How many party members is too much? (Region locked)?

[DaniTheHero]

Is there a point where it's too much?

[Kai]

20 is probably the maximum, since there's an achievement there, but no idea.

[Khalunka]

For me, more than 10 is usually too much.

[darion-neclador]

I run 12 (two from every class) and 4 ponies, which works well. Just enough to make large meals not wasteful, keep the upkeep payable and have enough guys to move around the battlefield to keep it interesting.

[DaniTheHero]

Currently running 10 people to fill every profession and 3 ponies. I had animals but I dismissed them because the food intake wasn't worth it.

[Fredenhal]

However many your willing to upkeep. I like to run 14 mercs and 16 ponies.

[drake_hound]

The limit is hardware, but fights could become really Long and Tedious.
I would recommend 12 fighters for optimal gameplay. the speed of ending combat is still within 1 turn or 2.
But fun is roughly around 16-20 where the battles changes a lot, where you form mini squads. where you assign who is usefull who is a waste.

Endgame certain faction might seem a pain, if you create big Unique squads.
(cause for god know what reason you want 1 of each useless prisoners and a
army of Animals aside from the bear)
Cause your main characters or tavern recruit are not everywhere at once.

[Boomstar]

I'm going to stick with 10, one for every side job. And an animal or two. Fights are taking a bit long already with the frequency that they happen imo.

[DaniTheHero]

Do enemy sizes scale to my squad size even in Region Lock?

[Carnwennan]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Do enemy sizes scale to my squad size even in Region Lock?

with respect to the first three regions, they do not seem to. at lest not at the same rate. I way outnumber the enemies I encounter in tiltren still.

[Keith 'Blood' Hanson]

In region lock? No, I can still pick up jobs in Tiltren while running...Uhh...14? Maybe 16-17. In region locked party sizes of the enemy will rise without you, so eventually bringing more folks is always a plus, just make sure you are upgrading your cooking pot and getting a lot of cooking recipes. The numbers seem to rise pretty quickly once you leave Tiltren though. 8-12 enemies in next region(s).

[Regret]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Is there a point where it's too much?

It is too much when the fights stop being fun. I recenty got rid of three bears for this exact reason.

[Lightning]

Originally posted by DaniTheHero:

Currently running 10 people to fill every profession and 3 ponies. I had animals but I dismissed them because the food intake wasn't worth it.

I'm not sure if the food intake is even harder to manage on the hardest difficulty, i'm playing on the 2nd option for both difficulties and doing much better food/cost management wise in the 3rd area than i did in the 1st-2nd.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2965008192

[Regret]

Food consumption depends on who you have with you. Bears for example eat a ridiculous amount of food. Until recently I had six bears and that massively increased how much food I needed.

[DaniTheHero]

I seem to not be good at min/maxing the game at all then hah. I have exactly 10 character + 3 ponies. But it seems my team composition and chosen skills aren't good.

I have found a way to respec, but it seems like it's quite expensive. I'm tempted to restart, but I got past Tiltren and don't really want to replay through it again hah.

I picked the worst possible things it seems. 2 archers, 1 rogue , 1 heavy tank brute, and the rest just a bunch of 2Handed swordsman and warriors. Not going well Past tiltren when everyone is using shields hah