Quote Originally Posted by Germaanse Strijder
That's not true. Alexander defeated Scythian nomads in his campaign, wich were expert horse archers.
Horse archers were devastating to opponents not used to their type of warfare. The infantry centric Romans are a prime example, we all know off Cannae. However in later battles, Romans would employ more slingers and other missile troops against the Parthians. They then had a lot harder time dealing with their Roman foes.
So act sensibly and do what the Romans did: have slingers and archers take care of the horse archers, and have other units near them to protect them from cavalry charges. Maybe you can even use your cavalry to go around their backs and envelop them, though that would require great care. Just don't expect your phalangites and legions to beat horse archers.
Im thinking more in a MP context...
But Alexander used field artillery IIRC and I dont know how artillery is in EB but in RTW MP its banned and for good reason...
Plust the Cat. Circle is almost immune to archer fire...

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