Horse archers ruin every game they are in. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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Who the hell finds it fun to either waste time trying to lure them into a trap or chase them down? And it's so much worse against ai because they don't need to micro manage the way humans have to so it seems whenever I use them they get wrecked under the first half assed volly from any unit. This applies to literally any game. Who has fun with this shit?

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[-] robolemmy@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

The horse archers in civ 6 are so pathetically lame that the only reason to build even one is to get 3 points toward a golden age. The computer builds swarms of them, of course, but anything can kill them, even a recon unit.

[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I am mostly talking about bannerlord and total war.

[-] Knuschberkeks@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago

In Rome Total War they are really nicely balanced imho.

[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Less about balance and more about them being fun to play against

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Would balancing not make them fun to play against?

[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Not really. They still take a lot of time to deal with.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

They're pretty easy to counter in Rome 2, you just need to remember it's necessary and not all-in on heavy infantry. Infantry skirmishers clap them right back to the steppes and there are good auxiliary cavalry options from the start available in Italy.

I definitely remember being frustrated when I first played it trying to chase them around with legionaries but the correct answer is don't do that then.