User blog comment:HistoryBuffz/Roman Army vs Han Army/@comment-32516697-20190325101332

Hey, welcome to the wiki! I'm Laquearius/Laq, an admin. I'm really glad you're interested in participating. Now, I don't want make you feel unwelcome at all, but there are a couple problems with your battle that I'd like to point at. Being a Roman enthusiast, I'll stick with that category. Before I start, I want to infrom you that we do have a Discord server, where we are all very active. I highly recommend you join so you can get to know the other members and get help for future battles.


 * You don't mention anything about formations, or common battle tactics, or examples of military successes and failures. This is a large-scale battle, and that's going to be important to know.
 * You mention the Roman auxiliaries, but you don't say anything about the fact that auxiliaries are wielding very different weapons from the legionaries.
 * There is no version of the pilum that is meant to be used in melee. It certainly could be a melee weapon, a la Julius Caesar, but there wasn't a stronger version intended purely for melee use.
 * It's also important that you specify which era this armies are coming from. The Roman army changed drastically throughout the Marian period. For example, sagitarii didn't really become a significant component until well into the reign of Augustus.
 * The ballista is more of a siege and a defense weapon that a field one.
 * If this is the early imperial period you are dealing with, every legionary should be wearing lorica segmentata. Their armor was provided by the state, so how wealthy a soldier was wasn't an issue at all.
 * The scutum is rectangular, not square.
 * Scuta do not interlock. That's a characteristic of Greek shields.
 * The x-factor is pretty pointless. China also had a professional army, so there's nothing unique you're saying here. You should have a look at some current battles on the wiki and see how we do x-factors. It's more of a list of important statistics and info about them, i.e. training, experience, discipline, etc..

Those are just the things I noticed right away and were bugging me. But please, do not take this the wrong way. We're always excited to have new members, and all of us are willing to help you improve.