Slitherine

I have been playing with--and enjoying--the Early Byzantines recently. As a result of my experiences I have come to wonder whether they are best run as a shooty cav army that has lancers or a lancer army that has some shooty cav. Do any of you out there in crowd-sourcing land have input on this issue?

Marc

babyshark wrote:I have been playing with--and enjoying--the Early Byzantines recently. As a result of my experiences I have come to wonder whether they are best run as a shooty cav army that has lancers or a lancer army that has some shooty cav. Do any of you out there in crowd-sourcing land have input on this issue?

Marc

If after your experience you still wonder, then it seems likely that neither is significantly better.

Hence the question....

Lycanthropic wrote:Hence the question....

Exactly. So . . . anyone? Bueller?

Marc

Since its all quite mobile the Bow Cav can be used to very effectively protect the flanks of the lancers until they get into the right place.

I was wondering the same thing since I have an Early Byzantine army in the painting que. I'm glad to hear you are enjoying them--I looking forward to fielding them against a friend's Sassanid army. Has anyone had any experience with the match up in FoG here?

Cheers,

Dale

My immediate thinking after playing this army is about 3-4 Lancer battlegroups out of about 12 total.

It's sort of a combined arms mounted army.

I'm also thinking the Huns as Superior..After playing Ilkhanids I have re-evaluated the Superior light horse and like them more...esp for killing other light horse...and the ability to still function aggresively once they take one casaulty.


Ian

Still behind the curve Ian... Good to see... my dominiation will continue....

Madcam