Are Italian Militia really this good?

[Carl]

@Didz: Have you got patch 1.1 because it's VERY rare non-rebels will sit their at all after the patch, they'll normally charge your battle line and force you to beat them in melee. In those situations, if the enemy is mostly ISM or other high end spears then I can guarantee that that ordinary IM would cut your losses tremendously.

Post patch your Crossbows would probably get 2-3 volleys and not a single shot afterwards till the enemy has routed.

[Didz]

Yep! downlaoded it while back as a solution to the capital recalculation bug.

I suppose the other factor would be difficulty level, I think I'm playing on Moderate atm. I certainly find that the enemy dither about quite a bit and I frequently manage to empty all my quivers and bolt boxes into them. Even if they do attack they don't make much of a dent in a two deep battle line of spearmen on Hold Ground.

BTW: I thought I'd try and run some tests to confirm the casualties inflicted by Mercenary Crossbowmen but I couldn't work out how to select the composition of the CPU team, let alone how to get its army to stand still while I shot at it.

[HoreTore]

@Didz: Have you got patch 1.1 because it's VERY rare non-rebels will sit their at all after the patch, they'll normally charge your battle line and force you to beat them in melee. In those situations, if the enemy is mostly ISM or other high end spears then I can guarantee that that ordinary IM would cut your losses tremendously.

Post patch your Crossbows would probably get 2-3 volleys and not a single shot afterwards till the enemy has routed.

Nah, I see it a lot of times. I've simply stopped shooting down the enemy army however, as it makes a pretty dull game.. I usually shoot down around 20% of the army before charging in now.

[FactionHeir]

@Didz: Have you got patch 1.1 because it's VERY rare non-rebels will sit their at all after the patch, they'll normally charge your battle line and force you to beat them in melee. In those situations, if the enemy is mostly ISM or other high end spears then I can guarantee that that ordinary IM would cut your losses tremendously.

Post patch your Crossbows would probably get 2-3 volleys and not a single shot afterwards till the enemy has routed.

1.1 AI always is passive standing around if outnumbered.

[Slaists]

@Didz: Have you got patch 1.1 because it's VERY rare non-rebels will sit their at all after the patch, they'll normally charge your battle line and force you to beat them in melee. In those situations, if the enemy is mostly ISM or other high end spears then I can guarantee that that ordinary IM would cut your losses tremendously.

Post patch your Crossbows would probably get 2-3 volleys and not a single shot afterwards till the enemy has routed.

well, the post-patch 1.1 AI is even easier than pre-patch. now, the player can play most offensive battles as defensive ones since it is almost guaranteed, the enemy will charge rather than takin up an advantageous defensive position.