Stonewall86
Mariner
posted 02-15-10 04:55 PM EDT (US)
Quick question, does Prussia have skirmish units?
Stonewall86
Mariner
posted 02-15-10 07:21 PM
EDT (US)
2 / 18
What do you have to build to recruit them?
Stonewall86
Mariner
posted 02-15-10 10:08 PM
EDT (US)
4 / 18
Thanks for the info, all hells breakin loose in my campaign, surrounded by enemies everywhere... Skirmishers sure would help!
TKwarrior17
Mariner
posted 03-22-10 03:36 PM
EDT (US)
6 / 18
Just a little information you might want to know, however: in the original campaign and DMUC addon, Prussian Line Infantry have the highest overall stats of all "vanilla" Line Infantry. They are also the cheapest to train and maintain. Moreover, most Prussian generals will have the attributes "Prussian Junker" and/or "Drillmaster". Both of these give the commanding general two extra command stars when leading infantry units.
The bottom line is this: Line Infantry are Prussia's backbone, and regardless of how good any skirmishers or cavalry are, Line Infantry will always be the cream of a successful Prussian army. It's just the way the game is made. Austria has their swift Hussars, the Ottomans have their massive artillery, Russia has her vast numbers, and Britain has her indomitable fleet. At least that much is historically correct.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to be training troops that are equivalent to your rivals', when by training Line Infantry, you get superior soldiers to your rivals while paying less.
TKwarrior17
Mariner
posted 05-14-10 02:15 PM
EDT (US)
8 / 18
Really? I might just make a mod to fix that, because Prussian Line Infantry, up until about the end of the Napoleonic Age (ca. 1840), were the most elite regular soldiers of any European army. In fact, British and later American soldiers were trained by Prussian drill sergeants.
shubhankar
Mariner
posted 06-02-10 06:59 AM
EDT (US)
9 / 18
Prussia owns the best of armies.
Med8r
Mariner
posted 06-10-10 02:24 PM
EDT (US)
14 / 18
In any case, Prussia has had a long history of being able to field some of the best troops in the world, if not the best (and when you're constantly at war with everyone around you, you really don't have a choice but to excel, or be wiped out). In my own experiences in Empire, I've found that they pose much more of a threat than anyone else on the field of battle, bar none (in Europe, anyway). They may not have been the biggest or the best, but they're surely not to be underestimated nonetheless, in Empire anyway.
Schwerpunkt
Rake
posted 08-10-10 10:36 AM
EDT (US)
15 / 18
One day a German, a Russian and an American General were observing a combined exercise of their airborne forces.
The Russian General looked upward at some of his soldiers and commented: "Ahh Russians, we have the best soldiers in the world."
The German and American generals politely looked aside and discretely coughed. The Russian general looked at their disbelief and then flatly stated; “You do not believe… I will prove this.”
Looking up at the tower platform where his men were waiting their turn to parachute he shouted: “Yuri, leap from tower now, do not wait parachute!”
Yuri immediately stepped to the edge of the platform and shouted “For Mother Russia!” and plunged over the side. As the unfortunate trooper’s body slammed into the earth the Russian General commented: “You see, the best in the world.”
The German General did not reply. Instead he lifted his gaze to the tower where his men were awaiting and yelled: “Albrecht, for the Fatherland!”
The German paratrooper snapped rigidly to attention, saluted and replied: “Jawoll, für das Vaterland.” (yes, for the Fatherland) took a few steps back and ran off the platform , plummeting to his death in a perfect swan-dive. The German General looked at the Russian and said, “German soldiers, the VERY best in the world.”
When the American General said nothing the other two generals starred at him for a long moment until at last the he sighed deeply and shrugged, saying; “Alright, alright, I get the hint.”
Looking up at his soldiers standing atop a tower he commanded: “Hey, Johnson, jump off the tower without a ‘chute.”
Johnson looked down and yelled back, “No F@#@ing way ...SIR!”
The American General looked at the other generals and asked; “Any questions?”