Squad Size

[zibathy]

Does anyone know if Chris plans on making squads bigger, or is 20 members forever going to be the max? If you open the Map and look at the tabs on top, there's one that says "Squads". Maybe he's gonna make it so you can have multiple squads that you can switch out? Make it so they wander idly in your town and then when you go back you can say I wanna switch out my squads or whatever... I dunno.

[Scotterius]

Please begin using the search function. You can click on Chris's profile and search for things he specifically said, like 'squad size'. A general search will find these answers too. I dont want to sound like a jerk, but you are beginning to ask people to type your answers for you with things that could easily be answered with a search query.

Edit: I searched to see how easy the answer would be to find, and it was harder than I expected. Yes, I have heard that the squad cap will be expanded.

[Santaissick]

I have tried the search function few times myself but it's very rear to find what u r looking for. You need the specific words used in topic you are trying to find and there are many times that it says something like: "That is too common word."

[zibathy]

Please begin using the search function. You can click on Chris's profile and search for things he specifically said, like 'squad size'. A general search will find these answers too. I dont want to sound like a jerk, but you are beginning to ask people to type your answers for you with things that could easily be answered with a search query.

Edit: I searched to see how easy the answer would be to find, and it was harder than I expected. Yes, I have heard that the squad cap will be expanded.

I've read just about everything on this forum except the Mods section and there is nothing about squad size. So no, I did not know the answer to this question and could not find the answer. So I asked it.

[1337]

The squad/army size cap will be way bigger. Don't forget you are supposed to have a whole faction and do big big battles if you wish so.

Also the system that has been promised by Chris will take that into account. So all those comfort features, like dividing your peeps into different squads, semi-auto functioning of squads and so on, will find their way into the game eventually.

It's all about letting chris the time to code it

[zibathy]

Yeah, i just wasnt sure if your squad was supposed to be 20 max skill badasses who manage everything and are like some sort of aristocracy with every other member of your faction controlled by the AI, or if we actually are gonna be capable of 200 man armies with a micromanaged economy.

[King]

I don't know where but at some point i was randomly browsing the fourms and i think it was Chris, he may have said something along the lines of how in the far far future the map was going to change into something u could control and tell armys what to do with. These arn't even close to his exact words but that implies that the limit is going to be way up there. (If theres one at all, i hope its "unlimited" or at least until my computer crashes!

[toaster Assassin]

The squad cap was initiated because of a character GUI overflow (With the portrait squares, or something like that). The 20 cap is not permanent, just temp for now. (I am not sure as to if there will be a squad cap in the future or its size) Also Chris said in earlier posts that the map is supposed to be something along the lines of what fallout II/ Jagged Alliance had.

[zibathy]

I don't know where but at some point i was randomly browsing the fourms and i think it was Chris, he may have said something along the lines of how in the far far future the map was going to change into something u could control and tell armys what to do with. These arn't even close to his exact words but that implies that the limit is going to be way up there. (If theres one at all, i hope its "unlimited" or at least until my computer crashes!

This. I want 2,000 man armies where I can micromanage each individual troop if I want to. 2,000 man armies versus 2,000 man armies. Hey, you can have 3,200 zerglings in Starcraft 2 if everyone chooses zerg and builds only lings... that's only 800 away... how hard could it be? (/sarcasm)