Kingdoms Pikes

[Sulla's Dog]

I know it will likely be some time before Kingdoms get incorporated into TLR, but I just picked it up and tried some battles....and dang...pike/phalanx units actually work in Kingdoms. Pretty refreshing.

I guess something to look forward to in TLR?

[ciciocle]

actually, i really thought otherwise... pikemen realllyork in TLR, and almost suck in Kingdoms... they take forever to form up when playing with Scottish... and against infantry they almost never use pikes, only swords

[Sulla's Dog]

actually, i really thought otherwise... pikemen realllyork in TLR, and almost suck in Kingdoms... they take forever to form up when playing with Scottish... and against infantry they almost never use pikes, only swords

Really? Which pikes do you use in TLR...and what setting? i.e. spear wall + guard mode or just one or the other?

Thanks for the info

[Americanus Supremus]

Well Banjeeboy put out a small add-on that adds some units from Kingdoms to TLR. Little dificult to get to work compared to some things, but worth it in my opinion. So it is possible.

And to get the pikeman to stop using swords you can always take them away from them in the export_desc_unit text.

HC

[ciciocle]

if you use higland noble pikemen + spear wall + guard mode, they will hold against any unit, and no one will break the wall to reach them. and the moment you turn off guard mode, the pikemen will become a huge meat grinder, destroing every unit in a matter of seconds.