Horse archer armies...

[ethan340]

i laugh when i see the AI relying on them. i simply attack their cities instead of fighting on plains, and run the HA's down with my heavy infantry at close range.

so why do people complain about the AI spamming these?

[Ferdiad]

i laugh when i see the AI relying on them. i simply attack their cities instead of fighting on plains, and run the HA's down with my heavy infantry at close range.

so why do people complain about the AI spamming these?

wut?

[ethan340]

wut?

they don't have anywhere to run in the streets of cities, duh

[Ferdiad]

Thats lame, fight them in the field, duh.

[ethan340]

Thats lame, fight them in the field, duh.

that actually made no sense. you just tried to mock me like a 3 year old. LMAO, pathetic

[Inconsistent]

that actually made no sense. you just tried to mock me like a 3 year old. LMAO, pathetic

You really don't want people to like you, do you?

[ethan340]

You really don't want people to like you, do you?

not like i care, its a video game forum. not to mention his response was uncalled for, i did nothing rude before

[Ferdiad]

that actually made no sense. you just tried to mock me like a 3 year old. LMAO, pathetic

Its alright if your not good enough to fight them in the field, go back to E/E.

[ethan340]

Its alright if your not good enough to fight them in the field, go back to E/E.

not good enough? LOL, not true. i just said it's more effective to fight them in cities.

but it's ok, i'll be nice and make fun of you no more

[Ferdiad]

not good enough? LOL, not true. i just said it's more effective to fight them in cities.

but it's ok, i'll be nice and make fun of you no more

I don't really care, all your strategies are full of holes, and by your posting tone, I can see you eventually getting a ban.
Theres no need for Testudo because several slingers and aechers will do the job.

[Drtad]

Please refrain from name-calling, guys. Thanks.

Drtad

[Proconsul Gaius]

If you're Rome all you had to do is form testudo and wait for them to charge.

[Spike]

If you're Rome all you had to do is form testudo and wait for them to charge.

still far better hire some cheap eastern mercenaries to soak all the arrows, and then, when those horsies run out of ammo.... even Roman cavalry will make short work on most of them (except cataphract archer grade of course)

[chris10]

If you're Rome all you had to do is form testudo and wait for them to charge.

Testudo provides little to no defense against Cav melee...it will hold the first impact but once the horses get into the cohort it is taken severe casualties and routed in not time as the Legionaries can not fight effectively while in that formation.
This tactic only works with non cataphract archers or if they have no Cataphract Cav to charge into your testudo.

[DarthLazy]

Loose Formation is better. Testudo is the stupidest thing ever invented in RTW.

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

Loose Formation is better. Testudo is the stupidest thing ever invented in RTW.

Testudo is still useful for tricking the enemy achers to waste their arrows on them in a siege battle against the AI.

[DarthLazy]

It exhausts them too fast, and Parthian armies are never short of cataphracts

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

It exhausts them too fast, and Parthian armies are never short of cataphracts

I've rarely seen enemy AI cavalry charging out of a fortified position and if you have like 10 cohorts you can afford to let one of them be exhausted.

When I assault wooden walls I always first send something to drain their missiles, then I send forward all missile troops that usually tends to at least halve the enemy force inside the walls, then sending in the heavy infantry is the final phase and even then I try to trap the enemy by creating road blocks to avoid having to fight on squares (fighting in barbarian tows is really much more difficult since pathfinding is ed up and you can't create chokepoints) I avoid melee as much as possible when playing campaign, even 10 casualties are annoying.

[DarthLazy]

I've rarely seen enemy AI cavalry charging out of a fortified position and if you have like 10 cohorts you can afford to let one of them be exhausted.

When I assault wooden walls I always first send something to drain their missiles, then I send forward all missile troops that usually tends to at least halve the enemy force inside the walls, then sending in the heavy infantry is the final phase and even then I try to trap the enemy by creating road blocks to avoid having to fight on squares (fighting in barbarian tows is really much more difficult since pathfinding is ed up and you can't create chokepoints) I avoid melee as much as possible when playing campaign, even 10 casualties are annoying.

I havw thats why I said it

[dvk901]

Enoughs enough. Closed.