Demok: I have had good luck using the four fast cav units to get behind the enemy and chase down the pesky muskets and archers, or at least keep them busy until my pikes have moved up into position. The two heavy cav I use to hold the flank, while I bring up a pike unit or two to help out.
In the games I have used it, I have been able to hold the middle, for a fairly good amount of time, while resting the second row of pikes until they are needed to either cover any routed frontline troops or to try and maneuver to the flank.
Considering my lack of time online -- I work 7, 12-hour days, so sleep has been a much greater priority in my life (A commodity more precious than gold!) -- I haven't used it against any of the current top players or clans, just in a few pick-up games. Plus, most of the top players do not play in that era. If you see me in the lobby this weekend I would love to play it against you, just to see how it would be picked apart by someone who knows what they are doing.
The biggest weakness of that mostly-pike army is, of course, its speed and its fatigue, later in the game. If my fast cav cannot take down the enemy missile units, this army will not be able to chase them down later in the game and will end up losing after being shot to death. Plus, the HA cav could wreak havoc on it as well.
I could see where it could be used in 3v3 and 4v4s to good effect, as long as your teammates brought cav heavy armies and possibly a few muskets or HA cav and stayed near your army's flanks. I haven't tested this, since most clan games I have played in are always high era. I also wouldn't recommend that army if I was on a far right or far left flank in a 4v4, once again due to its lack of speed.
However, come patch time, if the power of cav is reduced, thus making mostly-cav armies less effective, this army could easily come into its own, but I would probably take away two pike units and substitute in a few swords then. It will depend on how much sword units are improved.
The reason I made this army was, a new player asked me (at the .com) if there might be any LATE/ALL era army which could win against a cav/musket army. He was having problems winning vs. these type of armies. He has had good luck using it, so it has served its purpose. I figure, since he is new, and since he is playing against players who are also fairly new themselves, this army would work for him. That is also why I originally made the Longbow Circle of Doom army.
Oh BTW: Thanks for the replay in the Longbow thread showing how to beat the Circle. I am in the process of downloading it now. I would have thanked you in that thread, but it has digressed into nothing but a flamewar. :)
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