Archer question

**Soul Reapir** · August 07, 2009, 04:34 PM

Can you make archer units take out swords and act like infantry? Too many times have I no longer needed archers but could use any available sword, but could not make my archers enter melee, and makeing them just run into an enemy is to hard, for if the enemy moves, i have to micromanage the archers to intercept the unit ect.....................................

**Nurk91** · August 07, 2009, 04:47 PM

Ever heard of the Alt button? Hold it and your archers can be ordered to enter melee just like any infantry...

**Warmaster Tibs** · August 07, 2009, 04:48 PM

Select them and hold the Alt key. This will change their mode to range to meele. This way you can order them to attack just like infantry. Works for all missle units.

**beerin** · August 07, 2009, 05:33 PM

many times in a pinch they will turn the tide when using their swords when outflanking an enemy unit especially if they are not tired

**Soul Reapir** · August 07, 2009, 06:15 PM

thanks guys this will help tons, also, does alt to anything to any other types of units?

**stevietheconquer** · August 07, 2009, 06:35 PM

yes too horsearchers they can charge then and can do melee fighting with still a lot off arrows onboard

**Terafis** · August 08, 2009, 03:33 AM

Originally Posted by Soul Reapir

thanks guys this will help tons, also, does alt to anything to any other types of units?

Originally Posted by stevietheconquer

yes too horsearchers they can charge then and can do melee fighting with still a lot off arrows onboard

You can also use it for skirmishers like the snarga's, who actually can melee pretty good for early units.

Also archers are fast runners - so after you defeat the enemy charge and make them rout, use your archers + your cavalry to run down and capture the enemy

**stocker** · August 07, 2009, 07:03 PM

soul reapir, you have 477 posts, a custom made sig, and obviously medival kingdoms expansion pack..... but you didn't know this?

Fair enough if that is the case but I would have thought this was known for someone who has clearly been around on the forums

**Warmaster Tibs** · August 07, 2009, 07:23 PM

Originally Posted by stocker

soul reapir, you have 477 posts, a custom made sig, and obviously medival kingdoms expansion pack..... but you didn't know this?

Fair enough if that is the case but I would have thought this was known for someone who has clearly been around on the forums

Things like that can happen. I never knew about the birds and the bees untill I was 30.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

**Mune** · August 07, 2009, 07:56 PM

Originally Posted by Soul Reapir

thanks guys this will help tons, also, does alt to anything to any other types of units?

ALT-Attack uses a units alternate weapon to attack. If the unit has an alternate weapon, then it will switch to it. Most useful for archers of course, but you can also force cavalry which has a spear and a sword to switch to their swords, things like that.

Originally Posted by stocker

soul reapir, you have 477 posts, a custom made sig, and obviously medival kingdoms expansion pack..... but you didn't know this?

Fair enough if that is the case but I would have thought this was known for someone who has clearly been around on the forums

Be nice, we need not ridicule those who ask questions. Otherwise, where would we find answers to anything?

Speaking of which.. whats with all the threads being closed? The majority of them are entirely harmless.

**Soul Reapir** · August 07, 2009, 08:14 PM

haha I have been playing medevil for a very long time, and never really needed my archers to go into melee. You see, even when im attacking I ussually play defensivelly, and archers are very good defensive units. It was a recent event that all my infantry got run down by calvary, and my archers was all that remained, so i made them manually engage in melee by making the unit move into a unit on "accident" but then they didnt get a charge bonus. This is what I have been doing all the years I have played medevil, and finally got fed up with the no charge bonus, so decided to ask. But yeah, that was a noobish question wasnt it?

**The Doge of Venice** · August 07, 2009, 09:58 PM

Everyone has some ridiculous n00b moments like that, I've done something like that once, but i can't seem to remember now?

**Mega Tortas de Bodemloze** · August 07, 2009, 10:44 PM

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

IMO...Any questions are valid if the one asking is truthfully seeking knowledge.

OT: I'm not a very good field commander so my archers are often thrown into the fray. The Alt button has saved my skin many a time.