the king is retard in SS6.3

[hellexpress]

i was playing ss6.3 at very hard difficulty in campaign mode
i have like 500 spearmen / spear militia totally surrounded a mounted king alone, all his bodyguard was killed by that time
end out as a calvary he solo killed 450 spearmen 50 routed
would this be too unbalance?
i realized those kings are supermen

its like around 50 turns as early era i played, so there are no strong troops available

[MrMofo]

lol that's awesome.

[Ishan]

Lol that's so stupid the SS6.3 might be giving insane amounts of Hitpoints to a AI faction leader like 20 or something.

[irishron]

Or it could be the game's engine. It's been a sore spot even in vanilla at times.

[bɑne]

Having a highlander unit is not unheard of. I once emptied 8 archer units into a single man that was left over from its unit.
Nice bloodspurts thanks to crimson tide, thud after thud off impacting arrows and still he stood, swaying back and forth.
In the end I send the archers into a melee and he killed quite a few before he remembered that he was actually dead since half an hour ago.

[philipjd]

Having a highlander unit is not unheard of. I once emptied 8 archer units into a single man that was left over from its unit.
Nice bloodspurts thanks to crimson tide, thud after thud off impacting arrows and still he stood, swaying back and forth.
In the end I send the archers into a melee and he killed quite a few before he remembered that he was actually dead since half an hour ago.

Sometimes that happens, when it does I let them go.. have to admire toughness

[Meneth]

I tried to count the number of blows the Danish king received before dying.
I lost count after about 100 blows, not even including any hits before all of his bodyguards had died. So probably closer to about 200 blows.

[Ishan]

It never happened to me does this kinda thing happens only with the AI faction heir or leader?
Coz generally a battle scarred king of mine would die if went all heroic something.

[Meneth]

It never happened to me does this kinda thing happens only with the AI faction heir or leader?
Coz generally a battle scarred king of mine would die if went all heroic something.

Seems to happen with most AI generals to me, usually they withstand several dozen blows and arrows before finally dieing.
The only times I think I've seen an AI general die quickly is the few times they've impaled themselves on my stakes

[Medkirtys]

I had one such moment, i was The Kievan Rus, and i attacked Crimea(Genoan), and they quickly shifted forces and attacked my settlement (O...smthing), i had about 1 unit of arches militia, and 2-3 units of junior militia + 1 chude militia(javelins), and they had 1 general and 1 urban militia. So urban militia routed quickly after breaking the gates with their ram, so the only unit capable of doing damage, their general with about 20 bodyguards managed to kill 180+ of my soldiers. But then i won the war

[strife1013]

That's great! Great 1st post!

[YourOnlineHero]

I was in a battle once against the HRE (+reinfocements) and I was fighting alongside my french allies. At some point in the battle the french and HRE general body guards were way way far from the battle and just fighting eachother (they killed the spear militia that were engaged in the mini side battle). Eventauly they both lost all of the bodyguards and the two bloody generals were just duking it out... Very fun to watch. Both of them were just slashing each other then moving about a bit. Then more slashing and stabbing. Ontop of lots of dead bodies. Eventualy I got my catapult into range though. The french general survived at least. xD

[Sebastos Abdes Pantera]

Why is he a retard? A man capable of killing 500 spearmen surely must be a Blademaster!

[MonkeyChief]

In my English campaign, the Scotish king routed and destroyed 6 units of mixed infantry (mainly spear militia). It was insane. He single handedly lifted my seige on Aberdeen. What a hero!

[chris7ian]

What if you put your General/Heir/King under AI assistance? Well he get retard strength?

@MonkeyChief where do I know your Avatar and Sig from? I cant place how I've seen that dude.

[newt]

Lord of the Rings

[chris7ian]

IC. I only watched it once. Someone told me it was better than Star Wars. Blasphemy!

[preachercheeze]

I have never problems with the enemy General... I usually use certain tactics on him like shooting his bodyguards from a distance, ploy him in attacking a weak stand-alone unit, then when his shock is nullified I go in with armored spearmen reserve... when in melee with two units I always flank him with either another spear unit or, preferrebly, heavy knights....

but in a head to head bout he might live a looot longer...


also, in Medieval 1, me and a buddy was defending a settlement in Bordeaux against the Almohads... we where hopelessly outnumbered and it was just a matter of how many we would take with us... we held of the army initially but attrition combat took its toll on our troops and finally, we hade only the inner keep left with our prince... the enemy had half of its army left... the valiant prince and his bodyguard stood fast and when the enemy came he fought bravely....

veeery bravely indeed!!! all of his bodyguard got slaughtered but the prince stood fast...! we eventually had the fastest time laps on and started rubbing our eyes... even with the highest time laps the remaining battle took half an hour... he eventually died, but not before killing 900 or so of the enemies troops... it was a massacre! he was surrounded by the entire army (1200 +) and the ring of Almohads got smaller and smaller... for a while we really thought he would make it... but he succumbed to the great forces of the Almohads!

two turns later, his son (the new heir), took a vengance on the decimated Almohads by taking both Bordeaux AND Navarra... thanks to his brave father, the Almohads couldn't muster a new army for at least five-six turns... enough to strengthen the defences along the french border....

[Meneth]

I have never problems with the enemy General... I usually use certain tactics on him like shooting his bodyguards from a distance, ploy him in attacking a weak stand-alone unit, then when his shock is nullified I go in with armored spearmen reserve... when in melee with two units I always flank him with either another spear unit or, preferrebly, heavy knights....

The problem is, my primary faction, Norway, has almost no spear men and little heavy cavalry, which makes it a lot harder to kill enemy generals.

[RabidSheepLegion]

The problem is, my primary faction, Norway, has almost no spear men and little heavy cavalry, which makes it a lot harder to kill enemy generals.

Just use javs Used me irish kerns to kill scotties king and heir in the battle for aberdeen (last settlement)