Tactics question

[Saracen_Warrior]

Yea beware trebizonds. My first muslim campaign as turkey i made this mistake. Horse archers should easily kill ground archers right. Not these guys. I sent my horse archers charging at trebizonds, then turned my attention elsewhere. When i turned back my horsies had routed. I watched the replay and saw they hadn't been flanked or anything. THen i looked up the stats on these trebizond guys.

Charge 1 Attack 3 Defence –2 Armour 1 Speed 6, 10, 11 Morale 2 Cost 275 Support cost 52

compared to my turcomen horses
Charge 2 Attack 1 Defence 0 Armour 2 Speed 9, 24, 26 Morale –1 Cost 300 Support cost 40

[Saracen_Warrior]

Now i never send horse archers at anything

[ichi]

I consider exploiting the charge - countercharge code to be a Minor Cheeze Move.

In a real fight the enemy unit would probably stop and not keep chasing a much faster unit, out of the safety of the woods and into and area where it is vulnerable.

So when I see that this code has been activated I usually hit the unit before withdrawing, and start hitting it with the flankers.

Saracen build those Turcos where they can get valor/morale bonuses, give them a weapons upgrade (and an armor upgrade if you plan on fighting in Europe or the Steppes) and use their speed as flankers. You'll be surprised how well a pumped up TurcoHorse will do when it hits a ByzInf in the rear.



ichi

[Saracen_Warrior]

Yea, i never used to build armor upgrades. But, lately ive been trying that approach. I didnt think I'd notice any difference, but units like ghazi seem to come back with more men after I use em, as opposed to no one coming back.

[ichi]

Yea, i never used to build armor upgrades. But, lately ive been trying that approach. I didnt think I'd notice any difference, but units like ghazi seem to come back with more men after I use em, as opposed to no one coming back.

Ghazis have a high attack and low defense stats, and since armor adds 1 to defense these units are greatly improved by armor - but of course it adds to fatigue so I try to keep a few provinces armorer-free to produce desert troops.

ichi