Overpowered Dismouted Mailed Knights

**Black_Rider** · March 21, 2008, 08:35 PM

Dont you think that DMK are little bit overpowered?
They are better than Dismouted Feudal Knights, because they have bonus fighting cavarly and anti-armor bonus.

**Crimson Scythe** · March 21, 2008, 09:11 PM

Originally Posted by Black_Rider

Dont you think that DMK are little bit overpowered?
They are better than Dismouted Feudal Knights, because they have bonus fighting cavarly and anti-armor bonus.

Yes and no. The DMK are a little overpowered as a unit, but it kind of balances out since just about every European faction has them. Middle Eastern factions don't, but then again the DMK are just big targets for missile units, so again it balances out.

DMK also don't have the staying power in a melee against more than one opponent. Pit a DMK unit against two or more basic militia units and you'll see that unit pretty well mauled by the end on the order of 30-50% casualties.

**Black_Rider** · March 22, 2008, 09:13 AM

Yes, maybe you have right. DMK have their shields on back and they are susceptible to missle units and they dont stay long in melee.

Dismouted Feudal Knights dont have that charging power, but have better defence, and they dont susceptible to missles.

**gubbs** · March 22, 2008, 09:18 AM

It was a rule of reckoning that one Knight was equivalent to 10 men at arms in terms of staying power, morale and shock. Largely rubbish that, given the advantages of heavy infantry in medieval warfare over fops in kilos of plate with their own agenda. Certainly in the late middle ages, early renaissance they were over-rated. But 12th century knights, Normans especially, were the best warriors in the world bar none.

Dismounted knights can be a bit too over powered, but that is only because so many other units in the game are over powered, its neccessary to compensate. Personally, apart from a solid armour bonus, I would give these sorts of units massive morale/fatigue bonuses rather than huge stats.

http://books.google.com/books?id=wdX...&hl=en#PPP1,M1
^ Good read

**ivanhoex** · March 22, 2008, 07:36 PM

ill check em out in my edu after i am happy on pikes (that are taking a lot of time out of my life XD )

**Crimson Scythe** · March 22, 2008, 07:46 PM

I think the DMKs' main problem is their low attack speed. But that's not something that can really be changed without swapping the animation, if I'm not mistaken. It's kind of funny to see a DMK get poked 2-3 times by a peasant's pitchfork before he takes a swing. But the swing usually sends the peasant flying so it's all good.