I know that they used to before HTTT, has DW brought them back to the increased speed?
Just wondering if it does, and if not, why?
Just wondering if it does, and if not, why?
I know that they used to before HTTT, has DW brought them back to the increased speed?
Just wondering if it does, and if not, why?
Actually once you take into account the logistical nightmare of horses (They need to have feed brought with them, have to have fairly level surfaces, reshodding et cetera), and the consequently higher number of non-combat members to a cavalry unit they didn't move faster strategically, only tactically (That is to say a charging unit of cavalry could easily out pace a charging unit of infantry).
While cavalry is/was more mobile then infantry, it wasn't truly 'faster'.
If it's for gameplay reasons then that's fine. But it's obviously nonsense that cavalry doesn't move faster, regardless of the scale. The only argument that can be made otherwise is that the infantry is using horses to travel, but not to fight. This may have been the case at times, but it was far from the norm.
Oh really? I suppose that's why cavalry has been used since ancient times for scouting. Must be because it doesn't move faster, right?
It's not obvious nonsense. The main limit on army movement speed is logistics, not the movement speed of individuals within the army. Napoleon expected his armies to march about 20 km per day. A fit individual could easily outperform that, but when you have to move thousands of men with artillery, food, ammo, etcetera it's a small wonder the whole thing moves at all.
With artillery? Of course a combined arms army would move at the speed of the slowest item. We're talking about all cavalry here. It's nonsense. The whole point of cavalry is that it is faster. Are you honestly trying to claim that if you and I both left Paris for Berlin, and I had a horse and you were on foot, we arrive at the same time merely on account of our both needing to eat, sleep, and drink? It's complete rubbish! You're denying the whole concept of mobile warfare.
Tactically cavalry is of course faster, that's why they are used for scouting (+ the fact a rider has better line of sight than a foot soldier). But movement in EU3 is strategic and large scale. A thousand cavalrymen cannot gallop acorss hundreds of miles.
Scouting is not tactical. It's strategic. On a tactical level you can see the enemy with the naked eye or with a telescope. Yes, you can travel 100 miles with a horse a hell of a lot faster than on foot. Let's try it, you and me buddy. It sounds like fun. As long as I get the horse, okay?
Actually once you take into account the logistical nightmare of horses (They need to have feed brought with them, have to have fairly level surfaces, reshodding et cetera), and the consequently higher number of non-combat members to a cavalry unit they didn't move faster strategically, only tactically (That is to say a charging unit of cavalry could easily out pace a charging unit of infantry).
While cavalry is/was more mobile then infantry, it wasn't truly 'faster'.
Roads affect movement speed? Is that a DW thing because i'm pretty sure that's not in HTTT.No. Infantry and cavalry move at the same speed, artillery a bit slower. Movement speed can only be increase by manoeuvre rating of a general or by roads.
The main gameplay reason is to make cavalry less overpowering, the same reason Military Tactics were introduced. From a realism standpoint, it has often been argued that cavalry does not move faster than infantry on a strategic scale, with Mongols and other steppe hordes as exceptions.
Are you honestly trying to claim that if you and I both left Paris for Berlin, and I had a horse and you were on foot, we arrive at the same time merely on account of our both needing to eat, sleep, and drink? It's complete rubbish! You're denying the whole concept of mobile warfare.
Scouting is not tactical. It's strategic. On a tactical level you can see the enemy with the naked eye or with a telescope. Yes, you can travel 100 miles with a horse a hell of a lot faster than on foot. Let's try it, you and me buddy. It sounds like fun. As long as I get the horse, okay?
Not really. Scouting means that a small group of cavalry is riding out from the main army, looking for the enemy, then riding back again, perhaps over the course of a day. The wagons full of grain and spare harness and portable anvils for replacing horseshoes and thousands of lead bullets and barrels of gunpowder are left back at camp if all you're doing is scouting. If the army is advancing from one place to another, though, they have to bring all that stuff with them.Scouting is not tactical. It's strategic.