Trueshot defense strategy

The big trueshot armies happened before they adjusted the build time for sentinels.  So it was wiser then than it would be now.

Brandmeister wrote:   By the way, trueshots are inferior to sentinels in almost every respect. Their only real advantage is a slight edge in attack power, which comes at a far higher build cost and a lower speed. .

Whistlemist wrote: If plains are the only way to go, then cavalry is the only useful soldier and we should all be humans.

A silly statement, but one which I have heard often. Every tool has its place. Cavalry is an ideal tool for breaking sieges because response time is critical and it is very fast, so it makes sense to surround cities by plains. Marshals are superior in this role to knights, incidentally. Infantry excels at general purpose attack. Bows and spears are good defensive units (vs infantry/bows and vs infantry/cavalry, respectively) that work well together to defend tournament squares and sieges.

By the way, trueshots are inferior to sentinels in almost every respect. Their only real advantage is a slight edge in attack power, which comes at a far higher build cost and a lower speed.

There are many mountainous areas with high food dolmens. If you wish to pursue your mountain strategy, look into Tor Carrock and those areas.

Defending armies are not usually cavalry heavy, even on plains.  Usually on plains you use spear troops, since those have extra defense vs. cavalry (for most units, kobolds being the exception).  The reason people don't defend a siege with cavalry is that cavalry are too expensive to build and maintain relative to the other troops.  

If plains are the only way to go, then cavalry is the only useful soldier and we should all be humans. I'm thinking that what really disadvantages elves here is the absence of high food-value squares in the mountains. Seems like a structural imbalance in the game which 5% magic bonus doesn't compensate.