What Unit Size the game is balanced around ?

[Zordiark Darkeater]

So just saw the topic about unit sizes etc and i started thinking on what size the game is getting balanced around by the devs ?

[ℳɑℵƐɳƮɨɳʊᎦ]

the devs balance around large unit scale.

[Elitewrecker PT]

As surely mentioned there - Theoretically large.

[happyscrub]

Large. They would of labeled large as normal, but they didn't want to incite the peasants.

[The Warmongering Khan]

Originally posted by happyscrub:

Large. They would of labeled large as normal, but they didn't want to incite the peasants.

Yeah that always confounded me. You'd think they'd label the standard size normal to avoid confusion. Then just label the size below small the one above large. But whatever.

[Mr Robert House]

Making normal the default would make it too simple to figure out.

[Donut Steel]

Do we have a source and explanation for CA balancing around the large unit size scale?

[Nöitalommi]

Originally posted by Lex Looper:

Do we have a source and explanation for CA balancing around the large unit size scale?

https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/211864/what-unit-size-is-total-war-warhammer-1-and-2-balanced-on

[A.Pot]

Large, but I personally like medium more.

[Donut Steel]

Originally posted by Nöitalommi:

Originally posted by Lex Looper:

Do we have a source and explanation for CA balancing around the large unit size scale?

https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/211864/what-unit-size-is-total-war-warhammer-1-and-2-balanced-on

In which case a health warning applies: everyone has a different idea of what is meant by 'balance'. Whether Duck is aware of this, given the terse answer, I don't know.

On a minor note, one poster in that thread points out the unit tables, which you can find at twwstats.com and which suggest Duck is incorrect. The most relevant table is key-values for the unit ability scaling rules, which sets the '1' value at ultra scale. This affects all abilities which do direct damage.

However, it might be the case that 1 is simply the highest value this KV table can accommodate, or without producing weird effects in-game, so it simply makes sense that the highest scale setting has to use it. I'd take Duck at his word, but we just don't know what he means by 'balance'.

[Android Poetry]

It's large, this was literally stated by CA_Duck on the official forums.

[Kaaz]

Its large

[Falaris]

Large is the official answer. But that doesn't mean you can't use other sizes - there's advantages to both higher and lower sizes. (With lower size, line of fire problems become less of an issue, for instance.). Also, there are mechanics to balance the other sizes, so they shouldn't be wildly unbalanced.

[Empukris]

Official CA statement mentioned it is balance at large unit scale although most people play on ultra or small depending on your pc specs.