YAKOBU
11-08-2004, 10:44
Hi everyone ~:wave:
Just a quick report on a siege I won last night as the Scipii. The Gauls had approximately 1000 men in the settlement. After my archers and onagers had done their work I sent my lone unit of mercenary elephants through the gate and tried backing them up with 5 grouped units of cavalry. As the cavalry were going through the gate I would click for them to move further into the settlement and they would reform outside the settlement :furious3: I was really worried that my elephants would get slaughtered being on their own in the settlement. Anyway while I'm furiously clicking to get my cavalry back into the settlement, to no avail, I get a message saying the enemy general is dead. Still without getting my cavalry back into the settlement I get another message saying the battle is over. The final stats showed my 1 unit of mercenary elephants had single-handedly killed 845 Gauls with no backup :dizzy2: . This has made me draw 2 conclusions:
1 - I need to re-install the 1.1 patch! I did have it initially but had to re-install RTW and had not put it back on. Had never used elephants before now so had not seen the crazy results.
2 - I will not try and send grouped units into a breach again!!
I welcome any thoughts ~:cheers:
Just a quick report on a siege I won last night as the Scipii. The Gauls had approximately 1000 men in the settlement. After my archers and onagers had done their work I sent my lone unit of mercenary elephants through the gate and tried backing them up with 5 grouped units of cavalry. As the cavalry were going through the gate I would click for them to move further into the settlement and they would reform outside the settlement :furious3: I was really worried that my elephants would get slaughtered being on their own in the settlement. Anyway while I'm furiously clicking to get my cavalry back into the settlement, to no avail, I get a message saying the enemy general is dead. Still without getting my cavalry back into the settlement I get another message saying the battle is over. The final stats showed my 1 unit of mercenary elephants had single-handedly killed 845 Gauls with no backup :dizzy2: . This has made me draw 2 conclusions:
1 - I need to re-install the 1.1 patch! I did have it initially but had to re-install RTW and had not put it back on. Had never used elephants before now so had not seen the crazy results.
2 - I will not try and send grouped units into a breach again!!
I welcome any thoughts ~:cheers: