without stirrups and amidst the melee, you might as well dismount
Re: swords or spears
without stirrups and amidst the melee, you might as well dismount
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Re: swords or spears
so are you saying that sword is better?
im confused...
what I did is to do a custom match and used hetaroi against hetaroi , sometimes it seemed as if it was better to use the spear...
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Re: swords or spears
ok man pay attention is not that difficult:
1- When cavarly charges the spear is the BEST
2- When the cavarly is going to be fighting in a melee for a LONG time, switch to swords.
--why? because in the long time the cavarly is engaged in melee it will attack more often (as in hack away) with the sword than with the spear. (also pay attention some cavarly use an AP mace or curved sword, those are the best!)
this is best used the cavarly will be engaged in melee with infantry or other cavalry that is rather low in armor. In addition, the sword is also best used when ur cavarly wields a BIG and cumbersom xyphos (sp, the LONG lance), since it has an even slower rate than the shorter cavarly spears.
Re: swords or spears
thats what I was thinking , I just wasnt sure
thanks everybody
well thanks now I have to figure out why my campaing got a CTD
(oh and Neo , I think I've seen you in RTW forums
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Re: swords or spears
Xyston. A Xiphos is a sword.Originally Posted by NeoSpartan
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Re: swords or spears
Don't spear-armed (not lance-armed) cavalry get a bonus against cavalry when using it against other cavalry?
Aren't swords only useful against infantry, given the penalty spear-users generally get against infantry?
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Re: swords or spears
1. No, there is no spear bonus vs cavalry for other cav units
2. As of EB 1.0 the spear attribute that gave the attack penalty against infantry was removed (however the +4 attack that EB gave to all spear units to negate that bonus remained; IMO leaving the spear units with an unfair advantage). The light_spear attribute that spearmen units currently have gives them +8 defense against cavalry and -4 defense vs infantry
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