Favourite Cavalry Units

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

why?

I was commenting on the Roman unit selection's power, and how my possession of it combined with everlasting wealth was deadly to my surrounding neighbors. It might have been a little more level should I have been a different faction which had a few more weaknesses in its unit list.

Sorry if I was a little unclear

[Quirinus]

I agree with you over the lack of challenge and enjoyability once a certain number of provinces have been reached.

Although it is understandable that larger funds should be available to a more extensive faction, it is simply too easy to recruit stack after stack after stack once the faction has passed a certain stage.

This massive level of man power results in almost guaranteed dominance, with ultimately no point in continuing due to the sheer ease and predictability of the rest of the game. I remember at one stage (as the Julii) my coffers reaching the 1 million denarii mark, pumping out approximately one stack every few turns. This was literary transforming two of the remaining three factions (Egypt and an already collapsed Parthia) to dust (although I don't think the power of the Roman unit roster was doing them any favors).

Well, I think, by that stage, the game should have been over. The late-game challenge for the Roman player, I think, is to slug it out against other Roman factions with access to a similarly devastating unit roster and empire, while for the non-Roman player, whose early-game challenge would have been to carve out regional dominance, it would be facing four post-Marian Roman factions.

So I would say that the game does provide a decent challenge up till the victory scroll of 50 provinces + Rome.

But then again, I'm a crappy player, so......

[Quintus.JC]

I was commenting on the Roman unit selection's power, and how my possession of it combined with everlasting wealth was deadly to my surrounding neighbors. It might have been a little more level should I have been a different faction which had a few more weaknesses in its unit list.

Sorry if I was a little unclear

Right.

[Quintus.JC]

Should of made this into a poll.

[The Wandering Scholar]

Can you not add one?

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Sadly, Members can sadly only add polls onto threads which they have posted within the previous ten minutes.

If you wish QuintusJulius-Cicero, I could organise the addition of a poll to this thread. Drop me a PM with the options you want in the poll, and any other extras such as the poll being public or closing after a certain number of days, and I'll try and organise its creation for you.

[The Wandering Scholar]

Omanes for Hof07

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Poll added to the thread. Thank you for your cooperation

[The Wandering Scholar]

What a brilliant person

[Quintus.JC]

Carthage got some awsome cavalry. if only they could train SacredBand in large cities.

[IceWolf]

I voted Praetorian. Truth be known my favorite listed is Horse Archers, but I classify them as archers, not true cavalry, maybe that's just me.

IceWolf

[Punicus]

Carthage got some awsome cavalry. if only they could train SacredBand in large cities.

It's quite easy to get around this. Poeni Infantry are decent infantry, they can hold their own against many different Roman units. Besides, the fact is that your infantry will only have to hold the line for a small amount of time before your cavalry come in from the flanks and demoralize the enemy infantry. The fact that the AI is so infantry-based helps a lot here, too.

[Caeser The III]

me,i perfer the Cataphracts
because of their strong armor and attack, but i do not like their speed, to slow

[Quintus.JC]

Also the Cataphracts looks awsome. their shinny armour could blind their enemies' eyes.

[Permenion]

erhmm sorry for this, it may have been asked many times: why can't I vote the poll? Is it bcoz i'm junior member or because it has been voted (...) times?

[The Wandering Scholar]

It is, you are a junior member, you are not alone

errgghh why are catas winning?

[Lord Chu]

Companion Cavalry...I think they look cool and are powerful.

[whtdoesitmatta]

I like Gothic Cav the best... though I'm biased towards Germany.
Persian Cav is another one of my favs.

Camel archers and Elephants are nice too.

[The Wandering Scholar]

I'll keep spreading anti cata propaganda..

[Hannibalbarc]

Catas are awesome, but just because they are the best cavalry unit in rtw doesn't mean they are my favorite.

[Quintus.JC]

one advantage to Cataphracts is their amour piercing mace. this gives them the edge against other heavily amoured cavalry and also infantry. although their speed really sucks.

[Quintus.JC]

I'll keep spreading anti cata propaganda..

Who would you vote for? my anti-Cata friend.

[The New Che Guevara]

Greek Cavalry.


They have cool hats!

[Quirinus]

Lies! The Long Shields have the best hat.

About the cataphract's armour-piercing mace, how does it work? Does it ignore armour altogether, or is there just an attack bonus against heavy armour?

[Punicus]

one advantage to Cataphracts is their amour piercing mace. this gives them the edge against other heavily amoured cavalry and also infantry. although their speed really sucks.

Their speed isn't that of missile cavalry, but then again who are you going to be chasing around where speed would be really needed? They outspeed infantry, and if you ask me that's all they need to do their job. I would have voted for them had I not taken convenience into consideration (Long Shields are one turn and very effective when used correctly).

[Quintus.JC]

I think they get fighting bonus against armour. though i'm not sure myself.

[Hannibalbarc]

If a unit has armor piercing attack, the unit attacking them have their armor divided by 2.

[The Wandering Scholar]

I like my cav to be able to keep up with other cav, I also like them to own other cav of the same speed. Possibly SB or Companion. Companion seeing as though they haven't got any voters yet.

[Quintus.JC]

If a unit has armor piercing attack, the unit attacking them have their armor divided by 2.

So if Cataphracts attack Legionary cohort, which have 12 armor, 5 shield + 5 natural, with a total of 22. The defence would be lowered to 16?

[Quintus.JC]

I like my cav to be able to keep up with other cav, I also like them to own other cav of the same speed. Possibly SB or Companion. Companion seeing as though they haven't got any voters yet.

While Companion cavalry are excellent cavalry but overrated, although once you can afford them it's ok. I personally like legionary cavalry but voted for Cataphracts.