Things you just never do in battles.

[caravel]

Gah, that's half the fun: 5,000 Turks vs 50,000 Mongols - those were the days!

[naut]

Never underestimate hilly terrain. Lost too many battles that way.

Also never chase after the Picts.

[Roark]

Things I never do in battle:

- Let my horses go anywhere near Chivalric Foot Knights.
- Leave javelins on skirmish.
- Manage to capture the Pope on the field (in 4 years of gaming!!!).
- Frontal charge Granadian Almohad Urban Militia.
- Use siege engines to attack.
- Send my archers charging in.
- Engage Huscarles units that have more than half-strength numbers.
- Chase missile cavalry with infantry.
- Hold mercs back in reserve.

[Lokiss]

- Use siege engines to attack.

Ballistas can be useful for an accurate shot into a mass, providing your patient and can seize on the morale hit they take.

[bozewolf]

I think he meant he doesn't use siege engines in a battle where he's the attacker since they're fixed and will almost never be able to get close enough to the enemy.

That is something I never do as well. I even limit my missile troops severely or bring none at all if I'm attacking.

[Ironsword]

Never, ever, trust the pope.

[Caliburn]

Never, ever trust anyone.

[Kamakazi]

Gah, that's half the fun: 5,000 Turks vs 50,000 Mongols - those were the days!

well if u look in other posts i once faced a force that outnumbered me at leas 10-1 i think and i won lol then again it was 1v1v1v1vme lol it was crazy i stayed on the hill and watched for tyhe most part... beat back everyone with my good mix of archers and used my cavs to their peak effectiveness

thje good old days.... i remember them well

and Ironsword i agree.. the pope is a back stabbin @%@#%(* many times i had to kill that old fool for gettin lippy and over confident