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Phalanx aren't particularly annoying to me as Julli. When I do get to take Grecian cities my military capabilities will allow me to have archers and heavy ornagers. Simple-minded spearmen are not a problem.
As for Egypt, it is quite true that they take a while. I never begin invasion into Africa until I have two or three armies with fully-coloured banners and another reserved army to garrison purposes.
Didn't know that about Scipii. But then Scipii gets a lot of battles in sea and Rome sea battles aren't particularly exciting...
Yeah, I heard someone managed to take over the world with Hungary
. Join the Axis and then backstab Germany and took over Berlin etc.
As for Egypt, it is quite true that they take a while. I never begin invasion into Africa until I have two or three armies with fully-coloured banners and another reserved army to garrison purposes.
Didn't know that about Scipii. But then Scipii gets a lot of battles in sea and Rome sea battles aren't particularly exciting...
Yeah, I heard someone managed to take over the world with Hungary
. Join the Axis and then backstab Germany and took over Berlin etc.
16-May-2012 12:06:34
Forbidden in multiplayer battles? Ouch. In a full 20-unit-cards army (which I will try to get several before launching a campaign against a stronger nation) my army consist of...
1 general
4 units of heavy ornagers
3 units of heavy cavalry
3 units of archers
9 units of urban cohorts
What kind of a playstyle is that?
. Maybe you can tell. Or do I have to provide battle tactics as well?
An example of me using several armies would be just after taking over Rome as Julli. Before the event can trigger at any moment I will send armies into Italy's southern areas and place each of my full-bannered-armies next to each of the city. They are followed by a few more armies composed mainly of Early legionnary cohorts or Town watch and stuff like that. Once a city is taken, a few units from these 'reserve' armies will occupy the towns while my main forces can move on to another city (pretty much in the same turn), followed by the rest of the reserves. Only in the cases of a near destruction of a unit card do I stop and replenish my forces in their huge cities, but that will be in about 3 turns, and in 3 turns I could already have well taken at least 8 cities. Of course it is vital to give your army a pause at this stage because the full wrath of Brutii and Scipii will be upon you. But since they lost a lot of core provinces at the start attrition will be their downfall.
Heh, I actually forgot whether it was Bulgaria or Hungary... but no matter. It was crazy hard for the person concerned.
1 general
4 units of heavy ornagers
3 units of heavy cavalry
3 units of archers
9 units of urban cohorts
What kind of a playstyle is that?
. Maybe you can tell. Or do I have to provide battle tactics as well?
An example of me using several armies would be just after taking over Rome as Julli. Before the event can trigger at any moment I will send armies into Italy's southern areas and place each of my full-bannered-armies next to each of the city. They are followed by a few more armies composed mainly of Early legionnary cohorts or Town watch and stuff like that. Once a city is taken, a few units from these 'reserve' armies will occupy the towns while my main forces can move on to another city (pretty much in the same turn), followed by the rest of the reserves. Only in the cases of a near destruction of a unit card do I stop and replenish my forces in their huge cities, but that will be in about 3 turns, and in 3 turns I could already have well taken at least 8 cities. Of course it is vital to give your army a pause at this stage because the full wrath of Brutii and Scipii will be upon you. But since they lost a lot of core provinces at the start attrition will be their downfall.
Heh, I actually forgot whether it was Bulgaria or Hungary... but no matter. It was crazy hard for the person concerned.
17-May-2012 13:42:46 - Last edited on 17-May-2012 13:43:36 by Englishkid62
Yeah, this formation seem able to crush any opposition the AI can offer. But it was expensive to create and maintain even in the campaign and I tend to have several of these armies of doom. It's financially draining, but gets the job done.
I never really thought about it in a multiplayer situation. Granted, seige weapons are forbidden and I don't really know how the denarii distributes and what I can get for them... so in multiplayer the army is probably much smaller and I have to devise a different formation entirely. I probably couldn't even afford this army in multiplayer anyway. Budget is quite tight. I practically have unlimited funds in the campaign in my developed stages.
So... pretend you're AI for Brutii and comes across my above Jullii army in an open field. How would you break down this formation if I insist on staying on top of a hill in a defensive formation in the corner of the map? Assume experience/morale/general are the same. What tactics would you try?
I never really thought about it in a multiplayer situation. Granted, seige weapons are forbidden and I don't really know how the denarii distributes and what I can get for them... so in multiplayer the army is probably much smaller and I have to devise a different formation entirely. I probably couldn't even afford this army in multiplayer anyway. Budget is quite tight. I practically have unlimited funds in the campaign in my developed stages.
So... pretend you're AI for Brutii and comes across my above Jullii army in an open field. How would you break down this formation if I insist on staying on top of a hill in a defensive formation in the corner of the map? Assume experience/morale/general are the same. What tactics would you try?
21-May-2012 10:22:03
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