Labeling my idea as "stupid"

Oh well, After 2 years in the Backroom with DevDave and Tribesy, I suspect I can suffer through this "affront" without too much wailing or gnashing of teeth.

However, I got quite a bit of mileage out of that strategy in vanilla -- especially when I used cheapo slingers. It would frequently draw a cavalry charge and allow me to pike the better horse-troops of a given opforce. Hard on the slinger unit in question, but you all know the old saw about eggs and omelettes.

I don't use that strategy in XGM. Horse charge bonuses and unit defense scores are much more in line and the horse unit that charges pikes frontally will take a beating -- as it should be. Cavalry units still love to hunt slingers, so I still will occasionally set up a slinger as bait -- but much less so than before since the cost of an XGM shooter unit is much higher than vanilla, making the tactic a spendy one.