I am by no means a master of Medieval: Total War--still playing on Normal after 6 months, use plenty of pause, etc.--but feel I at least have a pretty good understanding of most tactical principles and how to employ them. One thing I am still far from mastering, though, is reinforcements.
I do alright with them on defense, where I can sit near the edge of the map and switch units on and off quickly, or hold a bridge while I do the switching. It also works okay with swapping out depleted archers, but I can't do much more with them. On offence I'll take out my opponent's first wave and usually chase him to the edge of the map, but then when more of his troops come on I have to stick with the units I've already got because there's no time to replace just the weak ones and if I try a general retreat to a better position to make any exchanges I'll usually get my slow units overtaken while trying to pull back and end up just committing all my tired troops anyway to prevent my army from disintegrating.
Also, sometimes I misjudge which types of units I'll need to replace the most and the ones I've got waiting to come on will be in the wrong order. So I either stick with a depleted or tired unit that's what I need or get a fresh one I can't use or withdraw several units of reinforcements without even committing them to get to the ones I actually need.
Do any of our true veterans have some wisdom to share with me on using my reinforcements more wisely or are there no real solutions to these problems?
Look forward to hearing your advice
Ajax
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