What Battle Tactics work for you?

[Fisherking]

This is where we learn from one another.

There are any number of approaches that work and I thought it would be interesting to here how you find it best to fight your enemies.



I try to use combined arms. I usually try to have a couple of batteries each of cannon and howitzers, four or so light dragoons, a couple or three of light infantry, and the rest line infantry with maybe a general thrown in. I don’t find straight cavalry all that useful as it lacks the firepower and flexibility of light dragoons. When playing a faction without light dragoons I try to use a missile cavalry.

I have not used mortars much since 1.1 and regardless of how you target them I find it almost imposable to hit the enemy. Sometimes they can do a good job on your own troops though.

Also, in the current form, I find auto-resolve to be wasteful of troops at the best and usually so slanted toward the AI it is best not to use it if the enemy has more than two units vs. half a stack or so.