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. ...
I’ve been playing the game periodically since release, I’ve noticed some changes with cav:
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They’re much more common. Every enemy army I fight seems to throw atleast 100 cav at me, and I have to actively try to avoid having an exorbant amount of cavalry myself because-
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Cavalry seem REALLY weak. Infantry in standard line formation frequently decimate both mine and the enemies cavalry, which is compounded by the fact that the cavalry AI seems to suicide charge straight into enemy lines, get stuck, then carved into pieces. Cavalry is almost a liability now, I find myself dismounting my cav frequently.
In my memory, cavalry used to be a little more rare but also more powerful, I remember having armies of nothing but cavalry and feeling like the riders of Rohan. Now I cringe if my battle spawns and I have a higher proportion of cavalry than other troops.
Is this a recent update? Even my elite tier cav get decimated, it doesn’t even seem worth it to recruit them anymore.
Edit- additional question, does anyone else have problems with cavalry following you? They lag so far behind I can’t even lead them in charge.
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