What Battle Tactics work for you?

[aimlesswanderer]

I mostly have line inf. A typical stack will be approx 10-14 LI, 3-4 cavalry, 1-2 artillery, and a general. Once I get light inf I normally cut a few LI and have a few light inf.

Unless they have piles of artillery, LI will, once you get bayonets, be good against everything. Cavalry keep enemy cavalry at bay, chase down routers and finish off artillery, and my artillery harass the enemy into coming after me or sitting and getting pounded. Light inf are good for getting the enemy to move into rang of the LI.

A few cavalry are a must or else the buggers just run off and come back again and again. Autocalc means that you need to chase the remnants half way around the world a few times. But fighting a battle against 3 units each turn is just a waste of time.

[Fisherking]

In the early version of the game I experimented with all horse stacks and they faired quite well.
They were light dragoons with 4 horse artillery and one straight cavalry unit throne in.


That was at a time when cash was almost inexhaustible and upkeep much lower however. They did surprisingly well in auto resolve also. I have noticed that cavalry do remarkably well in some auto resolve situations though, especially heavy cavalry.

[White_eyes:D]

One thing I learned as the United Provinces in the early going (1-20 turns), always use what you have at hand.