Draw during battle

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If it is: "None of a all phalanx army and all HA army should win, because they both picked armies that don't deserve to", I agree.

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That's settled then :grin:

For fun: let's compare it with a FPS. A sniper camps in a tunnel waiting for the opponent to enter the tunnel so he can easily make a headshot. The opponent on the other hand is constantly jumping and running around the tunnel's entrance waiting for the sniper to expose himself. The slow sniper rifle doesn't stand a chance in the open against the machine gun of the opponent. Who should give in?

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What is your point?

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I am not sure, I am just discussing hypothical situations since I only play NTW2 online :wink:

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Running around the battlefield with no intention to attack is called?

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Evading?

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Turning the back of the infantry towards the cavalry would. Stupid? Of course, but so is charging light cavalry into a phalanx.

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one cavalry unit cannot flank an enemy infantry unit. It can if the opponent fell asleep but if he hasn't there's nothing else to do then charge or admit defeat. Of course you can keep running around until the other player gets so annoyed that he makes a mistake or simply quits the game, but that's a very lame thing to do. If you see your enemy doesn't give you an oppertunity to win the battle, be willing to lose it.

BTW, this isn't even a cav VS inf thing. It's just a faster unit VS slower unit thing. Light inf or archer VS heavy inf for example. And it isn't an RTW issue either, it would exist in almost every RTS game. So I don't understand some ppl are not willing to "suicide" their last units just because they can avoid the enemy all the time.

As for the phalanx box VS HA issue. I'm not sure which player should win this. I consider both armies to be rather "lame". But this is mostly a problem with RTW, that doesnt make armies that rely on 1 unit type extremely vulnerable. And it doesnt really matter if it's phalanx or just a standard inf unit, the HA probably can't defeat them without heavy cav support. Unless shooting the inf in the back does enough damage. But all that is up to game balance really.

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Originally Posted by x-dANGEr

@LadyAnn: Running around the battlefield with no intention to attack is called?

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Is certainly not "Withdraw" because if you read the manual, "Withdraw" has a specific meaning associated with the command of taking the unit off the battlefield.

"Evading" as suggested is acceptable to me.

Annie

Evading is to evade the enemy for a regroup or a tactical maneuver, whilst running from the enemy with no intent to fight is cowardic and meaningless.. It is like, I pick a HA and keep running through all units, and tell you: "I won't charge you, and I will keep running, so either you admit defeat and surrender, or quit the game, and in both costs I win", got how LAME and pointless is it? I really think it is non-sense for someone to try to justify such an act.

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For fun: let's compare it with a FPS. A sniper camps in a tunnel waiting for the opponent to enter the tunnel so he can easily make a headshot. The opponent on the other hand is constantly jumping and running around the tunnel's entrance waiting for the sniper to expose himself. The slow sniper rifle doesn't stand a chance in the open against the machine gun of the opponent. Who should give in?

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oh and I don't agree with this comparison :)
this FPS situation is like having both TW players camp on their own hill, and refuse to come down and attack the enemy hill because that'd make them lose.
in an FPS the HA problem with be like one players running away from the other all the time. And if he gets hit a couple of times he takes some medipacks while racing around the level.