el_dext0r
12-08-2007, 21:20
Lately I have been experiencing strangely unpredictable battle results, not using the automatically resolve thing, as you might think, but when i fight the battles myself
This has been happening for roughly the last 4 campaigns I have started (VH/M) and am finding myself being whooped repeatedly (or at least suffering heavy losses when I least expect it) on battles that I would expect to be a walkover.
For example, assaulting Corinth, my crack legions of Principes were absolutely slaughtered by the experience 1 mercenary peltasts on the walls, when usually I would expect to rout them with relatively few losses.
Similiarly, early on in my most recent Julii game, attacking Patavatium (or whatever the hell it is called) I had the enemy trapped on the square, comprised of about 500 light infantry and mebbe 50 light cavalry, i sent my triarii to sort the horsemen out whilst 2 groups of hastati attacked the infanty, and to finish them off my 100 strong generals bodyguard attacked them all from behind, i sustained nearly 50% casualties!
Does anyone else experience weird battles throughout certain campaigns while others seem to be total walkover or is it just me?
This has been happening for roughly the last 4 campaigns I have started (VH/M) and am finding myself being whooped repeatedly (or at least suffering heavy losses when I least expect it) on battles that I would expect to be a walkover.
For example, assaulting Corinth, my crack legions of Principes were absolutely slaughtered by the experience 1 mercenary peltasts on the walls, when usually I would expect to rout them with relatively few losses.
Similiarly, early on in my most recent Julii game, attacking Patavatium (or whatever the hell it is called) I had the enemy trapped on the square, comprised of about 500 light infantry and mebbe 50 light cavalry, i sent my triarii to sort the horsemen out whilst 2 groups of hastati attacked the infanty, and to finish them off my 100 strong generals bodyguard attacked them all from behind, i sustained nearly 50% casualties!
Does anyone else experience weird battles throughout certain campaigns while others seem to be total walkover or is it just me?