New to Total War series

[FiReFTW]

Im new to total war series, haven't played before, and I started with rome since its one of my favorite historical themes.
Now so far I quite like the game except for 1 part, the fleeing, I mean I know that fleeing is a part of this kind of game and that its also realistic but I think is over the top, I mean sometimes the enemy still has a huge army and they decide to flee, its ridicilous.. I want brutal and hard fought battles, not kill 5% of the enemy force and watch them flee.
Any way I can change this? At least in custom scenarios?

[Highlander999]

I assume by fleeing, you mean routing? If you select arcade style battles when starting a campaign I believe that limits the impact morale has, so troops will slug it out for longer. Good choice on selecting Rome btw I bought it pretty much when it first came out and I still play it now

[Jubal_Barca]

Yeah, arcade battles, or just bump up the difficulty so it's a harder fight.

If you want a more long-term solution then going into the game files and boosting unit morale is pretty easy though, look in the modding sections and there are plenty of relevant guides.

[FiReFTW]

Cool thanks.

[Chris Death]

Don't choose arcade battle - it makes all tactics useless - it will turn the battles into pure math based
on the stats only (no fatigue/morale/ammo limit/flanking effect).

Choose either a higher difficulty level or bring weaker armies - as long as the ai is confident to be able
to win the battle - they won't flee and further - they are comming towards you.

~S~ CD