Guard mode and charging

[SwissBarbar]

an interesting question, i would like to KNOW too, heres what i THINK so far:

you speak of "sacrificing killing ability", i think an impact with a max of killing ability (off guard mode) would be deadlier than one with a sacrificed one (on guard mode). Myself, i attack always off guard mode, but - provided that the enemy is bound by my guard-mode forces in the front - i move them always behind the enemy and wait till their formation is mostly parallel to the enemy rear-line, so they charche in the full breadth

[Chris1959]

Swiss Barbar I understand what your saying, but units have a mass as well as a charge bonus and I just want to clarify when it is most deadly as individuals or a group, logic agrees with you that charging out off guard mode is best, it's how I charge my cavalry. However with the cavalry when they hit as a compact mass they seem to do more damage and if infantry charge out of guard mode they sometimes straggle out.
Just looking for the definative answer.