Quote Originally Posted by Stazi View Post
I think there is no easy solution to force enemy to leave higher ground. Standard nomad's horse archer tactic doesn't work well in the mountains. The best way IMO is to flank enemy with your whole army. It's not easy but doable. AI is forced to reposition some of its units and during this process may leave best positions.
Thanks for the advice:) The problem I am having is that the maps in MTW are too small for some of the tactics that I want to use. Plus moving across the battle map really saps my units stamina. This has forced me to have to use archers in my armies so that I can entice the enemy off of a good defensive position. Right now I am playing around with differant skirmish tactics and seeing what works best. If the enemy has archers on the high ground then I have to move farther into their range of fire to taget any infantry that may be enticed down the hill. My next problem is trying to escape the pursuing infantry as they run after my archers. The main problem that I am having is that the melee that results will snowball and turn into a messy and uncontrollable battle. Since the battles happen so fast, the micromanagement is a nightmare compared to later TW games. Although the newer TW games have better battles and graphics, their 3-D campaign maps are horrible.

Sorry that post kind of turned into a rant. I'll keep trying new tactics with my archers and post the results:)