Quote Originally Posted by ARCHIPPOS View Post
hmmmmm, playing at medium battle difficulty i have found chariots to be quite fragile. Casse chariots are annoyingly easy to kill when stationary.Also they die from Javelins quite easily.In my KH campaign i have come across Pontus scythed chariots quite a few times.Their charge can prove dangerous (but hey all charges are supposed to be).After the initial shock though and once engaged in melee they die like flies.Take in notice that contrary to normal cavalry they cannot withdraw and charge again (they get overrun due to their large turning radius).Effective against cavalry ??? Are you talking about some low-tier hippakontistai ??? Because Greek mercenary generals, medium hippeis or even prodromoi chew scythed chariots up taking around 15% casualties (provided they charge first of course). I suppose even horse archers can prove devastating against chariots because they are faster, more manouverable with better stamina and they carry lots of missiles... i have never tried that though :) All in all i'ld say chariot performance is quite realistic in EB.They're a fragile war machine with many tactical limitations and some advantages if used correctly.You wanna see overpowered chariots play the Britons in RTW.Their bows and arrows were outrageously effective. extra long range too. Kinda felt like having snipers on land rovers...
I guess you've never faced human player with chariots before. :P