Gauls.

[68 Powers]

How come the gauls run so fast?
its almost like once they hit my line they start to run cause the guys next to him just got decked and doesent have a face anymore.

its rather annoying to waste my time make a line then once the gaulic men charge it they run...
Any idea as to why?

[Archer of Sparta]

Cause they're wussies with poor morale.

[Quinctius Cincinnatus]

You know, you obviously think this isn't realism. But you should read some info of the civilized armies of the time (being rome and hellenic). They were trained to stand and hold ground. The gauls and other barbarians must have their inspirations from battle-cries, as their individual qualities don't match the ones of the Legionaries.
Be inspirated: warcries, always take a general behind your lines, rally many times, etc. Don't get outflanked!

QC,
RTR: PR.

[68 Powers]

but i mean come on 10 of their guys die outta 240 and they run?

[Roshak]

Okay think of it this way. You only hunted for food with that spear your charging with. You never been in a battle, you never fought anyone with the fear of death, you have a family back at home, and you just saw your friend get cut down by enemy forces in full armor and equipment.

Doesn't sound that odd.

[68 Powers]

haha now that u put it that way...
thats scary.
sorry if i sounded like i was making fun of this mod its awesome i was just wondering why cause its annoying chasing gauls all over the battle feild.

[morteduzionism]

haha now that u put it that way...
thats scary.
sorry if i sounded like i was making fun of this mod its awesome i was just wondering why cause its annoying chasing gauls all over the battle feild.

Don't make the mistake and think ALL the factions are like that! Hellenes take a lot of killing. I mean a lot of killing.

You could also try Imperator II; it's a modification of RTR which is specifically intended for the Roman player. It lowers Roman stats to make it more challenging.

[CiusFortius]

Are you playing on easy battle difficulty perhaps? I noticed that guys flee a lot faster then. Play on Hard or Very Hard battle difficulty rather as it gives your enemies a morale boost and makes the fight more fun.

[Winter]

Take it as an advantage. Once they start running, send the Equites to hunt the buggers down

[Mr_Ace]

If it's to your advantage, you have nothing to worry about....that is all. =D

[delra]

I always try to sneak a unit or two of medium cavalry somewhere behind their forces and when they retreat, they are decimated and eliminated! Light cavalry is good also, but medium one is better cause some units sometimes manage to reorganize and you need to charge them.

[KALI]

You could just mod their moral... But its only the basic Gallic units that have such poor staying power.

[Mr_Ace]

I believe only the least superior troops will not stand their ground and run at a split second.

But of course, the superior troops such as chosen spearmen or chosen swordsman has twice the resolve as a Gallic warband. So it depends on the troop quality and type.

[Companion Cavalry]

their export units descr says "untrained"

and besides they're usually outmatched by equipment as well

unless these are GALATIANS who are very nice heavy

infantry as far mercenaries go

[andipandy123]

gauls really are great shock troopers and will if enough of them break through a line. the gauls tended to think of quantity over quality in the most time. the gauls were more a federation of tribes and cared not for each other in the most part so if rome threatened 1 gaulish village only that villages troops could give a damn about fighting and the rest would flee if they see their men die. they did have a semi armoured elite which could hold their ground against the enemy without too much problem.

so if your gaul have your elites in the front of the formation with a back up of lesser troops who may be inspired to fight seeing their elites winning. make use of numbers. flood man after man into the attack and swamp the flanks. dont use civilised tactics of holding a line or forming into nice columns. just attack and attack the flanks. turn the and then crush them. same goes for iberia i guess.

i'd go for your elite to attack the middles and able to hold the line and flood with your weaker and more scared men. if your first charge fails pull back and flood again. anything goes. one tactic i have heard of is fully attacking one flank with a few elites holding the middles and shockm them into retreating. its advisable to avoid the phalanx units because with no armour or great shield your gonna get pulverised.

[PSYCHO V]

The gauls tended to think of quantity over quality in the most time. the gauls were more a federation of tribes and cared not for each other in the most part so if rome threatened 1 gaulish village only that villages troops could give a damn about fighting and the rest would flee if they see their men die..

Sorry, but I disagree.

my2bob

[andipandy123]

My point is that someone defending another tribe was less inclined to stay the course

[Winter]

Sorry, but I disagree.

my2bob

Care to elaborate?

[andipandy123]

Oh yes ive worked out a nice way of making your lesser troops stay the course. Well have a chosen reserve at the back of two units stretched out and they get inspired and stay the battle. Works for me and even if they run i gallop my general to bring them back. That would be a rare case since Gauls dont defend. N0.1 rule. Dont defend with gaul. They are the worst defending faction which has infantry in the game. Its quite tough attacking too against civilised pike infantry. It should be listed a very hard faction but if you manage to take a settlement in greece hoplites and peozi are opened up as an option and then you can use them to hold the enemy phalanx in place and then flank with your angry mob of tribesmen.

[G_the_Great]

Well Gauls tend to take some pretty heavy casualties no matter what you do. My advice is to go for the scary swordsmen (and even regular swordsmen) if you need to take out a battleline because you get a MUCH better attack than if you use regular warbands, they are only any good against cavalry which are a threat to the loosely spaced swordsmen. Of course if you can afford them just get the CHOSEN ONES ...