Mounted crossbowmen

[Warmongerer]

Take a close look at the technology tree file on the VI disc and you'll see that the Picts are the only faction to benefit from those near-invincible skirmishing wonders commonly known as cavalry archers. When used in a real-time battle, Pictish mounted crossbowmen are almost invincible if they are not surrounded on all sides.

In several custom battle tests I have performed with these units, their ammunition lasted for over 30 minutes and they won by themselves against 500+ huscarles and fyrdmen, which presents an interesting defensive strategy. If you station at least one of these units in each province, you're guaranteed not to lose any of your holdings. All of the defensive battles will time out in your favor, allowing you to retain control of the province. Just set the unit to skirmish, go do something else for 30 minutes (or watch if you really, really want to), and come back to find that the enemy army couldn't defeat your troops within the required time and the province is still yours. Enjoy

[eXistenZi]

Hell that works in MTW too. If you're fighting against a non-calvary army without any archers, horse archers will decimate it. I just started a Russian campaign with VI and beat 500 Spearmen and 60 FMAA with 6 units of boyars (or heavy steppe don't remember).

[Mithrandir]

Quote[/b] (eXistenZi @ May 12 2003,06:34)]Hell that works in MTW too. If you're fighting against a non-calvary army without any archers, horse archers will decimate it. I just started a Russian campaign with VI and beat 500 Spearmen and 60 FMAA with 6 units of boyars (or heavy steppe don't remember).
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif you must have a modded MTW then http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif.

CA's dont have enough ammo/accuracy in MTW ,but it seems they do in VI http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif.

[MF_Ivan]

The Picts, Welsh, and Vikings are the leading armies of VI.

[Knight_Yellow]

the picts have crossbows that get nailed by archers everytime.

if u dont have archers just rush and their crossbows get routed trying to pull back making a chain rout.

there cav xbows r useless if theres some trees on the map

(almost every map has trees or high mountian)


only ranged in viking era that gets me shitting it r those bandits for the welsh there pretty good.


fav factions for me anyway.

Scottish (obviously)
Welsh (cant beat those bandits)
vikings (all those jomskins)


faction i just cant bring myself to like has to be the irish.

no archers and there infantry are mostly light skirmishers witch get mauled by any fast unit.

[Shahed]

Thx for the tips.

Any cavalry archer can be defeated be foot archers. If you do not have any foot achers, then you have to encirlce or chase to rout, defeat or kill. I do not have time limits in my campaign battles so I am forced to defeat the enemy or vice versa.

In early MTW games mounted xbows are good becuse no other archer has the range that they do in that period.

I'll probably arrive home to VI today

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[BDC]

The Irish skirmishers are nearly useless, you are better having an army of Armoured Spearmen and Gallowglasses.