Re: Pikemen, we laugh atchoo
Actually, the pike has a damage of 5+STR = 15, while the lance has 16+charge, but is usuable only once. After that, most knights and HC use Morning Stars now with 6+STR.
So DAM isn't that much different.
Repell wouldn't work, though, as mounted units have high morale and thus are likely to pass the moral test. They do get 1 HP (8-10%) damage if they attack, what triggers more moral checks for units and squad.
By the way, LI uses spears, which are only DAM 3, length 4 .. therefore much inferior.
All in all, Pikemen are best against lots of low-morale, lighty armored foes. Or mindless/berserked units with low armor, which keep impaling themselves to death by repel...
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As for AI the most effective work around to this problem so far is to simply use an American instead, they tend to put up a bit more of a fight than your average Artificial Idiot.
... James McGuigan on rec.games.computer.stars somewhen back in 1998 ...
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