Infantry in line formation can fail to get a volley off (or fire at a meatshield infantry unit) get flanked by cavalry, and beat the cavalry AND remaining infantry off with ease in close combat. Musket morale destruction aside, the balance wasn't broken for me until I noticed that almost all FOTS infantry have a bonus vs cav of 5-7.

The other answer is they are supposed to be balanced, and creative assembly completely failed to do so. A valid decision, even though by nature mixed avatars makes no sense historically. One answer is no, FOTS units are considerably more advanced, being from 200 years later, and Creative chose historical accuracy over balance. 2K A Total War Saga: Thrones of BritanniaĪfter playing on as FOTS vs Classic Avatars and vice versa in about a dozen matches I began to wonder.844 A Total War Saga: Fall of the Samurai.