I know there are numerous threads on being able to change our Order of Battle, but if there’s one change you can make (and soon, I hope!), would you make it so the new recruits are NOT on the outermost flank?
Even moving them in one position would greatly increase the survivability of new troops.
If I were a merc commander, I’d place the new guy between to veterans. With the AI’s propensity to go for the flanks in many cases, especially Goblins, this would help. Also, if the same merc company came to the towns over and over looking for new guys, and the veterans are still kicking, it wouldn’t help its reputation any. I know we should expect losses, but do you have to stack the deck so badly against the new guy?
In a single player game, there's no such thing as cheating. It's merely "creative manipulation of the default settings"!
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