Suggestion: How to beef up light inf

[Arralen]

Originally posted by Elmo:
.. LI should be unencumbered. By that I mean light weapons only and no armor. There would be two advantages.

We're not talking about generic troops here. There are lots of nation-specific troops which are quite different from each other. Some have a spear only, some have spear, javelin, shield, helmet and armor, yet all "qualifiy" as light infantry.

And encumbrance does not influence movement speed, at least unless the (fixed) unit stats reflect this. There wouldn't be any change to the speed if you change a units encumbrance on the battlefield, but it does get more fatigue.

First, speed. They should be the poor mans cavalry with excellent flanking ability.

Light infantry does have higher strategic and battle speed, so when retreating it most times can run away from heavier troops successfully.

Second, defense. They should be harder to hit than their more heavily armored (read slower) bretheren.

Most LI does have 1 or 2 points more defences, but I'm not shure if it really makes a difference.

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