Question about troops

[muters]

I'm not sure I understand their purpose, exactly. From what I can tell, I'm guessing when an ally AI officer goes up against an enemy officer, their number of troops acts as a sort of stamina meter, so the more troops = the longer they can stay in the battle.

As in most Warriors games, I do most of the work myself, and pretty much just use allied officers as decoys to avoid getting dog-piled. How does the number of troops affect the character I'm controlling? I'm about half way through my first scenario, and after most battles I replenish my troops, but when I don't, I don't seem to have any harder a time winning battles.

Would be grateful if anyone could set me straight. :)

[mighty1]

what is it are u asking exactly cause its kina coming off a bit confsing. would love to help if i can but it be nice if u could be a bit more precise

[muters]

Sorry if I wasn't very clear! What I meant is, every officer has a certain number of troops under their command, and when you go into battle, in the top-right corner there's a tally of how many troops your army has against the enemy's. For example, 20000 v 15000. I just have a hard time working out how this affects the battles, exactly. The game seems to make out it's an important factor, but I can't tell the difference whether I take zero troops into battle or 60000.

[Lucent Beam]

A larger number of troops seems to just help other allied officers take over bases faster or not die from enemy officers.

[muters]

Ahh right, thanks. :0)

[CNash]

Also, an officer with no troops will be captured if he's defeated, instead of retreating and coming back. An officer that returns to battle loses a set amount of his troops to do so.

[a_correa4]

quick way..................point is to KILL EVERYBOBY..............