Title says it all. Which faction gets earlier pikes (not spears) and long range bows?
Title says it all. Which faction gets earlier pikes (not spears) and long range bows?
Rebels. Flemish pikemen, welsh longbowmen...
Seriously though, no such faction exist. Quite a number of factions get long range bows, but only the Scots get earlier pikes, in minor cities, I think. Unless fast teching to the huge city barracks to get pike militia counts as early.
Teching to huge city and military academy (4800 fl and 4 turns) gets superior Tercio pikemen for Spanish.
But they don't have long range bows ... if they do why haven't i got them! ;)Originally Posted by dopp
and huge city and military academy isnt exactly early...
Musketeers are okay (but of course they are among the most expensive troops in the game). Their range is shorter than longbows but beats everyone else.Originally Posted by chunkynut
On VH/VH you can crank out Tercios in Cordoba by turn 60.
Last edited by dopp; 12-05-2006 at 15:16.
A clear example of high analytic intelligence.Originally Posted by Somebody Else
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Sorry I said "long range bows" when I meant "any long range", as in Milanese crossbows, i.e.: longer than peasant archers.Originally Posted by JeffBag
However you answered my question. Scots get pikes earliest, I'll have to live with whatever bows they have.
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Theoretically, as Scots, if you hired longbow mercs and/or bribed an English or Welsh army, you could have an early pike & longbow stack or two...
Guillaume
William the Conqueror, 1066,
Said to his captains, 'I mean to affix
England to Normandy. Go out and borrow
Some bows and some arrows, we're starting tomorrow.
Is it possible in this game to keep and use units from a bribed army that are not trainable or hirable by your own faction? I believe in RTW those types of units would disappear. I'm not much for bribing, so I haven't tried it out myself.Originally Posted by Guillaume le Batard
- DCD
Try Milan.
They have Genoese Crossbow Militia with long range and high damage, and they have Italian spear militia, which has stats of armoured sergants. Both rather early and cheap.
If you want to check the effectivity of Genoese crossbows check the thread 'best missile unit' or sth like that. There is a test comparison with other ranged units.
Try Sicily. They get militia pikemen and muslim archers, which I believe are long range.Originally Posted by Zanshin
"What, have Canadians run out of guns to steal from other Canadians and now need to piss all over our glee?"
- TSM
Sicily is your best bet. I love that faction.
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