Two questions sort of linked
1) What factors determine how many troops a province can support before you start to loose troops through attrition? I have noticed that population size seems to matter although i have seen smaller provinces that can support more troops than bigger ones.
2) What determines the amount of troops that a province can build in one hit. Your capital always seems to be able to churn out a big army in one build but other than that is it size again that matters?
Of particular importance to me is the new world. Like many people I like to get a protecting army up and running in my new colonies. I however am just working on hit and miss as to which ones might be good as the 1st city. Example i am playing England and i have both Table and Quebec, Quebec is a province (which got natives) of about 1900 and Table is only about 850. Yet Table can support 55 troops and Quebec only 35. Both can only produce 1000 inf/cav or 10 art at a time. Obviously being England i want more ships but building those ships at 1 warship every 6 or 7 months is too slow. I could of course send stuff from England but then i loose due to attrition. Again i could 'escort' fleets over with an explorer but thats such a waste using an explorer as a bus service.
Any help on this greatly received, plus if all you experts out there know the nice big provinces that are good places for that 1st city please tell me a few.
1) What factors determine how many troops a province can support before you start to loose troops through attrition? I have noticed that population size seems to matter although i have seen smaller provinces that can support more troops than bigger ones.
2) What determines the amount of troops that a province can build in one hit. Your capital always seems to be able to churn out a big army in one build but other than that is it size again that matters?
Of particular importance to me is the new world. Like many people I like to get a protecting army up and running in my new colonies. I however am just working on hit and miss as to which ones might be good as the 1st city. Example i am playing England and i have both Table and Quebec, Quebec is a province (which got natives) of about 1900 and Table is only about 850. Yet Table can support 55 troops and Quebec only 35. Both can only produce 1000 inf/cav or 10 art at a time. Obviously being England i want more ships but building those ships at 1 warship every 6 or 7 months is too slow. I could of course send stuff from England but then i loose due to attrition. Again i could 'escort' fleets over with an explorer but thats such a waste using an explorer as a bus service.
Any help on this greatly received, plus if all you experts out there know the nice big provinces that are good places for that 1st city please tell me a few.
The trip down to Table is something like 6+ months, probably more. A small fleet without an explorer will be trashed. Kebec is possible. In either case, the fleet will be trashed, or severly reduced, without a port at the end (unless you have an explorer), though you will be able to deliver your army. No offense, Robo, it's really late.