I find the guide extremely useful. In fact, only after reading it thoroughly accompanied with "A beginner's guide to MTW" (and not once) the game stopped being fumbling in the dark for correct choice of units, generals, deployment tactics, etc. But still I don't understand something:
1. In unit stats the speed is given in three figures, like pikemen "Speed 6, 10, 11". Why are there three figures, what are the speed measurement units (or scale)?
2. What is the difference between "attack" and "charge"?
3. The guide says, that you should deploy spears 4 ranks deep, pikes - 6, archers - 2, swords - 2. What about axes, polearms and cavalry?
4. What is wedge formation useful for? In my first battles I invariably arranged my cavalry units that way but they didn't perform that great (especially if they had to melee), so I switched for 2-3 ranks deep formation. Yet, I don't know which is more effective.