Marian Reforms!!!!!

[Hoffman]

To kick off the Marian reforms, the still active duty Pre-Marian units, soon to retire to a life of wealth and prestige after their long and glorious service to Rome, have the honor of fending off the biggest invasion... ever...

I'm not kidding, Gaul, Carthage, and Macedon seriously don't want me to have the MArian reforms.

Gaul attacks each of my two bridge defense Legions with ~10,000 men each, (10 battles 5 per bridge-head)
Northern Legion is forced to fall back with immense casualties but having dealt the Gauls an insane loss rate of close to 40-1. (I know I know doesn't really count since they have to cross the bridge, push my lines back 200 meters, panick, run away and get massacred by Cavalry)
As 4th Legion falls back, 1st Legion prepares their troops for the coming offensive to push the Gauls back into their territory, as the 5th Legion, holding the southern bridge manages to survive the onslaught, achieving a kill ratio of 100-1 and massacreing the Gaulic Army.

Simultaniously, Macedon invades from the Northern Pass above Patavium and through the Peninsula.
Servius Petrius, the recently appointed Legate of Second Legion leads 2nd, 3rd, and 6th Legion through 8 tough defensive engagements in which the entire Macedonian Royal Guard, 4 Family members, their Leader, his successor, his successor, and several trusted Captains are killed by the excellent defensive ambushes led by Servius.

At the same time, the reduced Garrisons at Lylibaeum, Syracusae, and the Reserve Legion stationed at a fort in Central Cicily come under attack by Carthaginian forces, the Roman Navy is sunk, and 2 cities and a Legion are under siege.


The turn ends, I regain control, I counter attack the MAcedonians and push what is left of their army out of my lands...
1st Legion smashes the Gaulic invasion in the North West and regains the bridge.
The Reserve Legion of Sicily smashed their besiegers and frees Lylibaeum, who then recruit the new trainable Auxilia as the Legion advances towards Syracusae.



I think the Computer is a little ****** at me...
20,000 Gauls, nearly the same number of Macedonians, and 8,000 Carthaginians just attacked me on the same turn.
Took 4 hours of hard fighting, my chair now has a dent in it... I've worn out my brand new chair in one week of fighting my way through the last 5 turns necessary for the reforms to hit...

I can't wait to put this into story mode...
But to put it a bit into perspective I think I know why Macedon truly invaded me... they gave me a good and genuine offer of Protectorateship... and this is how I responded...
(Note my map is 20 years out of date, Macedon just recently vanquished the Scythians... ouchies...)

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8894/yeahyeah4nt.jpg

[Revan The Great]

Quite nice.

[TerraHero]

i often wonder what is up with Macedon and other AI's when they want to negotiate a truce.

They always make outragous demands, even when they are clearly not in the position to do so. Infact Macedon demanded all there cities back + Patavium. And a sum of no less then 500.000 gold.

There position was the following. They had 1 small garison mostly levy pikemen and a general left in there last woodenwall defended settlement wich was besieged by 2 full strength legions with legionaires, everything. (i was a bit slow with finishing off macedon thats why this late) But what makes them think i will accept to that, they should be begging, pleading, offering me gold, women, cattle if i pretty please with suger on it wont take and ravish there last settlement.

[Hoffman]

... actually that was my response to their demand that I become a protectorate... they refused and sent the troops in a turn later...
Which I promptly returned their troops a turn after that...

[mercja]

@ Hoffman

Man Macedon is getting to big for its pants, are they insane?

[Hoffman]

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/1349/ouch0xl.jpg


Ever wonder what ~ 11,000 Troops look like form Macedon?

(Versus 6 Roman Legions numbering ~1500 each... heh... Outnumbered 2-1)

[funkb]

Did you actually play the battle?

If so what kind of framerate you get?

[Hoffman]

In one battle? No... I attacked from the south engaged 2 armies with 3, then shifted my forces to engage the rest... Had I used an army that would have engaged all Macedonian Armies it would have been a nightmare (Tactically and lagwise)

Roughly 3-1 kill ratio... not one unit in those 11,000 Macedonians were under dual silver chevrons...