Quote Originally Posted by Knight of the Rose
Why do you need swords who can do a little of everything? Because in many situations you'll need the ability to adapt to the situation on the battlefield as it develops. Swordsmen will persevere in most situations, and can act more independently as they have much better morale than halbs and often elite status. So in some ways it is a 'hybrid' unit. These 'invicible' abilities makes the swordsmen quite adept in my eyes, and often well worth the florins.
You've pretty much hit the nail on the head why I use MAA's as much as I do. They're a solid (if unglamorous) multi-purpose unit, and they often add a much-needed tactical flexibility to my Catholic forces. I always have a few units of these guys in my main army stacks.


Quote Originally Posted by caravel
The thing to remember when ambushing from the woods - that is emerging from the woods in a charge to surprise and enemy - is that you should click to select the ambushing unit and then once on the enemy unit, any subsequent clicks will negate the surprise attack penalty that is inflicted on the target.
Gah! I'd quite honestly forgotten about that. Goodness only knows how many ambushes I've screwed up because I double-clicked on an enemy unit. Will have to remember that from now on....