Quote Originally Posted by Ibrahim View Post
I prefer slingers to do the skirmishing-good range, ap, perfect for downing those pesky cavalrymen. but I use archers more often-to barage the enemy in battle. I've killed many enemy generals with a stray arrow rather than hand to hand.
I love slingers too, but believe it or not, slingers actually get a -2 penalty against cavalry. That could possibly apply to archers as well, but I have yet to verify that.

What's interesting about this is that in general, horseman seem to die so much easier when under slinger fire.