fed armies

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One can always also have 100 cav loaded with food rush out to meet that huge HI army that's still a couple of fed turns from Mordor and 780 when they meet in order to feed the larger force for it's final push.

Or, one can send a smaller army, say 400 men, with enough food, in conjunction with a larger main army with none. Between the 2 armies is a third character.

Small army splits to character, new army will have food at the 765. Character transfers command to large army, which is considered fed at 780, thus also fed for 85/60 and they all move together. Repeat following turn. Seems laborious, but it will work at less cost (in food) then Arthedain trying to send 5000 HC to the back door of Mordor...

Mind you, if these guys rotate their 780's, there's a good chance they'll be able to shake any ScoArmies trying to hunt them down also, so there might be various benefits to pushing the boundaries of the Rules vs Common Sense file...

Regards,

Brad

From: Rodrigo Manhaes <rsmanhaes@br.inter.net>
Date: 2003/07/23 Wed PM 02:17:09 EDT
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Digest Number 1391

Well, live and learn then, seems the rule of thumb I followed was wrong,
and it's been some 3 years already! Curse my "tutors"... :\

Sorry for the misinformation, guys! :slight_smile:

Regards,
Rodrigo Manhães

Mike Barber wrote:

> Hey Jeff
>
> Army 1 will definitely be fed in your scenario below.
>
> An old trick: for same scenario as before but Army #1
> only has 150 food, commander 1 xfers 400HI to
> commander 2 (order 355 i think) and commander 2 then
> xfers army to commander 1 (780). Outcome will be a
> fed army of 1000 troops with 50 food left.
>
> The important thing is, can an army feed its troops
> when consumption happens (around order 400)
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
> From: "Jeff Wygal" <morgai@hotmail.com>
> Subject: Question about feeding armies
>
> Army #1 has 500 HI, and 600 food.
> Army #2 has 500 HI, and no food.
>
> Consumption of food happens after transfers, and
> before command
> orders (around order 400), so army #1 is fed, and army
> #2 is not fed.
>
> Army #2 transfers command (order 785) to the commander
> of army #1,
> combining the two armies.
>
> Is the new, combined army considered fed, or not fed,
> for the sake
> of movement?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jeff Wygal

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#2

If an army with 98% food supplies is treated the same as one with 0% yet a
huge army can be tricked into sharing a single sandwich... This all proves
that the food algorithm is beyond stupid. Yet another item that needs
fixing.

Gavin

bbrunec296@rogers.com wrote:

···

One can always also have 100 cav loaded with food rush out to meet that huge
HI army that's still a couple of fed turns from Mordor and 780 when they meet
in order to feed the larger force for it's final push.

Or, one can send a smaller army, say 400 men, with enough food, in conjunction
with a larger main army with none. Between the 2 armies is a third character.

Small army splits to character, new army will have food at the 765. Character
transfers command to large army, which is considered fed at 780, thus also fed
for 85/60 and they all move together. Repeat following turn. Seems
laborious, but it will work at less cost (in food) then Arthedain trying to
send 5000 HC to the back door of Mordor...

Mind you, if these guys rotate their 780's, there's a good chance they'll be
able to shake any ScoArmies trying to hunt them down also, so there might be
various benefits to pushing the boundaries of the Rules vs Common Sense
file...

Regards,

Brad

From: Rodrigo Manhaes <rsmanhaes@br.inter.net>
Date: 2003/07/23 Wed PM 02:17:09 EDT
To: mepbmlist@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [mepbmlist] Digest Number 1391

Well, live and learn then, seems the rule of thumb I followed was wrong,
and it's been some 3 years already! Curse my "tutors"... :\

Sorry for the misinformation, guys! :slight_smile:

Regards,
Rodrigo Manhães

Mike Barber wrote:

Hey Jeff

Army 1 will definitely be fed in your scenario below.

An old trick: for same scenario as before but Army #1
only has 150 food, commander 1 xfers 400HI to
commander 2 (order 355 i think) and commander 2 then
xfers army to commander 1 (780). Outcome will be a
fed army of 1000 troops with 50 food left.

The important thing is, can an army feed its troops
when consumption happens (around order 400)

Cheers
Mike

   From: "Jeff Wygal" <morgai@hotmail.com>
Subject: Question about feeding armies

Army #1 has 500 HI, and 600 food.
Army #2 has 500 HI, and no food.

Consumption of food happens after transfers, and
before command
orders (around order 400), so army #1 is fed, and army
#2 is not fed.

Army #2 transfers command (order 785) to the commander
of army #1,
combining the two armies.

Is the new, combined army considered fed, or not fed,
for the sake
of movement?

Thanks in advance.

Jeff Wygal

--
"Mortis In Anima
Curam Gero Cutis"
Carl Orff - "Carmina Burana"

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