MTW or VI - Which Is Really The Best Medieval Multiplayer Game?

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No just the opposite. SA use rush armies and just overpower a certain area. Few if any range units are used by them.

Yes. They used a diamond geometry in 4v4. If you set up against them in a line of 4 armies, they will be able to bring a higher concentration of units to any point on your line whether you defend or attack because the average path length for the diamond to any point is shorter than it is for a line. When you combine that with the fact that they used the most cost effective melee units what are you to do except adopt the same technique? Cavalry was also very important in helping achieving an overwhelming concentration of force. The counter to this strategy would be spears that could decisively defeat calvalry, but MTW/VI doesn't have them. I used swiss halberdiers, and they almost worked to counter the strategy. They are less cost efficient than the swords, but maybe they would have worked if I could have played a little better. The method isn't as effective in 3v3 because you can't make a diamond geometry, but you still have to match them unit for unit.