Quote Originally Posted by bravetarget View Post
In a battle that looks something like this:

Attackers:
2k Archers

VS

Defenders:
2k Workers
250 Ballista
1 Battering Ram
10 Catapult


The result ends in a Defender victory with ~150 Ballista and 10 Catapults left.

Though, if you add 1 Cataphract or 1 Cavalry to the mix, Attackers will kill everything with ~500 Archers left.

Why does an extra horse running around on the battlefield tilt the outcome so harshly?
It's called the Darwin manuever (he discovered it). Supposedly the horse running up front diverts all attention for 1 round, enough for the archers to get 1 critical round of attacks in first.