Travel Times - NEED FOUNDER INPUT

by **Griffith** on June 23rd, 2010, 4:31 pm

Ah... Well, the "whole season" comment was directed at the trip from Riverfall to Ahnatep. And from what I saw of most of the follow-up posts, it seemed to mostly involve discussion of expansion and saying that the sailing times were off. Thought the walking times might be accurate.

Sorry for asking a pointless question, then. But I do have one more, for the sake of personal calculation: is the ground covered on foot still be treated as 50 miles per 12 hour day in the next version?

by **Dusk** on June 24th, 2010, 3:33 am

That is the assumption of travel over flat, unobstructed terrain. However, you know how often THAT happens.

So most of the distances will have adjustments for terrain.

by **Griffith** on June 24th, 2010, 3:37 am

Hmm... Well, alright. That helps. Thanks for clarifying.

by **Basiliscos V Argomedo** on August 6th, 2010, 6:06 am

If realism is the largest concern in travel times, walking 50 miles a day seems extremely generous. Purely the walking portion would have a very high caloric requirement, close to 5,000, but that should be adjusted for weight. This would also suck up lots of time and energy for the hunting, gathering or fishing required to find and prepare that much food, making 12 hour walks extremely difficult. Water would be simple if you were taking a route along a river, which is popular for that reason.

50 miles a day would be the equivalent of a forced march for experts trained for that sort of thing, and even then, the very best trained marchers would only be to keep that pace for a few days. Keeping a pace of 20 miles a day is much more realistic for an experienced, well trained walker. Distance covered is the largest concern, walking versus running doesn't matter that much, as they have similar energy requirements for similar distances.

Things aren't all that much faster with horses either, simply because horses have to eat a great deal, and without a constant source of high quality grains, it takes them a long while to do it. They also tend to get tired faster when carrying people.

Of course, this would mean travel between cities would be discouraged more so than it is now, but it doesn't make sense to have land travel times be so close to sailing travel times.