Playing Syle

[FURRY_BOOTS]

playing as barbs i always use the charge like everyone just CHARGE
try to overwhelm your enemy, as so called civilized factions, you have to use the head a bit more, as simply charging will get you killed
my style would be to send in the skirms, wait & see whats going on, when their spent , i then send ithe hastati, its kinda difficult to get them to throw their pilums all togeather, its a shame it wasnt scripted so that roman units couldnt throw their javs while running, im sure they must have done this in real life, because you still have the momentum of the charge
as soon as i see wavering in the ranks i pull them back, yeah i know you loose numbers, but its just my way, i then send in the big guys the princs, these guys tend to hold there line more, very reliable, & of course the romans had a saying " right down to the triarii" so these vets if have to be used just destroy all thats left(if used wisely) & the cave mops up
thats my wat, anyway

[Somebody Else]

Back in my MTW days, I had this irrational dislike of knights - so as far as I was concerned, cavalry were only used to chase down routers, and reinforce the main infantry battle line. I also prefer sword armed troops to spearmen - I like my battle line to be hard hitting and manoeuvrable. Archers I regard as a necessary support section.

In Rome, I've swung towards using more cavalry - still to flank, unless hot on the heels of an elephant charge, or into some inferior non-spear unit. More of a combined arms commander now, which isn't a bad thing. Where possible, I do try to demolish the enemy at range - no sense in getting my men killed, is there?

[The Stranger]

i'm an defensive player. i rely on a mix of mostly infantry and some supportive archers and cavalry. i dont like HA or JC.

[hundurinn]

I use infantry mixed with cavalry. I never use archers or horse archers.

[The Stranger]

yes i only use archer with factions that have good archers, so i mostly dont use them.

[Jay Tee]

I'm playing a campaign as Armenia now and have learned to love HA (it took me a while, though). I have fielded armies that consist solely of HA and a general. It's great, the can move fast on the campaign map and on the battle field the only thing that can really hurt them are archers and chariots. The AI has no clue about how to fight HA.

[hrvojej]

I am a cavalry player. I use manouverability to create and exploit weaknesses in enemy ranks, and then finish them off with a well timed precision charge. I always have some infantry for holding the enemy line or taking the brunt of their charge, but it's the cavalry that does most of the work for me. I also love horse archers, and use at least a few foot missile units in each army. If I can, I get them to use all the ammo before any melee engagement.

My favorite tactic lately with fixed HA is to send two units of them past each enemy flank. Not attacking, just running past them and shooting as they go. This usually splits their line in the middle, where my cavalry can then charge their flanks. It's great fun against the Romans.