Rule question re number of attacks for disrupted units

[dazzam]

I watched the combat detail in the bottom left of the screen and I had a situation where roman legionaries were attacking a disrupted near full strength pike unit. It showed the pike unit as rolling 3 dice but I thought disrupted units only have 1/2 the number of attacks (normally 4)so there should have been only 2 dice. Probably a very simple answer to this for you veterans out there.. thanks for any clarity on this.

[Blathergut]

1. The reduction for disrupted and fragmented are reversed in HELP. (Or were up until very recently. I haven't looked at that page since the last couple updates.)
2. Could anything else have contrubuted? An enemy BG will lose 1 die for each BG you have in support of your attack.

[batesmotel]

I watched the combat detail in the bottom left of the screen and I had a situation where roman legionaries were attacking a disrupted near full strength pike unit. It showed the pike unit as rolling 3 dice but I thought disrupted units only have 1/2 the number of attacks (normally 4)so there should have been only 2 dice. Probably a very simple answer to this for you veterans out there.. thanks for any clarity on this.

Disrupted units lose 1/3 of their attacks so 3 would be right for a disrupted Pike unit without any other causes to lose attacks. Fragmented lose 1/2. As Blathergut noted, the help was wrong on this unless it has been corrected recently.

Chris

[Blathergut]

From the 1.3.1 HELP:

Cohesion Multiplier
A disrupted or disordered battle group loses 33% of its attacks.
A fragmented or severely disordered battle group loses 50% of its attacks.


So there ya go!

[dazzam]

Thanks vm guys..the rules makes sense then. The rules are still misprinted in the combat mechanism part but as you point out are correct in the section regarding the effects of cohesion.