- #HOW EFFECTIVE WERE SPEARMEN IN MEDIEVAL TOTAL WAR 1 HOW TO#
- #HOW EFFECTIVE WERE SPEARMEN IN MEDIEVAL TOTAL WAR 1 SERIES#
More effective fodder : Because of the raised morale, kills by missiles besides fire or gunpowder have little effect on morale if the unit isn’t in melee. Situations like being flanked and outnumbered and especially shot by gunpowder will still greatly affect a unit’s morale, but causalities and losing a melee affect it much less. This is considered a straight fight however. Even units like Peasant Archers have quite good morale compared to say RTW. Even weak units like Spear Militia have good morale and wont rout until half the unit is dead, if they are just in a normal melee. Elite units have very high morale and the last ten or so men in a unit will still sometimes fight to the death. Morale : In M2TW units take much longer to rout. This means that unit may take a second or two more to rout or otherwise react to something. This is different to Rome where as soon as a man died before he even hit the ground he was considered dead with the effects that went with it. Until then the causality doesn’t affect morale. Disciplined troops will take allot more to rout than normal ones and are very good units to have.ĭeath animations : In M2TW a unit’s solider count goes down after the dying man has finished his death animation. This means they resist morale shocks like the general dying or an attack in the rear better losing less morale when these things occur and are therefore much more stable units. This is caused by the impertutious trait and it’s most common with elite units like knights.ĭisciplined : Some units, usually tough elite ones are disciplined. If you are moving them past a melee, say to flank, sometimes you’ll see them just charge into the melee even when you didn’t tell them to. The trait can make them charge without orders however. This means they generally have good morale and the death of a general doesn’t affect their morale as much, only elite troops have the impetuous trait with a few exceptions. Impetuous trait : Some units in M2TW are impetuous. Cavalry is also a lot slower and their charge is really toned down this time around There is allot more blocking in M2TW meaning it takes longer for a solider to kill his enemy and soldiers stagger and are realistically stunned from hits they failed to block that didn’t kill them, slowing melee down. Melee is slower and because units have much higher morale it takes a while for the winner to be decided. Units move much more slowly than RTW and tire faster. Thus there are some hangovers from Rome, but there are things that are noticeably different even if base mechanics are the same.īattle speed : The most immediately noticeable thing in M2TW’s battles, is that they are much slower. TWC : Total War Centre a cool forum and TW website where I host this guide and I’m a member of.ĭespite the obvious changes in mechanics form Roman times to medieval times, RTW and M2TW share the same engine, as M2: TW’s engine is a heavily modified Rome one. Units with javelins are usually called skirmishers. Skirmish mode, which all missile units have makes them run back to avoid melee if the enemy gets close. Skirmish : A unit firing missiles and staying out of melee.
#HOW EFFECTIVE WERE SPEARMEN IN MEDIEVAL TOTAL WAR 1 SERIES#
RTW : Rome: Total War, the previous game in the series MTW : Medieval: Total War, the second game in the series. They will often take the most casualties as well. Line infantry are usually well armed and armored as they will be in the middle of the fighting. Spearmen and swordsmen are line infantry. It also means troops you’ll use to form the bulk of your army and thus your line. Line Infantry : This is a generic term for any infantry than can take and hold the enemy and fight them in melee, thus forming your battle line. going around their side.įocus fire : Targeting all missiles at a particular unit, or group of units to weaken them It is also a verb meaning to flank a unit i.e. Charging into the flank is much, much more effective than charging directly into the front. All fixes and corrections will be credited.ĬA : Creative Assembly, the development team that created the Total War series.Ĭounter Fire : Fire directed at missile units by a missile unit, as most missile units themselves have poor armour and are easy prey for missiles.įlank : The sides of a unit. (with a period) to report errors and give suggestions. This guide will eventually encompass the entire M2TW series including all expansions. This is the first version of this guide and will probably have quite a few errors.
#HOW EFFECTIVE WERE SPEARMEN IN MEDIEVAL TOTAL WAR 1 HOW TO#
This guide covers every unit in M2TW, and how to use them, tactics for using each class of unit and how to defeat them. Welcome to my guide for Medieval 2: Total War.
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