Where to begin... So the Battanians get into their fateful war with Vlaandians, but the western empire declared war upon their new Vlaandian neighbors. The western empire and the battanians pushed back the Vlaandians, but then the Aserai attacked the Western Empire. The Vlaandians made peace with the Battanians to focus their efforts on the western empire, and though the Battanians were doing well on their own, the Sturgians declared war on them. Battanians lose Flintolg castle but gain the Kranirog and Mazhadan castles, and then they claim Sturgia-owned Epicrotea during the Sturgian's battle against the Western Empire. The Khuzait declare war on the Sturgians and claim Tyal from them, so the Sturgians make peace with the Battanians to focus on the Khuzait. The western empire loses ground to both the Aserai and the Vlaandians, so they are forced to make peace with the Vlaandians. As the Aserai are recovering from intense wars of keeping Tubilis castle and Garontor castl...
I know every single troop in Warband is braindead, but I feel like infantry is the category that suffers the most from it (excluding horse archers with the Native AI).
When I try to make a shieldwall, if one charging enemy manages to make it through, everyone turns around to look at him, exposing their back to the rest of the charging party who tears them a new asshole. Sometimes literally.
When I try to make them advance to get closer to the enemy archers, they continue to look back at the same guy that made it through 2 minutes ago, while walking backwards, conveniently exposing their back to the archers who turn their butts into pincushions.
When, out of frustration, I make them charge, hoping they'll find something more productive (and less suicidal) to do, they decide that gathering into a full squad, and running after a lone enemy horseman for 10 minutes would make for a great tactical move. Spoiler: they don't catch up with him, but they do get flanked by the rest of the enemy cavalry.
And if, by miracle, they decide that they should actually move as a whole towards the main group of enemies, they all target the same enemy unit at once, turning a ranked battle into a rugby contest where everyone plays elbows to make it to the frontline.
Next playthrough, it's going to be full heavy cavalry.
Submitted April 13, 2018 at 04:52PM by AffectionateCut https://ift.tt/2HARMtO
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