Is anyone else looking forward to their old tactics being out of date.

**Beskar** · 02-26-2009, 02:30

My old play style was in its basics - Archers, Ongars and Riders. (plus some urban cohorts to kill pesky greek pikemen)

In a sense, nothing has changed, except for the fact is like like archers versus archers where I usually was just killing footmen in comparison.

I would be interested to see the range of troops we get though. In terms of numbers, strength and range.

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-26-2009, 02:43

Well, I'm going to be using solid blocks of pikes and charging into melee as soon as possible in ETW, just as I used to in RTW and M2TW. It doesn't matter if my pikemen become obselete, they will still fight like men.

Come what may, most of my battles will be locked down in melee. I refuse to change my tactics.

(will archers have a greater range and overall superiority over musketeers, I wonder?)

**A Very Super Market** · 02-26-2009, 02:45

Bah, my men will fire their one shot, and then bayonet charge like no other!

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-26-2009, 02:50

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Bah, my men will fire their one shot, and then bayonet charge like no other!

Except maybe the Scots...

**A Very Super Market** · 02-26-2009, 02:54

I will be the British and use my Scots that way! :P

**Monk** · 02-26-2009, 03:03

Of what I played in the demo, I really like the new style of warfare. Can't wait until armies go against each other with Platoon firing researched to really create some harsh killzones.

**crazyviking03** · 02-26-2009, 03:55

I think what I am most pumped about is the fact that for the first time since Shogun and MTW, we will be able to relieve units effectively. It always seemed that in Rome and M2, once a unit was engaged in the melee, that was it. If you attempted to pull it out of the fight to let it rest, you risked loosing more men during the pullout. From what Ive seen in the demo, when multiple units ingage in melee, they all proceed to the action, instead of spreading out into a massive blob with only 10 guys actually engaged like in RtW and M2. This will allow a relief unit to engage and hold back the enemy while the first unit to make contact pulls out, without sustaining massive losses. Also the very nature of forming lines and shooting across distances allows for units to be moved in and out of the main line easily.