Favourite MTW Infantry

[Lord Xelous]

Simple question, no vote with it.

What's your favouritekind of infantry?

Personally I have to go with Saracen Medium Infantry. In any upgrade state they hold their ground (while supported on the flanks), they can make a good defence and switch to offence effectively.

Comments please.

[Basileus]

Byz inf have been one of my favorites but right now almaghuvars are..throw the javelins and then charge http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Quessa]

I have to admit,I just love those folks who belong in the Byzantine Infantry. You know them; Lots of them, cheap, good to hold-off enemies when your archers are pouring them with arrows et cetera, et cetera...

PS, it's my first post here. I'm a long-time lurker here and now I dared to post. (I had an other account, if memory serves... Wonder if the mods could use the ip-track function if they had one?)

Cheers.

[Demequis]

Welcome to the forums Quessa.

I really like billmen and halbardiers. But I think I have to go with billmen. :)

[makkyo]

Hmm.... there are so many good ones.... I'd have to go with ..... grrr.... Huscarles? Yeh that sounds right... so many great units..... curse you wonderful game... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif

[Thon]

swiss halberdiers. balanced enough on offense and defense to slug it out with other infantry, armor piercing, excellent morale, and they shred cavalry.

when these guys flank heavy cavalry it's just sick how quickly they tear those guys off their horses http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

[nightraven436]

Almohad Urban Militia They kick butt in the early game. Can't catch up to those stupid jinettes(spelling?) though. I uslually end up attacking the spanish early on.

[Balmont]

peasen.......Halibards http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

-Balmont

[Gregoshi]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Welcome (back) to the Org Quessa. Thanks for delurking again. BTW, send me an email with whatever you can remember about the old ID (name/partial name, sig, location, etc) plus whatever you think the email address was for the old account. If the email account is no longer active, we may have a little problem, but I won't hurt to look into it.

[Lord Rom]

The one-hundred sharpened steel blades of the mighty byz barney machine
Rom

[MuseRulez]

Janissary Heavy's RULE Except they cost way to much. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif It. Light Inf. is really good too.

[Alrowan]

chivalric foot knights

these are machines, slow, but deadly

[R'as al Ghul]

Depending on the faction I play:
all the Jannissaries when Turkish, billmen when English, Feudal Foot Knights if I get them earlier then the Enemy when Catholic....Oh and those Turcomen are great too. Just love the Turks
And recently in VI the Irish Kerns.

[el_slapper]

Varangian guards. Slices through Mongol cavalry like steel in butter. Exterminates everything early on. Of course, excellency has a price(double build time).

[Basileus]

Quote[/b] (el_slapper @ Jan. 28 2004,04:06)]Varangian guards. Slices through Mongol cavalry like steel in butter. Exterminates everything early on. Of course, excellency has a price(double build time).
Early Vrangian Guard are great to and they dont need 2 turn to be built, i modded them in once and damn where they fun, became to easy though heh

[gaelic cowboy]

VI kerns
MTW swiss armoured pikemen

[The_678]

My absolute favoutite for the game is JomsVikings I've modded them into the real game. It takes Swordsmith4, armourer4, metalsmith4 and only buildable in scandinavia. But the metalsmith makes it only sweden. Also only in Early. It's a fun challenge to get that high in the tech tree in early in order to put ou these elite units.
After that I would have to say huscarles. Has anybody else noticed that in order to build the huscarles you need an armourere right. Well this puts them at exactly the same stats as VG's without any upgrades And you only need a keep to build them. Sweet http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

p.s. Welcome to the org Quessa http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif I was like you and lurked for quite a while before I posted.

[The_Emperor]

The Varangian Guard are my all time faves for MTW, their Axes will slice you up into dog food

Though Billmen and Janissery Heavies are pretty spectacular themselves

[Quessa]

And uh oh, I nearly forgot (bleh, in fact I did forgot)...
How could we live without those Longbowmen of England (well of course, the opposite side might live a far longer life without them http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif ). It's a pure pleasure when you for an example tie up the enemy masses, say, onto a bridge and then pour loads of death over them (who cares for those regular infantry men, similar men can be conscripted http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif ).

And of course, the Arbalesters deserve a mention. It's nice when a bunch of charging enemy riders fall off their animals before they even could drop down a single slash.

Cheers, Quessa.

[Kulgan]

Halberdiers, totally
You can get them fairly early, and they will chew up all early troops.
They take missiles well, and their best point is their amazing cavalry-kill rates http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Long live Halberdiers

[The_678]

What makes the Billmen so spectaclular?

[Gregoshi]

Quote[/b] (The_678 @ Jan. 28 2004,12:12)]What makes the Billmen so spectaclular?
They make you pay for attacking them. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif

Gregoshi dives for cover...

[Lord Rom]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-dizzy2.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-dizzy2.gif
Ooooh thats awful Gregoshi lol
Rom

[ichi]

VG

ichi

[Aelwyn]

Feudal Foot Knights. I think its just something about their icon....dunno. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wacko.gif Other than that, probably Janissary Infantry. I like hybrid units. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Jags]

Hi everybody, first post http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

Byzantine infantry by far. Cheap, reliable, easy accesible and beautiful (I love these almond shields and scimitars).

[cutepuppy]

A dismounted high valor unit of high or late royal knights, preferably with all weapon and armour upgrades. I once had a valor 8 +4/+4 unit of 21 CFK defeat an army of more than 1000 man (killing about 800, of which 100 royal knights, 300 billmen, and some other peasant scum like fyrdmen, longbows, and pavise Xbows). I have to admit I lost 20 men in the proces.

If you're not so lucky to have such a wonderfull unit, valour 2 billmen (mercia/master spearmaker) or JHI are also very nice.

[MAJORPA1N]

swiss armoured pikeman, very expensive but they saved me from the mongols many times

[Eastside Character]

Peasants or Muslim Peasants - they are just very effective income and/or valor generator, I love these guys. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-2thumbsup.gif

[Lord Xelous]

My word, the first post going for the common man.. the good old peasant.

I still stand by my original selection, though I've got to ask, what possesses you to like the billmen so much... they're okay, but nothing to write home about infantry wise..

Maybe I'm just too good at mincing them with my classhing army gnashers?

[Silianat]

My favorite is the Itallian Infantry they are all around good and go head to head with arab units. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Ikken Hisatsu]

gallowglasses by far. ever since i sent a unit of them charging head on, across an open plain, right into a bunch of charging lancers. I didnt expect them to last long, just tie up the enemy for a while, but they completely owned them. good night gracie.

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Welcome to the forums, Jags http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Duke of RumpyPumpy]

I have to go with the original post.

Saracens have served me well. They are quick to get, and last righ through the game. The only unit I have met while playing the Egyptions that took them apart were Varangian Guards.

Maybe after I play as the Byz, them my favourite will be Varangian Guards. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

But as it is Saracens are tops for me. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-toff.gif

(I added that last line because I have been dying to use the 'toff' smilie)

[el_slapper]

Vikings. You only need the smallest castel & here we go. Excellent used in conjunction with Clansmen early.

[mercian billman]

Whenever I play as the Danes, I make it a point to grab Ireland, and Scotland asap. The combination of vikings, clansmen, gallowglasses, and kerns forms a cheap effective army in early.

[Jags]

Quote[/b] (mercian billman @ Feb. 02 2004,02:37)]Whenever I play as the Danes, I make it a point to grab Ireland, and Scotland asap. The combination of vikings, clansmen, gallowglasses, and kerns forms a cheap effective army in early.
Indeed, explosive combination. Whenever I play the Danes, I try to conquer these lands and fill my armies with these barbarians...

PS: Thanks deBois for the welcome.

[Sun Tzui]

For cheap, large number, allied with efficiency i go for Byzantine Infantry.
For total killing power (at a price) i choose Varangian Guards.

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif

[hoom]

Militia Sergeants.
Cheap, Early, Armour piercing, Fast.
More or less like a Light Swiss Halberdier (at least for Large unit size)
Deadly in VI.