ANST - Combat archers

[Gary Koehler]

Another good use for archers is as skirmishing screens.  Yes, I know that
this sounds pretty brutal, but it's pretty hard for enemy fire to hit a unit
that's spread out and moving fast.  When the battle lines get close, the
skirmishers get out of the way and form into their respective "H/K" teams.
These guys can get REAL annoying now, using HH Gunthar's tactics, occupying
terrain features (spears hate going into the woods), and using high mobility
to make life miserable for the enemy (can you say enfilade?).  Oh, having
some of them (yes, I know there are a limited number of archers--a pity) see
if they can take out enemy artillery, once again using high mobility to stay
alive, seems a good idea too.  Dunno, sounds good on paper, at least....
               Not an archer,
               But have been killed by a lot of 'em,
               KVK
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael F. Gunter <mfgunter at fnc.fujitsu.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG <ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 1998 10:54 AM
Subject: ANST - Combat archers


>> Do you like archers?
>> Plachoya Sobaka a humble archer in Ravens Fort, Kingdom of Ansteorra
>>
>
>I beleive that archers are necessary for many of the scenarios. I would
>especially like to see groups of around 4-5 archers in "hunter/killer"
>units who would focus their mass ability on one target at at time, thereby
>assuring a fast kill instead of the sporadic shooting I see too often.
>It may seem to waste arrows but when that archer in the tower or that
>Duke in the backfield gets taken out before they can do real damage it's
>worth it.
>
>Archers should concentrate on eliminating priority targets before going for
>targets of opportunity. Other archers, unit leaders, spear units, etc...
>And they should fight as units. Either firing in alternating waves so that
>when a target ducks for cover after the first one then pops his head out
>to see what's happening only to get nailed between the eyes, or to fire
>en masse to assure the target can't avoid all of them.
>
>I want my archers to be surgical and effective.
>
>How's that?
>
>Yours,
>
>Gunthar
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