E: I misread your response originally.
Well if you push through their line then they are forced to either a) stay where they are facing and get hit in the back by me or b) turn to face me and deal with the rest of my team hitting them in the back.
I might die but being quick with turning the shield to face incoming attacks can absorb most blows, and in the meantime their formation is completely broken up. If my team doesn't follow then ofc I'm fucked but running in with a shield and forcing them to turn/break up formation works a surprising amount of the time. It's almost impossible to pull this off as well without a shield.
Didnt get to see your original post, but hope it was fun
I see what you mean, in a formation it works pretty well. I remember doing that about a year ago when I was in Acre and it worked, but generally in EU1 and others formations dont happen. I dont play much strategus so i dont know how things are there, maybe different.
BTW (dont like to doublepost): Archers deal only under 10% damage, and ranged in total (counting mounted) deal around 20% damage, less than 2hers alone and around the same as poles and 1her.
And within bows, rus and horn appear to be in a good place, but i think the long should be buffed, it is clear that it is scarcely used (more HAs than longbowmen ffs!!).
Bow 5,200,246 9.87%
Crossbow 3,045,629 5.78%
Thrown 1,504,224 2.86%
Bow (mounted) 1,266,086 2.40%
Crossbow (mounted) 190,667 0.36%
Thrown (mounted) 40,499 0.08%
Bow
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Rus Bow 2,223,311 34.38%
Horn Bow 1,508,637 23.33%
Horn Bow (mounted) 1,073,192 16.60%
Long Bow 878,660 13.59%
Tatar Bow 266,631 4.12%
Nomad Bow 119,864 1.85%
Tatar Bow (mounted) 100,646 1.56%
Yumi 95,133 1.47%
Bow 58,699 0.91%
Nomad Bow (mounted) 56,184 0.87%
Short Bow 49,311 0.76%
Yumi (mounted) 24,725 0.38%
Bow (mounted) 7,874 0.12%
Short Bow (mounted) 3,465 0.05%
