like the title said, what is the intended use of cavalry? in terms of situations, formations and commands? how many to have in terms of % of your army?
if you know please tell me the answer and your source, if not you are welcome to post any speculations you might have here.
also i'm interested in how do you personally use your cavalry? aside from cheating how do you maintain and manage your army? how do you replenish loses etc.
I've been using them like how i've read in books and online about historical warfare. knowing their weakness of polearms and powerful ranged attacks, i have been conservative, sometimes shields up and only going in to flank. but i experience lots of casualties despite careful controlling of their positioning (with infantry or archers i basically set it and leave it, using a couple of commands all battle, but with cavs i have to move them constantly).
so nowadays i've only been using them on mop up duty, literally sitting behind my archers all battle until the opponent is on the run with 20% of his troops left, when the opponent is routing i charge them from behind with the cavs, and still, my men get mauled. i'd say despite making up about 15% of my army, 50% of my casualties come from that formation 3.
i remember seeing an youtube experiment with the different troops and using a army of only 1 type of troop vs an equal power ai with mix soldiers. of course in many cases he's using strictly highest tier units when the opponents might have 20% recruits, but the armies have equal power levels so in most cases he would be outnumbered. the results are that an all infantry or archer or horse archer army would be completely viable, in some cases very dominant, especially if you exploit to their strengths. but the cav only army got destroyed facing more upgraded troops (still wrecked those looters though), despite requiring more control from the player.
are they currently too underpowered?
if you know please tell me the answer and your source, if not you are welcome to post any speculations you might have here.
also i'm interested in how do you personally use your cavalry? aside from cheating how do you maintain and manage your army? how do you replenish loses etc.
I've been using them like how i've read in books and online about historical warfare. knowing their weakness of polearms and powerful ranged attacks, i have been conservative, sometimes shields up and only going in to flank. but i experience lots of casualties despite careful controlling of their positioning (with infantry or archers i basically set it and leave it, using a couple of commands all battle, but with cavs i have to move them constantly).
so nowadays i've only been using them on mop up duty, literally sitting behind my archers all battle until the opponent is on the run with 20% of his troops left, when the opponent is routing i charge them from behind with the cavs, and still, my men get mauled. i'd say despite making up about 15% of my army, 50% of my casualties come from that formation 3.
i remember seeing an youtube experiment with the different troops and using a army of only 1 type of troop vs an equal power ai with mix soldiers. of course in many cases he's using strictly highest tier units when the opponents might have 20% recruits, but the armies have equal power levels so in most cases he would be outnumbered. the results are that an all infantry or archer or horse archer army would be completely viable, in some cases very dominant, especially if you exploit to their strengths. but the cav only army got destroyed facing more upgraded troops (still wrecked those looters though), despite requiring more control from the player.
are they currently too underpowered?