chris
12-31-2003, 02:22
I have had MTW for about 3 months, and i got VI for xmas. WOW I have played as the irish, picts, and vikings. I am currently playing as the vikings. this game is awesome, all of the factions, and soldiers i have always wanted and missed in MTW are in this game i had ot post and describe this battle i fought.
I was waging war on the saxons, attacking from many fronts. From Ireland, from northern briton and from the east.
When the battle prep screen came up, I noticed they moved in a large force, one i saw massing near my borders, but i hoped it was defence becuase there were no men to spare. In the beginning They had some 6 thousand men. Armoredspearmen, Fyrdmen, peasents, saxon huscarles, archers, etc. I had 366, made up of fully upgraded Joms Vikings, and huscarles, etc. I only fought beacuse i knew one i couldnt afford to lose this place off arrgession, this was a win all lose all move, foolish, but i did have the best men possible. Thats the second reason i didnt abandon the province, that and most were battle hardened high valor men. I filled my men in a line of battle formation, waited, then charged. I fought through waves and waved of reinfocements. Finally i lined my men up for what i thought had to be my last charge. I had 40-50 men, all totally exhuasted. I have screen shots of this, but i have to download infranview before i can post them I think four waves of 10-12 units charged over the hill at my men, and they fought and fought, each time i though it would end, i killed all the 250+ prisoners i had taken. Each time my men pushed right through the armoured spearmen, and frymen, while getting peppered with 2 units of archer fire. at times they wrere surropuned, fighting in a square shape. Eventually, i sat for a few seconds, and nothing happened, and i out the men in loose formation. Still nothing, i then ran down the archers, and the one frymen still hiding in the trees. here is the final count of the most awesome victory every
Men Killed Men Taken Men Lost Men Remaining
3,742 33 327 39
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif woooohooooooo
I was waging war on the saxons, attacking from many fronts. From Ireland, from northern briton and from the east.
When the battle prep screen came up, I noticed they moved in a large force, one i saw massing near my borders, but i hoped it was defence becuase there were no men to spare. In the beginning They had some 6 thousand men. Armoredspearmen, Fyrdmen, peasents, saxon huscarles, archers, etc. I had 366, made up of fully upgraded Joms Vikings, and huscarles, etc. I only fought beacuse i knew one i couldnt afford to lose this place off arrgession, this was a win all lose all move, foolish, but i did have the best men possible. Thats the second reason i didnt abandon the province, that and most were battle hardened high valor men. I filled my men in a line of battle formation, waited, then charged. I fought through waves and waved of reinfocements. Finally i lined my men up for what i thought had to be my last charge. I had 40-50 men, all totally exhuasted. I have screen shots of this, but i have to download infranview before i can post them I think four waves of 10-12 units charged over the hill at my men, and they fought and fought, each time i though it would end, i killed all the 250+ prisoners i had taken. Each time my men pushed right through the armoured spearmen, and frymen, while getting peppered with 2 units of archer fire. at times they wrere surropuned, fighting in a square shape. Eventually, i sat for a few seconds, and nothing happened, and i out the men in loose formation. Still nothing, i then ran down the archers, and the one frymen still hiding in the trees. here is the final count of the most awesome victory every
Men Killed Men Taken Men Lost Men Remaining
3,742 33 327 39
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cheers.gif woooohooooooo