spearmen

Due to a very bad randomizer result, the French lost miserably. The English credit their victory to the piety of their king, and rain. The French blame Firaxis for an unfair combat system.

 

[shoguntaka]

If you settle a new city, the 1st population is 10,000. That is the one population. So, I guess that's approx. how many individuals are in each unit (ground one).

~Shoguntaka