Multiplayer =Cavalry & Spears. Where\'s the Missile and Sword Units?

[Mike_Smith]

OK so I'm exaggerating. :P

But anyone who plays multiplayer a lot would surely agree that missile and sword troops are fairly rare.

Isnt this inverted history here? All this talk of "realism" vs "rock, scissors and paper" is pretty ironic. At the moment we have neither.

Where's the realism in having virtually no swordsmen and missile units?

Is this addressed in the next patch CA?

Mike_Smith

[Action]

Sword units aren't rare.

Missle units however are rare becuase they suck horribly.

[MagyarKhans Cham]

dont expect unittweaking in teh patch, just start praying we have a chance for a 2nd patch.
history showed that we get only a second patch when we moan whine and cry....

[Sjakihata]

In medieval history I think that swords were more rare than spears.

The sword cost a lot to make, and take time (if it ought to be a somewhat good one).

The spear is cheaper, and does not require the wielder a lot of training to use it, so fairly common peasants could use them. And the spear makes up a pretty good defence work, specially versus mounted units (as shown in the game).

A lot of units are not exactly using spears, but some smaller like Order Foot Soldiers, chivaleric seargants etc.

And I think that this medium long spear was very common among medieval fighters.


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Clan Seljuk

[This message has been edited by Sjakihata Akechi (edited 09-22-2002).]

[The Black Ship]

That's funny, I was hearing moans of men-at-arms and arbalests are going to ruin this game on friday night...