Horse Archers
I was playing Russia and saw that these guys outranged muskets and yeas like yippee and trained a few of them. Imagine my dismay that they are just glorified dragoons. Isn't this one step back from M2TW or RTW? I understand the compromise between realism and the time it would have taken to implement move fire for 1 but I am still sad.
Who else will mourn our old horse archers of death?
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I dislike Horse archers in RTW/M2TW with a passion - they can take on anything en masse by simply toggling on/of the fire at will button and redeploy close to the targets. I am glad that mounted ranged units (dragoons) arent that overpowered in this game.
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I hear Magyar Khan is headed toward C/A headquaters with a large Mongol army and a stern expression .Originally Posted by antisocialmunky
I was playing Russia and saw that these guys outranged muskets and yeas like yippee and trained a few of them. Imagine my dismay that they are just glorified dragoons. Isn't this one step back from M2TW or RTW? I understand the compromise between realism and the time it would have taken to implement move fire for 1 but I am still sad.
Who else will mourn our old horse archers of death?
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*takes a leak on grave of the once mighty HAs*Who else will mourn our old horse archers of death?
Okay, honestly... I rather enjoy using Light Dragoons and the like to harass the enemy. I still hate HAs in other TW incarnations.
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Firing from horseback seems rather useless to me, given the delays, and the tendency of horse gunners and archers to wait until the ground troops get a volley off...and the simple fact that they have fewer men...
Anyway, dragoons are great for flanking operations and a bit of router chasing or charging wavering enemies.
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my question is why cant heavy dragoons fire from horseback?
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I send my horse gunners around the flanks. Either the whole army turns towards them like big dummies, giving my cannons a nice shot, or they don't turn around. Which is when I shoot them.
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Or you get dog piled by cavalry... Atleast with HA, there's a noticable range bonus.
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If I never see another HA in my life I would die happy
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Well, that too. The AI cavalry has a serious boner for my own cavalry. Sometimes though, if there are fewer of them, I can seriously hurt them with a close range volley and route them. Two birds, one musket ball.
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Me :(Who else will mourn our old horse archers of death?
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