Some units overpowered?

[Celestial_92]

After playing out the campaign as Germans, I decided to rest a bit and play some custom battles. What I found out is that some heavy units are too strong for their price. A nice example is the Foot Druzhina of Kievan Rus. They are my most favorite unit, but I didn't want them to beat almost everything! They strike so much fear into the enemy, that 2 seconds after they engage, the enemy routs. Did some tests with a full Foot Druzhina army, and I've beaten a whole army of Viking Warriors and Huskarls, with only five losses! The only units that can match them are the Tagma Ton Varangion of the Byzantines, Albid al Shira of the Moors and the Teutonic foot knights. Does anyone know a better strategy to counter the Foot Druzhina's hail of arrows, followed by superior swordattacks?

Also, Cavalry such as knights are being ripped apart by heavy infantry. I know that heavy infantry, deployed in tight walls of flesh and iron, are hard to break trough, but heavy cavalry, charging with long lances can at least break trough the first 2 ranks! I don't care that after the charge, knights are being eaten for breakfast, I just want them to make a hole in heavy infantry, so that they can turn the tide of battle if you have for example very light infantry facing heavy city militia or such.

[drak10687]

I'll wait for someone else to respond to your first question... as for the knights, when you charge, do you give them enough running time for them to couch their lances? In CTW this takes longer than in RTW, but if you do it properly, their charges should be a lot more effective...

[DaVinci]

Actually i can't remember which stats i gave to the foot druzhina units compared to other foot elite. But certainly my idea was to provide a very good unit for Kiev, as they are surounded by superior Steppe independant armies, and then the pretty strong Cuman warriors. Testers always complained about the quite hard stand of Kiev, and that this faction is in a disadvantaged position, so it might be a good idea. But, normally they shouldn't be better in melee than ie. any other real elite foot infantry (perhaps i'll check their stats again).

[Celestial_92]

The foot druzhina have the same stats as the foot knights, except for the charge and the fact that they can use bows.

I think that the Druzhina's stats are well balanced, but they just intermidate enemies too much, so they rout faster then usual.

Foot Druzhina's are quite handy. I see them as super archers, deploying them in a single long line, fire at will enabled, and in defencive stance they are hard to counter.