Hobilars

[Tribesman]

I am using hobilars to defeat royal knights in my campaign as English as I am very short of decent units and heavily outnumbered . I send them round the enemy and charge towards the royal knights , once the knights move to engage I set the hobilars to run around the battlefield using waypoints with the knights in pursuit . Then I defeat the main force and reform my forces to recieve the totally exhausted and demoralised knights . It seems to work as long as the hobilars don't rout (or not too early anyway).

[Basileus]

Great unit indeed and your using it ina good way head on with RK they wont have much chanse...i use em aswell when i play English/French and i try to take Aragon just to train em there with weapon upgrades..good unit in desert aswell

[lancer63]

Hobies are the nemesis of mounted archers and bows. I love to waste the AI's tactics by having hobies chase mounted archers all around the map.
They are great foot archer/bows killers, specially when they're left un supported by spears or militias.

[Knight_Yellow]

i use hobbies as war horses that charge straight into enemy horses.



of course thats in multiplayer when they are V4 weapon 3 and shield 3.


unstoppable.

[o_loompah_the_delayer]

Take over Spain and get jinetted, then you can do the same and take potshots at the RK when they stop to rest ;) Or if you play france get turcopoles from the middle east, or better yet just play as the Turk

[Fojar]

The Ai loves holibars. It usually build like 10 of them in aqutaine for no apparent reason

Does anybody else see this happen, or am i going crazy??

[SmokWawelski]

I have seen this, but it does not mean that your are sane...

[makkyo]

I like getting a TON of the hobbies (cheap) and send them to chace down and suround and ranged units the enemy has while the rest of my army can focus without pesky arrows raining down upon them
They are fast as well and can chase down routers effectively. They seem to be good at cav vs cav battles if your smart

[o_loompah_the_delayer]

Quote[/b] (Fojar @ Feb. 11 2004,04:07)]The Ai loves holibars. It usually build like 10 of them in aqutaine for no apparent reason

Does anybody else see this happen, or am i going crazy??

In the early game England start of wiht a horsebreeder in Aquitane and nothing else. I would guess that is why you are seeing so many hobilars there.

[lancer63]

I just found out hobies are much like steppe cav. slightly better than jinetes because of higher charge bonus and superior to saharan horse. Far from useless if you ask me.