Hi all!! A few weeks ago I asked here how you wanted your infantry to fight ( old post ). The top answer by far was "make them hold the line", so that's what I built. It was called Better Infantry AI back then, now it's Hold the Line , and it's out as a beta. Available in Nexus Mods. What it does: No more moshpit: soldiers keep their place in the line and step in and back a little instead of turning into one big blob. AI formations that make contact switch to a charge, so both sides fight the same way. Shields in the front rank: shield and spear first, then other shields, then spears and pikes, then everyone else. Works in shield walls too. No more falxmen eating javelins and arrows in the front while the shield guys wait in the back. Rear ranks fight with spears: the second rank thrusts past the guy in front instead of hitting their back and getting stunned. AI spearmen also keep the spear out more instead of always pulling the sidearm. Deep format...
Today I used the Cantabrian Circle to great effect as the Khuzaits.
While playing BannerKings I decided to raid a Southern Imperial village to secure silk for my velvet workshop, triggering a war between my liege Monchug Khagan and Regina Rhagaea.
After my raid I noticed Rhagaea patrolling her lands with a small retinue of 80 troops. My army of 170, which consisted entirely of lancers and horse archers, successfully pursued her and started a battle in a large valley surrounded by woods.
The cowardly imperials hid their crossbowmen in the forest while stationing a shield wall of fairly low level legionnaries at the edge of the treeline. I could not flank the enemy, so all advantage should have gone to the imperials.
I set my lancers to the side where I could command them to charge at the mounted Rhagaea and her entourage if they chose to attack my horse archers. I then commanded my horse archers to enter a column formation and had them follow me. To my surprise this actually worked. I ran in a circle in front of the legionnaries, keeping my archers mobile while also allowing them to fire at the enemy. The Cantabrian Circle was complete. Legionnaries and crossbowmen alike fell to my horse archers and skilled companions.
Meanwhile my lancers annihilated Rhagaea. Her weakened legionnaries decided to charge, ultimately getting wiped out by my cavalry and archers. The crossbowmen themselves also fell to my lancers, allowing me to capture the Empress herself in the first battle of the war.
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