Quote Originally Posted by SoxSexSax
Let me get this straight, you think that two general-less half stacks are going to somehow survive a fight against any general led army I would actually march with?

With a general, 3 horse archer units, 4 swordsmen and 4 spears I'd crush both those armies with 20% losses. And, BTW, the second army is feeble. It is nowhere NEAR elite. The first is credible granted. Do you accept that those are NOT the norm? Because we both know they aren't...the 10 geonese crossbow militia and 10 italian spearmen militia stacks are FAR more common.

Providing one or two semi examples of competence on the strat map in no way changes the fact that the AI can't compete on the battlefield, especially when conducting a siege attack.
Yes but i don't have the 3 horse archer 4 swords 4 spears I got billmen and lots of left over archers that i plan to send in as shock infantry once the the enemy missile troops are destroyed I could slug it out in a siege and sally the crap out of them but I would miss a close, possibly exciting battle.
And yes I am getting elite half stacks thrown at me non stop by france and portugal/spain denmark: even tho i win most of the time I take horrible losses cos the billmen have 60-80% casualty ratio against DFKs. They are getting phased out but i only have 2 castles in europe so i have to make do with cheap cannon fodder. Besides horse archer warfare in heavily forrested northern europe strikes me as highly unnatural and possibly illegal.