attacking

[Cal]

guys any tips when it comes to attacking as the romans?

[Medkirtys]

Your faction?

[Cal]

ROMANS

[RedGuard]

stick to heavy infantry as the romans. attack thier frontline with the first rank of your men and circle around with your second rank and attack from sides and behind. works every time.

[wardyuc]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=396194

Good luck

[RedGuard]

rome is a surprising difficult faction i might add, they seem to have enemies always regardless of what you do. expand into the po valley you have the celts/germans when you expand southward you must contend with carhtage's navy, expand via a land route spain you have to fight the Gaellici eventually. there really not what everyone makes them up to be, but they can be a pain in the ass if you let them expand into gaul or north africa.best to take them out early.

[Jean=A=Luc]

guys any tips when it comes to attacking as the romans?

Your faction?

ROMANS

Basically you select your giant blob of Romans and smash the other guys, kinda like this:

Be sure to bring your general to the front for that heroic posturing.

Ok srsly, perhaps I'm too simplistic a creature but the Romans are pretty standard fare. A few lines of cohorts to the front, some Triarii/spaermen on the flanks and cavalry to swing around. If you have access get some Greeks to twang their bows at the enemy or sling stones at their faces. If you're feeling gutsy move the archers onto the flanks for extra carnage.

Sometimes I like to split my army into two smaller sub groups similar to the above. One engages head on while the other slowly encroaches from the side. The difference is that since the 1st group is defensive all cavalry is transferred to the flanking brigade. General remains with the 1st group to maintain morale because that part of the army will be taking the brunt of the enemy attack. In my experience the AI can be provoked into attacking more or less always simply by closing in on it and harassing it with ranged units.

I mean what kinds of problems are you having?

[Aristotle's Folly]

guys any tips when it comes to attacking as the romans?

What do you mean by "attacking"? Is that "How do I attack and win a battle on the batttle map?" or "How do I expand my empire of the campaign map ... who do I attack first?"

As RedGuard points out, Rome has a lot of enemies - but they also have one of the most effective armies in the game. I just spent the day playing RSII and again I find myself impressed with the power of an experienced, well-trained, and well-equipted legion.

If you're looking for tips on attacking on the battle map, here's a few:

- Remember your cohorts carry pila. Use them. If targeting your each of your cohorts to a particular enemy unit seems a bit overwhelming, then set them to fire at will. IMO, failing to use your pila correctly makes the battle as much as half again more difficult.

- Group you velites into one group. DO NOT SET THEM TO FIRE AT WILL. Target the group wipe out skirmishers that are lurking in your enemies rear, or units that are trying to flank you.

- One of the most devestating attacks you can make is depoly your cohorts two ranks deep in a traditional Roman checkboard fashion. Put Triarii supported by cavalry on your flanks. Deploy velites immediately behind the cohorts.

Then march towards your enemies formation. They will usually advance some skirmisher to attack you. When they start firing on you, charge your formation right at the enemy, stopping just a short distance from their front line.

Set cohorts and velites to fire at will. Watch your enemy's front line just evaporate. Then charge your cohorts.

I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for or not ...

~ Dani ~

[Arkanfel]

- Group you velites into one group. DO NOT SET THEM TO FIRE AT WILL. Target the group wipe out skirmishers that are lurking in your enemies rear, or units that are trying to flank you.

In 85% of cases, this is good advice with any missile unit, as they will invariably waste all their projectiles on the one unit that has like ten guys in it. I will never understand why that is default unit behavior, as it is wildly unintuitive.

It has been my experience that putting (severely) weakened units in the front line is about the smartest thing the AI can do. Often your choices amount to ignoring the depleted units, wasting 160 arrows on <25 guys, or breaking ranks to mop them up (which is usually also a waste of missiles since they often won't let you walk right up to them). Understandably, the AI rarely attacks with these units, but they're good for screening if the player needs to conserve missiles. They're particularly infuriating in large battles!