max soldiers attacking

[ninke]

I know we are not yet so far but  I do have a question about this :

The number of allowed units in a Fortress siege is 8 times the Fortress garrison (the basic one, Military Architecture is not accounted).

1.  Fortress garisson is that of attacker I hope ?  ( so with fortress 8 you  can send max 225000 elite swordsman ,... so If I as defender have more troops   nobody can kill me ..except if an alliance do coordinated attack ? )

2. Why a max on attacking army??  Why should we make a big army if we can not send all in one attack ?

[yovanna]

I know we are not yet so far but  I do have a question about this :

1.  Fortress garisson is that of attacker I hope ?  ( so with fortress 8 you  can send max 225000 elite swordsman ,... so If I as defender have more troops   nobody can kill me ..except if an alliance do coordinated attack ? )

2. Why a max on attacking army??  Why should we make a big army if we can not send all in one attack ?

Fortress garrison - of the defender.

2. Because a giant army against a middle size Fortress is an unreasonable battle. 

[ninke]

So I put my 700 k  army in a prov where I have lvl 3 fortress and nobody ever can kill me anymore .My other 10 prov produce enough to pay my troops ....  Nice , finally enough sleep , but also very boring .

Guys , this new game have  interesting new options  , but some things are really stupid and will make a farmer game of it

[yovanna]

So I put my 700 k  army in a prov where I have lvl 3 fortress and nobody ever can kill me anymore .My other 10 prov produce enough to pay my troops ....  Nice , finally enough sleep , but also very boring .

Guys , this new game have  interesting new options  , but some things are really stupid and will make a farmer game of it

If I have filed army just like you, you have no reasons to feel safe. The 8 times Fortress garrison is only a limitation for the Infantry groups not for all the attacking army.

[mariuscl77]

2. Why a max on attacking army??  Why should we make a big army if we can not send all in one attack ?

Question : 1 milion people may rise one cubic meter of iron with empty hands?

[yovanna]

Question : 1 milion people may rise one cubic meter of iron with empty hands?

I'm afraid I'm not getting it. What's your point?

[sheridon]

im confused......... is that max army allowed or minimum army allowed if its minimum its very very good so that multiple attacks are evened, but if its maximum agaisnt infantry as yovanna said then its a little tight. infantry includes spears and swords, so i fill the rest with cavalry and archers?

[tiger]

Let me explain.
Those maximum number of troops only goes on maximum number of units attacking the wall.
First goes field battle - all attacker units fight all defender units(except those in garizon).
Then if attacker wins, he attacks fortress. Number of units attacking fortress wall is limited to 8x(or 4x imperians), because others cant simply reach wall to damage it.
After fortress fall, its again all against all. So you can send 10 mil soldiers, you will kill enemy army, but only 8x fortress garizon(without mil architecture bonus) will damage wall.
And mariuscl wanted to say that 1 milion human have strength to lift a lot(10000 tons of iron), but if they need to lift something like 1 cubic meter of iron(heavy but small) that only 10 people can catch, they cant lift it. because 10 people cant do it and other 999990 are useless. Like if you have 10 m wall, 8x units can damage it, others can just watch.

[ninke]

Tnx for explanation  , clear to me now