Why can infantry run as fast as..

**Swingman** · 10-24-2004, 16:35

my cavalry? I was trying to chase down enemy infantry with my cavalry and they couldn't gain ground on them. They just chased them off the map. My question is how can infantry run anywhere near as fast as horses?

**Zild** · 10-24-2004, 16:47

I seem to recall seeing some infantry moving slower than the cavalry once, but then the cavalry had such a loose turning circle that they were literally running circles around the men!

I agree that the speed needs to be fixed... Mowing down defenceless infantry was my favourite part of Medieval!

**addbo** · 10-24-2004, 17:21

In RTW my Calvary are definitely faster than infantry... as long as they are set to "run" instead of "walk"... it's just that this tires them out faster... in walk mode they are the same speed as the infantry I've found... when everyone marches at the same pace.

I can usually chase down fleeing infantry unless they are very far away and very close to the border of the battle...

Addbo

**OctavianAugustus** · 10-24-2004, 18:27

lol ya try clicking the Run/Walk icon *near the other tactics icons

if you already tried that...
maybe its because they are really tired?

hmmm lol
go play a few custom battles and see what u can figure out
might have been just a bug...

**Lonewarrior** · 10-24-2004, 18:30

In my RTW copy Cav is faster than inf. Don't you love chasing the poor defenceless inf donw and then killing them all, crushing them like the dogs they are, oops got a bit exited there. LOL

**Red Harvest** · 10-24-2004, 19:06

I've not had much trouble running down infantry on VH/VH, and I use a lot of cav. The only time I have trouble is when my cav is very tired/exhausted. They slow down at that point.

Now there is a problem where cav will run beside the infantry (or saunter along) without killing them, particularly as the remaining number of enemy men in the unit is small and/or dispersed. Often it is best to run past them, then sweep back in "charge." Some of this has to do with how the "lead computing" is done. The cav try to intercept in front of the infantry.

**Spartakus** · 10-24-2004, 19:26

It's just for the better that infantry and cavalry both walk at equal speed. If not it would've been hopeless to make your army march without breaking the nice formation I spend so much time arranging. :p However, when it comes to running, I've noticed infantry troops with the attribute "fast" run just as fast as horses, or even faster depending on the cavalry unit. This makes for a good skirmisher, but really, ever seen a guy running at 50-60 kmh/30-40 mph?

**mandrake** · 10-24-2004, 21:31

I like it. as if they dropped all their equipment and are running for their lives. My cavalry can usually catch up if they are not exhausted.

**aw89** · 10-24-2004, 21:47

Originally Posted by Spartakus

It's just for the better that infantry and cavalry both walk at equal speed. If not it would've been hopeless to make your army march without breaking the nice formation I spend so much time arranging. :p However, when it comes to running, I've noticed infantry troops with the attribute "fast" run just as fast as horses, or even faster depending on the cavalry unit. This makes for a good skirmisher, but really, ever seen a guy running at 50-60 kmh/30-40 mph?

the human speed limit is (for normal people) about 30 km/h soo thats strange, a man can't run faster then a horse when they are racing. well if the horse is realy tired or dieing, but not in normal conditions no.

its nice too see some other people from norway here too

**Spartakus** · 10-25-2004, 15:38

Yeah, if I remember correctly the world record for humans is about 40 kmh. And I doubt the skirmisher of the antique age were anything like our drugged athletes.

Is the average really as high as 30 kmh? Sounds quite fast, I mean, that's about the speed I maintain when biking (with a speedometer). My guess would be closer to 20 kmh.

Anyway, it's impossible for a man to outrun a horse, unless, as you said, the horse is really tired or dying (in which case it would lie still). I was at this medieval festival in Oslo once, and a modern day knightly order known as the Freelances demonstrated the effectivness of cavalry versus infantry. The infantry, very lightly armoured, got a good headstart of about 30-40 meters. Still, the cavalry, we're talking knights with heavy plate here, caught up to them in no time. The horses weren't impossible to avoid, though, as they were quite slow when turning. If the infantry made a u-turn and then headed straight the opposite direction, they actually managed to put a little space between themselves and the knights. But this didn't last long, and escaping the cavalry in a straight line as in RTW is pretty much hopeless.

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