RBM introduces cutting arrows in addition to the piercing ones. Most troop trees go from cutting arrows at the low tiers and upgrade to bodkin (pierce) arrows later on. Pierce damage has always been superior to cut and that's why cut damage usually has a higher base damage score. Fians (including champs) have the opposite progression. They have P damage from tier 2 to 4 but at tier 5 they trade them in for barbed arrows. While the base damage goes up from 110 to 135, cut damage is so much worse against armored troops it serves as a huge nerf. I tested in custom battles and their performance is disappointing. Dismounted Druzhinnik Champions solidly beat Fian Champions. Dismounted Khan's Guards absolutely annihilated the fian champions. Imperial t5 archers beat regular fians in a close fight. Asurai Master archers absolutely stomped the regular fians. The tide however turns if you use t4 archers. Battanian Heros won vs Asarai Experienced archers and imperial veteran archers. ...
Everyone always talks about sea raider farming, but what about desert bandits? Sure they don't have chainmaille, but with my modest army costing around 600 denars I can usually capture 10-15 per battle. Dragging them to Shariz clears me a cool 2 Gs and I can do this a couple times a week. My army consists mostly of sarranid recruits/footman, with about 10 merc crossbowmen, 2-3 Mamlukes and a few manhunters. Best part is I lose very few men unlike when I try to farm sea raiders. Hopefully with higher loot skill I will be able to get some horses but no such luck so far.
Submitted February 22, 2017 at 11:34PM by hells_gullet http://ift.tt/2lI24z3
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