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Might some kind and informed person please explain how the amount of armor a troop has affects the initiative of the troop. I know more armor means less initiative. But how much? How do I figure it out when designing troops? Thx
Until we get to v0.80 (which has the patch note 'removed encumbrance') then the key is how heavy the armour + weapon is in total. When the character or soldier goes over 40% encumbrance they get -2 initiative. When they go over 80% the get -4 initiative total.
So when you are choosing traits for troops, the traits that provide +15 weight capacity and +20 weight capacity need to be used to get to 40% encumbrance or below, or to get under 80%. If they are not making your troop cross a breakpoint, then you would be better with the +2 initiative trait.
Check the tooltips on the character sheet for initiative to see the penalties.
This is one reason i always get Warhorses for my custom factions, the bazaar and the monster immune caravans are just frosting on that cake.
some more numbers:
- base weight capacity is 30
- "weak" penalty (scout units) is -15
- strength trait adds +20
- horse adds +20
- muscle trait adds +15 (and +1att)
- war horse (legacy of serrane) adds +40
- trog blood adds 20 weight capacity
- full leather armor (all pieces) is 15 weight
- full chain is 20 weight
- full light plate is 30 weight
- full plate is 40 weight
- all of this is perfectly irrelevant now since 0.80 was just released and the encumbrance system is no longer in the game 
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