[Saber Cherry]

It's true that Tien Chi infantry is weak, because of its weapons (no sword/shield units). In the default theme, the infantry with almost-decent protection (12) cost 13 gold. I prefer indy HI to Tien Chi HI =)

But as for archers - wow! Their composite archers are much better than Man archers, IMO. Why? Higher protection, at a lower cost. Man longbows are too expensive. Who would win with 1000 gold worth of composite archers against 1000 gold worth of longbows? I would say... certainly the composite archers, since I think they'd even win on a unit-for-unit basis. And with the "Fire Archers" order, that's important!

BTW. If you want to see a shocking difference in infantry quality, compare the Tien Chi (default) elite Glaive troops to Marginon Halberdiers or Greatswordsmen. Keep in mind the Tien Chi troops are 30% more expensive! A battle between the two sides, on equal cost basis, would not be pretty... but at least TC does get some 2 strat move infantry.

[ December 03, 2003, 04:58: Message edited by: Saber Cherry ]