Postby A Lot of Gaul » Tue Feb 06, 2018 8:58 pm
Hi Martin -
I largely agree with all of the proposed rule changes. My specific comments follow:
"Troops armed with bows, longbows or crossbows and no named melee weapon are Inferior Fighters."
I agree. In regard to Wayne's comment about the Mangudai and other bow-armed Superior Fighters, my thinking is that they should perhaps be rated as Superior Shooters instead.
"Inferior Fighters hit all but other Inferior Fighters on a 5+ in combat."
I agree.
"Levy missile troops do not get the bonus archery dice when shooting."
I agree. I also like Wayne's addendum applying this to all Inferior Shooters.
"Levy troops who lose a combat read the result table one line lower than normal."
I agree with this, along with Wayne's suggestion to apply this to all Inferior Fighters.
"Warbands may not make voluntary retirements."
I agree, if by this you mean that Warbands should not be able to do a voluntary About Face and move away from an opposing unit, and unless someone can offer some historical instances where such a thing is recorded as having actually happened - I can’t think of any myself. I also concur with Wayne's suggestion that Warbands should not be able to Disengage from combat, once joined.
"Skirmishers may move in any direction without movement penalty. They still lose 25% of their move when changing formation."
I agree, but I also concur with Wayne's response that Skirmishers should continue to use up half of their normal move distance to change formation.
All in all, some very good proposed changes!
Cheers,
Scott
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