Airtightspoon
Recruit
I'm playing through Prophesy of Pendor and for the first time I'm playing mounted. The very first time I played being on a horse just felt bad, and I had discovered Mordred's infantry only playthrough, so I got inspired to play on foot and ended up really enjoyed it. This time I'm trying to play as a cavalryman using 2-handed weapons(Great Bardiche atm for it's length and damage) but I still find being on a horse frustrating and could use some help. I feel like I get significantly less kills on horse than on foot. Unless the fight turns into a complete cluster where the entire enemy gets scattered (in which case I actually do get quite a few kills) i'm lucky to get above six, whereas on foot I was regularly getting around 15 or more depending on the size of the enemy army.
Another problem I have is that I often get swarmed by infantry after my initial charge. Whenever my other knights get surrounded they just kinda swing away and are still decently effective against lighter infantry, but whenever I get surrounded it feels like i'm not swinging at all. I get that obviously you're more effective moving than standing still on a horse, but it doesn't just feel like i'm doing less damage, it feels like i'm doing no damage. Now the obvious answer to this would be to not charge infantry formations straight on, which is something I try to avoid doing by staying on the edges when we charge. But this leads me to my third problem: my own cavalry constantly ****s me.
My own cavalry constantly ****s me. Whenever we charge I am constantly getting pushed around by my own horsemen, usually getting forced into the center of the formation or getting pushed into a tree. If I see an archer standing a little too far away on the outskirts, as soon as I charge him, sure enough, one of my own cavalry will also come charging for the same archer likely t-boning the **** out of me. Alternatively, half my entire cavalry force will come charging after him swarming him and not letting me get a hit in. I actually feel more mobile as an infantryman than as a cavalryman, sure i'm slower, but I feel like I have so much more control over my own movement and I feel less like i'm fighting my own troops for positioning. Does anyone have any advice? I feel like I don't put in nearly as much work on horse as I do on foot.
Another problem I have is that I often get swarmed by infantry after my initial charge. Whenever my other knights get surrounded they just kinda swing away and are still decently effective against lighter infantry, but whenever I get surrounded it feels like i'm not swinging at all. I get that obviously you're more effective moving than standing still on a horse, but it doesn't just feel like i'm doing less damage, it feels like i'm doing no damage. Now the obvious answer to this would be to not charge infantry formations straight on, which is something I try to avoid doing by staying on the edges when we charge. But this leads me to my third problem: my own cavalry constantly ****s me.
My own cavalry constantly ****s me. Whenever we charge I am constantly getting pushed around by my own horsemen, usually getting forced into the center of the formation or getting pushed into a tree. If I see an archer standing a little too far away on the outskirts, as soon as I charge him, sure enough, one of my own cavalry will also come charging for the same archer likely t-boning the **** out of me. Alternatively, half my entire cavalry force will come charging after him swarming him and not letting me get a hit in. I actually feel more mobile as an infantryman than as a cavalryman, sure i'm slower, but I feel like I have so much more control over my own movement and I feel less like i'm fighting my own troops for positioning. Does anyone have any advice? I feel like I don't put in nearly as much work on horse as I do on foot.