Conquistadores....

[emperor77]

Why do conquistadores die so easily? Both mounted and unmounted, they seem to die alarmingly fast, it is fustrating coz the indians should be scared of the horses, and conquistadores should be able to ride right through 'em not to mention the superior weapons and armor.

[S-te-Fan]

They are like inmortals for me... I don't know what the problem is. Maybe you modded a bit?

[Bowden]

Err. My conquistadores molest any indians. Hardly any casualties.

[emperor77]

Hmm that is very strange... I don't think i have modded them. Maybe because they were led by an unexperienced commander?

[Viking Prince Olaf]

Err. My conquistadores molest any indians. Hardly any casualties.

What!!!!!!!!?????

[Double A]

Err. My conquistadores molest any indians. Hardly any casualties.

I though we weren't talking about people with fake noses...

[Bowden]

or your conquistadores were diseased (by hornet throwers), weakened due to exhaustion, or the enemy has "bonus vs. cavalry" however I can hardly imagine any indians having it.

[Yojimbo]

or your conquistadores were diseased (by hornet throwers), weakened due to exhaustion, or the enemy has "bonus vs. cavalry" however I can hardly imagine any indians having it.

They arent indians and they do have spearmen. NAs also have preists that scare enemies when they chant and some of their units frighten infatry.

[Baron Thunder-ten-tronckh]

Or, you weren't charging them properly. Make sure they don't use their swords right at the beginning. I believe they have spears to make a ripper of a charge.

[Bowden]

Lances yer.

To let them use lances when charging, click once at the enemy. Then you may let them run to your liking.

[D.B. Cooper]

Natives didn't fear horses anyway and the Spanish heavy armour was downright embarrassing in the steamy humid Mexican jungle too.

[Nicholas H.C]

Natives didn't fear horses anyway and the Spanish heavy armour was downright embarrassing in the steamy humid Mexican jungle too.

Umm in central america the natives were afraid of horses. Most of them never saw a horse before and having them charge at you would be pretty freighting.......

[Tricky557]

Were you getting outflanked or something?

Do england and france get new world cuirassiers in the new world?

[StalkAndStrike]

maybe you wherent using charging tactics properly? try forming your units into straight lines 50 meters in front of the enemy so that they have maximum effect once they hit, if you do this, prolonged melee is not necessary ( since they should all be under your hoves the second of contact) and that will solve your casualty problem...also keep in mind that arrows are just as effective on your cavalry as they would be eltswhere...so watch that too!

[Tricky557]

If the first charge doesn't work, disengage, and repeat. You can route an entire army in a few minutes that way since a single unit of cavalry can destroy all but the most elite/spear units in a single charge.

[niteflyp38]

Conquistadors are worthless in heavily wooded areas though since they can't charge. I relied pretty heavily on cavalry flanking and charging in Medieval, and its become a weakness of mine in Kingdoms since most of my battles are fought in the jungle now.

[Double A]

@ niteflyp38: That's where the cheap native warriors come in.

Anyway, how have you been using them? They won't stand too long in prolonged melee, even though they are advanced and have 2 hp. As said earlier, repeatedly charge them into the enemy's flanks.

[tlatoani]

well they die fast if you let them engaged in a prolonged melee fight the secret is just to charge then fallback then repeat but with an initial frontal charge you kill like 70% of the soldiers in the cuachiqueh,temple guard or any other indian elite units, the average soldiers well they just break.

[Spartaaaa]

Yep conqistadors will pwn natives. just make sure u use there charge ,and dont expect two units of them to beat 6 units of temple gaurd or somehtinh

[Bowden]

Those priests only "scare enemy infantry".