Mounted units! What are they good for? aka why mounted units have been sidelined

[Nukes R Us]

Get Gods & Kings already!

I don't get how people can play without it. Admittedly I'm new to the game and in fact bought GOTY edition and G+K together as a start - that said however, all I hear from the Civ purists is how AI sucks and this and that... Civ IV was better... blah, blah...

Whatever, I say!

Civ V is the best game I've EVER played. I got bored of SC2... battle.net is just too competitive, I'm more of a chill person and I can't compete with 16 year olds with their 20 000 apm.

Anyway,

Religion and Espionage add SO much to the game!! From what I hear the new units and AI are a big step up from original version as well.

Go to the store and buy G+K dammit.

I agree. I started with pure vanilla CiV, and loved it. I thought the Ai were a bit annoyingly coded, but still loved the game.

Got G&Ks, and it's like downloading Jesus onto my computer! Love it SOO much

 

[Browd]

I just want to know why my awesome trebuchet upgrades to a seemingly less effective (for it's designed role) knight.

Trebs should upgrade to cannons. Are you using some mod that does otherwise?

 

[Lordleoz]

I use mounted units to weaken the weakest spots in the enemy front line and run away. Ranged units won't be able to fire at them and they outrun melee units. Then, my melee units will do the eventual killing work.

Sometimes, I also use the strategy in an opposite way. I concentrate all melee and ranged attacks to one spot in the enemy frontline. After that, my mounted units will break through and attack the weak ranged units behind.

Mounted units have their uses. The main thing is how you coordinate mounted units and melee units.