Battanians basically have no mass archers... and thats bad.

[Goldfire223]

I know it's still early days and there is a lot to still discover about the game, but I've played all-day 1 on a battanian playthrough and I find it strange they basically have no archers. Sure their troop tree has skirmishers, which are so garbage I don't even want to think about how bad the aseri are doing, but Battanians strength is THE ARCHER! Yet the only way to get the archer is by chance as it actually comes from a different starting unit and not as a branch from the battanian volunteer. It comes from the Highborn Youth tree, and Highborn Youths are not easy to come by. Now, this complaint might seem petty, but Battania is right next to Vlandia, and they have better footman and crossbowmen essentially right off the bat from their troop tree, meanwhile, Battiania has sharp twigs and tiny shields.

So here is my suggestion to stop Battania from getting stomped by the Vlandians, Sturgeons, and the Empire, and get rid of the spearmen line which makes zero sense for a culture that primarily fights in the woods, and replace it with the falxman line, then where the falxmen line was put an Archer -> Veteran Archer -> Fiann. Pretty simple fix.

 

[Neofd10]

I agree. Great idea, perhaps the falx ams spear units could be combined. Falx men with spears. Battania does need more archers.

 

[Brandbjorn]

When you ask various people about Nezretes' Folly, some say that Battanians are usually very weak to archers. - Which also surprises me that the Fiann Archers are their main deal. - It's entirely the luck of the draw as to whether or not you get your "champion" units. - IMO Falxmen (which when you ask about the Folly quest, are mentioned to be the main weapon of the Battanians) should be the special unit, and should be easier to come by in general.

Because archers are useless as one or two, and stupidly OP as a group of 15+, there is no middle. - Hence why the Empire stomps Battania in every single war.

 

[xThreatx]

With how the tactical ai is at the moment having 4 groups and giant blob infantry (its EA i know) the play-style Battania is supposed to represent is not actually happening in the battles. Moving around the battle field with smaller groups of fast units to skirmish is not possible right now with everything being lumped into infantry doom stacks and massive conga lines of archers standing way to closer to the front lines puts the faction as quite the disadvantage (unless your the player and want to micro 8 odd groups a battle)