Spiffing Brit: Horse archers are overpowered IRL horse archers: YES

@prakashshirsekar5568

3 жыл бұрын

Mongolian horse archers intensifies

@igrolfthenord3668

3 жыл бұрын

Nice pfp my dude, lol

@jktuert8630

3 жыл бұрын

Not really. You could fight with them.

@kelhar3022

3 жыл бұрын

They were til they fought Rome and got slaughtered. They would shoot all their arrows and the romans would just block and wait. Romans didn't return fire so the horse archer hordes couldn't recycle ammo.

@igrolfthenord3668

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit Omg hi,are you ever gonna do another collab with Jon?

Do you think game companies judge their games quality control by the number of days it takes spiff to break it?

@bluey_fan968

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest probably because they fix whatever is in his video

@jansenart0

3 жыл бұрын

No. By now they're installing bugs for him to exploit and make videos about to pad first week sales.

@MrLondonGo

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit I'll sup a cuppa to that sir!

@mr.crowgamer6250

3 жыл бұрын

@@jansenart0 pretty much

@bitingapotato3277

3 жыл бұрын

No, by the number of ways he finds to break it. Look at all the fun he had with Civ 6.

I like how Spiff thinks this is an exploit, but it's just actually Parthian tactics 101

@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182

3 жыл бұрын

It's also how the mongols conquered everything.

@JozsefPocsi

3 жыл бұрын

@@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182 It's also how we Hungarians used horse archers...and literally every nation in the world who used horse archers in a large scale. It's not unique.

@davidcolby167

3 жыл бұрын

I came here to say this EXACT thing.

@ArcaneAnouki

3 жыл бұрын

@@padmanabhanvaidyanathan7182 employed this strategy in bannerlord. Can confirm OPness.

@kaldo_kaldo

3 жыл бұрын

While what all of you said is true, games aren't real life - they're intended to have balance. This is very much not balanced.

Crassus: "A force of just horse archers can't beat roman legions." Parthians: "Hold.... your own son's head."

@amp8295

2 жыл бұрын

Shit that's grim

@RoyalRegimentofScotland

Жыл бұрын

Two bad the Romans came back and absolutely thrashed the partians twice in a row

@trollege9618

Жыл бұрын

To be fair it wasn't all horse archers, there were Parthian cataphracts too

@RoyalRegimentofScotland

Жыл бұрын

@@trollege9618 the cataphracts did most of the damage with hit and run attacks the archers just held them in place and because crassus is a moron he put his army in the worst possible position to fight back

@robinhoof8755

Жыл бұрын

@@RoyalRegimentofScotland It's called fog of war, and the Roman military method was to learn after combat. You're under the assumption that he had perfect knowledge at all times.

Scythians and Mongols playing chess: (Picture of a chessboard full of horse figurines)

@Mellowcanuck33

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit .....

@EtherealDoomed

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit I see that chess pun, and I love it. Well played.

@malibuhiegts

3 жыл бұрын

Knight to d4 then open fire on king and retreat

@lephantomchickn3676

3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if YT comments will ever allow images

@katherinevidal4803

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit no a compass rose.

This feels about as well balanced as 5 year old me and my dad on a swing.

@sleepyazazel

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the crit chance.

@alphawolffestudios1169

3 жыл бұрын

And his strength modifier Roll a D20 to see if it hurts

@helmetmcbarin

3 жыл бұрын

Critical hit

@alphawolffestudios1169

3 жыл бұрын

@@helmetmcbarin *rolls 2xD4 and comes up with 6* take six damage

@taowroland8697

3 жыл бұрын

The original game (mp) is well balanced within rulesets,

They were OP is real life too. Rome would have loved the Huns getting nerfed

@rockstar450

3 жыл бұрын

Romans handled horse well from the early republic and the Byzantines dealt with them easily. Cahnae was essentially an ambush against an exhausted army. If they were so OP they would have been as rapidly used as gunpowder. The Huns and Mongols were elite fighters with incredible leaders, and noob historians dont realise this is decisive. There were countless steppe archers that were a non-issue over the centuries

@randomdude8202

2 жыл бұрын

This is pride talking. Only reason Europe didnt get wiped out is the damp weather.

@thalmoragent9344

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomdude8202 Facts, given a clear path to Rome... well, even the Legions would've had a rough time dealing with various invaders and their tactics. Yes the Legions were amazing, but still, not invincible

@crypt0sFX

2 жыл бұрын

@@randomdude8202 Europe had superior tech, superior strategy, and home advantage. And if you can't fight them because of damp weather, lmao you're pathetic.

@ozzyozzy6121

2 жыл бұрын

@@rockstar450 can't believe man said history noobs 😂, I mean I sort of agree with your point but just saying history noobs completely cancels out all the logic

The fact that Spiff is saying "there is no roads in this land" while hovering over my native land of Ukraine - straight up painful truth

@dubuyajay9964

3 жыл бұрын

D:

@sharfaraznewaz5496

3 жыл бұрын

69 likes

@ShevkoMore

3 жыл бұрын

@@benisrood Can confirm, it is very efficient against vehicles

@mathias6542

3 жыл бұрын

@@benisrood very nice, but at least a dirt path is quite useful ;)

@JakeKilka

2 жыл бұрын

I love to travel in Ukraine, beautiful country and awesome people. Also when travelling on a bus, the bumps and holes in the road will make sure, that you don't miss your destination if you sleep. It's like BUMP! "Ouch wtf! Oh we're here!"

Ah yes, horse archers, I do love turning Rome:TW into the Mongol simulator

@indominusrex1652

3 жыл бұрын

Or the Hungarian simulator

@craigwck7626

3 жыл бұрын

@@indominusrex1652 Yeah but the Hungarians never used them to conquer about half the known world.

@indominusrex1652

3 жыл бұрын

@@craigwck7626 true

@indominusrex1652

3 жыл бұрын

@@craigwck7626 but in an alternate timeline maybe its the other way around

@craigwck7626

3 жыл бұрын

@@indominusrex1652 A huge Hungarian horse army conquering all of China, amazing.

This is some nostalgia here. I still remember figuring out how crazy horse archers are then proceeding to make murder armies of them.

In todays episode Spiff learns why the Mongols were such a feared force.

@FoxMonkey-xw5yf

3 жыл бұрын

Mobile archers are fun in in TW games until the Mongols show up with 20 full xp, full armor, elite general doom stacks.

@jktuert8630

3 жыл бұрын

Mongolian was not feared only cause of their archers. Almost everyone on the east had them.

@KashouWannabe

3 жыл бұрын

@@jktuert8630 Archers trained to fire from horseback * FTFY.

@jktuert8630

3 жыл бұрын

@@KashouWannabe It wasn't rare on east too. Besides elite Mongolian troops was heavy cavalery not just horse archers.

@KashouWannabe

3 жыл бұрын

@@jktuert8630 Yes cos the Mongols totally remained in the East and went no where else at all. >.>

"THIS IS SPARTA!" Spiff: "Yeah, yeah. Just die by arrow fire, you damn coffee drinker."

Parthians: "Hey, putting archers on horses is pretty powerful." Some British guy 2,000 years later:

@Cecilia-ky3uw

3 жыл бұрын

well horse archers really are op as you can just see the mongol empire for reference

@Cecilia-ky3uw

3 жыл бұрын

they absolutely destroy infantry

@Kaiserboo1871

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cecilia-ky3uw Horse archers remained an extremely potent force on the battlefield (both Eurasian Steppe and American Great Plains Native) until the invention of the Revolver (which allowed you to take down 6 horse archers before reloading [where as before where archers could easily shoot more than muskets])

@CarlosianBigWang

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kaiserboo1871 based

@malibuhiegts

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kaiserboo1871 good point sir, muskets took like 3 years to reload

I like how Spiff is talking like normal, but you can feel his childhood memories of perfect balance back when he was a little tea bag himself x)

Horse Archers: Can be abused. Mogols: I have seen this one. Spiff Fans: How? It is brand new

@rockstar450

3 жыл бұрын

The Mongol horse archers weren’t why they were so dominant. It was their generals, elite troops and multi-ethnic approach to warfare, logistics and recon. Even on foot and melee cavalry they would have achieved the same thing.

@bernardosales1044

3 жыл бұрын

@@rockstar450 It was a joke bro

@rockstar450

3 жыл бұрын

@@bernardosales1044 sorry for missing the fun part haha. Bless

@josephdowey1302

3 жыл бұрын

@@rockstar450 idk man it was a pretty big factor in their success

@rockstar450

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephdowey1302 Rome best back horse archers for 2000 years with no problem. There was something special about the Huns and Mongols. They had the most experienced and disciplined forced in their eras but despite the hell steppe archers create, they never outlast. Though I believe the Mongols collapsed due to their atrocities being so vile nobody would assimilate with them, the proof is look how big their empire was and how little influence exists today.

27:21 "Incredible Spartans" shows an armoured hoplite with an Athenian shield lol

@krixpop

2 жыл бұрын

well, he is the Spiffing Brit after all, what you expect ? ---------- edited: old comment (mistake) "well is a Brit after all , what you expect ?"

@helikos1

2 жыл бұрын

@@krixpop I'm British. What's your point?

@krixpop

2 жыл бұрын

@@helikos1 ooops, bad choice of words, I admit ; my intent was to laugh with him, as per your find. It should have been: "well, he is the Spiffing Brit after all, what you expect ?" But I was in a dual chat, so my comment went into a mistake; I will change it, since it is aggressive, although unintentional.

@helikos1

2 жыл бұрын

@@krixpop Ah yeah I understand now. No harm done. I wasn't offended just confused :p

@mjkrh

2 жыл бұрын

@@helikos1 you mean Bri'ish

Phalanx pikemen set in rows in the corner of the map is also a fun strategy. Using the map boundaries to force the ai to charge headlong into pikes is 👍

@WayanMajere

Жыл бұрын

This is what I always did with greeks... Would be vulnerable to those amounts of horse archers, but if Spiff didn't use arcade battles they would run out of arrows before my formation is broken.

LegendofTotalwar is gonna love this. Archers and speed are his two favourite things in the world.

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah hes the SniffingBrit

When you realize that Genghis Khan had figured this out 700 years ago - perhaps he drank Yorkshire Tea

@TeeBar420

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you think he invaded China?

@Septimus_ii

3 жыл бұрын

Parthia had got it largely sussed 2000 years ago

@_Roboute_Guilliman_

3 жыл бұрын

Yak butter tea you mean.

@rjhogan07

2 жыл бұрын

The point is all those people drank tea, and therefore were overpowered

*This horse archer strategy can be taken to the extreme in Total War: ATTILA; the White Huns faction have a unit called the Spet Xyan Archers, and they’re completely overpowered.*

@ahmadtarek7763

2 жыл бұрын

Horse archers in Attila were so much fun, especially with the horde mechanic, you no longer need infantry to defend cities.

@amp8295

Жыл бұрын

@@ahmadtarek7763 The point I think op was making is that spet xyon archers are horse archers with 70 armor, 70% missile block chance and melee stats that rivals some elitebmelee infantry while being *light* cavalry. See the issue?

1:54 my conspiracy is that pic isn't a stock photo, that's actually a picture of Spiff

@beepmoo8771

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit we can see through your lies.

@nyyfandan

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit that's exactly what someone would say to throw us off their trail

@user-hl7ic7wc1r

3 жыл бұрын

I have inside Info and Know it isn't him.

@ilimitadouc

3 жыл бұрын

That's just wrong of course he is a neckbeard

@user-hl7ic7wc1r

3 жыл бұрын

@@ilimitadouc no

This makes me imagine Ghengis if he lived in the early 19th century, commanding armies of rifle cavalry and conquering all of Eurasia.

@benry007

2 жыл бұрын

The Mongols would have loved guns. They were always up for stealing military technology, improving it and using it effectively. the generals they had are thought to be some of the best generals in history.

@aburoach9268

2 жыл бұрын

Berber & Bedouin tribal Guerilla's from north Africa did use bolt action rifles from Horseback against Colonial troops / Abdel Krim & Omar Mukhtar caused the Spanish, French & Italians lots of trouble and dead troops fighting that way

@essaadeel3676

Жыл бұрын

Genghis khan didn't command his armies, it was his general subutai who did all the work.

@aburoach9268

Жыл бұрын

@@essaadeel3676 Wrong / Ghenghis did Command his armies like a *Field marshal* commanding an entire front, Commanding multiple Generals on that front while Subutai commanded only around 10-20% of the entire mongol army at any given time / So along with Genghis, many commanders are completing multiple different tasks at once, each having several divisions for their required task

@stunseed8385

Жыл бұрын

well, rifles didn't exist till like the mid 19th century, and even then they were still muskets, so it was hard af to reload on horseback. Cavalry tend to use carbines instead which were shorter guns and easier to reload, but that has less range than the infantrymen muskets, so you can see how bad an all cavalry army would be in this period. Cavalry still had their place, but def not as main battle line units. Real life example would be the battle of the pyramids when the mounted mamelukes got utterly destroyed by the french infantrymen.

In true Leonidas fashion: "COFFEE! IS! BETT-" *Spiff arrow to the throat* Spiff: He will not be missed.

Spiff pronouncing "Yesss, yess, yeesss" reminded me of Emperor Palpatine.

Scythians horse archers weren't broken, they were ahead of it's time! Crassus army was decimated by horse archers

@kristianl7117

2 жыл бұрын

They were more than decimated, they were almost completely wiped out.

@martijnoerlemans765

Жыл бұрын

@@kristianl7117 too decimate is too always wipe out i believe..

@kristianl7117

Жыл бұрын

@@martijnoerlemans765 Well. In common speach yes, but to decimate means to kill one tenth. Normally it wouldn't matter, but when talking about rome it does, seeing as "decimate" comes from the roman practice of having legions kill every tenth man in events of desertion or retreat.

@martijnoerlemans765

Жыл бұрын

@@kristianl7117 Yeah I am perfectly aware of the meaning in Latin or in the historical context. But as you stated nowadays to decimate is to nearly wipe out so my point still stands

@kristianl7117

Жыл бұрын

@@martijnoerlemans765 I just feel it matters when talking about roman history. And even though the meaning is changing, the original meaning still stands. People have just been using it wrong for a long time.

So, Spiff discovered standard horse archer tactics and thinks this is an exploit

“Flying helicopter horses of death” is truly not a phrase that I was prepared for

"There are stock images for everything." Case in point: snail sipping alcohol

The enemy: Sieging my city with a huge army against my scrambled milita force My milita force: Has them javelin wolf boys and a horde of milita infantry

This is a guy making a remastered video of one of his older videos on a remastered game and I’m still watching it. Perfectly balanced

Congrats on being the second person in history to play on Arcade Mode, the first being Crassus.

Everyone: *Forms up Grand Armies and Fortifications* Spiffing with a Few Archy Ponies: " *Nigerundayo!!!* "

Damn I came here so quickly I’m starting to see why my girlfriend left me...

@michaelgum8606

3 жыл бұрын

Can relate

@POPSKI-82

3 жыл бұрын

oh Mr. Bubbles!

3 жыл бұрын

I left my girlfriend before she could. More like I threw her out (metaphorically of course)....

@mikearsen4580

3 жыл бұрын

@ ok

@AbuHajarAlBugatti

3 жыл бұрын

@ what is a girlfriend

Hey, got a cup of tea instead of my usual coffee this time. The stars have aligned!

An upload on my birthday. The gods of spifco have blessed me.

Plz make more of it, im dying of laughter just whatchening it.

I see the thumbnail, Me "This is the work of time travelers!"

You can counter hoplites easily with 2 groups of heavy cavalry too- it's riskier, but you just feint them on one side, then charge into the rear with a group of heavy cavalry and you can take out the hoplites with very low casualties

Even funnier are the camel gunners of medieval tital war 2, combined with the exploit to build them in cities... perfectly balanced

@michaelstein7510

3 жыл бұрын

The Italian factions in general in Medieval 2 are sort of an exploit. They already start with large cities in the richest area of the map, their basic militia spear units are good and have free upkeep, and many of their best units come from cities instead of castles. It’s realistic, but kind of throws off the mechanics of the game compared to all the other factions, LOL.

@pablolongobardi7240

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelstein7510 yes, they are really strong, the camel gunners however can 1v1 any other unit in the game with very low casualties

This is like literally exactly the same in Mount and Blade Bannerlord... Apparently horse archer truly are literally immortal :D

@krixpop

2 жыл бұрын

Corner them with heavy cav at one map's corner then close in for the kill. In Perisno mod m&b-w with large armies (300+ ) I make two lines of80 heavy cav advance (not attack) the other line of also 80 heavy cav, in pincer movement, till all horse archers are boggled up in one corner: then the chop-chop begins...

@darkrite9000

2 жыл бұрын

@@krixpop In Perisno I spam elven archer units and nothing even remotely gets close, 200 archers vs 600 men of various types trying their best to even crest the hill in front of them before getting sniped by elite archers on the opposite hill. The end result is roughly 400 of their guys dead, with 200 routed and my loses being about 20 or so from enemy archers. I love just abusing the enemy in those situations, though suppose depending on the map, this could not work as well. Though it's even worse for the enemy in the case of sieges. And I still have PTSD from trying to take the fountain hall from the realm of the falcon, which did not go well let me tell you, I lost about a thousand guys in taking that city, it was rough.

Oh spiff

Day 147 of asking Spiff to play Battle Realms. Archers with perfect aim, thats how it usually works.

@jasonZoo123

3 жыл бұрын

And lotus warlock spam is just the most balance thing to ever exist.

@speartackle

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit confirmed

@martinromerostrack9138

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit i dont know it, but surely attila is very proud of you right now 😂

@punpunshi7165

3 жыл бұрын

I can't remember how but there's a way to farm the yin or yangs without having to battle with the other groups. I think it was ordering your melee unit to hit a rock or a 🌳

@Yutzune

3 жыл бұрын

@@thespiffingbrit I shall be expecting the 53 videos that will be upvoted instantly.

"Dave likes coffee" - could it be Feedbackgaming Dave?

Everyone knows 3 units of hoplites can defeat any ai army in RTW

Many a true nerd: oh Poor Steve! Spiffing brit: oh poor Dave!

@darkinstinctful123

3 жыл бұрын

@SAURABH P02343 always the last one standing. Brave Stevius.

Honestly, archers have always been broken in Rome. This, though. This takes it to a level that shouldn't even exist.

@bigpotato8

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say that the only issue with horse archers in the original game was the absolutely horrendous pathfinding. Now that this issue has been kind of minimised, the horse boys have their full potential unlocked.

there were two things that at least attempted to make horse archers balanced in the original: limited ammo, and you can´t rush cities without a spy opening the gate for you, and even then you could block the gate..... what am i talking about horse archers were never blanced in rome total war

Goddamnit Spiff, I swore against using horse cav-only armies ever again, but this cheeky video is tempting me back to my old ways

2:40 '' they are exactly the same except one important difference '' .... proceeds to name two differences lmao

@JonathanSchattke

3 жыл бұрын

now you get to decide which one was important.

Wherein Spiff gives a new meaning to "air cavalry".

This video makes me so happy I can wait to watch

Spiff is one of the only youtubers where I pause to go to the bathroom come back un pause and the first this game I hear it “And there all going to die” in a calm British accent

I love that smell... the smell of Greek fire in the morning.

Came faster than Reanu Keeves with 100 Speed in Skyrim.

@DutchGuyMike

3 жыл бұрын

lol

"It's okay. Dave believes coffee's better than tea. He will not be missed." Instantly subscribed!

hoplites: noooooooo you cant run around us in circles while shooting arrows at us thats not fair spiff: haha horse archers go twang twang

As soon as you mentioned Scythia, I just knew it was gonna be something with the horse archers. Thought it might be something with it when ya said they were unreachable and had long range. This is gonna be fun to watch!

Some remarks: - Romans being bodied by light horse archers is not anachronistic. Just ask Crassus how well fighting the Parthians worked out! - The Phalanx is not a anti-cavalry formation. It is a anti-infantry formation - that is actually uniquely vulnerable to flanking by cavalry. The Phalanx is a formation of extremes: A Phalanx from the front is the single deadliest thing in that age. Fighting a well ordered Phalanx from the front is akin to charging into a machinegun nest. The only one that can beat a phalanx from the front, is a better phalanx. Even roman heavy infantry can at best hope to hold it's ground. I won numerours 20 units siege battles against the AI with like 6 Militia Hoplites arrayed in a street. However if a phalanx formation is broken, disordered or attacked from anywhere but the front it is basically dead. The average Hoplite is a crappy spearmen with a really good formation. - the Spartans are a elite hoplite trooptype. It will not fare any better against the legendary horse archer spam, because of hte Phalanx weaknesses but they are still a level above "Armored Hoplites".

@RoyalRegimentofScotland

Жыл бұрын

Well the Romans defeated parthia so eventually it did work out for them

Moar Fallout 4. MOAR. Your recent videos actually caused me to reinstall the game and pick it up for the first time in 5 years haha cheers mate.

Damn this was truly fantastic sunshine you reminded the days i showered hoplites with arrows of persian cavarly archers

The only counter to horsey boys of death is having more more horsey boys of death than the other guy.

@ahmataevo

3 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily more. Outmaneuver them with light infantry and they'll be slaughtered easily. Armored infantry with shields to tank arrows and let them run dry can help but isn't required.

I'm still amazed that Spiff managed to find a picture of an inebriated snail

You know a video is good quality when its by THE SPIFFING BRIT

I don't remember this, but I do remember AI defenders sallying forth from a large city with an army consisting of three peasants and a cat. The cat was the most dangerous unit.

I love that this is actually why Ghengis Khan was basically unstoppable in real life

I don't know if this counts since you played it on Arcade mode.

@jaemills1095

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100 percent I was thinking the same thing......turn off arcade and then see who wins

OK, that little drive-by cracked me up.

Am I the only one who is actually feel more british watching his video and is drinking fr a hot cup of tea?

Man it feels just like old times, i remember memeing on rome 1 by spamming horse archers

Ah good old times. I remember playing the original with the Seleucid faction and realizing they are totally broken. I stopped 6 full stacks of roman legions with just phalanxes stacked in a single street. 3 units stacked onto each other and another 3 behind them (just in case they actually manage to defeat the first stack of 3 (they never did)). The bigger cities had only 2 entrances to the main square which made it even easier to defend. The most fun I had later on after watching a documentation about the battle of Waterloo and how the kare formation (or infantry square formation) was the most effective one every made for people who had spears or bayonets. I tried it out on open battle with again phalanxes and a few archers in the middle. Just stack them somewhere in the corner of the map. 1 full army defeated 3 roman legions. Was absolutely glorious!

That deserved a campaign! It would be hilarious to take all the world with this strategy in very few turns.

Meanwhile in the recruitment base: Seargent - You there, what is better, coffee or tea? Recruit - Coffee, of course! Seargent - OK, we have another perfect volunteer for the first wave on suicide charges... Next!

Game from 10 years ago:Gets remastered Spiff:*British noises*

@Oblithian

3 жыл бұрын

What I imagine are just a mix of scoffs and dry pittying chuckles.

@armouredjester1622

3 жыл бұрын

@@Oblithian you forgot the dry throat clearing

@saintaries7883

3 жыл бұрын

@@Oblithian also don't forget the increasingly heavy breathing

You can actually pull a similar strategy off in "stronghold crusaders", "age of empires", etc. what can I say, cavalry archers, are decent units.

I love your vids

My first comment in your channel: Coffee is so much better than tea that the solar system seems small in comparison to the diference between the two. Now the truth is said, i can send you love and cheers from spain, keep it like this.

Medieval 2 smiles in Mongolian

I wonder what Spiff would say if he knew that I have a mug and not a cup in front of me

@mirjanbouma

3 жыл бұрын

I'd wager he'd applaud your choice of efficient tea volume holding container. He had (maybe still has) Spiff tea mugs for sale at one point.

Didn’t know where we were going with this until you said Scythians LOL

If only Crassus watched this video before leaving for war...

id love to use this strategy in medieval 2 but that game is infamous for having cavalry that refuses to follow orders

@Gokes93

Жыл бұрын

Historically accurate cavalry, no really

@charlesbackstrom6571

Жыл бұрын

@@Gokes93 if that was an intended mechanic that would be great. but having people stand around and get stabbed while not fighting back isnt very accurate.

Poor Dave

Spiff pulling a drive by with 1000s of Sythian horsey bois is not what I expected to see in 2021 but I'll take it 🤣🐎🐴

Legend of total war drinks coffee on stream. Discuss

This is actually historically accurate. And i just did a gameplay with everything on max difficulty with the Parthians, it was a walk in the park, 90% of the battles were heroics victories. the only thing that can give you trouble are Chariots and Elephants. Chariots can decimate your entire horse arche army of you arent carefull. And they are actually faster, so you are to be very carefull with them, and elephants are damage sponges, and they can also kill your entire army if you arent carefull. But other than that, it is just going in circles around them. easy win. The only ones that gave me real troubles were the Scythians, because their horse archers are even better and they also use them in large amounts, so most of the time i could not do the "circle" on them.

Day 1 of saying hi and waiting for one back from spiff.

Jon has been teaching us this for years

I'm holding out for the Rocket Elephant video

Parthians after 9:23 : Yes, that's the whole idea.

The real evil of covid is making glorious tea taste like water. :'(

i kinda wanna see a whole campaign played by you now :D

Reminds me of an old game called empire earth. You'd just park your whole army and send a few calvary in to get the other armies attention and pull them back to your army. Their whole army wouldn't come all at once. It was based on vision. Which ever units saw you would chase you. Mostly your archers would pick them off as they chase your few calvary.

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he has done a empire earth video...and yes it's waaaay balanced than this tactic

I needed more skyrim modded

I apologize good sir, but today I went for glass of cold beer 🍻

All hail Dave, the martyr for coffee.

Welcome back

Ah yes, arcade mode, the mode that removes fatigue, morale and ammo limits on a game about strategy

This isn't an exploit, horse Archers were OP in real life.

That backing track is really aggravating