Whats your favourite army to be and why?

**Myth** · 08-26-2013, 15:26

15 Cataphract Archers and 5 Cataphracts work too

**ReluctantSamurai** · 08-26-2013, 15:49

Ah! A man after my own heart

**BroskiDerpman** · 08-26-2013, 20:25

Crud, forgot to read which subforum this is in. Sorry.

**HopAlongBunny** · 08-26-2013, 21:47

Armenians +1
I did feel a trifle odd galloping cataphracts through the desert but...:)

**Myth** · 08-27-2013, 09:30

For MP I'd say missile fire and skirmishing in general becomes less effective as the battles become bigger/more expensive. In a 10k Denarii battle having some Cretian Archers and slingers really makes or breaks your game. In a 30k battle where everyone is gold/gold you're better of with infantry/cav.

I'm hoping for more realistic armies in Rome II, where all the troop types have a role to fill and thus a mixed force is usually better.

**BroskiDerpman** · 08-27-2013, 11:44

Crud, I didn't even read which subforum this is in...

**Vincent Butler** · 06-13-2014, 21:42

Rome, their units own, standard infantry have a missile attack, and using a checkerboard formation is a lot more flexible than phalanx. I use it with any faction that is not phalanx-based. Enemy seems to rout faster if I use checkerboard, maybe that is because I can maneuver my units into favorable positions. Best line infantry (Legionary Cohort), best standard cav (Legionary Cav), good archers (Archers Auxilia), good siege, decent skirmishers, good basic infantry (Auxilia).