Makedonian Battles - Competition - Download and play the Battle of the Week! [Archive]

Molinaargh

05-16-2009, 23:41

https://img195.imageshack.us/img195/623/map1y.jpg
This is a competition consisting of 4 (A)Historical Battles created by me. Download the battle of the week, play it, and post your results! The player with the best victories wins!

Roleplay:

https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/2563/bravemen.jpg

The Basileus managed to rally a good number of young men, amazed by the possibility of marrying his daughter, Troias. But in his haste, the Basileus forgot to assign a Commander to the expeditionary force...

You are one of the young men who left Makedonia in search of Troias. You now march with your compatriots hoping to stand out in the battles. Before each encounter, the leaderless men propose strategies to defeat the enemy. Can you create the best strategy?

Gameplay:

1) Make sure you have EB 1.2 with all fixes. Remember that modified unit stats will skew the results!

2) Download the battle of the week, extract the folder to /EB/Data/world/maps/battle/custom and play it as a Historical Battle. Remember to take a screenshot of the victory screen.

3) Report your victory, including in a post to this thread:
- A screenshot of the Victory screen.
- Comments about what you did to win and your thoughts about the battle.
- OPTIONAL: Which unit you'd like to have in your army in the next battle. It would be hired as mercenary.

4) Additional Information:
- Battles must be played in Medium difficulty.
- You can play the battle as many times as you want and report different victories as many times as you want.
- You have 7 days after the battle was released to report your victory. Play and report as soon as possible!
-(CHANGED) After the 7 days, the player who reported the best win (less losses) will gain three command stars (https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif), the second player two command stars (https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif) and the third player one command star (https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif) in my ranking.
- The player with the most command stars after the end of the last battle will win the game.
- If 2 or more players have the same number of stars after the last battle (a tie), an extra battle will be released.
- You may report a victory even if you missed a battle from last week or previous weeks.
- You won't really get someone's hand in marriage for winning.

Battles:
Battle I (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2238195&postcount=2)
Battle II (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2244612&postcount=87)

Molinaargh

05-16-2009, 23:43

https://img200.imageshack.us/img200/4908/battle1.jpg

Description: In search of the beautiful (and rich!) princess Troias, the Makedonians crossed Epeirote lands and were attacked by enemy skirmisher cavalry. After a long persue, the cowardly cavalry found themselves a wall of spears to hide behind.

How can the Makedonians penetrate the pointy barrier? Surely there is a loose brick, a weak link. You still don't get me? There is a weaker type of phalanx unit in there!

Download links:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TOY47LBA
OR
http://rapidshare.com/files/233802313/MakedonianBattles1.zip.html

Attachment deleted by me due to storage limit. Try the links above and PM me if they don't work.

Molinaargh

05-16-2009, 23:46

Example Report:

https://img34.imageshack.us/img34/7017/battle1b.jpg
Elite Phalanx is Elite for a reason! But I knew exactly what to do because I created the battle! My victory doesn't count for the game, but can you do even better than the creator of the battle?

And give me some Levy Phalanx, please! I love that unit!

https://img200.imageshack.us/img200/3307/battle1a.jpg
This is what victory looks like.

Maion Maroneios

05-16-2009, 23:52

You sir, just discovered something wonderful. A balloon for you :balloon: Be sure that I'll try this one out ASAP :wink:

Maion

mountaingoat

05-17-2009, 00:42

nice , will be downloading .... does the .exe being used come into play?

Molinaargh

05-17-2009, 00:51

You sir, just discovered something wonderful. A balloon for you :balloon: Be sure that I'll try this one out ASAP :wink:

Maion
Thanks Maion! Note that I didn't choose the name of the Makedonian Captain randomly :beam:

I'm eagerly waiting your results, but don't blame me for historical innacuracy of the Makedonian formation :embarassed:

nice , will be downloading .... does the .exe being used come into play?
Very likely to. But if anything I think the AI only gets better with the newer .exes, so use them at your own risk!

Ghaust the Moor

05-17-2009, 02:16

Ooo, cool. I will download and play soon. :smash::smash: DIE EPIROTES!!!! (OMG!!! Did I just say that?) :dizzy2:

Titus Magnus

05-17-2009, 02:34

btw great idea :balloon2:, this was a lot of fun can't wait for the next installment, princess troias here i come, but i spelled your name wrong. :oops:

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm110/RogerCle/RomeTW2009-05-1621-22-47-41.jpg

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm110/RogerCle/RomeTW2009-05-1621-23-04-71.jpg

Please, someone beat this result so i can play the battle again :smash:

Maion Maroneios

05-17-2009, 03:12

You won't really get someone's hand in marriage for winning.
Oh, man. You're kidding me right?

Maion

Molinaargh

05-17-2009, 04:41

Please, someone beat this result so i can play the battle again :smash:
I think with that result you ended the competition too soon :inquisitive:

Good luck beating this, guys. And great job, Titus Magnus :2thumbsup:

Oh, man. You're kidding me right?

Maion
Sadly I don't have any spare princesses lying around.

mountaingoat

05-17-2009, 05:47

this comp is getting close

https://img39.imageshack.us/img39/5254/870q.jpg

https://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7470/870d.jpg

miotas

05-17-2009, 08:17

getting close

You have more men left. Doesn't that mean you are now winning?

mountaingoat

05-17-2009, 08:44

yeah , but there wasn't much in it .... if you get me

i'll edit my post

miotas

05-17-2009, 12:15

MAKEDONIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

https://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo293/joshball2000/MAKEDONIA.jpg

https://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo293/joshball2000/MAKEDONIAstats.jpg

If anyone thinks they can go better, I think I can go better as well so BRING IT ON!!!

I love those assault infantry, I wanna start a makedonia campaign just so I can use those fellas, those
axes are awesome.

I had one quite glaring error though, but I don't think it was because of your game, and minimizing rome
to check wether the screen shot had worked seemed to fix it.

https://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo293/joshball2000/RomeTW-BI2009-05-1720-20-21-54.jpg

Ghaust the Moor

05-17-2009, 13:47

Well I didn't win, here yah go:

https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q46/Ghaust813/0036.jpg
https://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q46/Ghaust813/0037.jpg

Hey, well I tried :laugh4:

Molinaargh

05-17-2009, 14:29

this comp is getting close
Closer than you thought, miotas already beat your result! Now, can you beat his? :yes:

MAKEDONIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If anyone thinks they can go better, I think I can go better as well so BRING IT ON!!!

I love those assault infantry, I wanna start a makedonia campaign just so I can use those fellas, those
axes are awesome.

I had one quite glaring error though, but I don't think it was because of your game, and minimizing rome
to check wether the screen shot had worked seemed to fix it.
Great job miotas, and watch out for Titus Magnus, he will want to beat you (in the good sense :sweatdrop:)

I'll watch out for that error, I have no idea what could cause it.

Well I didn't win, here yah go:

Hey, well I tried :laugh4:
Thanks for trying Ghaust! I hope you had fun, that's all that counts :2thumbsup:

At least that's what we losers like to hear :laugh4:

satalexton

05-17-2009, 14:56

HOIST YOUR XIPHOS HIGH INTO THE CLOUDS!!!
ALL HAIL MAKEDONIA!!!!!

anubis88

05-17-2009, 15:29

Molinaargh

05-17-2009, 18:40

Lol i sucked so hard at this battle, had only around 700 men remaining... Hope i will do better on the next one:wall:

P.S.
Why do the macedonian Hetairoi look different in this battle? They have different horses
Hey, I won it with 600 :embarassed:
The next battle will be a lot harder. Wait and see!

I haven't finished a campaign with Makedonia myself so I wouldn't know about the Hetairoi.

One thing I noticed is that units heal randomly after the battle, adding the factor of (a little) luck in the results, but that factor may decide the winner. I'm not sure what we should do about this. For the first battle the rules will remain unchanged: winner will be decided based on how many men remained, regardless of how many healed. Your thoughts?

I would rather ignore the healing factor simply because it is annoying to do the math for each battle and to have to post 2 screenshots. We can consider the healed men a gift of Zeus to the Makedonian :sweatdrop:

anubis88

05-17-2009, 18:57

Yeah, unless there's a way of disabling the healing factor, i would agree with you. Do you know why you have different horses?

Fluvius Camillus

05-17-2009, 19:06

On to Roma then...

Molinaargh

05-17-2009, 21:03

Yeah, unless there's a way of disabling the healing factor, i would agree with you. Do you know why you have different horses?
No, sorry. Must be because I used a generic hellenic unit rather than the specific Makedonian one.

Titus Magnus

05-18-2009, 00:17

Oh i'm gonna try to top that right now... here i come <100 casulties

Titus Magnus

05-18-2009, 01:05

Not quite under 100 but it'll do for now until some one beats it, btw under 100 was very attainable. I made a few mistakes...:inquisitive:

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm110/RogerCle/RomeTW2009-05-1720-01-03-96.jpg

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm110/RogerCle/RomeTW2009-05-1720-01-07-63.jpg

miotas

05-18-2009, 01:33

Not quite under 100 but it'll do for now until some one beats it, btw under 100 was very attainable. I made a few mistakes...:inquisitive:

The gauntlet's been thrown down!

I know what you mean, I made few mistakes as well. I'll go for round two when I get home and see if I can't beat ya!

ALL HAIL MAKEDONIA!!!!!

Titus Magnus

05-18-2009, 01:48

Please, someone beat this result so i can play the battle again :smash:

oh the guantlets have been off since my first post lol, btw its unfortunante we have to play as the boy-loving greeks, wish i could switch sides when the roman battle begins :2thumbsup:

mountaingoat

05-18-2009, 02:18

keep them coming :sweatdrop:

https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/4084/972.jpg

https://img43.imageshack.us/img43/9019/972d.jpg

Titus Magnus

05-18-2009, 02:22

may zeus smite the goat from the mountain!!

DaciaJC

05-18-2009, 03:15

I suppose one could simply do a little image editing... :smug2:

MButcher

05-18-2009, 05:02

With regards to the amount of men that get healed, there's a simple solution. Just take the number in the victory screen, and minus however many are healed, and that's the number that can be used.

Nevermind, just read Molingaargh's post.

miotas

05-18-2009, 05:46

Bugger, I can't get better then about 950. I'll have another go when I get home but I think I'm out.

mountaingoat

05-18-2009, 06:40

it was tricky , i probably made just a few small errors in the battle ... which was difficult enough ..

one thing i changed from all other battles was my starting strategy

Medario

05-18-2009, 10:29

hrmpf, a senseless doublepost to post my result, please excuse it.

Medario

05-18-2009, 10:32

A bit unfair...

https://img39.imageshack.us/img39/3387/heroici.jpg
after three campaigns with macedonia

miotas

05-18-2009, 10:44

Medario, you have ruined my perfect moment. I came here so excited because I won with 1019 men remaining, I had exceeded my best and I was certain I could not be beaten. :cry:

For what it's worth, here is my perfect moment.
https://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo293/joshball2000/MAKEDONIAFUCKYEAH.jpg
https://i385.photobucket.com/albums/oo293/joshball2000/makstats.jpg

Just out of curiosity and out of an attempt to retain some sense of achievement, I know it has no bearing on the competition, but how many healed casualties did you have?

Fluvius Camillus

05-18-2009, 11:13

And I thougth this was good....:shame:

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/Fluviuspownage.jpg?t=1242641593
https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/fluviuspownage2.jpg?t=1242641575

Next please...:2thumbsup:

Medario

05-18-2009, 11:36

I don't have a statistic screen, but i know that six men were healed. I would have been better...if i didn't lose peltasts and akontistai for nothing.

mountaingoat

05-18-2009, 11:48

ah man , this is going to get down to 0 losses or something (i'm sure it can be done) ... lets get a more balanced battle next round :P

/Bean\

05-18-2009, 13:09

If anyone can beat my entire conversion of the enemy army I will be impressed :clown:

https://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn64/The_Baen/meh.jpg

BTW, I think this is one of the best ideas for this forum I've seen. I don't think a balloon does you justice for your work and ideas, Molinaargh. Very well done.

Fluvius Camillus

05-18-2009, 16:34

This should be kept going, a nice battle every week is some nice relaxation. Something similiar should be done for each faction.:2thumbsup:

For the unit in next battle... What about Mak peltasts? The agrianians were as good as always in this battle!:beam:

Please accept my humble balloon: :balloon:

~Fluvius

ziegenpeter

05-18-2009, 16:41

I guess unit size is huge? Is this alx compatible?
Anyhow, its a great idea. It shows how much EB has become a game on its own!

Molinaargh

05-18-2009, 17:31

I suppose one could simply do a little image editing... :smug2:
True, but what for? (other than comic value, as seen above :laugh4:)

ah man , this is going to get down to 0 losses or something (i'm sure it can be done) ... lets get a more balanced battle next round :P
The next battle will indeed be a lot harder, with heavier casualties for the player. It was hard for me to balance the battle without knowing what the players could achieve, and I will try to learn from this experience and next ones and make the next battles always better.

This should be kept going, a nice battle every week is some nice relaxation. Something similiar should be done for each faction.:2thumbsup:

For the unit in next battle... What about Mak peltasts? The agrianians were as good as always in this battle!:beam:

Please accept my humble balloon: :balloon:

~Fluvius
Thanks! I do intend to continue making battles after this competition. I aimed low (only 4 battles) because when the project is too ambitious it usually doesn't get finished (although EB is here to prove me wrong! :2thumbsup:). But that's for later!

I guess unit size is huge? Is this alx compatible?
Anyhow, its a great idea. It shows how much EB has become a game on its own!
Unit size is custom, determined by me. I don't think the number of men change in the battle if you change your options.

EB rocks! I wouldn't do this for any other RTW mod.

Molinaargh

05-18-2009, 17:40

The Command Stars rule has been changed as suggested by mountaingoat (thanks a lot!):

The player who reported the best win (less losses) will gain three command stars (https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif), the second player two command stars (https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif) and the third player one command star (https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif) in my ranking.

This is a lot fairer, seeing as the results are so close to each other, and should make the competition more interesting. In fact, I have no idea how I didn't think of this before. Again, thanks to mountaingoat.

Now get battling to secure your place among the best 3!

Fluvius Camillus

05-18-2009, 19:47

Macilrille

05-18-2009, 19:55

Question; how many attempts does the participants get? Seems to me they keep on interminably and that someone only noticing the thread tomorrow and having time for only one battle will have less chance of winning then someone who tried ten times...

Note that I do not play 1.2 :-(, but on principle of fairness.

Molinaargh

05-18-2009, 20:01

That places me third... for now:dizzy2:

I dont know if you got that correctly, I did not mean a makedonian one against all factions, the length is ok as it is. I meant a campaign for every faction. Like a Romani one going to Britain or a Seleucid one going to the Saka Rauka, a koinon one going to Armenia etc etc etc..

~Fluvius
I did get you, it's a fine idea :yes:

Question; how many attempts does the participants get? Seems to me they keep on interminably and that someone only noticing the thread tomorrow and having time for only one battle will have less chance of winning then someone who tried ten times...

Note that I do not play 1.2 :-(, but on principle of fairness.
You're right, but it's impossible to limit the number of times someone can play, and the idea is to have exactly what's going on in this thread: better victories keep being posted because players keep beating and re-beating (:dizzy2:) each other.

Here's my best result so I don't look too incompetent :laugh4::
https://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5728/battle1c.jpg

Ghaust the Moor

05-18-2009, 20:29

I guess I'll give another go, so I don't look like a loser. :sweatdrop: :2thumbsup:

Here's my excuse for losing so many men. I didn't want to kill so many of my Epirote Brethren.

Titus Magnus

05-18-2009, 23:32

I'm not giving up just yet

Drewski

05-19-2009, 00:00

I did get you, it's a fine idea :yes:

You're right, but it's impossible to limit the number of times someone can play, and the idea is to have exactly what's going on in this thread: better victories keep being posted because players keep beating and re-beating (:dizzy2:) each other.

Here's my best result so I don't look too incompetent :laugh4::
https://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5728/battle1c.jpg

Moli, its a superb idea and I congrat you...

Lets be aware however, that I could give you a screenie where I take NO casualties at all (as you Im sure are aware, I could make each pelast a Super Elephant with a little EDU work)...

My own EDU is so heavily edited, I wont be entering the comp (though I'd love to, but bah, I'm not rediting them back etc.)

I completely believe all the players so far, except, I'd like a least one mid battle scene off all for unequivicable proof...:)

And HEY, you yourself asked for BATTLE Descr, which no-one yet has provided....guys, share your cheesy tactics ...;)

Great Idea btw..best for a long time :beam:

Molinaargh

05-19-2009, 00:22

Moli, its a superb idea and I congrat you...

Lets be aware however, that I could give you a screenie where I take NO casualties at all (as you Im sure are aware, I could make each pelast a Super Elephant with a little EDU work)...

My own EDU is so heavily edited, I wont be entering the comp (though I'd love to, but bah, I'm not rediting them back etc.)

I completely believe all the players so far, except, I'd like a least one mid battle scene off all for unequivicable proof...:)

And HEY, you yourself asked for BATTLE Descr, which no-one yet has provided....guys, share your cheesy tactics ...;)

Great Idea btw..best for a long time :beam:
I can think of a hundred ways to cheat in this game, but I can't think of any reason to do it. The only good proof would be a replay, but we can't save them for some reason (maybe it's because the battle is too long).

I agree people should post more about how they won the battle, but it seems nobody wants to share their secrets :sweatdrop:

Thanks and thanks for your thoughts.

antisocialmunky

05-19-2009, 00:46

... I'm half tempted to go and photoshop a -1 casualty report ...

Drewski

05-19-2009, 00:49

I can think of a hundred ways to cheat in this game, but I can't think of any reason to do it. .

And you actually use The Internet on a regular basis :laugh4: ?

miotas

05-19-2009, 01:10

I agree people should post more about how they won the battle, but it seems nobody wants to share their secrets :sweatdrop:

In the first section of the battle the enemy skirmishers always ride out to attack to I take my pelatasts off skirmisher mode and put my akontistai behind them and let them have a skirmish with the horses. They take very few casualties but usually kill at least half the horses.

I then move my troops up and order my phalanx to line up next to the first levy phalanx. I then get my assault infantry to march through that gap at which point the enemy assault infantry and their horses attack, and I launch an attack against them with all my horses and assault infantry, resulting in a rout and a dead general. I then get my assault infantry to go behind the lines of the levy phalanx and slaughter them.

My horses will then have enough room to make charges against the rears of the elite enemy phalanx. If I line all my troops in front of a single unit of elite phalanx then their morale will be low enough that a single huge charge from all 4 of my horse units will break them instantly. At which point they won't run because my infantry are in front of them so my assault infantry mercilessly slaughter the dissarayed, "fighting to the death" phalanx units.

mountaingoat

05-19-2009, 01:47

i do something similar , but i use the assault infantry to lead a charge to the side then cav in the rear flanks .

i pulled off a different starting tactic which i may attempt again ... if you pull back at the start , you can capture most of the skirmisher cav with your own cav , and even the general will charge out ... this gives you a clear path when having to clear the phalanx , but you still have to be very precise when attacking due to how tight the comp is ... pretty much every phalanx you route needs to be done with 0 losses.

Molinaargh

05-19-2009, 02:06

It's also possible to chase the Epeirote skirmishing cavalry with your own cavalry and kill 2 of those, because not all of them run behind the phalanxes - they get stuck at the beach :2thumbsup:

mountaingoat

05-19-2009, 03:19

just finished another battle , would be for 3rd place , though ill have another go or two at it as lost many units due to error.

Molinaargh

05-19-2009, 17:20

just finished another battle , would be for 3rd place , though ill have another go or two at it as lost many units due to error.
I hope you took a screenshot, what if you can't do as well again? :dizzy2:

This is the current ranking for Battle I:

Medario 1021
miotas 1019
Flavius Camillus 998
mountaingoat 972
Molinaargh 970
Titus Magnus 954
miotas 923
mountaingoat 870
Titus Magnus 859
Molinaargh 656
Ghaust the Moor 643

Titus Magnus

05-20-2009, 00:09

Good Battle, only good enough for third, i'm ready for the next one:wall:

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm110/RogerCle/RomeTW2009-05-1919-04-03-65.jpg

https://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm110/RogerCle/RomeTW2009-05-1919-04-09-51.jpg

ziegenpeter

05-20-2009, 10:37

This was my first attempt at 3 a.m. after a party ;)

https://img188.imageshack.us/img188/4040/55947442.png
I dont know what was wrong with my AI 8maybe an ALX problem?) but the phalanxes where just sitting around.
Why is their so few phalanx for Makedonia?
Anyway, I'm eager to play the next part.

Intrepid Adventurer

05-20-2009, 11:40

/Bean\

05-20-2009, 11:45

Many congratsulationsismsinisations! :balloon2::balloon2:

satalexton

05-20-2009, 11:48

:clown: is he getting married to EB? :clown:

Maion Maroneios

05-20-2009, 14:06

Aren't we all?

Maion

HunGeneral

05-20-2009, 14:15

Aren't we all?

Interresting question:yes:

Nice comptetiton by the way:2thumbsup:. Too bad I'm busy with the Uni lately otherwise I would also try it:wall:

Good luck to those taking part.

All Hail MAKEDONIA!:2thumbsup:

ziegenpeter

05-20-2009, 14:50

Aren't we all?

No. I'm engaged with EBII and call hereby dibs on EBIII.

Maion Maroneios

05-20-2009, 15:13

Well, that makes you digamous then. You can't love EBII without first loving EBI.

Maion

Fluvius Camillus

05-20-2009, 16:27

Molinaargh

05-20-2009, 18:03

I see rankings are made on basis of men remaining. However, shouldn't that number be adjusted in order to incorporate the amount of enemies remaining? For each enemy remaining, you substract one of your number? That sounds a bit more fair, if you ask me!

Just my 2 cents! Great idea this, following with great interest. And no, not participating myself right now. I'm getting married next week, so I've got some other stuff to worry about. ;)
That would just make the player have to control the enemy routs and would add the boring task of chasing the routers after the battle is over. Plus it would make seeing the best results less clear, as math would have to be done :no:

Updated ranking of Battle I:

Medario 1021
miotas 1019
Titus Magnus 1007
Flavius Camillus 998
mountaingoat 972
Molinaargh 970
Titus Magnus 954
miotas 923
mountaingoat 870
Titus Magnus 859
ziegenpeter 674
Molinaargh 656
Ghaust the Moor 643

I dont know what was wrong with my AI 8maybe an ALX problem?) but the phalanxes where just sitting around.
Why is their so few phalanx for Makedonia?
Anyway, I'm eager to play the next part.
Thanks for playing! The phalanxes were indeed sitting around - that was the only way I found of not letting the AI ruin the defensive position to make the good and old and boring line formation.

There weren't many phalanxes because the idea was to penetrate the foe's phalanx formation, not fight it head on. There are more phalanxes in the next battle.

The next battle is looking good so far. I'd call it done, but I can't win myself as it is, so I need to try harder and maybe make it easier if I don't manage to win after many attempts.

Medario

05-20-2009, 19:04

so, another one

https://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6876/heroicia.jpg

Yarema

05-21-2009, 23:33

https://img190.imageshack.us/img190/7825/0004.png

1. Having lured the enemy cavalry from behind the safe wall of phalanx (i used my light skirmishers to do it), we destroyed them with our phalanx and our own cavalry. Then we concntrated our fire on their general, which made him go nuts. He died and after that the battle was easy - their phalanx units broke their ranks and I took advantage of this moment to move my cavalry behind them without engaging the enemy.They broke down one by one after I engaged them with infatry and charged with cavalry either ofrom the rear or from the flank.

2. My favourite unit from this battle is the heavy cavalry of course
~:thumb:

3 .Could you please post the picture of the Princess? :painting:

4. Oh and btw played the battle once only and on medium

satalexton

05-22-2009, 00:54

http://sexyredhead.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/fat-japanese-man-bra.jpg

Here's your princess :clown:

Ghaust the Moor

05-22-2009, 01:01

http://sexyredhead.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/fat-japanese-man-bra.jpg

Here's your princess :clown:

OMG!!!!:hide:

Ankhenaten

05-22-2009, 01:31

Ok, I know this doesn't put me in the running, but I can't stand doing file conversions and all the nonsense associated with screenshots, so I went old school and digital cameraed it. I just want to see if these post ok.

https://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww329/rkimbel/IMG_4201.jpg

https://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww329/rkimbel/IMG_4202.jpg

https://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww329/rkimbel/IMG_4203.jpg

Sorry about the huge size. I enjoyed the battle though. Look forward to the next.

miotas

05-22-2009, 02:38

ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MY EYES!!!!! ZEE GOOGLES! ZEY DO NOTHING!!!!

mountaingoat

05-22-2009, 04:11

I hope you took a screenshot, what if you can't do as well again? :dizzy2:

oh yeah its ok i took a screen , did not post it though as i played another battle right after that one .. and i guess i should post it now b4 the round ends .. it would of been a pretty funny lineup since scored 1020 .. the first 3 places would of been 1 soldier apart lol ...

anyway here is the screen ..

https://img507.imageshack.us/img507/7699/r1eb.jpg

https://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5823/r1eb1.jpg

ziegenpeter

05-22-2009, 08:06

http://sexyredhead.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/fat-japanese-man-bra.jpg

Here's your princess :clown:
I smell trickery... she does not look makedonian at all!

Cute Wolf

05-22-2009, 08:26

Ohh... I manage to win.... but I loss more men than most of you....:dizzy2: Awesome battle tough..

/Bean\

05-22-2009, 09:34

The Princess looks eastern...is she perhaps Roxanne's long lost (and far FAR better looking :2thumbsup:) sister?

Yarema

05-22-2009, 11:32

ewww... I'm having second thoughts about rescuing that Princess now...

Maybe it would be better to leave her to the Romans, they will make her a Vestal Virgin. Or yet better, they will place her behind their lines in battle - this would prevent their men from routing (something like NKVD units behind the Russian/Soviet lines in the eastern front).

Or maybe it's just propaganda of Roman agents?

Molinaargh

05-22-2009, 17:05

Ohh... I manage to win.... but I loss more men than most of you....:dizzy2: Awesome battle tough..
Thanks, I hope you play the next one too! It will be released tomorrow.

And post your results next time, even if they're not so good ones :2thumbsup:

Or maybe it's just propaganda of Roman agents?
The mystery has been solved! Clearly Roman spies have inflitrated the Makedonian Expeditionary Force and are trying to dissuade our brave men :laugh4:

Current ranking:

Medario 1039
mountaingoat 1020
miotas 1019
Titus Magnus 1007
Flavius Camillus 998
Molinaargh 970
Ankhenaten 921
Yarema 906
ziegenpeter 674
Ghaust the Moor 643
Now with only the best score of each player to make it more clear. There is still time, but not much! A little over 24 hours, I believe.

/Bean\

05-22-2009, 21:34

Clearly they are very persuisive; they've managed to convince the King that this is his daughter and has been for some time...

P.S=How the hell do you spell persusive...persuisive...persepolis...persephone...pineapple...

Dutchhoplite

05-22-2009, 22:20

http://sexyredhead.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/fat-japanese-man-bra.jpg

Here's your princess :clown:

http://www.wvwnews.net/images/teaser/cat_eyes_seen-unseen.jpg

Molinaargh

05-23-2009, 16:15

Next battle in a few hours!

I'm just posting to see at which time (in the forum clock) I released the first battle :sweatdrop:

DaciaJC

05-23-2009, 16:18

Is this the battle against the Getai?

Molinaargh

05-23-2009, 16:26

Is this the battle against the Getai?
Yes, it is. You can see the order of the battles in the first post.

Molinaargh

05-23-2009, 23:49

https://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4931/battle1end.jpg
The Makedonians leave the Epeirote shores victorious.

Top 3 of Battle I:

Medario 1039
mountaingoat 1020
miotas 1019

Total Ranking:

Medario https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif
mountaingoat https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gifhttps://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif
miotas https://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7843/commandstar.gif

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who played! I hope to see everyone again in the next battle :beam:

Molinaargh

05-24-2009, 00:02

https://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1011/battle2.jpg

Description: It was the warrior Medario who thought of the best way to breach the Epeirote defence, and the Makedonians executed his plan flawlessly. But a new threat appeared on the path of the brave men: barbaroi.

Thrakians? Dacians? Getai? Who cares, they're all barbaroi. And if there is a way for a man to prove his worth, it certainly is by, on a horse, heavily armoured, to stick his long spear in a naked man's chest.

Download links:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O4ZEHISU
OR
http://rapidshare.com/files/236496205/MakedonianBattle2.zip.html

The file was too big this time for me to attach here in the forums. If you know a way around this, let me know.

Fluvius Camillus

05-24-2009, 12:01

Alright time to get them!:smash:

Edit: I made a lot errors and I underestimated the battle. The result was this:

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/Battle1.jpg?t=1243165676
https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/Battle2.jpg?t=1243165701

Maybe I will try again, I can do much better.

The battle is very well done! Quite challenging and good to play.

~Fluvius

Molinaargh

05-24-2009, 14:17

Alright time to get them!:smash:

Edit: I made a lot errors and I underestimated the battle. The result was this:

Maybe I will try again, I can do much better.

The battle is very well done! Quite challenging and good to play.

~Fluvius
Great job and thanks for playing Fluvius! You already did a lot better than me, and I can see the enemy cavalry really got you :2thumbsup:

Fluvius Camillus

05-24-2009, 14:18

Molinaargh

05-24-2009, 14:35

The AI was quite skillful with cavalry, was there much scripting involved in this battle? Probably less than the first one.

If I did pay a little more attention to my archers that would have been around 100 losses less...
I'd say there was more scripting than in the first battle., but still not much.

Quoting for new page:

https://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1011/battle2.jpg

Description: It was the warrior Medario who thought of the best way to breach the Epeirote defence, and the Makedonians executed his plan flawlessly. But a new threat appeared on the path of the brave men: barbaroi.

Thrakians? Dacians? Getai? Who cares, they're all barbaroi. And if there is a way for a man to prove his worth, it certainly is by, on a horse, heavily armoured, to stick his long spear in a naked man's chest.

Download links:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O4ZEHISU
OR
http://rapidshare.com/files/236496205/MakedonianBattle2.zip.html

mountaingoat

05-25-2009, 02:48

*waits for more people to post victories before playing*
:laugh4:

Ankhenaten

05-25-2009, 02:58

This is why I hate the overrated greek armies: when things go wrong, they go really wrong. Oh, well. won though. Keep em coming.

https://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww329/rkimbel/RomeTW2009-05-2421-50-10-51.jpg

https://i732.photobucket.com/albums/ww329/rkimbel/RomeTW2009-05-2421-50-17-50.jpg

:egypt:

Molinaargh

05-25-2009, 22:56

*waits for more people to post victories before playing*
:laugh4:
Erm... why? :dizzy2:

This is why I hate the overrated greek armies: when things go wrong, they go really wrong. Oh, well. won though. Keep em coming.

:egypt:
Thanks for playing Ankhenaten, hope you had fun! :2thumbsup:

Ankhenaten

05-26-2009, 01:17

[/QUOTE]Thanks for playing Ankhenaten, hope you had fun! :2thumbsup:[/QUOTE]

Oh yeah! Just ignore me. I autoresolve all of my campaign battles, so I'm not very good at them anyway, but I'm enjoying these :2thumbsup:

You'll probably wind up with a few ballons by the end.

:egypt:

Molinaargh

05-27-2009, 17:47

I'm very surprised at how much less people are participating in this second battle :dizzy2:

anubis88

05-27-2009, 19:09

I'm very surprised at how much less people are participating in this second battle :dizzy2:

Perhaps you should start this one in a new thread. It would be much more visible.
I'm gonna play it tomorow, if i'll have time:juggle2:

Fluvius Camillus

05-27-2009, 19:19

Because no one can beat me!:2thumbsup:

~Fluvius

curentat

05-27-2009, 23:39

hi all,
thanks a lot for your work on those battles Molinaargh, they are very challenging and i really enjoyed playing them

i'm looking forward to the next ones and i hope you will continue those competitions :2thumbsup: more participants would be a good thing ;) i guess most EB fans are busy these days

curentat

05-27-2009, 23:43

so here are my results of the 2nd battle, i wish my campains had more awesome battles like that one

http://666kb.com/i/b9aql5is2dk9mfzun.jpg

http://666kb.com/i/b9aql5is2dk9mfzun.jpg

sry for double post but i couldnt add links in my first one

cheers

Fluvius Camillus

05-27-2009, 23:45

....

Someone who was prepared for the cavalry...:wall:

JinandJuice

05-28-2009, 21:50

Just to make sure I don't miss the deadline, the last day to submit the AAR is May 31 right?

Molinaargh

05-28-2009, 22:13

Just to make sure I don't miss the deadline, the last day to submit the AAR is May 31 right?
May 30 in theory, but I don't know if I'll have the third battle done by then.

Medario

05-29-2009, 18:43

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Medario

05-29-2009, 18:49

This battle was really hard..i lost my first effort, cause i have overlooked the cavalry..
My third battle wasn't so bad, i let my phalanx form a square, used the assaultinfantry as support for the phanalnxunit in the front. 751 men survive this battle.
But this wasn't enough for the first place, so i try it time and time again..at last, because of frustation, i used a special strategy, strg+a and storm, and so the barbaroi ran (ok i use my hippeis to flank..and then they ran).

https://img2.imageshack.us/img2/7424/heroicdakiai.jpg
https://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1804/heroicdakiaii.jpg

JinandJuice

05-29-2009, 18:52

bah, can't enlarge the images.

Fluvius Camillus

06-03-2009, 10:34

When is the new battle coming up, I need some stars:laugh4:

~Fluvius

curentat

06-03-2009, 20:02

congratulations Medario, i thought a countercharge would never work against all those elites, looks like i was wrong :dizzy2:
i hope the new battle is comming soon :2thumbsup:

JinandJuice

06-03-2009, 20:33

Aah! I missed the deadline! But I'll post my results anyways.
I did learn a couple of new tactics trying to win this battle. The enemy was not attacking the flanks, so I moved up my phalanxes on the sides to cover the hoplite advance to flank, allowing them to attack the enemy's sides without the danger of being counterflanked. And I was surprised that those peltasts are so capable of holding lines too. But I did find it peculiar that the enemy infantry all swarmed toward the phalanx's middle, leaving my wings free to counter.https://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2210/rometw2009051820274648n.jpg