Hey, so i remember playing RBM ages ago and loving it. So i reinstalled it and played it with better pikes, the required mods to support both of them + diplomacy and better garrisons.

The problem begins with bows. The reload speed i get but trying to shoot as a player is all but impossible to time. My archers are basically useless as they will barely get a few shots in before being forced to stop shooting. As someone else's post i found so eloquently put it: "bows slower than catapults". I tried to switch to vanilla ready speed and observed in the arena. The enemy now instantly readies up and can speed fire so long as they have a target, only slowed by aiming time. I'm assuming the problem here was switching during a campaign so i am not gonna include it, just wanted a confirmation from any of you.

Secondly, javelins seem to just straight up be weak af sometimes and god tier others. My static imperial infantrymen threw 4 BIG pilla javelins to kill a single looter. Not some decked out in armour elite or anything like that, a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ looter. Arena javs also are stuck at doing around 30 dmg, going up to 60 if im moving towards the enemy when throwing. Only on/vs horseback did it do any more (80 - above 100). Are javs just too dependent on relative speed? A guy with basically no armour should not need more than 2 max javs through the chest before going down.

Thirdly, the combat AI. What i remember from the previous version was that my units would do proper lines, come near each other, and then the more 'brave' of the soldiers would move forward to start doing melee. Now, it seems like the default AI charge command but they do it in advance mode instead of individually (so as a formation). When the lines do meet (20 vs 20 against looters btw), they break up into weird little blobs and try to do small duels everywhere, ignoring closer enemies and going for the ones futher back. (i literally saw my guy brush up and push a looter to get to the one behind him).

So my questions now boils down to:
Is RBM just worse now? Are the default settings just ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and i need to tinker?
My experience just now was so much worse than the battles i remember (at least the small battles, couldnt endure to bigger than 25 v 25).

PS: Spears seem useless like javs without relative speed, attacked a guy on horseback from behind whilst on horseback, went through the entire thrust animation, but did 3 dmg. This guy was a mountain bandit, he did not have high quality armour, just basic leather.

PSS: Weapons attack slowly in general, my spear on horseback sometimes literally did a thrust in slow-motion.