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From: Matt Chatterley <root@mpc.dyn.ml.org>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 13:09:08 +0000 (GMT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 clawrenc@cup.hp.com wrote:
> In <199709170525.AAA09363@dfw-ix9.ix.netcom.com>, on 09/17/97
> at 08:45 AM, "Jon A. Lambert" <jlsysinc@ix.netcom.com> said:
>
> >You mention the amassing of player armies. The cost and logistics in
> > labor and resources would be vast. The effects of this on local
> >economies can be both explosive and devastating, even excluding the
> >effects of actual warfare (the old guns or butter issues). Then
> >there's those elusive things called morale, training, and readiness
> >which might make it all for naught.
>
> I would note in passing that medieval armies often numbered under 100
> men, and rarely were more than a few hundred. I recall something to
> the effect of the Battle of Hastings having less than 100 total
> participants...
I don't profess to know much here. :)
I can't imagine players under our system massing HUGE forces and
mobilising them in one place (that is the key notion) - it probably
wouldn't be necessary. If it is for something they want to do, the costs
will be high. A superb soldier can account for several poor or untrained
soldiers - the only snag is that the superb ones are a lot more expensive.
In any case, the notion of 'armies' particularly their size and so forth
will be romanticised somewhat in many places. :)
Regards,
-Matt Chatterley
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