Cavalry charges. Please help me stop these demons.

[Goosy]

They are as frustrating as they are glorious to behold. No matter how deep my infantry formation is, how many spears i try and deploy, any decently sized cavalry division will run through my men like they have the combined mass of wet toilet paper. I hope they tweak it in the future, unless i'm doing something horribly wrong

[Von Asten]

Man just to be clear, it is also in "real life" really strong, the cavalry also killed everything on their way

[Fantasia Manderville]

I've been pretty successful putting infantry in circle formation and covering them with horse archers

[Egro]

Need more archers. My 30 imperial archers turn all nearby horsy into porcupine in the matter of seconds..

[krudd]

one time i put my guys in circle formation in custom battle. infantry group that was larger, then archers in the middle in the same formation that was smaller, we won with quite a few but still acceptable losses.

[ristlin]

You don't know fear until you see 30 horse archers supported by lancers. All I can do is form circle and hope they run out of arrows before I run out of men lol

[I got 1984'd]

Originally posted by Fidel_Catto:

Man just to be clear, it is also in "real life" really strong, the cavalry also killed everything on their way

No in real life, horses can't push through rows of men, especially if they have spears and shields. Horses themselves stop because they know they can't.

Read about infantry square formation, which were effective against charges even tho it only consisted of 1 or 2 rows. In this game, no matter what, they push through and are able to run around and ruin formations.

Spearmen should easily be able to get people off their horses. Unfortunately it doesn't matter much in this game. This ain't no Lord of the Rings.

[SealTeamFish]

crossbows are the best anti cav, they just fall

[One Winged Angel]

Originally posted by Dewit:

Originally posted by Fidel_Catto:

Man just to be clear, it is also in "real life" really strong, the cavalry also killed everything on their way

No in real life, horses can't push through rows of men, especially if they have spears and shields. Horses themselves stop because they know they can't.

Read about infantry square formation, which were effective against charges even tho it only consisted of 1 or 2 rows. In this game, no matter what, they push through and are able to run around and ruin formations.

Spearmen should easily be able to get people off their horses. Unfortunately it doesn't matter much in this game. This ain't no Lord of the Rings.

You are right but cavalry were always OP in mount & blade. I dont really see a reason to change a tradition which have always belonged to a game.

[Squish Mush]

experience from mount and blade 1 taught me to got on a steep 45 degree hill or hide behind a rock, use spear infantry to stop their movement, or have your own cavalry dismount and use your horses as meat shields so enemy cavalry can not charge straight into your weak units.

Or you can use game breaking technique by using yourself as a lure to all your enemies then tell your archers to fire at enemies. Enemies will totally ignore your archers and only focus on you because you are closest to them. Able to beat 1:5 ratio, but you got to have good armor and horse armor and your archers got to have enough ammo

[Twinstar]

Cavalry actually are stopped if they are hit with the spear at the right timing in front. They should add a spear wall stance where in men can just brace themselves for cavalry charges

[Phenian]

Range seems to really hurt a cavalry charge. A looter's rock can stop a player's charge.

[I got 1984'd]

Originally posted by One Winged Angel:

Originally posted by Dewit:

No in real life, horses can't push through rows of men, especially if they have spears and shields. Horses themselves stop because they know they can't.

Read about infantry square formation, which were effective against charges even tho it only consisted of 1 or 2 rows. In this game, no matter what, they push through and are able to run around and ruin formations.

Spearmen should easily be able to get people off their horses. Unfortunately it doesn't matter much in this game. This ain't no Lord of the Rings.

You are right but cavalry were always OP in mount & blade. I dont really see a reason to change a tradition which have always belonged to a game.

Thats not a good mentality to have.
1. This is a sequel IP, it has a chance to be better.
2. For the sake of balance, there shouldn't be anything too OP.

[Hobo Misanthropus]

Spearmen behind a shield wall works too.

Archers on any high ground do the trick too.

[Duke Flapjack]

Originally posted by Phenian:

Range seems to really hurt a cavalry charge. A looter's rock can stop a player's charge.

Those damndable doom pitchforks they carry do a pretty good job of stunlocking my warhorse.

[Rico]

very strong archery division is the way to go.