You can't straight up compare gold anymore. Depending on their size, they get their tax gold cut quite a bit. Like Sirion for example. They probably get less tax gold than Caligus due to their size. Let's not forget GX at this point used up w/e gold they brought from Atamara.
As for how many you will lose, it depends on stats mostly. If your unit has crappy armor and getting hit by a truck then yeah you will see more dead men than wounded. Obviously some of your opponents are known for having high quality RCs. Quality costs gold. Also, large units with low cohesion and training tend to panic more easily. Especially archers. If you find yourself in a situation where your large archers are left with no infantry and their infantry are closing in, they will panic. Once panic happens you are screwed.
And yes, I had 215 archers when my archers ditched the field. Large units tend to attract more hits getting focused fired at the end so being large can be beneficial if you are leading 200 cheap units to soak up damage.
There is a new scattered/retreated code in place for WI apparently. So we will see how things go. If it goes well, it will probably get implemented across the game. Basically, if your unit retreats, it will work like now. But if they scatter, you will lose 90% of wounded soldiers.
