You could try staggering your units in a checkerboard, and after the initial contact, retreat your front line behind the rear one and then charge back in to solidify the front, that should absorb the...
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You could try staggering your units in a checkerboard, and after the initial contact, retreat your front line behind the rear one and then charge back in to solidify the front, that should absorb the...
1/2. To combine some of these questions, once I can afford a few armies, I usually have a dedicated siege army with around 4 trebuchets and infantry and a few archers to follow a field army. I...
Isn't that a feature? Like using your agents to sit on bridges and the like, or stand in the middle of the road so other people have to go around and can't travel as far? I haven't done that in...
First off, most of the cities in this game didn't exist when the game starts, but you have to be able to conquer something :P Also it's very possible there was a city in that exact same spot, until...
I tend to play very loose as well with this type of stuff. But if I had to abstract the campaign part it would be kind of like this.
Evaluate national compulsions and constraints. (SWOT might...
Horse archer stuff first:
As for the horse archers, it seems that you have skirmishers which can out-range the horse archers, which is good, relatively few spear infantry, and few to no cavalry. ...
Perhaps we are talking about different aspects of the game. On the campaign map, I agree that it doesn't resemble a sandbox, it's actually fairly boring. But the battles, that's where the sandbox...
For me in the actual battles, as long as the rules are consistent, I don't really care what they are. It is impossible to even come close to accurately modeling on this level, so I don't even worry...
A sandbox does not need to have historical authenticity. A sandbox allows the user creative freedom with the tools at hand. And although a minimalist approach would have been more of a challenge, I...
Yudishtira,
Because the persians have samaritans with them and they all build boats to cross some water, and don't use their navy for it. (Herodotus)
And yeah, I'm not the biggest fan of the...
I actually like the face that you don't need a war fleet to transport an army. Not only is it more historically accurate, it cuts down on the micro. And Dago, for the Samartians all hopping onto...
The only reason civ v is so addictive is that is is so easy to mod in factions, that everyone can play out their favorite fantasy. Lord of the Rings, The Witcher, Elder Scrolls, anything you want...
I agree, it's always good to play one vanilla game to get a feel for all the changes that have taken place since you last played. I now play with no civil war and 12 tpy, otherwise vanilla. I had...
Like the +research ones, or other things as well? (that are factionwide)
Yeah, all those building bonuses apply to the entire province
Ah yes, I remember just last week actually, I put together a private army and we conquered everything from the Pillars of Hercules to the Temple Mount. Naturally two days later we were faced with a...
Ahh, the archers... I can't remember either, I don't use them anymore :P Not because they aren't good, but because they tend to friendly fire too much for my liking if left unattended.
So to...
To bring a completely unrelated concept into this, it is like the Stagnation-Competition-RMA cycle, where we are just moving from stagnation to competition. The technological change after...
For documentaries, these decisive battles by the History Channel are the most well done imho, these two links should be able to get you to the rest
Gaugamela...
If you're not averse to reading, books. Lot and lots of books. Most documentaries get stuff wrong because they are made by TV producers who just consult historians. Of course, this is the inner...
Gigantus, let me know if you got it, I thought I sent a PM but it isn't showing up in my sent mail.
And glad I could be of service :)
I used spaces, I didn't think it would collapse it, sorry for the double post, I can't figure out how to edit.
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Changing an army build mid campaign is fairly difficult, so I'm just going to offer suggestions with your current build. The first thing you're going to need to do is out maneuver them, and that...
It sounds like you are having trouble with the battle itself, not with campaign map strategy? I'm kind of new to this forum too, so I don't know how much the Mods like keeping these things separate....
Sorry, I tried but I just couldn't get it working for some reason. Anyway though, I can email anyone the original .docx should anyone desire.
Thanks, I wish I knew how to do that, I looked at some stuff online but I'm still lost :(
Because of the morale bonus halo of the general, I always go cav, so he can get to where he needs to be, when he needs to be. Except of course for the Greeks, for the reasons you mention, Kesa. ...
Hey guys, I wrote this almost a year ago for my friend who was struggling in the battles, so it takes a fairly colloquial tone. I finally got around to cleaning it up (somewhat) and am putting it...
It's probably best to start on normal so you can learn the mechanics, but rebels are from public order reaching -100, so keep your cities happy, conquest sends them negative, so have your army stick...