FastLane
02-05-2004, 12:53
Hi All,
I have seen this a number of time, but yesterday it just pissed me off too much.
Playing English I had taken over Egypt from the Egyptians, all was fine had a nice large force about 2000 men (too much heavy cavalry), but still not a bad situation.
The Egyptians then invade with about 3000 men good troops and lots of camels (they are really hard to beat in warmer places. I had to send multiple troops of cavalry and infantry do destroy one unit of Camels.
The 3 catapults did a fine job spreading havoc upon the enemy and demolishing lots of troops.
And as soon as they run out of ammo, like a good general I ordered them out of the fight
One would think good so, allow new troops to come in, I do this all the time with used up archers, infantry and any other unit that has run out of ammo, or is just plain tiered. But what happens is instead of them leaving the area, they start marching backwards and forwards between the edge of the map and the enemy force. Not only am I denied the needed reinforcements, but an expensive and experienced unit is made into second-rate dog food
If this was a once off I might understand, but it seem to happen with all my siege units
Any one else takes the message to piss off, (and are usually happy to go), but not these guys What the
I have even micro managed them before taking them to the edge of the map, and then ordering them to leave Also it does not seem to make a difference if the machinery is destroyed And having this guys hanging at the edge of the map mean 3 units less to be able to fight with
By the way the shear luck of having an almost depleted unit of mounted xbow men saved my ass 12 mounted xbows distracted all the enemies’ heavy cavalry, till the first attack wave was over
The battle was won with 340 of my dead vs. 1260 of theirs A good result for an army in the wrong terrain
The problem is mercenary troops can not be joined or merged or allowed to recover in any way, so now I have one lost unit and two that are so depleted that they will have to be disbanded I find it easier to bye siege weaponry from the inn
Has anyone else had this problem? And or know a solution
Just in case (late period, Hard (as the English))
I have seen this a number of time, but yesterday it just pissed me off too much.
Playing English I had taken over Egypt from the Egyptians, all was fine had a nice large force about 2000 men (too much heavy cavalry), but still not a bad situation.
The Egyptians then invade with about 3000 men good troops and lots of camels (they are really hard to beat in warmer places. I had to send multiple troops of cavalry and infantry do destroy one unit of Camels.
The 3 catapults did a fine job spreading havoc upon the enemy and demolishing lots of troops.
And as soon as they run out of ammo, like a good general I ordered them out of the fight
One would think good so, allow new troops to come in, I do this all the time with used up archers, infantry and any other unit that has run out of ammo, or is just plain tiered. But what happens is instead of them leaving the area, they start marching backwards and forwards between the edge of the map and the enemy force. Not only am I denied the needed reinforcements, but an expensive and experienced unit is made into second-rate dog food
If this was a once off I might understand, but it seem to happen with all my siege units
Any one else takes the message to piss off, (and are usually happy to go), but not these guys What the
I have even micro managed them before taking them to the edge of the map, and then ordering them to leave Also it does not seem to make a difference if the machinery is destroyed And having this guys hanging at the edge of the map mean 3 units less to be able to fight with
By the way the shear luck of having an almost depleted unit of mounted xbow men saved my ass 12 mounted xbows distracted all the enemies’ heavy cavalry, till the first attack wave was over
The battle was won with 340 of my dead vs. 1260 of theirs A good result for an army in the wrong terrain
The problem is mercenary troops can not be joined or merged or allowed to recover in any way, so now I have one lost unit and two that are so depleted that they will have to be disbanded I find it easier to bye siege weaponry from the inn
Has anyone else had this problem? And or know a solution
Just in case (late period, Hard (as the English))