I stumbled on a "Great" use for Calvary

[timberwolf15]

This is for Calvary not horses I haven't fiddled with horses yet but there is a great thread about horses located here:

tm.asp?m=3291230

I hope the link thing worked. ... Anyway, Back to CALVARY !!! Calvary can't carry anything but has a better recon value that infantry etc. but not jeeps. However, Calvary as compared to Jeeps zooms all over the map enabling one to grab cities fast. This is a bit of an exaggeration but on maps that do not have ANY roads they easily outrun jeeps from my expierience. May be worth a try but I figure its only usable for the beginning of a map later on you may wish your calvary was all jeeps but they are a neat unit to play around with.

So they are great if:

No roads on map - and its a map wherein each Regime has only one city at first.

And they do have a recon value that is ok. But they smell.

[timberwolf15]

Me again lol. Calvary is great cause you get the city in your territory "fast" then you can assign it to a HQ and the city begins building up its stucture sooner than if you had finally waddled over a jeep or unit in a truck in order to get the city in your territory. who cares. [>:]

[Twotribes]

I play with roads Cavalry is great for stone age or rough terrain type games.

[timberwolf15]

Yeah I'm gonna do some roads too and watch the calvary get run over but there are no roads within 1000 miles of the tent I live in so I go for the realism.

[Tac2i]

Playing with the 'no roads' option is a severe handicap for the AI, especially in one town start games, as they aren't very good at road building.

[Josh]

Hey there is no "Calvary" in this game.
[;)]
(sorry couldn't help myself)
 
You are quite right, cavalry rules early to midgame. Despite the fact that they are quite expensive, they have a high recon and can just go about anywhere, even mountains. Yes jeeps have an even higher reconvalue, but are "wheeled" therefore have the mudpenalty... and if you lose 1-2 jeeps in an attack that unit may become "foot" again. Cavalry does not have this penalty, a few losses and it's still considered "horse". Many of my early build Cavalry units get very high Exp levels, many higher than 80 [&o]

[mgaffn1]

Also great in the early phases of random games if you need mobility and are running low on raw materials.

[cbardswell]

Cavalry are good but worth considering mounted infantry instead - you can get mobility but also a better unit mix (which can be more useful in mid and even late game) plus if they get good experience you can motorise or mechanise.