"Across a Deadly Field # of bases in Units?" Topic

From what I've read it seems that units need to have the same number of bases (either 2 or 3) , regardless of the number of figures in the unit.

So, for example, using the 3 base scheme a unit of 12 figures would have 3 bases of 4 figures each and a unit of 9 figures would have 3 bases of 3 figures each.

Am I correct in thinking that the scheme of keeping the number of bases standard is just a way of keeping track of losses for morale purposes? (i.e. a new morale effect occurs for each 1/3 loss of unit strength)?

I'm asking because it seems very impractical to maintain an inventory of 2 figure bases, 3 figure bases, 4 figure bases, etc. just to make it easier to keep track of the morale effect.

Thanks.

Spoke with John Hill about this at Hcon and he said it is fine to mix and match. You can have 3 stand Regiments and 2 stand Regiments in the same OOB. Just need to keep track of how many to start in the original Regiment for morale modifier when a stand is lost. Page 39 in the rule book details it. Extrapolating, you can even have a 4 stand Regiment. I have mainly 4 figures per stand. When I need a 10 figure Regiment, for example, I use three 4 figure stands and put caps on two figures.

Thanks.

Seems extra confusing to me instead of simply dictating the number of figures in a unit and then stating that the unit suffers a morale reduction for each 1/3 (or 1/2 or 1/4, whatever it is) loss in strength.