I had trouble beating this combo as the Franks (random civilization) in a michi game and eventually lost because of it.
I've come to think that my best bet would be sending in onagers on suicide missions to kill as many crossbowmen as possible before eventually dying, then sending in paladins to clean up.
Or maybe distracting the crossbowmen with rams, then killing them with paladins while they're distracted. If the rams aren't first demolished by the bombard cannons.
Massed skirmishers did not seem to do well.
Civilizations with eagle warriors, huskarls, cataphracts, samurai and possibly woad raiders and kamayuks possess a unit that plain counters it.
What would work best for countering them as Franks or other civilizations lacking the above?
I've come to think that my best bet would be sending in onagers on suicide missions to kill as many crossbowmen as possible before eventually dying, then sending in paladins to clean up.
Or maybe distracting the crossbowmen with rams, then killing them with paladins while they're distracted. If the rams aren't first demolished by the bombard cannons.
Massed skirmishers did not seem to do well.
Civilizations with eagle warriors, huskarls, cataphracts, samurai and possibly woad raiders and kamayuks possess a unit that plain counters it.
What would work best for countering them as Franks or other civilizations lacking the above?