Quote Originally Posted by Monk View Post
Good to see you posting TW related stuff again, froggy.



I've noticed the AI loves to pick its targets and stick with it. Very rarely it will swap, but more often then not it will stick like glue to the target it selects first. I've exploited this by keeping my archers out in front during the initial skirmish phase, then once the enemy has engaged me with archers (I see the 'under fire' icon in the unit cards) I withdraw to behind my lines and immediately push forward with my melee units. 9/10 times the Ai will continue to shoot at my archers while I refocus fire on the melee. In this way, i can direct the enemy fire to my archers while i pick at the main line.


As Chosokabe, I've actually started doing the opposite. When their archers come into range of mine, I switch target and focus on routing their archers first before firing on their main infantry line. I've found naginata infantry to be the best as they can kill cav, survive for a while and are best for taking on the inevitable friendly fire.

Friendly fire is really terrible this game. Ever seen 2 different horse archer units skirmish into the same space and end up shooting each other from time to time? Even foot archers do the same thing when skirmished, which is why I ended up preferring to have the back row charge without turning skirmish on.