[PhilD]

Originally posted by Saber Cherry:
I wish there were indy archers with 2 strat move. Well, there are those Woodsmen, but I mean semi-armored ones - ringmail is about as low as you can go and have a decent chance of surviving a flock of arrows.

Once again, I'm impressed by the indy plate cuirass archers... resource expensive... but wow, they're practically immune to enemy shortbows. I never buy indy res-3 archers unless I have no other choice.

The "heavy" archers take forever to recruit; what I like in the res-3 archers is that you can make a dozen or more of them in a turn in a decent province. Instant army in a pinch, and with decent numbers, the enemy only gets one volley at them before routing... (caveat: I'm talking about SP here. Real players may tend to not let themselves get slaughtered according to plan)