How to switch to secondary weapons?

[Whacker]

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Daykeras, something to consider... Instead of charging in to melee after spending all your ammo, you might want to consider a tactical retreat and withdrawl from battle so you can come back ammo replenished and fight another day. I started a thread last week on this, located here: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=79728 Might be worth your while to check it out and weigh in, Foz and a couple others have already jumped in and there's been some good dialogue. My opinion hasn't changed as a result, but at the very least I hope CA takes a honest look at that and takes it into consideration for future patches or the next TW title.



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[KHPike]

Depending on the unit, I agree with Daykeras that some archers can charge. One example is Danish Archers who have att 11 and def 18 (post fixes). Think of them as superior Mongol infantry. Placing them on good ground will massacre enemy troops before I order a charge to finish the job. While they can hold their own against dismounted feudal knights, they however will falter against chivalric level troops and mounted knights cause of the rps thing...

Another thing that has been noted is that you must charge them early or they'll get massacred instead due to the changing weapons problem.

Hence, such units are indeed useful early in the game. As time goes by one has to switch to heavier stuff.

[Daykeras]

Yes... and I like the fact I can send archers into melee with a complete disregard for their bows :P.

Really, I think all archers should just use their bows in combat :P