Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150207130230/@comment-5543592-20150209203317

Harold Burned-Mane wrote:

SkyrimsShillelagh wrote: (Pacman's logic is sound.  The 300 Spartans held Thermopylae against a Persion army of 1,000,000.  They would have held out a lot longer than they did, except they were betrayed.  A force of any number can hold off against a bigger one as long as they have good fortifications and are only fighting on one front.) (There are various reasons why the Spartans were able to hold off the Persians. For one the Persian army was a mess. They weren't well organized as the Persian Army was actually made up or a bunch of smaller armies from their vassals. So they didn't use one strategy or way of fighting, they all had different tactics that most times didn't go well together. Also the Spartans didn't fight the Persians non-stop. They fought a few platoons then only fought again the next day. Pacman's men have been fighting non-stop for many hours by now. Also the Spartans were highly trained units. Pacman's men are just regular heavy infantry, which doesn't even have spears. Heavy Infantry use more close range weapons.) (Another valid point.)