Medieval Diplomacy Strategy

Originally posted by KnightWulfe
As you wish Snake. As you wish.

Your attacks will be met with force, of that I will assure you.

Speaking of ranking--we don't have the option of assigning units to flanks (where the light horse should go, for example)--what's a good order for light infantry / heavy infantry / bowmen / light horse / knights?

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
Speaking of ranking--we don't have the option of assigning units to flanks (where the light horse should go, for example)--what's a good order for light infantry / heavy infantry / bowmen / light horse / knights?

Originally posted by NicolaiS
Running away FAST when the mighty armies of the Mamlukes arrive on the European mainland.

As we can not use "flanks" I place inf at the front row, archers in the second and cav in the third ... no reserves, full blitz is what I use.

Originally posted by NicolaiS
As we can not use "flanks" I place inf at the front row, archers in the second and cav in the third ... no reserves, full blitz is what I use.

Well ... I would place light one rank in front of the heavy cav. But it depends on what kind of cav you have. There is a differance between "Western cav" and "Desert" Cav.

I do not have heavy Knights, but Archer Cav ... they do not well in man-to-man, while A heavy Knight can simple overrun infantry, as long as they are not pikeman.

Originally posted by NicolaiS
Well ... I would place light one rank in front of the heavy cav. But it depends on what kind of cav you have. There is a differance between "Western cav" and "Desert" Cav.

I do not have heavy Knights, but Archer Cav ... they do not well in man-to-man, while A heavy Knight can simple overrun infantry, as long as they are not pikeman.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
It bothers me a bit that I can't assign my troops to their historical positions, but that seems like a good idea.

Care to comment on this ranking:
light infantry
heavy infantry
archers
light horse
knights

Originally posted by buffalobill
This is correct. Cheapest and most expendible troops up front so they take the hits first.

Not really. The battle situation is not that sophisticated with little in the way of tactics. You hit him, he hits you and so on until the battle is resolved. And there's an element of luck involved. The point is, would you prefer to lose light cavalry or heavy cavalry? Make sure you set your retreat level to 5, so your army doesn't back off from a fight - unless you're chicken, that is. It's all in the rulebook.

Bosse,

There are several different points of view that could be used as far as how to rank your units. You could go with the ranking you displayed here.

Another thought is this -
Light Infantry
Heavy Infantry
Heavy Cav (knights)
Light Cav
Archers


In this configuration, you have the LI absorbing the brunt of the hit, the HI coming in to hit hard - your HC to slam into the enemy with the doulbe attack they have as well as take more damage. The LC to clean up what is left and the archers, who are useless in man to man to reign down upon the enemy.

What you need to do it weigh the strength and HP of your units.

If the LC have 1.1 HPs and a 56% attack and cost 6 to make...the HC have 2.5 or 3 HP, two attacks of 40% and cost 8 or 9 to make

The HC can take more than twice the damage the LC can, they deliver more damage per unit and though they cost more per unit, you would lose 2.2 ot almost 3 LC units per 1 HC unit that you would lose. replacing the 2.2 LC units would cost 13 to 18 to replace, where as the 1 HC unit would cost 8 or 9.

Originally posted by AThousandYoung
Drama on my western border. Hopefully it won't spill into my territory!

Is it possible to decide what rank garrison units will go in? I have a garrison with two different types of units, and they don't seem to be in ranks. They can't be reassigned anyway.

Also, I am trying to change retreat levels for some units, and it's saying the new retrea ...[text shortened]... arrison rank issue doesn't seem to be a problem for another mixed garrison of mine. Odd...

Originally posted by buffalobill
Have you just formed the garrison unit? I find that you are not able to reassign after that. Reassign before transferring.

Question: Suppose, say, England has ships in the English channel and an infantry army in Kent. Suppose further that England wants to storm the beaches of Normandy. Can he load his army on to his ships in the Channel and unload them in an amphibious attack on Normandy both in the same turn?