I was reading some of the guides and wondered what other peoples little personal must do's are in the game.
My only major one is without fail every companion i have no matter what hes skill set will have a bow and arrow and will learn to use it well whether he likes it or not.
I always tend to form a band of 25 spy ( costs a hell of a lot ) but with some good micromanagement and with a good force of spear wielding infantry they provide a devastating secondary line in shield wall mode.
All armies have some light infantry or berserker and missile units of there own and 25 spy's will tear any missile units short of the welsh elite bowmen to pieces and can even fight them man to man most of the time so there great for thinning out enemy ranks before they reach your own lines.
My front line is always a mix of heavy sword/axe wielding infantry and a good force of skirmishers.
Nothing blunts an enemy charge quite like a close range volley of spears hitting them in the chest right as they lower there shields to charge in.
Then pick a hill put them half way down and the shieldwall at the top and ive riped armies of 200 to shreds with 50 men.
Especially because from that points higher teir archers will tend to put arrows just over the top of a shield into the head or into the man behind who's less likely to have there shield up.
The bows come into there own here on my companions.
I wait until they hit my first line then move to the flank and open up from about 30ft.
Shield or no shield an arrow punching into the side of your chest is going to wound if not kill and with 10 companions with the best bows and arrows with high bow skills its like watching some1 swing a giant scythe into the side of the enemy mass.
My companions fire 5 shots each and that entire flank collapses then charge in and its just swords's and boards until the wave breaks and sit back and repeat on the next.
My other little tactic is i always seek out enemy leaders and pull them away from the army and then lure them into chasing me away straight into a timed volley from my companions.
Ive never faced a lord who survived 4-6 arrows punching into hes chest at once so far in this mod either 6 months ago or now and they tend to do quite a bit of damage if you leave them to there own devices and i greatly enjoy the dishonor that comes with mowing down a king or lord with arrows.
My only major one is without fail every companion i have no matter what hes skill set will have a bow and arrow and will learn to use it well whether he likes it or not.
I always tend to form a band of 25 spy ( costs a hell of a lot ) but with some good micromanagement and with a good force of spear wielding infantry they provide a devastating secondary line in shield wall mode.
All armies have some light infantry or berserker and missile units of there own and 25 spy's will tear any missile units short of the welsh elite bowmen to pieces and can even fight them man to man most of the time so there great for thinning out enemy ranks before they reach your own lines.
My front line is always a mix of heavy sword/axe wielding infantry and a good force of skirmishers.
Nothing blunts an enemy charge quite like a close range volley of spears hitting them in the chest right as they lower there shields to charge in.
Then pick a hill put them half way down and the shieldwall at the top and ive riped armies of 200 to shreds with 50 men.
Especially because from that points higher teir archers will tend to put arrows just over the top of a shield into the head or into the man behind who's less likely to have there shield up.
The bows come into there own here on my companions.
I wait until they hit my first line then move to the flank and open up from about 30ft.
Shield or no shield an arrow punching into the side of your chest is going to wound if not kill and with 10 companions with the best bows and arrows with high bow skills its like watching some1 swing a giant scythe into the side of the enemy mass.
My companions fire 5 shots each and that entire flank collapses then charge in and its just swords's and boards until the wave breaks and sit back and repeat on the next.
My other little tactic is i always seek out enemy leaders and pull them away from the army and then lure them into chasing me away straight into a timed volley from my companions.
Ive never faced a lord who survived 4-6 arrows punching into hes chest at once so far in this mod either 6 months ago or now and they tend to do quite a bit of damage if you leave them to there own devices and i greatly enjoy the dishonor that comes with mowing down a king or lord with arrows.
