Effectiveness of musketeers

[Trapped in Samsara]

Hi Edzy

In my experience, Arqs have too slow a rate of fire to be ideal for withstanding the initial wave. They come into their own later in the engagement, when the enemy's morale has been shaken, and his attacks are more piecemeal.

My preferred/typical opening deployment when defending has four to six archers in a (2 x 2 or 2 x 3) block behind a spearwall. I turn fire at will off, wait until the enemy general is within range, and then target the hell out of him with a massive volley of (hopefully) deadly shafts. Alternatively, I order my archers to concentrate their fire on one or two high threat units in the enemy's front line.

By the way, I am a nothing special general. So I make no great claims for the above. In fact I would describe my overall style of play as Medieval: Total Bean Counter. Money makes the world go 'round. Florins bring you power and victory.

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VictorGB

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