Originally Posted by
nein
Your point about archers has merit as well, they lack strong killing power and many have tiny quivers which sucks. BC uses a system based around armor and mounts, light HA get alot of arrows, medium HA recieve a solid amount, elites vary between a tiny and semi decent amount.
Foot archers get screwed basically, recieving only 12-18 volleys... compare this to the 48 for light HA and 36 for medium HA. I edited the unit values so that foot archers have more arrows as it does seem unfair to light FA...
Light horse archers can destroy entire armies after alot of kiting. The only thing that can mess this up is lots of enemy cavalry, especially elites. So I would not describe all archers as weak, the problem lies mainly with foot archers.
also what is CAE