My god was I unprepared for that!

[ajdeignan]

Stay away from these guys



and these guys



I was fighting the Getai as part of my Dacian Wars when I came across falxmen for the first time. In an equally-sided battle, I used my slingers to clear out his elite horsemen and my skirmishers to clear out his skirmishers (dumb move). That just left 3 units of (1x bronze chevron) falxmen to dispatch, and since I had the high ground, I charged my 1 hastati, 1 principe and 1 Gaeroas into the 3 enemy units while my skirmishers moved out to the flanks to help my cavalry assist the enemy cavalry off the battlefield. By the time I had returned with my cavalry, my 3 heavy infantry units were nearly annihilated. My principe had been whittled down from 160 to 10 men! And I was the one who charged (imagine the damage if they had charged me!). Boy was I surprised. And I play my battles on medium difficulty. From now on, they get the 'special' treatment.


Next turn I moved on to attack Pontos which was extending its influence into Greece. I saw that the general was this grubby looking (I dislike brown units - they look cheap and peasant-like) guy on a slow moving horse ("why is he moving so slow, gee he must be crap"). Then he charges my skirmishers, which I always let them do to blunten their charge before they hit my Hastati. As my Velites skirmish away, he follows them THROUGH my Hastasti, my Principe and my Triarii, right into my general (an ancient bulldozer). I didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Then I checked their stats. Bloody hell, how am I supposed to kill them ; they had just charged through 3 lines of Roman heavy infantry without losing a man. Oh boy, am I going to be avoiding these guys in the future.


To the guys at EB; every day I play this game I thank you for the excellent work you do. The hours of enjoyment you give is greatly appreciated and I hope you continue your outstanding work in the future.