i dont know if its just me but these two units seem completely useless. By far the worse unit in the game imo. Whether the AI takes command of these units or if i take command of them, the result is the same they get absolutely destroyed. When the AI controls them in large army battles they just get them all killed and maybe kill 1 person. To counter this i take control of them instead and find that actually i cannot do much better with them either. does anyone else think these units just suck?
these units to me seem very underpowered. the only way to get them to deal good damage with their SLOW throwing weapons is to charge head on into the enemy and try and pull back at last second after missiles are released. doing this of course results in the enemy archers being able to take 2-4 shots off at your horseman, with longer range missiles which fire faster, which will flatten them though. darting around the edges is how i first tried using these units but they have such short range that you need to be DANGEROUSLY close to the enemy to even hit anything. And once the enemy cav starts chasing you its time to get outta there. now that the cav is chasing you maybe the sturgian missiles can turn around and throw missiles at them? no they cannot as throwing missiles have less of an angle to throw behind, you can throw left and right and just a tiiiiinny bit behind you but not enough to hit any chasing cav. and god forbid the enemy cav catchh you unawares, its a slaughter.
it seems to be that the best option is to dismount these buggers and line them up infront of your archers or infantry, because as cav they are just useless
these units to me seem very underpowered. the only way to get them to deal good damage with their SLOW throwing weapons is to charge head on into the enemy and try and pull back at last second after missiles are released. doing this of course results in the enemy archers being able to take 2-4 shots off at your horseman, with longer range missiles which fire faster, which will flatten them though. darting around the edges is how i first tried using these units but they have such short range that you need to be DANGEROUSLY close to the enemy to even hit anything. And once the enemy cav starts chasing you its time to get outta there. now that the cav is chasing you maybe the sturgian missiles can turn around and throw missiles at them? no they cannot as throwing missiles have less of an angle to throw behind, you can throw left and right and just a tiiiiinny bit behind you but not enough to hit any chasing cav. and god forbid the enemy cav catchh you unawares, its a slaughter.
it seems to be that the best option is to dismount these buggers and line them up infront of your archers or infantry, because as cav they are just useless