Mercenary Pool

[peleliu]

With the discussion regarding the new Professionalism additions perhaps it is time to address mercenaries in general. I don't mind them and find them useful in the early game, but perhaps the pool of available units should be tied to institutions. Feudalism would have the base level, Renaissance a small bonus, and later institutions would see the merc pool slowly drained as nations head toward the endgame and professional/revolutionary armies. Reliance on mercs did die off fairly rapidly as nation states grew. Troops such as the Hessians used in America are best represented by the Condottieri mechanic.

 

[Kissing2]

Given the high number of causalties on each battle and how small is the Manpower for most nations not to forget how little Military developpment actually gives MP wise, I can't really agree with a low Mercs Number.

It isn't unusual by 1700 to have more than 100.000 dead on each side in a major battle. Lowering the Mercs would basically render a country unable to bounce back.

In short: I'd totally agree with a Merc smaller pool for a better Manpower scaling through the game and less causalties overall.

 

[saegoto]

merc pool should be depend from total state development not forcelimit.