relative effectiveness of missiles

[m52nickerson]

The fact that abs can fire over people never bothered me. I just line them up in front of my polearms and let them fire until the enemy get close enough for me to charge. I normally have three units of abs in my Polish armies.

[antisocialmunky]

I run around with 2 to sit infront of my infantry. Alot of the time, even the AI will just charge at you and arbs don't get enough shots off. I use them as a cheap breakwater so the enemy wastes their charge on a bunch of arbs.

[Procrustes]

I run around with 2 to sit infront of my infantry. Alot of the time, even the AI will just charge at you and arbs don't get enough shots off. I use them as a cheap breakwater so the enemy wastes their charge on a bunch of arbs.

I've used that on the Horde more than once. The other factions seem more likely to approach tenatively and get shot to pieces, GH warriors charge you once they've started taking fire.