MASSIVE BATTLES UNLOCKED!

MASSIVE BATTLES UNLOCKED! [dynamiclink href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNDxuM1rqwQ"]

This is a really exciting post for me. The Old War can now support thousands of units at one time!

As much as I love other games with massive swarms, there are many reasons I am excited for a high unit limit. We aren't looking to be a tower defense, or a swarm-centric game, but we don't want to limit you to a unit cap that has been outdated for 20 years. For The Old War, a high unit count is more about the additional gameplay mechanics and new strategies that this unlocks.

Some of this new, emergent gameplay is as follows and will be explained further:

• Neutral Towns and Cities

• Swarm-type Troops

• Shared Unit Control at Scale

• A Living, Breathing World

NEUTRAL CITIES AND TOWNS

• Adds territorial strategy - towns can be occupied, allied with, razed, or fortified.

• Forces players to consider diplomacy or resource denial, not just combat. People can be a resource for a number of nefarious purposes - recruits, labour, or just bodies for the undead.

• Offers a strategic midpoint between battles, capture a town to resupply or reinforce before a major siege. Each battle will be a series of skirmishes and escalating conflicts.

• You may need to protect allied cities, or wipe them out to prevent their exploitation by others.

SWARM TROOPS

• Enables quantity-over-quality factions or tactics, throw waves of weak units to overwhelm, scout, or soak damage.

• Introduces attrition mechanics - can you outlast the swarm? Can you keep producing faster than they die?

• Opens up asymmetrical strategies: fighting a swarm requires choke points, AoE attacks, or elite squads.

• Adds chaos and urgency - when 300 units are charging your gate, every second matters.

SHARED UNIT CONTROL AT SCALE

• Enables true co-op strategy, where one player can manage the frontlines, another handles ranged units, another controls cavalry or siege weapons. It will be a struggle for one commander to control it all.

• Reduces micromanagement stress, allowing teams to act like a real military command structure.

• Lets players specialize based on preference - some love building bases, others love commanding troops.

• Keeps large-scale battles manageable and exciting, not overwhelming.

A LIVING, BREATHING, WORLD

• The world reacts: citizens flee if you are a conqueror, towns change hands, citizens remember past battles.

• Roaming Beasts: Neutral creatures roam the map: wolves, bears, magical entities. Can be hunted, avoided, or even tamed.

• Trade routes move between towns. Can be intercepted or protected, affecting economies.

Thousands of units don’t just make the battles bigger - they make the choices deeper. Every formation, every frontline, every village caught in the crossfire becomes part of The Old War. This is war at a scale where your strategy is shaped by the world itself.

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