Quote Originally Posted by TheLastPrivate View Post
Due to animation related issues billmen still suck, best bet is to concentrate missile fire, then pin it with your own heavy cavalry. Merc spears work as well if you need to fill in the gaps when fighting cavalry-heavy armies.
I had better luck during a Kingdoms campaign. Did they fix them?

I was facing a terrible battle of attrition. I had a huge garrison of some 1,080 English militia, archers, cavalry, etc. Easy win, but losses would be high.

I had recruited some 3 units of English Billmen as Ireland... I used artillery to smash the walls and gates and force them back to the town square. Now, the dirty work. I sent in my billmen and they tore through those militia men like butter. I ended up getting less than 200 casualties, and the billmen were only depleted by 1/2.

I nearly peed my pants with ecstacy, but I decided to relieve myself on the dead corpses of Englishmen who were foolish enough to oppose me.