Talk:Mahout Lancer/@comment-177.175.108.3-20140515041546/@comment-33695347-20171122204301

That's how Age of Empires Series works (or any other good RTS) the concept here is not to overpower or out number, but to out maneuver and out fight. It's about strategy, scouting (intelligence) and a good micro skills (generalship) that matters in the game.

Every unit has a few strong aspects and a few weakness, there is no unit that is ultimate or supreme in the game. In the hands of a noob, even the mighty Samurai will be easily killed by an enemy training nothing other than Crossbows which are cost effective and cost less pop. But an experienced player will either avoid this engagement or will be already prepared for it with his own counters in this case preferably, Cavs or his own Archers.