I am new to Warhammer FB and, of course, Empire Army. I have played 4 games but only won once.
In my old army list, I have 10 Knightly Order and 20 Greatswords. I tried to charge them into close combat, I thought that they could made good result through high armor save, high weapon skill and high strength. Finally, however, I found that I was wrong. They may even be defeat by the troop which is WS3 and S3.
Then, I have realized that Empire army are not good at close combat as well as WoC or Orc. Because of this, I am now writting a army list that focus on range force. I will have two handgunners team with Hochland, great cannon, rocket and steam tank. To protect my range troop, I would like to have some fighting troop.
I will put my army near the table side as possible. If I put Knightly Order in my army, I can hold enemy in early turn, but that mean I cannot shoot them in the least game untill they or my Knightly Order are fleeing from close combat. If I put Greatsword, it may be good because of the special rule Stubborn. However, I cannot have a big block due to the core points requirement.
So now I decided to have about 40 swordsmen to protect my range troop and war machine. 40 is a big number, however, swordsmen have only 5+ armor + 6+ save and S3, which is a half of Knightly Order and Greatsword (nearly). I am afraid that they will make the thing even worse than Knightly Order and Greatsword.
I am now confusing about which to choose to build my army and I would like to hear your suggestion. I am from Asia and I can only read and write normal level English. If I did anything wrong, please let me know. At last, I will be grateful if you can use a simple way to explain your idea.
Best regard.