Century X's Auxilia Legion System

[rory o'kane]

The best one by far is:
"In America, you can always find a party. In Soviet Russia, Party finds you!!

[century x]

OH MAN THAT MADE ME LAUGH SO HARD

+REP

[Nabukadnesar]

Hi
Dear Century X,
sorry for my poor english, I will try to write as easiest as possible. No complicated ideas :}
I am going to write down what I discovered - majority has been written by you. I have read every single line not to know how u try to help us, but to know how much is the way we play roma surrectum similar or even the same.

I have only few more things to say [or to complete you]
I usualy use the legions nearly the same way as you. Over the hours I have been playing RS I discovered the true value of the auxiliary system of organization of an army.
As I use or developed different tactics and strategies I use three types of Army - each of them is optimized for strategy I want to use, or for campaign I am going on.

Lets see the strategies first....
Much of you probably make war to gain terrain as a step to final victory... I simply try to enjoy the game.

1* The Cruel Rapers - just occupy the enemy settlement the quickest u can, no siege equipment, just spies to open gate, kill everyone inside, including children - that make u rich and sell/destroy all buildings inside. Than move all your units inside to another hostile settlement - the just taken one simply leave... or you can build there or hire an occupy force to keep it for a while, but the meaning is do it hard and quick, only take, plunder, leave and take cities. It will cost you a lot of time to move your army - u will have to choose the way very carefuly... Its like the Blitzkrieg. No fighting until u stand at the gates of a city...
This will make you incredibly rich, pay the cost of retrainment and other army spending, build up your economi and weak your enemy. If you do it in various hostile settlements its very effective... You can repeat it how much times you want, the AI will only take some time to regenerate the city - for you to have what to plunder... Then, move my armies to another parts of world to act the same way....
Why? I said I try to enjoy my game. I simply cant destroy the f.e. the Gauls in first fifty turns... Understand me?
2* Men on the Patrol
Move your garrison commander in your hazard provinces [ on borders or just taken ect.], so move him around the region, build towers and forts in strategic places like bridges [ on the hostiles side ] and at high montains passes or forest passes to avoid the enemy... AI usually has some mental block to get through... if not, so it cost time at min... keep it by mecenaries or infirior units...
thats like the Roman Walls built in many parts of world
3* Final Judgement
Build two tipes of legions...
First, Battle legion to clean the land off enemies superior and major armies
Second, Siege legion to finish the surrounded enemy towns....
Sure u know the best how to do it

1/ The Battle legion [I chose the X, XIII, Ferrata, Rapax, Cyrenaica, XII, and over the time Minerva and Scytica legio] + the auxilia cohort armies with siege equipment and so...
This legio is used to wipe the hostile...
I have most "named" wiping legion composed of
3-4 generals
2 cavaleries
2 light aux
2 arch
1 eagle
9 cohorts
+ around 5-6 cohort and 1 eagle legion to fill the cassualites - the way home is so long to send best units only to retrain...

I use 2-4 full armies to beat out enemy [ one special named legion + auxilia armies] and 1-2 full armies of named legions to conquer the settlements... I usually surrounding two or three cities at the same time...

2/ Surrounder armies [ all other named legions ]


Law
When a boy becomes a man, I choose him his career...
1/ administrative - sitting at home
2/ field general

I put a few number of generals in a army, the oldest [ usually the most experienced and skilled one] becomes a leader...
Others are like a guard of the leader general, supporting him to ensure the leader of the army does not fall... better loose no experienced young general than the important one. so I make the young generals more experienced by hard fights when protecting and supporting the attacking leaders formation.

When somewhere an Army leader dies is replaced by the following general or by more at war skilled man I sent.
Its good thing to replace the special characters [from the fam. members list of followers] from skilled old general near to die, to another, young general... The characters can race the experience of his guard or his general skills...

thx

[Forsworn]

This is a very handy system. Even when I'm not playing as the Romans I try and set-up a system like this so that no invading army is without aid/assistance.

Course the system only truly shines when you're playing as the Romans, huh?

[century x]

Well Nabukadnesar our style of playing is very similiar but there are key points that make it different. For one I don't like to use Blitz Tactics. That gives an unfair advantage to the AI. Lets face it the Ai is already stupid as a doorknob.

The way you use your generals is also different. Although your setup is a little more historical meaning that there were multiple Generals in an army. With the Senior of course giving commands and not engaging in the battle. he will let his subordinates do it for him.

Your style is good and very effective at getting money and basically RAPING the enemy.

To Forsworn: I'm working on making some guides on Army Setups for other factions and how to keep them at full strength like this one does for the Romans.

[Forsworn]

Wouldn't it be better to hold off on that till RS2.0? From what I figure the current unit line-ups wont look/function the same as the new ones coming up.

[Oli]

well RS 2 is a loooong way off, so i think it would be good for him to make other guides

[EternalSlayer]

well RS 2 is a loooong way off, so i think it would be good for him to make other guides

Precisely, it'll be another year at least.

[rory o'kane]

Precisely, it'll be another year at least.

hmm, we'll probably be finished before then, but with the sheer number of people asking "when is it coming out???"... well, it could be!

[century x]

hmm, we'll probably be finished before then, but with the sheer number of people asking "when is it coming out???"... well, it could be!

Well Said

[Sandrus Castus]

Now the thing is the will make these people fight in regions that are FAAAARRR from there home. So they won't get any ideas of abandoning the army.

I just reread your manual, but I don't agree at this point. The Romans let soldiers from the provinces fight in their own province. That way, they got an active role in defending it, with in mind their women, children and properties to defend.

[rory o'kane]

until the Batavian revolt of 69-70 AD. from then onwards, auxiliary troops were deliberately moved to other parts of the empire once recruited, to avoid the possibility of siding with the locals in the event of a revolt.

[Martin N]

Its natural to take a few legions of auxilias with you when your in deep enemy terriotory anyway, But sandrus, when you take over an enemy city/town, you can recruit 3 or 4 auxilia units to defend the town instead of using your own troops, this is essence could be what you speak off, how using the townspeople and citizens of that said town to defend their own city.

[rory o'kane]

the RTW game engine does not model local loyalties, and so it's kinda pointless. however, if you're that much of a historical die-hard, then go ahead.

[century x]

I just reread your manual, but I don't agree at this point. The Romans let soldiers from the provinces fight in their own province. That way, they got an active role in defending it, with in mind their women, children and properties to defend.

Well I just based it off of what I read about what the romans did.

the RTW game engine does not model local loyalties, and so it's kinda pointless. however, if you're that much of a historical die-hard, then go ahead.

yes this very limiting engine prevents local loyalty but there are players who love to play die hard historical. But like I always say it's all about players preference

[Dafuge]

Hi,

I was wondering what to do when sieging. Do you siege with your auxilia legion or do you swap the onager with a unit?

[century x]

Hi,

I was wondering what to do when sieging. Do you siege with your auxilia legion or do you swap the onager with a unit?

I swap the onager units to the main legion. But if the enemy garrisson is low I will let the siege legion attack it.

[Dafuge]

OK, thanks for clearing that up.

[rory o'kane]

well, if we add up all those extra months added by people asking...

[Legionary Titus Pullo]

Century X . wow you have really put some thought into this and im gonna try your army rosta cos i think it will be more authentic to structure the armies like that and poss a lot more interesting for play.

thank you