I alter my tactics to fit my faction but I think my favorite way to play is with axe-men. Ie Vikings or Varangians. I like to take my Vikings and groom them for valor from the start. I also constantly upgrade them. Obsolete! yeah right, seems in F1 my guys have better stats than the Ghulum Bodygards and Royal Knights they chew up. I like to have atleast two lines of them and alternate the lines to give the guys a rest. I do add in some heavy Cav for any cav needs but this is a foot army. My deffense are really mini-offensive actions. And there is nothing more satisfying to me than marching up a hill and slaughtering deffenders with my beffed up heavy hitters. While this may sound like the Catholic meat grinder it is not. There is very little pinning and flanking going on. Mostly it is straight up smash and eleminate.