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While we wait for Swifter Than Eagles I'm wondering what experiences people have had using chariot centered armies so far in FoG? I'd define a chariot centered army as one that has enough chariots to build its battle plan entirely around their use.
What supporting troops would you use?

As I see it, Late Dynastic Egyptians, Early Carthaginians and Kyrenean Greeks from Immortal Fire all have that potential. The latter two armies can even have substantial numbers of Late Libyan allied light chariots. Then there's the Gallic/British, Scots-Irish, Caledonian and Pictish lists.

As noted in several other recent threads on the forum heavy chariots play like knights, and light chariots with bow like shooty cav. I'm assuming (not having played with or against them yet--I have a friend working on a Gallic/Ancient British army) light chariots with light spear will be more like their cavalry equivalent then knights.

In the case of light chariots with light spear, would you tend to work the flanks or would you ever consider using them to hold down the center by evading and serving as a pinning threat?

daleivan wrote:While we wait for Swifter Than Eagles I'm wondering what experiences people have had using chariot centered armies so far in FoG? I'd define a chariot centered army as one that has enough chariots to build its battle plan entirely around their use.
What supporting troops would you use?

As I see it, Late Dynastic Egyptians, Early Carthaginians and Kyrenean Greeks from Immortal Fire all have that potential. The latter two armies can even have substantial numbers of Late Libyan allied light chariots. Then there's the Gallic/British, Scots-Irish, Caledonian and Pictish lists.

As noted in several other recent threads on the forum heavy chariots play like knights, and light chariots with bow like shooty cav. I'm assuming (not having played with or against them yet--I have a friend working on a Gallic/Ancient British army) light chariots with light spear will be more like their cavalry equivalent then knights.

In the case of light chariots with light spear, would you tend to work the flanks or would you ever consider using them to hold down the center by evading and serving as a pinning threat?

Having used Light shariot light spear in a couple of Celtic armies, I would be wary of basing your battle plan on a troop type that is vulnerable to shooting and is nearly always a POA down in close combat. They can hold up some opposition by evading, but LH can do that job at half the cost, less risk and the ability to shoot. They are not really the equivalent of cavalry because cavalry usually have a sword.