About 'average level' regarding difficulty and recruits

[warhog]

As the difficulties indicate, new recruits start x levels below average. Which average is this referring to: currently deployed units, total battleforce, or a certain medium dictated by game progress? Or something else?

The first reason why I'm asking is because it's possible to recruit lvl1 templars in hq right from the start. So if the average is based on total units in your roster, there might be concern that players might unnecessarily add a bunch of lvl1 templars lowering said average for the rest of their game.

What's your take on level completion xp bonus to undeployed templars? So unused veterans would stay on par with recruits later on

The other reason is I'm just curious

[fallen]

warhog - the average of all living Templars.

[Cory Trese]

We will put a max recruit count on each level, to block players from accidentally recruiting an army of level 1 scouts.