Quote Originally Posted by Leon Sinaga View Post
@darkbrady
in past battle,my 100k scouts just passed 66k swordsmen on his defense. so i doubt 50k swords could stop 100k scouts from aiming 250k archers
You need to have more swordsmen than archers for them to take effect and pull the target away, regardless.
I'm still tryin' to get a report of this but as it is I'm stuck for help. Not many people are contributin' screenies and I only have so much I can use myself.ax

Quote Originally Posted by thanakar View Post
@darkbrady,
based on this thread I am wondering what purpose is there in sending cav and cataphract in layers with archers. Due to their speed in combat do they actually provide the archers with any additional time to shoot at the enemy?
Course they do. They don't move so far ahead that they become inert; mind also that regardless of how fast they move they stop the layers advancin' for a round allowin' you to get closer w/o gettin' stuck w/ a pitchfork.
Read this thread:
http://bbs.evony.com/showthread.php?t=61864

The NPC10 is a perfect example. Simply by droppiin' layers he took more casualties than neccesary. I added on as many layers as possibly and cut my losses down and down and down. By the time I was an equal level I had half the casualties he did despite the fact I had less units in each layer.
I forgot to add the ponies in an attack once and my casualty rate went past 20k; the 400k got two extra rounds of free movement towards me and smashed me before I could finish them.