Chariots are useless fix them please CA

[Stormcrow]

Why are there no chariot archers like for egypt?
Why did you make chariots that are totally useless.
Why is it three horses with 1 soldier on it lol there is suppose to be a driver and a soldier doing the fighting either with a sword, spear, or i dunno BOW!!!
Oh yeah and the chariots we do have to use just charge in to a formation of troops and do absolutely nothing. Imo either fix the chariots, add chariot archers maybe!?, or just remove them from the game cause they are useless as is.

[Vargas78]

To be fair the chariots were pretty useless in real life too. The big thing about them was that they tended to scare troops but not able of doing much more.

In game i guess theyre good at chasing down fleeing troops and skirmishers.

[Santac]

Actually the heavy chariots used in real life were really effective against destroying enemy formations.

[Xander Tyrann]

Chariots have uses..

(from the battle i was fighting when i read this thread)
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=176898959
something a bit stronger, still my best unit
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=176945526

cheaper than most cavalry too too.

[Antispröötus]

Chariots were actually more dangerous to your own army then to the enemy. If you really want to be extreme you can blame the fall of the Seleucid empire on the chariot. And ♥♥♥♥ Egypt btw.

[xDLGx]

After the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC, chariots were no longer used in the same way as before. The spear or pike phalanx rendered the charoit useless as they simply trapped them by letting the front rows step aside and have the horses face a wall of spears from three sides. No horse will charge into spears if given enough time to stop so the horses just stopped and the drivers were easily killed.

[Antispröötus]

The armored Seleucid chariots at Magnesia were routed by simple skirmishers.

[Stormcrow]

Why have a unit in the game then that is completely useless. I don't see the logic
Chariot archers would be a driver with a shield to protect from projectiles and a archer that could shoot 360 degrees around the cab of the chariot. The chariots as is now is a single driver with 3 horses wtf!? Most useless unit in game right now IMO. That and it says they are suppose to have a very effective charge but the horses just run into infantry and sit there then all the chariots die :(

[Xander Tyrann]

Stormcrow eredeti hozzászólása:

Why have a unit in the game then that is completely useless. I don't see the logic
Chariot archers would be a driver with a shield to protect from projectiles and a archer that could shoot 360 degrees around the cab of the chariot. The chariots as is now is a single driver with 3 horses wtf!? Most useless unit in game right now IMO. That and it says they are suppose to have a very effective charge but the horses just run into infantry and sit there then all the chariots die :(

i dont think you're using them right, ive killed half a unit in one charge when dealing with levy spearmen. (very hard)

[rory.b.p]

OP chariots are not useless you just can't use them properly.... the reason your chariots just drive in and stop is because of you herpa derp.

Ive demolished full stacks of mixed units with 2 chariot units all you have to do is keep spam clicking arround the units so your chariots don't stop moving..... really difficult to understand isn't it.

If anything chariots are currently over powered and uneed2learnhow2usechariotsbro.

[꧁• Meeuw •꧂]

The Egyptian Chariots have 10 charge in the beta patch for 2.0. Don't know about vanilla.
But they suck terribly. It must be a bug, because their unit description states "very good charge".
Infantry has overall better charge then that.

[Stormcrow]

Bump. Fix useless chariots. Add chariot archers and other units to the game. Elephants also have a lack-luster charge. Among many other broken units that are actually in-game right now.

[Kayeka]

You're barking up the wrong tree here. If you want this fixed, go to the official Total War forums instead. That's where all the devs are and where they take suggestions.

[FishGod]

Actually, I usually have a really good use of chariots when I play as the Iceni. I can have them mow through light infantry without them getting held up by too much combat as long as I target something behind their force.

[Xander Tyrann]

Fish God eredeti hozzászólása:

Actually, I usually have a really good use of chariots when I play as the Iceni. I can have them mow through light infantry without them getting held up by too much combat as long as I target something behind their force.

this exactly. chariots are very paowerfull against anything in loose formation.

[꧁• Meeuw •꧂]

Fish God eredeti hozzászólása:

Actually, I usually have a really good use of chariots when I play as the Iceni. I can have them mow through light infantry without them getting held up by too much combat as long as I target something behind their force.

The Iceni chariots have 40 charge. The Egyptian have 10.