3rd January 2004, 9:09 PM
Huh... no, you are wrong. Oh, sure, Knights and Dragoons are good units, and strong, and they move fast, and yes, they can defend themselves... but they just do not have the same kind of attack strength as artillery. They do fine most of the time, but when you're besieging a city... those defences can be really tough sometimes. You could toss fifteen knights at it and get nowhere. No, artillery is the only way to have a chance against truly strong defences... I've fought more than enough wars to know that leaving out the artillery as a very big part of your attack force is suicide. It's usually the focus of my army, actually... infantry is too weak to be useful, calvalry good as a support unit and as quick scouting and yes, as a big part of your army... but when they get stuck, and for cities... especially those ones that are tough to crack... you cannot even begin to replace the necessity for artillery unless you really like wasting lots of troops.
Oh yeah, and once you get Railroads that movement problem goes away. :D Just play World War 79... I love that scenario. None of the silly 'four thousand years of civilization' stuff, just instant global thermonuclear war...
Oh yeah, and once you get Railroads that movement problem goes away. :D Just play World War 79... I love that scenario. None of the silly 'four thousand years of civilization' stuff, just instant global thermonuclear war...