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...
I’ve been reading a few things on this subreddit, but only recently joined. Some posts have spoken about how good the Khan’s Guard are. I made a conscious effort to recruit more into my party. However, at the start of a battle there were barely any horse archers on my side. It’s annoying, as I’ve got so many and they would make a clear difference to the outcome of a battle, and yet only a handful show up. I initially assumed that this was because I was in an army at the time, and so the ratio of troops on the battlefield was due to the numbers in the army. My assumption being that most lords had infantry in large quantities, and not many horse archers, hence why I had such a large volume of foot soldiers at the start of each battle. I experimented by rearranging the army composition entirely: removing all foot archers and infantry. The army was entirely cavalry now. Roughly 450 horsemen, and 450 horse archers (100 of which are Khan’s Guard). Yet the next battle I entered, I only h...