Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26444332-20151222162442

So I am acquiring Medieval II, and I have suddenly realized I know little about the established tactics. I do own the original Rome: Total War and the counterpart Barbarian Invasion, but I'm not sure if my tactics will work with the infantry and ranged units I excel at maneuvering in BI.

My normal tactics amount to this, essentially:

When fighting normal enemies, just respond to their tactics appropriately and look for a flaw to exploit in their strategy, something I excel at.

When facing superior infantry units, pick them off with archers and nip at them with light cavalry.

When facing superior cavalry units, form a spear-armed infantry square with swordsman just behind, site my archers in the middle, and fire away.

When facing superior archers, feint with infantry and bring cavalry up from the flanks while they attempt to respond.

When fighting for fun, form a very extended line only a few ranks deep of spearmen, with swordsmen and archers in similar ranks behind.

In all of these, I prefer to let the enemy come to me. Will any of these work in Medieval II? Note that I got this game to mod it with Third Age: Total War after I play it for a while. 