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    The Laughing Knight Member Sir Beane's Avatar
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    DisruptorX is right. Dragoons will probably be used to quickly take and hold key areas. We don't see this in the demo because no key areas need to be held and we get very few of them.

    I can imagine using them to set up suprise ambushes or to circle round an enemy and cut off his escape routes. As well as taking strategic buildings or hills and other battlefield landmarks. They can also be used like cavalry archers, which is handy.

    I think the reviewers just weren't imaginative enough when they said there is no reason to use them. A units usefulness isn't just about how high its stats are.


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    Too bad they can't shoot from horseback. I guess that would make them OP'd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah View Post
    Too bad they can't shoot from horseback. I guess that would make them OP'd.
    They can I think. I'm sure I recall them doing that...


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    They can shoot from horse back but they have to be standing still.
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    Now, the interesting attribute - "special ability" or whatever - is the thing about the campaign map, where it's difficult to locate them. If someone could CP the text of that, I'd be grateful, but it sounds very interesting.
    Actually it was the Hussars that had the "Paths less trodden" ability.

    The Dragoons had an ability that reduced the chances of a revolt.

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    This is what it says on the game:

    Hussars- Paths Seldom trod: These men use every fold of the land to conceal the route of thier march, and are harder to spot of the campaign map.

    Dragoons- Garrison policing bonus: The draconian techniques employed by these men when garrison duty are highly effective at maintaining public order.
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    I used the dragoons in the demo battle for hit-and-run attacks on the cannons without getting tangled up in melee. They were pretty effective at that and generally managed to avoid getting mauled too badly by the cannons.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sheogorath View Post
    I used the dragoons in the demo battle for hit-and-run attacks on the cannons without getting tangled up in melee. They were pretty effective at that and generally managed to avoid getting mauled too badly by the cannons.
    I used them for the same, while using Hessian Line as a distraction. It worked great and I knocked out all of the cannon without losing a man.

    Then they all died when I charged them into stakes while I wasn't paying attention .
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    I wiped out a whole american cannon crew in one volley fom the dragoons..perhaps artillery hunters? Or target isolated units.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sir Beane View Post
    I used them for the same, while using Hessian Line as a distraction. It worked great and I knocked out all of the cannon without losing a man.

    Then they all died when I charged them into stakes while I wasn't paying attention .
    Those stakes are bastards.

    I charged my general right into them because I didn't see them.
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