Post 09 Mar 2013, 02:54 by sado1
Bloodtree, Matt did good, he was too busy helping save Mully and kill Ben, that he actually relied on my troops defending our bases. And I think did a good job there... more with some nice fighting ideas than troops amount. Later I got outspammed though because Blud helped you, and while I was good enough to keep you alone out of my base (or somewhere near my towers at least), Blud was just too much and the game was lost then already.
Personally I agree with TS players opinion about your fighting skills. Not so long ago I was considered "very bad" when it comes to fighting, now I'm said to be improving. If I can outmaneouver you, then you are at least bad. Don't get me wrong, you can make a nice spam (you're rarely doing leather though, but I guess that's just your style), but you can't use it at all. I'd like to point some things out, I want you to actually get better, it'd be a waste of a potential good player.
-fighting is MUCH more important than finishing your city after pt. If you can't finish your town, don't. Only food is more important than fighting - no food, no new army, since your serfs will die. But if your food is ok, LEAVE your city after pt.
-under (x)bow fire, militia is like a serf with an axe. It's REALLY easy to kill them with shooters. Never go out with militia alone on (x)bowmen, NEVER. You will waste it in seconds.
-attack with many smaller armies, not one big army
-use (x)bows to annoy the enemy. The best way is to take xbows and facing your enemy's xbows DIAGONALLY, go 1 step closer, kill their 1 xbow, wait for them to get formation messed up, go 1 step closer again, shoot once or twice, and get back.
-use shoot-and-go-back. It means: go close enough to attack the enemy, then when he tries to pursue you, get back by stepping 1 step back all the time. So it looks like: let xbows shoot once, step back, let them shoot once again, step back, and so on...
-when you are escaping with your troops, always use shoot-and-go-back
-when your enemy is stupid enough to go out with militia only, use shoot-and-go-back, even if you have no melee to cover your xbows, you will kill miltia easily.
-attack with (x)bows from many sides. When your army is facing xbows of your enemy, and you take another xbow army from the side, it will be very bad for your enemy.
I guess there could be more tips, I probably forgot about something important. I hope it's helpful.