The Ultimate Stack thread...

[zerathule]

The definition of ultimate is quite relative anyway, here are my ultimate stacks :
Portugal : (upkeep)
1 X General (250)
4 X Musketeers (600)
4 X Dismounted Conquistadores (600)
2 X Conquistadores (500)
7 X Adventuros (1295)
2 X Basilik (800)
= Total upkeep of 4045 per turn

Milan :
1 X General (250)
4 X Italian Cavalry Militia (600)
6 X Genoese Crossbow Militia (600)
9 X Italian Spear Militia (1075)
= Total upkeep of 2525 per turn.

So you could have allmost 2 milaneese armies on the field for 1 portuguese, and this is not counting the purchase price, the building requirements (and the events requirements) and the impossibility to retrain.
Technicaly the milaneese stack can be made with a merchant's guild and the first stone wall level.

[Ghaseken]

I am a mostly a hevy inf and missile player, using cav only to destroy the enemy's and outflanking.
Here are a few that fit my playstyle:
English
1 General
2 English Knights
8 Retinue Longbowmen
5 Aurmored Swordsmen
2 Dis. English Knights
2 Of the best Artillery you can get at the time.
French
1 General
2 Lancers
4 Scots Guard
4 Aventuriers
5 Dis. French Knights
2 Pikemen Militia
2 of the best artillery you can get at the time

[Ghaseken]

Here are a few more:
Spain
1 General
2 Conquistadores
9 Musketmen
6 Pikes (any kind will do)
2 Of the best artillery
Moors
1 Gen
2 Christian Guard
6 Dis. Christian Guard
5 Sudanese Gunners
6 Desert Archers

[Garnier]

In my one poland game (only poland game I ever played in M2TW) I made armies entirely of horse archers once I could.

As England or France, I'd generally have 8 longbowmen (scots guard or retinue longbows), 4 of the best knights (including general), and 4 heavy infantry.

As France, two of the infantry would sometimes be armored spearmen, to protect against cavalry heavy armies, while as England I'd make a complete square of stakes and have the heavy inf in a thin line along the stakes, longbows in loose formation in the middle. Ridiculous strategies but it works every time.

I may say, I quickly got bored of M2TW.



edit: ah... tremendous bump.

[oz_wwjd]

8 cossack muskeeters,8 Landsknecht pikemen,1 general,3 tsar's Guard

Basic strategy is to set up the pikewall,and let the enemy come to you,and be blasted apart by the musketeers on the way. Then I have my heavy calv for launching flank attacks on what's left of the enemy forces..

[Sebastian Seth]

1 Family Member

General's Bodyguard

C
2 Heavy Cavarly

Western Knights, Kathaprankoi, Siphanis, Mamluks, Armenians...

H
2 Heavy Horse Archers

Boyars, Variodai, Siphanis, Mamluks...

W
4 Armored Core Troops

Dismounted Knights, Armored Sergenants...

I
2 Defensive Spear Troops

Pikemen, Spearmen...

D
2 Melee Shock Troops

Gallowglach, Hashasin, Varangians, Woodsmen...

S
2 Archers

Longbowmen, Turkish Archers...

A
2 Crossbows

Crossbows, Guns, Napatha, Merceneries...

B
1 Siege Weapon

Bombard, Trepuchet, Elephant Cannon...

X

H C H - I usually put the both H with the C and use them as "full frontal bomchikawaiwai charge". When they hit the target I whitdraw C and another H and then charge with them again. If theres space I go past the target and charge from behind or sides.

W W - I usually put these to "shoot and circle" and try to pull units out of enemy consentration with them. When theres enough of chaos around and weak units seperated from others I use them to charge them. And finally to chase down fleeing enemies.

D I I I I D - This is what my front line looks like. Their purpose is pretty much to keep in line and attack as one straight to enemy consentration. The spears are on sides because they are cheapest to replace but AI usually tries to flack with cavarly and I send them to bind them.

S B A A B S - This is the second line. I actually use the crossbows to kill the stacks hitting my front line and the archers to hit what ever is on the back ground. (Usually enemy archers.) The shocktroops at side are either for hitting the middle or killing of what ever D got on him.

[Mete Han]

1 general + 19 hungarian nobles (or vardartorais or sipahis)

or

1 general + 6 polish retainers + 13 polish guard

for sieges wait until they sally forth