Archer

[Spearman]

Would those be the Roman archers you were looking for in a previous thread? Just saying, if your gonna spam the forums with pointless threads about archers try and give us a little more substance.

1) l am playing the faction Aedui

2) l don't know

1) Use celtic archers/slingers to counter

2) I honestly think that you would be happier with vanilla RTW, perhaps BI.

3) at least you came up with a little more thoughtful title!

Where's MarcusAurilius and his magical thread lock wand?

[athanaric]

Leuce Epos. These guys are your friends when you face archers, Armeniacus. Don't forget though that most "barbarian" archers carry spears for melee.

[Mulceber]

Would those be the Roman archers you were looking for in a previous thread?

Just thought I'd point out that technically, the Romani do have archers: Cohors Sagittariorvm Levantinorvm

-M

[Maion Maroneios]

If you take a look at his posts, you'll see he does mention them. He rather wanted factional archers to be implemented into the game, not late-period auxillia troops.

Maion

[Watchman]

Not sure how well it works in practice, but might be worth a try to just forget the tactical niceties and CHARRRRRRRRRRRRGE like a proper barbarian warrior. After all, those guys in shirts and pants come in *large* blocks, move very fast, and tend to have pretty good stamina... as the Greeks also figured out, one of the better moves you can pull when faced with superior firepower is getting in close ASAP to mix it up mano y mano.

[Maion Maroneios]

as the Greeks also figured out, one of the better moves you can pull when faced with superior firepower is getting in close ASAP to mix it up mano y mano.

Ah, yes... The good 'ol days of the Persian Wars *nostalgic*

Maion

[Macilrille]

Counter against archers

1. wear armour. Few archers are AP, so get some armoured units.
2. run them down with cavalry or even fast light infantry- as long as they run, they do no damage shooting.
3. Charge
4. Kill them with Slingers