Octavius Julius
11-04-2004, 09:55
Ok, you have a small army but it is headed by a super general, Lucius Julius.
Then, up pops a massive Gaul army from the bushes and ambushes you.
The retreat button is frozen, so you have to fight and take the loss.
However...
...I found that if you place your units in the corner of the battle map, you have a chance. Place your general's unit at right angles to the side of the map two ranks deep so that your general, being the most left troop in the unit, actually touches the redline. The rest of your unit might not be facing towards your enemy, but that's what we want. place any other units infront and behind of your general relative to his postition, but with their backs to the enemy. When the enemy charges you, your units should flee, but most importantly, your general will be the furthest unit away from them, and after taking a few losses, he will rout and then you are saved!
Note: Your general's unit must be in guard mode so that they don't wheel around to face your enemy when melee begins.
Anyone else have any other general saving tactics?
(Last night I had only one unit left in my general's unit, and that was my general, Amulius Julius. He had a close shave with a few chariots and luckily survived. The downside was that he wouldn't rout. It was a seige, so I couldn't flee, so my other units luckily cleaned up the mess!)
Then, up pops a massive Gaul army from the bushes and ambushes you.
The retreat button is frozen, so you have to fight and take the loss.
However...
...I found that if you place your units in the corner of the battle map, you have a chance. Place your general's unit at right angles to the side of the map two ranks deep so that your general, being the most left troop in the unit, actually touches the redline. The rest of your unit might not be facing towards your enemy, but that's what we want. place any other units infront and behind of your general relative to his postition, but with their backs to the enemy. When the enemy charges you, your units should flee, but most importantly, your general will be the furthest unit away from them, and after taking a few losses, he will rout and then you are saved!
Note: Your general's unit must be in guard mode so that they don't wheel around to face your enemy when melee begins.
Anyone else have any other general saving tactics?
(Last night I had only one unit left in my general's unit, and that was my general, Amulius Julius. He had a close shave with a few chariots and luckily survived. The downside was that he wouldn't rout. It was a seige, so I couldn't flee, so my other units luckily cleaned up the mess!)