What Battles have you been Owned in???

**Pater Familias** · 03-26-2008, 02:13

Ireland v. England in Kingdoms ... I'm outnumbered slightly, on the defensive and have (unusually) pretty crappy units, but my king has about a four-star advantage. The English have two low-level generals with decent-sized bodyguards and a lot of heavy infantry. My plan is to let my artillery beat up their shock troops, who have a long, long hill to climb, then hope a quick downhill charge will suffice, as my militia army isn't built for a slugfest.
I didn't even see their trebuchet until it fired, at maximum range. It bracketed my artillery, which seemed to be its target, left then right. The miss to the right, did, however, cream my general.
So, no general = no morale + weak-kneed militia units vs. heavy infantry, two generals w/ bodyguards and better arty ...
If I had been smart, I would have fled instantly, instead of waiting to lose over half my troops, then trying to flee. Carnage. Woe. Disaster.

**Mek Simmur al Ragaski** · 03-26-2008, 14:46

ouch, unlucky pater familias!

In my current campaign as Scotland, i did a pretty stupid thing, the enemy were spread right across the field and i sent heavy infantry into the middle of them, they were instantly flanked, and i had no other infantry to use but heavy cavalry, and the flankers were spearmen, but dispite this, i had to show these english scum that scottish rule, so i charged perhaps 200 cavalry into the flank of the spearmen. Perhaps 200 dismounted feudal knights died, but perhaps 500 spearmen died, so not much ownage but meh

**Brave** · 03-26-2008, 17:46

Every move I make is studied before hand. I am a machine-like warman.

**Mek Simmur al Ragaski** · 03-26-2008, 17:52

Yes, but if you did this, then it would be different, there were chinks (gaps) in the enemy formation that i was looking to exploit, i charged into them, expecting to rout them on contact then just a chain of mass routs, but i was wrong, the enemy held firm, and then i was flanked, i guess medieval tactics dont work these days

**Brave** · 03-26-2008, 18:02

you speak words of truth.

**Mek Simmur al Ragaski** · 03-26-2008, 18:48

yes i am

By the way brave, how are you posting so much in so little time, you had about 10 less than me about an hour ago, what is your secret!

**Pater Familias** · 03-27-2008, 01:31

Originally Posted by Insane834

ouch, unlucky pater familias!

The part that hurt was the cutscene: "Our foolish general has thrown his life away." He bloody did not. He was just sitting there, admiring the scenery and waiting for the battle to start.
Oh well, as they say, he never knew what hit him ... happy to the end ...

**Mek Simmur al Ragaski** · 03-27-2008, 12:52

He never knew what hit him.... I do, it was a tonne of ignited rocks!

**Vladimir** · 03-27-2008, 19:40

None that I can remember but be very careful when you take on Milan as HRE. No lost battles but I was forced to withdraw and most likely would have lost the Emperor's crusading army. Lusted's latest AI in Stainless Steel 5.1 played its hand well and humbled me pretty good.

**Mek Simmur al Ragaski** · 03-27-2008, 21:13

I just realised what pater familias is, isnt it a character in the RTW tutorial???

**Pater Familias** · 03-27-2008, 23:51

Originally Posted by Insane834

I just realised what pater familias is, isnt it a character in the RTW tutorial???

I dunno. Long time since I played that. I got it from "O Brother, Where art Thou?" Literally, it's "the father of the family," I think.

Oh, and I got my revenge on the computer for the bad luck. First time I tried a mangonel in the Teutonic campaign, I targeted the enemy general and it hit him ... just like Deer Hunter: "One shot, Nicky, one shot."
That is one cool unit.