Using mounted bowmen

[Chazar]

As stated before in an older (unsatisfying) thread, hold and attack does not solve the problem for horsebowmen: They are not using the speed of their horses sufficiently!

One would want that they move closer to the enemy, fire at the enemy while keeping some distance, and then retreat orderly (or engage in meele for a few rounds).

Hold and attack means that they will fire from their far away starting position, their cool horses grazing, and then charge stupidly...

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Aside, I'm quite new to the game, and I do believe that the game is kinda balanced, so there must be another good reason why this expensive unit is worth building?! Why is no one here giving this precious secret of cleverly using horsebowmen away?

I'd love to build an empire on horses...

[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 !