One thing about archers on the wall, the battlements mess with the archers and some portion of them use the high angle attack, which defeats the purpose of having archers on the wall in the first place. Some mods correct this by correcting the max angle of fire.
Favorite Medieval 2 community members: Swissman15, Pixelated Apollo, and TheRyanKing. You three are so awesome at what you do, and I want to start sending PvP vids to you guys (mainly Pixel since he does siege battles).
What works really well sometimes is spearmen and Crossbows in open formation intermingled and cav behind. Cav can ride easily thru, while enemy charges makes less damage and are still stopped, enemy infantry is also stopped. No so good for infantry offensive though.
Watching your great videos from korea. The south one haha. I have a question about using the musketeers. When able to use them, would it be better than crossbow?
I never use my missile troops to shoot other missile troops, unless they are mounted cavalry. But why would you NOT use loose formation? Your archers are usually under fire from the enemy archers and tight formation only helps with your casualties, which you don't want... or have I missed something?
Probaly due to the width of stakes. Personally, as England, I put my Longbowmen on my flanks with stakes infront of them, and then create a sort if ----I---- formation with my infantry, so I can shoot the enemy infantry in the back. Now, if they have heavy cav, and they try to charge me and my archers are in loose formation, some will not be protected by the stakes and that can end in catastrophe (altough hopefully my cav has intercepted their cav before they could even charge me!). Altough if your archers don't have stakes, the only reason I would think is because they lack infantry and the loose formations makes the archers wider then the infantry.
Don't you get friendly fire in the Skirmisher Support? I always thought it was a bad idea to fire above your troops like that.
One thing about archers on the wall, the battlements mess with the archers and some portion of them use the high angle attack, which defeats the purpose of having archers on the wall in the first place.
Some mods correct this by correcting the max angle of fire.
The most informative TW youtuber apart from Pixelated Appollo by far!!!
Favorite Medieval 2 community members: Swissman15, Pixelated Apollo, and TheRyanKing. You three are so awesome at what you do, and I want to start sending PvP vids to you guys (mainly Pixel since he does siege battles).
I do siege battles... Just not very well... :P
Wow good luck at that
What works really well sometimes is spearmen and Crossbows in open formation intermingled and cav behind. Cav can ride easily thru, while enemy charges makes less damage and are still stopped, enemy infantry is also stopped.
No so good for infantry offensive though.
Watching your great videos from korea. The south one haha. I have a question about using the musketeers.
When able to use them, would it be better than crossbow?
@samuel, nice to know the videos are doing some help
your vids are extemely helpful....they earned you a sub
+Vincent Sponziello Glad to help :D
Do you have the google slides to public?
Is it better to have them in a thick column or a long line for firing?
I never use my missile troops to shoot other missile troops, unless they are mounted cavalry.
But why would you NOT use loose formation? Your archers are usually under fire from the enemy archers and tight formation only helps with your casualties, which you don't want... or have I missed something?
Probaly due to the width of stakes. Personally, as England, I put my Longbowmen on my flanks with stakes infront of them, and then create a sort if ----I---- formation with my infantry, so I can shoot the enemy infantry in the back. Now, if they have heavy cav, and they try to charge me and my archers are in loose formation, some will not be protected by the stakes and that can end in catastrophe (altough hopefully my cav has intercepted their cav before they could even charge me!). Altough if your archers don't have stakes, the only reason I would think is because they lack infantry and the loose formations makes the archers wider then the infantry.
look at the legend. in each example he has them in loose formation.
Byzantine archers are good they are multi purpose.
The same goes for Mongol inf. , Scots guard, if they got good stats to be multi purpose then they might have a chance.