Enemy army

**Patricus Caesar** · March 18, 2011, 06:06 PM

So I'm about to face a Galleaci army but its composed almost entirely of missile cavalry. Is there any way to make AI armies more realistic?

**Ferdiad** · March 18, 2011, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by Patricus Caesar

So I'm about to face a Galleaci army but its composed almost entirely of missile cavalry. Is there any way to make AI armies more realistic?

Not really, manipulating unit costs and upkeep is the only effective method, and the AI is so dumb that It will recruit whole stacks of units that are not logical.

**Proconsul Gaius** · March 19, 2011, 02:49 PM

Auto_win attacker maybe?

That or just lure them into a moutainous area, camp your army atop a large hill or mountainside with a buncha archers, and fire away. I found this works nicely. form up a long line of legionaries/infantry in testudo or loose formation to protect archers from a charge and the archers will just demolish them if done right (a bonus is your archer range will FAR outclass theirs with the highground).

Btw I dont mind missle HA spam nearly as much as I mind peltast/skirmisher spam. Find the latter to be far more upsetting and difficult.

**Ferdiad** · March 19, 2011, 03:15 PM

Originally Posted by Proconsul Gaius

Auto_win attacker maybe?

That or just lure them into a moutainous area, camp your army atop a large hill or mountainside with a buncha archers, and fire away. I found this works nicely. form up a long line of legionaries/infantry in testudo or loose formation to protect archers from a charge and the archers will just demolish them if done right (a bonus is your archer range will FAR outclass theirs with the highground).

Btw I dont mind missle HA spam nearly as much as I mind peltast/skirmisher spam. Find the latter to be far more upsetting and difficult.

HA spam can be hellish if you have no good archers or are caught unprepared.