Defending Town Centers

**withfriend2** · July 29, 2009, 05:56 PM

Ok, so what I'm having trouble with is defending my town center with just the reg. garrison. How do you guys do it? I've seen screenies of people's town center battles where they won with the regular old garrison against a whole other factions legion. So any help would be appreiciated.

**The10thLegion** · July 29, 2009, 09:58 PM

What was the garrison composed of? Did they have a good general, archers, skirmishers, gold chevron units? Every little detail is a factor of what happens.

**czePowerslave** · July 30, 2009, 01:08 AM

+ there are some ways to exploit the game mechanics to great extent

**withfriend2** · July 30, 2009, 07:24 AM

For example, when you begin your campaign, Genua almost always gets seiged by the gauls. I don't have time to send Vibius there to protect it since he is fending off the Gauls at my border. Obviously can't send Flavius or Quintus, they're dealing with Hannibal and Theopanes. So all that im left with is the regular garrison LT left you with which just happens to be 4 town watch, a velites, and slingers. I've seen other people win before with this so how would you go about that?

**The10thLegion** · July 30, 2009, 08:18 AM

I won Genua by defending it with Vibius. Its all about manuevering.

**withfriend2** · July 30, 2009, 09:00 AM

If you don't mind, could elaborate on how you were able to?

**The10thLegion** · July 30, 2009, 09:14 AM

I just would attack the Galllic armies going south and would after that go to genua. Once you get in the Genua region the Gallic army attacks you and lifts the siege.

**Ejergard** · July 30, 2009, 09:20 AM

Yeah, this is what I did too! You have to be superaggressive with your northern legion and win every battle with minimal losses, but the rewards for this is that you are able to defend Genua and all other northern towns long enough to secure your lands in the south and bring up those two legions to secure everything in the north, build your lands up and expand from there.

**Raglan** · July 30, 2009, 10:49 AM

the two essentials that must be brought on the first turn, mines in arrentium and some walls in genoa.

these walls mean that it will take a few turns for genoa to fall, thus giving you time to get your reinforcements to genoa and saving the siege

**czePowerslave** · July 30, 2009, 12:32 PM

Not to mention that Genua is actually very crucial in the beggining and if you push little bit north fast enough, you take ALOT of steam from gauls and have your northern border secured very nicely.