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Like unit size part of the value of defense is that it makes your units more capable of surviving through battles so they can gain experience and be replenished to full strength. In a long conflict between two otherwise similar units a unit with a higher defense will lose soldiers more slowly than a unit with lower defense. You will then be able to replenish these valuable experienced units after the battle.ĭefense is a measure of how much punishment your army can take in melee combat. Larger units are not only more capable of controlling the battlefield through numerical advantage, they are also more likely to have surviving members. This aspect of the game makes units with a large unit size extremely valuable. However you can choose to replenish units up to their initial unit size by spending money to recruit troops which replenishing the unit.
Losses of men in a battle are persistent. Unit size is listed in game in the upper left hand corner as "men" followed by a number, this term while clear as used in the game can become ambiguous as the context changes.
Unit Size is a count of how many soldiers are in the unit.
Recognizing these general roles and meaning of their stats will empower you to make logical decisions as you play through the later parts of the grand campaign where many factions gain access to unique variations on the basic units. To be able to effectively command and manage these units it is important to recognize the roles that each unit type fills. There are a wide variety of units available to you even from the start of the game in Empire: Total War.