Low Cost Tactics

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Originally Posted by vfb

AreaOfEffect: It's a good idea to script 'Cast Quicken Self, fire x 4, Cast Spells'. Otherwise when you run out of bullets your water mage will run into melee, and you probably don't want that. It's probably more efficient to make 3 bows and give them to lightly armored indy commanders, and have your mage cast quickness on them (and an air mage can cast aim on them too etc). Your mages can continue to cast spells too.

Stay Behind Troops order lets the mages decide between casting and firing. I don't know how stupid they'd act, but it could be worth trying if you don't have indy commanders to give the bows for, e.g. when you're raising from the seas to raid land provinces and don't have enough amphibious indeps.