I've recently played a 1v1 in early, and, thinking that archers in early were useless, brought only pumped melee. To my great surprise (since this was an AFAIK esteemed opponent vs my own little 4-week noob self who is still learning how to correctly move groups around), my opponent brought 4+ (forget how many) archers. I proceeded to win the battle because I had brought pumped Milit Sarges, Order Foot, and Feudal Foot, (as well as that I had won the cav battle to the side and flanked him). While I was in some shock at winning, my opponent messaged 'rush is shit' and quit the battle, and would not later respond to messages. This all confused me greatly, and led me to post the question:
Is there some taboo against armies without ranged units? Are they considered 'rushes,' like the monk rushes in STW I heard about (even though I didn't play MP then)?
I had assumed that since the early archers were so incredibly bad they would simply be ignored.
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