Quote Originally Posted by Xdeathfire
while this works when you have a fully developed army after many turns, just charging your militia units en mass into a bigger army usually doesn't work in the very beginning. Try using your strategy on vhvh while blitzing in four seperate directions as Venice, south to sicily, east to byzantium, north to HRE, and northwest to France and you will see that you will often be outnumbered crazily and are forced to fight strategically.
Well of course it doesn't work very well in early battles. But in mid to late game when you can mass feudal and chivalric knights and [Insert hvy cavalry unit here] there is zero point to tactics.

Note: I am talking about singleplayer

Tactics should be REQUIRED to win, not just be something the player painfully messes around with just to make the battle more "realistic".

Honestly, nobody is a bigger fan of tactics than me. But in the end, its winning battles as fast and efficiently as possible that counts the most. Massing heavy cavalry is the best way to do that.

I should not forgo the stronger strategy (massing hvy cavalry) for the weaker strategy just because its realistic.

And you say: "But its more fun!" No its not. Obliterating the enemy off the field is fun. And the best way to do that is cav massing. Until CA changes this I will continue to do this.

Note: Against HA armies of turkey and mongols, simply mass half light cav and half hvy cav.