ERKs dont take bonus damage from lancers but they do from rodeleros and they definitely should beat uhlans but once cav reaches erks they die quickly (because unlike goons they go into melee mode automatically which is much weaker) (on ep where the multiplier on lancers has been nerfed it is much b...

Yeah, having every single unit in your army take bonus damage from Lancer-type cavalry can make some matchups a real pain if you are plaiyng as the Aztecs :p I heard of Lancers + Rodeleros, but I prefer Lancers + Dragoon, because they are easier to micromanage. At either case, I would say sufficient...

Melee infantry is fine if you know how to use them. Theyre usually paired with ranged infantry, but theyre actually most lethal in conjuction with heavy cavalry or cannons. The best regular ones are rodeleros, pumas, changdao and japanese clubmen from the shogun I can see the logic of wanting to pa...

I actually feel Keshiks are fine. Sorta of a worse version of Ruyters( What sounds like a insult, but I think Ruyers are great, so what I am really saiyng is "Well, they are kinda average ): Not good in small scale battles, but in large scale battles they make up for it for their ability to be ...

I think Musketeers/Ashigaru Musketeer have some advantages over Doppelsoldners/Samurai( Sorry for using the duality, but these units are arguably counterparts of eachother. ). A fairly big one, for me, is the ability to attack over walls. This is probably more important for the Japanese then for the...

So, how usefull is meele infantry on this game anyway? Looking at the "default" European meele infantry units( The Pikeman and the Halberdier ), I, to be brutally honest, -Very-Rarely find myself using then. I think the only civilization I use then with with any kind of frequency is the Du...

Russia in general is not one of my favourite civilizations( I guess I am more of a fan of quality over quantity ), but I have to admit, Cossacks are pretty neat, especially on the Industrial Age. Though, if I had to pick, I would still choose Cuirassiers, or even the Sioux... Well, the Sioux everyth...

French Cuirassiers are awesome, however, I was originally not including then on my analysis beause, truth be told, I was wanting it to be more of a analysis between the Sioux and the Indians, as I... Well, I SEEN then, as being both similar in that they are both cavalry-based civilizations with no t...

Does it really have a point after the Fortress Age? I mean... I kind of get the feeling that the only reason the Hussar is still a unit the French have at all is because the developers thought that Cuirassiers on the Colonial age would be extremely overpowered.

Hmmmm, granted, the Cuirassier is definitively the most cost effective of the two. I guess that, instinctively, I kind of compared the Mahout Lancer to the Hussars. But that might have been a unfair comparisson, as they both actually serve different roles( Although the Hussar can be meaty, it is mea...

I will not deny that Sepoys are pretty great. Gurkhas have the potential to be really good, too, but they require something meaty supporting then. Like the Mahouts... Talking about Mansadbar, I always had split feeling on then in general. Let us face it, if you are going to make Mansadbar Mahouts, y...

I will admit that I would much prefer to have just the standart Hussars over Sowars... But... I honestly still dont get what you are talking about with the Mahouts. These things are tanks. The only thing that truly counters then is light cavalry, and true, they struggle against it a LOT... But then ...

My personal opinion: Mahout Lancers: Very good, arguably the "Trump Card" of the Indians. Even several heavy infantry units struggle against then, and dont forget, if their HP is getting low, you always have the option of running away :p. Obviously, their main weakness is light cavalry( Su...

Sowars arent-Suppose-To tank. They are more like raiders, hit-and-run guys. The Mahouts are the ones who do the tanking. I would say that any "ease to focus" on the Mahouts is more then made up for by their massive HP and ranged resistance. Also, if you are focusing fire on the Mahouts, th...

I will be honest and say I legitimally dont have enough experience with custom maps to make a map-by-map analysis, but my general diagnostic based on my experience with these civilizations is: I think the best thing the Iroquois can do early on is to raid, and do it as early and as often as possible...

The main unit that the Indians are known for, and arguably their "ace", is the Mahout Lancer. Boasting one of the highest hitpoint amounts of any cavalry unit( In fact, I think it is-The-Meatiest non-mercenary cavalry unit, but I may be forgetting another ), a high Attack stat with the abi...