Favorite/"Best" Archer?

[Che Roriniho]

me too thought that (i readed the Unit Compare tool), but Fondoryards is right, i just checked the EDU, and it seems they have that 200+ range, better than everything i know... even better than the subeshi and other steppe units that use the composite bow in the description...???

strange...

also their ammo is different from the Unit Compare tool, it's 35, so the same of the various eastern archers... while in the tool there is written 25 if i well remember.

So what IS the longest ranged unit? I always though that it was the early Yuezhi Nobles, with 202, but this doesn't appear to be the case.

[Obelics]

ive checked subeshi archers, sarmatian, thanvare persian and some other one, but no one match the current cretan range in the edu... only the saka are better, with a range of 209 vs a cretan range of 201.9, i dont know... could it be a last minute mistake?

edit: ive only checked foot-archers.

[Che Roriniho]

ive checked subeshi archers, sarmatian, thanvare persian and some other one, but no one match the current cretan range in the edu... only the saka are better, with a range of 209 vs a cretan range of 201.9, i dont know... could it be a last minute mistake?

edit: ive only checked foot-archers.

So Saka foot archers? Eastwards, men! (Or at least, it will be when I get home from Holland.)

[Grriffon]

I don't know why, but for me sneaking a couple units of archers to point blank range directly behind an engaged enemy and decimating them with fire arrows is even more satisfying than almost an other method of routing, except possibly sending elephants into tightly packed infantry. ANY archer units can excel at this, which is why I prefer them to slingers, except when defending cities. However, the longer ranged archers are useful in the field when trying to fend off Horse Archers or driving back other missile troops.

[MerlinusCDXX]

If you are playing AS, I don't think you'll be able to get the Saka foot archers, I've never seen them recruitable in anything other than a Nomad settlement (they are universally recruitable for the Saka). You do have the mighty Subeshi to use in that region though.

As AS, I usually do my archer recruitment by region anyways, picking the best relatively close option.
Levant/Mesopotamia- Syrians
Western Iran- Persian Heavies
SE Iran- Archer/Spearmen (vs HAs) or Reg. Persians
Armenia/Kappadokia- Caucasians
NE Iran/ E. Steppes- Subeshi
E. TransCaucasus- Skythians
Chersonesos/ Dacia- Bosphoran Heavies
Egypt/ Greece- Kretans
and of course India- Indian Archers (these I do ship around more widely, AP melee weapon= Epic Win)

all these guys are capable archers, I do this regional thing to facilitate the replacement of casualties (it's pretty difficult to ship Subeshis to the Levant, takes forever and they end up missing the battle).

[mp0925]

im playing as the romans and i am wondering what archer i should use: i controll all of gaul and numidia and parts of greece
so i can get celtic archers greek archers and numidian archers, which one is best?

[Lysimachos]

From those archers the best would be the numidian, i think. Toxotai are really crappy. I don't know how good exactly the numidians are, but perhaps you would be better off with Iaosatae, who make decent slingers.

[satalexton]

the toxotai can eat their own faces, I'd say you hire mistophoroi toxotai kretekoi.