Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.102.158.34-20140908143429/@comment-4948848-20150722025507

The old problem of what do you want a small highly skilled elite force that takes a lot resources to train and replace when they die or a larger force of less skill but is easier to train and replace for the same amount of resources.

Think of the bow versus the flint lock musket. Until the invention of the repeating rifle using self contained cartilages the only real advantage the guns had was training time needed use the weapon well enough for combat.Years for the bow versus weeks for the musket.