Horse archers

[andrewt]

6, although the merc camel archer seems to have less ammo.

I used 4 horse archers last night to completely destroy a Seleucid army. They had 3 militia hoplites, 2 militia cavalry, 1 skirmisher, 1 44-unit general cavalry and I think 1-2 more units I can't remember. I lost quite a few due to carelessness but I still had almost 3 full units at the end. They don't seem to do the Parthian shot, though, when chased by light cavalry.

[Kraxis]

They don't seem to do the Parthian shot, though, when chased by light cavalry.

But they do shoot when moving up against the enemy?

[andrewt]

They actually do shoot both moving towards and moving away from the enemy. They shoot on the move without stopping like they're supposed to be able to do. That's why it seemed odd to me that they weren't shooting the militia cavalry chasing them. I did that against general's bodyguards and they did shoot them while running away.

[Red Harvest]

Militia cav are "light horse" mounts in the unit file. That makes them as fast as the horse archers. So once they hit the limit of the skirmish range, I don't think the horse archers would be able to fire anymore (and they might not even be able to get off an initial shot before the skirmish range was reached.) Generals will ride medium or heavy horse, and they are slower, so you can continue to shoot at them as you withdraw.