Using mounted bowmen

[Raz 24]

I have had great use of the tien chi barbarian horsemen . I just let them hold and attack and they first pepper and lower morale then charge and destroy the enemy front. Works great in hordes

[NTJedi]

Originally posted by PDF:
Well, IMHO the main problem is that those horse archers/lancers are very inefficient as archers due to their cost (you can buy 3 foot archers for the price of 1 horseman), and not that good as lancers dur to relatively weak protection (and they are also costly as "lancers" due to their -useless- bow ...). They don't even have great morale ...

Horsemen archers are one of the WORST deals in the game. First their accuracy is very bad, second they are more expensive, third they seem to die just as easily as regular archers.
From my experiences it's always been better to either buy regular archers or regular heavy cavalry.

The heavy horsebowmen of TC and BK do work, about 10x better than they used to. They may or may not be as efficent as they should be or could be, but it is a step in the right direction. You need 20+ in order to really see the effects. They don't work alone but if you have them on a flank, they do very well in causing alot of damage (because of the bow and lance) before they lose many forces.

[moodgiesanta]

*considers a Mongol Horde mod*

Hmm . . .

[Pirateiam]

I build a small army of 24 horsebowman with Horsebowman leader to use as an unrest patrol group - they have movement of 3 which helps on patrol and they also work very good as a mobile defense when combined with provence defenses. I never use them as front line soldiers.

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Pirateiam:
I build a small army of 24 horsebowman with Horsebowman leader to use as an unrest patrol group - they have movement of 3 which helps on patrol and they also work very good as a mobile defense when combined with provence defenses. I never use them as front line soldiers.

BTW, FYI, it's the tactical movement that's most important on patrol. But the 3-strat move makes them handy for quickly getting them where they can be useful.

[Pirateiam]

Originally posted by Arryn:

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Originally posted by Pirateiam:
I build a small army of 24 horsebowman with Horsebowman leader to use as an unrest patrol group - they have movement of 3 which helps on patrol and they also work very good as a mobile defense when combined with provence defenses. I never use them as front line soldiers.

BTW, FYI, it's the tactical movement that's most important on patrol. But the 3-strat move makes them handy for quickly getting them where they can be useful.

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Thanks! This is why I love this game you learn something new all the time even after playing it forever. I assume thier tactical movement is high also, I will have to relook at it while I play some more !