Rowan11088
01-27-2003, 00:09
thought I'd repost here, the Newbie hall isn't giving me any answers.
OK, I think I must be using my spearmen and the like wrong. Right now I just got attacked out of the blue by the Hungarians and the Italians, and I have to fight against both of them at once. THey have a slight numerical advantage, but most of their army is archers, horse archers, mounted crossbowmen, etc. Anyway, I'm in Austria and have some sweet hills to mount a defense on. I set up my feudal sergeants in front in rows, 3-4 ranks deep like it says you should. I put the spearmen behind them as a last resort, put militia sergeants all around to charge with, and some peasants behind for good measure. I also have 80 archers in back. ANyway, as they charge up the hill at me (very steep), I have one group of feudal sergeants charge down at the militia sergeants. Easy victory, they get creamed. But then, when I have them charge at horse archers, my sergeants get creamed Why? it says they defend well against cavalry I thought maybe the problem was that they were charging at them instead of stricly "defending", so I let another group of mounted crossbowmen slam uphill into my feudal sergeants. The feudal sergeants didn't seem to really fight much. When I put my cursor over them they were "standing", not fighting, and it looked like only the first row was sort of fighting, and on top of that they were losing...what's with this? How do I get them to "defend" against cavalry?
OK, I think I must be using my spearmen and the like wrong. Right now I just got attacked out of the blue by the Hungarians and the Italians, and I have to fight against both of them at once. THey have a slight numerical advantage, but most of their army is archers, horse archers, mounted crossbowmen, etc. Anyway, I'm in Austria and have some sweet hills to mount a defense on. I set up my feudal sergeants in front in rows, 3-4 ranks deep like it says you should. I put the spearmen behind them as a last resort, put militia sergeants all around to charge with, and some peasants behind for good measure. I also have 80 archers in back. ANyway, as they charge up the hill at me (very steep), I have one group of feudal sergeants charge down at the militia sergeants. Easy victory, they get creamed. But then, when I have them charge at horse archers, my sergeants get creamed Why? it says they defend well against cavalry I thought maybe the problem was that they were charging at them instead of stricly "defending", so I let another group of mounted crossbowmen slam uphill into my feudal sergeants. The feudal sergeants didn't seem to really fight much. When I put my cursor over them they were "standing", not fighting, and it looked like only the first row was sort of fighting, and on top of that they were losing...what's with this? How do I get them to "defend" against cavalry?