MrBonzai211
Legionary
posted 05 November 2007 02:18 EDT (US)
I was just wondering what faction has the best archers? I'm looking for a faction for a new campaign since I just downloaded RTRPE and I want a faction with strong archers and the ability to build onagers. What faction should I choose with those 2 things in mind?
towelee
Legionary
posted 05 November 2007 11:50
EDT (US)
6 / 11
a little question... what's RTR? a mod or something?
ASG
Legionary
(id: maximusByte)
posted 05 November 2007 11:51
EDT (US)
7 / 11
I believe in RTR, Macedonian Toxetos(spelling?) are the best.
ShieldWall
Legionary
posted 06 November 2007 05:21
EDT (US)
9 / 11
As everyone has already made clear, Cretans are the best. But I prefer to ditch them in the later game if comparable archers become available. Because Cretans are mercenaries, you cannot replace their losses unless you merge them with new Cretans, any experience they gained beforehand will be reduced, and it's a bummer to keep on replacing them like this when you army could be a thousand miles away from where they can be recruited. Besides later in the game, if you can get Forresters with +3 missile upgrades, or chosen archers with +3 experience and weaponsmith upgrades, they're only a little less potent that bog standard Cretans and you can be far more aggressive with them and risk them in a fight as you can easily repair them. So I only tend to keep Cretans around when there's no long ranged archers to take over - like there isn't with Macedon or Greece. Range is always helpful.
Storabrun
Legionary
posted 08 November 2007 16:11
EDT (US)
10 / 11
I don't know about RTR, but Cretans are not the best archers in vanilla. For many factions they are better than anything those factions can build, but foresters are equal in damage and range while better armoured. Pharaos bowmen and chosen archers are equal in range, having slightly lower damage (9 and 8 compared to 11 for cretans) but are much better armoured.
The biggest downside with cretans is that you really need to protect them from everything. The AI loves to go after them and they have no armour at all making them unsuited for archery duels.