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JB_Xyooj:

Hmm I would still prefer my Jani/Abu rush.

yes, i agree. of course that route is much easier and better! no, really, this is for like higher players. something different for use vs players who can kill the jan rush easily. Practiced and really good players who spend as much time planning as they do playing.

Not great, because you lose a lot of wood for nothing, and you'll lose a lot of VS walking to a hidden part of the map to build an AF and a stable. Also this strat takes quite some pop, and limits your numbers due to heavy coin demand.

 I prefer doing a 5 jan-hussar rush, which is better since you totally surprise your enemy, then go abus-jan, which is great,since your cavalry can raid while you switch. And food is geenrated about 40% faster from hunts than gold from mines Jans being food heavy, it's better imo ^^

psyopus:

Isn't a hussar a light calvary?

no.

Heavy cav = Hussars, cuirrassiers, cossacks, or any other hand cavalry (also rifle riders).

Light cav = Dragoons, cavalry archer, ruyters, or any other cavalry that got ranged attack (including rifle riders).

Иван Грозный:

psyopus:

Isn't a hussar a light calvary?

no.

Heavy cav = Hussars, cuirrassiers, cossacks, or any other hand cavalry (also rifle riders).

Light cav = Dragoons, cavalry archer, ruyters, or any other cavalry that got ranged attack (including rifle riders).

I think they should change the description of hussar, because it is now something along the lines of "light cavalry armed with cold steel", which would imply it is light cavalry

"Heavy cav = Hussars, cuirrassiers, cossacks, or any other hand cavalry (also rifle riders).

Light cav = Dragoons, cavalry archer, ruyters, or any other cavalry that got ranged attack (including rifle riders)."

During the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War in 1854 a contingent of light horse under a mistaken relay of orders attacked up a long valley into artillery and were decimated (well at 118 out of 673 killed a little more than decimated, which is literally is only 1/10^th causalities.)

Right... er... well I could have sworn that when you put the mouse over a hussar, it says "Hussar:Light cavalry" But I agree, it makes more sense that Uhlans and cossacks should be considered light cav, while hussars and lancers are medium cav, and gendames and spahis (historically called sipahis) are heavy cav. But it is not this way for some reason.... I'm pretty certain that Hussars are considered light cav and lancers, gendames, spahis are heavy.

Metis:

"Heavy cav = Hussars, cuirrassiers, cossacks, or any other hand cavalry (also rifle riders).

Light cav = Dragoons, cavalry archer, ruyters, or any other cavalry that got ranged attack (including rifle riders)."

During the Battle of Balaclava in the Crimean War in 1854 a contingent of light horse under a mistaken relay of orders attacked up a long valley into artillery and were decimated (well at 118 out of 673 killed a little more than decimated, which is literally is only 1/10^th causalities.)

The Light Brigade consisted of the 4th and 13th Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers, and the 8th and 11th Hussars and was actually sent to retrieve some captured British guns but attacked the main emplaced Russian batteries instead under a mis-relay of orders. Even then they may have fared better had they charged, rather than slowly trotted up the valley, giving the gunners time to train their weapons.

The Heavy Brigade of horse which was composed of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, the 5th Dragoon Guards, the 6th Inniskilling Dragoons and the Scots Greys (carabineers) was held back by its commander as he saw no sense in getting two brigades killed. Though a very reasonable assumption to make, in hindsight this was a mistake as with the support of the Heavy the Light would have probably actually taken the Russian guns that day.

As rifles and ammunition are heavier than swords and lances the game actually has it backwards: hand cavalry should be light and ranged cavalry heavy. Light cavalry tactics are to hit and run, whereas heavy cavalry can stand and fight for a more extended period of time. Another version of cavalry is light horse infantry, which are actually infantry who ride into battle on horses, dismount, and then fight on foot. The US Cavalry in the Indian wars acted thusly and were more mounted infantry than cavalry per se.

I like reading your posts i always learn

Half a League, half a league, half a league onward doesn't ring a bell?

Charge of the Light brigade man, the poem tells it better. Check it out on Wikipedia or something.
 

The game has heavy and light cav named as they do for balance reasons. If counter cav were slower that anti-inf cav, they would be retarded and worthless. To go along with, the name light cav should go with the faster cav, and vice versa.

In addition, the armor worn by cav would have a greater effect on speed than the use or rifles over swords and lances. If we assume resistance and HP represent armor, hussars, lancers and cuirassiers would thus be the heavier cav.

Isn't the hussar light cav?

Also early on pikeman are dirtcheap and would crush your hussars since theyr fairly cheap early on most players would be able to afford at least 1 or 2 of them.