Hi everyone,
I just had a game on arena with persians where my enemy (portuguese) pushed forward with mangonels/pikes in castle age. My first reaction was knights vs. the mangonels and crossbows vs. the pikes. But it was too hard to micro the crossbows vs. pikes while sniping the mangonels with knights. Now I'm thinking about what I should have done.
1. Mangonel + Crossbows (get Kamandaran to get rid of gold cost). Hold, go Imp and get bbc. Downside is that Kamandaran is quite expensive.
2. Mangonel + Skirms. Hold, go Imp and get bbc. Can Skirms defend my mangonel vs. pikes?
How would you counter a halb/siege push in this situation?
I just had a game on arena with persians where my enemy (portuguese) pushed forward with mangonels/pikes in castle age. My first reaction was knights vs. the mangonels and crossbows vs. the pikes. But it was too hard to micro the crossbows vs. pikes while sniping the mangonels with knights. Now I'm thinking about what I should have done.
1. Mangonel + Crossbows (get Kamandaran to get rid of gold cost). Hold, go Imp and get bbc. Downside is that Kamandaran is quite expensive.
2. Mangonel + Skirms. Hold, go Imp and get bbc. Can Skirms defend my mangonel vs. pikes?
How would you counter a halb/siege push in this situation?