How do you choose your battlefield?

[mini]

I only hate it when i have to fight in a forest when there's no tree to be seen on the campaign map. There was no way I could have avoided it


If my stack is standing in forest area on the campaign map, then I fight the batle. The prize to pay for not paying attention :)

[Cambyses]

It entirely depends on what faction Im playing. Any western barbarians I will look for forested areas as they gave me an advantage. Greek type troops and Romans have trouble in the woods, so I avoid them. I very rarely withdraw from battles however. Unless my reinforcements are "delayed" that is...

pcaravel, all info for bonuses etc is on the recruitment viewer.

[Lysimachos]

I'm really astonished about how big the dislike for forests is here :)

[Sdragon]

EB forests annoy me to death. They are so dense that the AIs troops get stuck and it screws up their path finding. I've had enemy forces march across the battlefield and out the other side and leave because one of the men got caught on a tree. Happens quite a bit but it's not too bad as long as I don't try to move the unit too far away from those who got stuck. Another big annoyance is when a soldier gets stuck before he enters battle and you've basically lost control of that unit.

[jhhowell]

I'm really astonished about how big the dislike for forests is here :)

Normal forests are fine, but the skyscraper tree extremely dense forest maps one sometimes sees (mostly in the Alpine provinces, maybe Germany and Gaul - it's been a while since I've played in that part of the world) are terrible. Unless you manage to fight in a clearing you have to fight the battle maximally zoomed in. If I wanted to play like that I'd set the general camera restriction... I'd try to avoid such forests even with a forest-friendly faction or unit mix - just too obnoxious to try to command units on such a map.

[Megas Methuselah]

I think the "skyscraper trees" have been removed in EB.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I think the "skyscraper trees" have been removed in EB.

For most parts of the world yes, but certain areas accidentally kept the Redwood-forests, for example the Alps. They are not only ugly, but also make it even harder to battle in them. I'd really like to know whether this issue could be solved in 1.1 or not.