deutschlanduberalles
11-14-2002, 07:59
All right, I know these guys are considered very good on these forums, but I didn't know why until about 2 hours ago. Switzerland in my game had been producing SAP's for a decade or so and my borders with the Elmo horde (French-German border...yeah, don't ask me how the Elmos managed to take France AND England while holding Russia and Africa as well) and I'd sent the newly produced pikemen to Franconia to retrain them with +4 attack bonus. I managed to get three sent to Denmark to bolster the defenses, and then the Elmos decided they wanted in on some of that sweet Bavarian chocolate and attack me. As an opener they sent 2,500 men at Denmark.
Not good. See, I'd sent the pikemen there because Denmark's defenses before then had consisted of about half a dozen units of FMAA with NO armor or weapon upgrades and no valor at all, not to mention having a commanding general who had no stars. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif
So here I was, 400 men or so against 2,500 screaming Elmoheads who were intent on butchering my poor men and serving their genitals in their soup or whatever the heathen Muslim hordes do to good Catholic soldiers once they've slaughtered them. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
The battle of course didn't start well, with my FMAA somehow getting cut to bits by melee'ing Elmo arbalesters http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif and after routing, were cleaned up by a unit of Elmo ghulam BG's. Meanwhile, I had the SAP in a crop of trees, and despite their being concealed, the Elmos headed right for them and I, muttering about how my men's sacrifice would be avenged tenfold or something equally corny, sent my pikemen out of the trees and prepared for the massacre.
I was not prepared for what happened next. The Elmos sent waves and waves of heavy cavalry, Murabatin infantry, Ghazi infantry, the dreaded AUM's at me, and my SAP brought them all down under their pikes without even seeming to try. Every pikeman in the units was like a mini-Rambo, who just WOULD NOT DIE and was thirsty for blood. Finally, with like two minutes left on the timer, the Elmos attacked my battered pikemen with 9 (counted 'em) units of AUM, surrounded my exhausted men and clashed with them. When the timer finally ran out, my pikemen had not broken, had only suffered half a dozen more casualties from the final AUM onslaught and mauled 4 of the enemy units down to 10 men or less.
The final body count-- out of 144 SAP, 62 gave their lives in defense of our country, and brought down NINE HUNDRED ELMOS. Each SAP gained 4 valor, although I was more than a little disappointed that the only thing the commanding general (of the SAP) gained was a star But even so, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when the victory sheet listing the casualties popped up.
Maybe posting this kind of stuff here is frowned upon, and if so, I apologize. But I felt I just had to share that with somebody who would understand what I was talking about http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Not good. See, I'd sent the pikemen there because Denmark's defenses before then had consisted of about half a dozen units of FMAA with NO armor or weapon upgrades and no valor at all, not to mention having a commanding general who had no stars. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif
So here I was, 400 men or so against 2,500 screaming Elmoheads who were intent on butchering my poor men and serving their genitals in their soup or whatever the heathen Muslim hordes do to good Catholic soldiers once they've slaughtered them. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
The battle of course didn't start well, with my FMAA somehow getting cut to bits by melee'ing Elmo arbalesters http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif and after routing, were cleaned up by a unit of Elmo ghulam BG's. Meanwhile, I had the SAP in a crop of trees, and despite their being concealed, the Elmos headed right for them and I, muttering about how my men's sacrifice would be avenged tenfold or something equally corny, sent my pikemen out of the trees and prepared for the massacre.
I was not prepared for what happened next. The Elmos sent waves and waves of heavy cavalry, Murabatin infantry, Ghazi infantry, the dreaded AUM's at me, and my SAP brought them all down under their pikes without even seeming to try. Every pikeman in the units was like a mini-Rambo, who just WOULD NOT DIE and was thirsty for blood. Finally, with like two minutes left on the timer, the Elmos attacked my battered pikemen with 9 (counted 'em) units of AUM, surrounded my exhausted men and clashed with them. When the timer finally ran out, my pikemen had not broken, had only suffered half a dozen more casualties from the final AUM onslaught and mauled 4 of the enemy units down to 10 men or less.
The final body count-- out of 144 SAP, 62 gave their lives in defense of our country, and brought down NINE HUNDRED ELMOS. Each SAP gained 4 valor, although I was more than a little disappointed that the only thing the commanding general (of the SAP) gained was a star But even so, I had to pick my jaw up off the floor when the victory sheet listing the casualties popped up.
Maybe posting this kind of stuff here is frowned upon, and if so, I apologize. But I felt I just had to share that with somebody who would understand what I was talking about http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif