Re: French Unit Questions
I tend to use the Aventuier simply because they are castle bought as opposed to the town bought Scots Guard. In battle they are probably about equal, I personally use Armoured Spearmen, Voulgier are just a bit to flimsy for my liking.
Re: French Unit Questions
Besides their most obvious differences, pikemen are the fastest moving foot units, voulgier the slowest moving, and armored sergeants somewhere in between. It is because of this that I favour pikemen the most, since I find them most capable of keeping up with my cavalry, exploiting gaps in the enemy line, as well as keeping the battle fluid with lots of manuevering. Honestly, they do die alot under missile fire, but the problem is reduced with the application of some armour upgrades. Armoured Sergeants don't seem to be capable of taking a 'perfect charge' from cavalry too well either, since I've often seen an entire unit destroyed from a single 'perfect charge'. Voulgier, with their 'spear wall', do seem to take charges significantly better, but suffer from their lower unit numbers; I find them more useful behind my pike line, advancing into it to slaughter the cavalry and heavy infantry once those cheap, expendable pikemen have stopped them.