Militia Build Times

Its 48 hours with an Industrial complex.

The level 1 Industrial Complex (IC) makes it possible for all units to be produced at their stated production time.

Because Militia (MIL) are the only unit that doesn't require an IC we notice that, without the IC, we don't get the stated MIL production time of 12 hrs.

The Barrack *is* required but, without an IC, the Barracks' 25% reads as a penalty which "slow"s the speed of MIL production to 1/4 its normal speed of 12 hrs.; thus causing MIL production to take four times as long or 48 hrs. This Barracks speed "penalty" is reversed (to become a bonus) with the presence of an IC; thus making the MIL build time 9 hrs 36 mins.

So you get penalized for not having an IC by essentially slowing down the build time from the base?

Pretty much.

Ok, cool… I, too, wondered why they took like FOREVER compared to infantry when they are inferior to infantry. Kinda sucks to get penalized basically twice (no bonus, then bonus applied as a penalty)… but you know, that's life, right?

But just curious… Why does it take 4x as long instead of +25% as long… Shouldn't 12 hours become 16hrs, not 48hrs? Seems like that is saying the bonus is 1/4 the speed and the penalty is 4 times as long. But again… whatever.

Hint, read all of the buildings info button tabs, as well as the info buttons on troops. Understanding what each building does will help grow your army to your specified game play.

well whats the point of having a unit you can build without an IC if it's gonna take way too long to build it?

It takes way to long to build the unit without the IC.

I agree, it does.

PillagingPixie wrote:

Ok, cool… I, too, wondered why they took like FOREVER compared to infantry when they are inferior to infantry. Kinda sucks to get penalized basically twice (no bonus, then bonus applied as a penalty)… but you know, that's life, right?

But just curious… Why does it take 4x as long instead of +25% as long… Shouldn't 12 hours become 16hrs, not 48hrs? Seems like that is saying the bonus is 1/4 the speed and the penalty is 4 times as long. But again… whatever.

I described it as: "This Barracks speed "penalty" is reversed (to become a bonus) with the presence of an IC;..."

There's no "penalized twice".

Dude, don't build militia

dude build militia for continents with forests, mainly in Canada and Europe. don't listen to wildl, lol

All right, they are pretty good in forests, other than that they suck. They are slow and have bad attack values (on anything other than forests)

So basicly they work as a defensive unit... in forests... well... I still don't think they're worth it.