TotalWar Superstitions

**Veho Nex** · 05-30-2008, 06:36

for me in M2TW and RTW with expansions if the enemy started to route first I knew I would lose. If I started routing first I knew I would win.

**Craterus** · 05-30-2008, 15:10

How do you lose a battle when the enemy starts routing?

**Viking** · 05-30-2008, 15:23

Originally Posted by Craterus

How do you lose a battle when the enemy starts routing?

Just as you send your heavy cavalry after the routing spearmen, and the freed infantry into the rear of remaining enemy infantry; the spearmen cease to rout and finish of your precious cavalry only to move on to impale your best infantry through their backs.

**Craterus** · 05-30-2008, 15:34

Poor. Maybe I need to come out of retirement and show you all how to finish a battle.

**Tamur** · 05-30-2008, 15:59

Thanks everyone for your answers.

Originally Posted by Poor Bloody Infantry

I also worry that the ghost of every soldier I get killed needlessly will come back to haunt me.

If that were the case, I'd have a ghost army the size of Switzerland after me.

**PBI** · 05-30-2008, 16:10

Originally Posted by Tamur

If that were the case, I'd have a ghost army the size of Switzerland after me.

I worry that I do.

Every time I get a "friendly-fire" kill, or fail to get my archers out of the way of a charge, I die a little inside.

Hence the username

**Martok** · 05-30-2008, 20:15

Right before fighting a battle where I'm the attacker, I have to go and get something to drink, even if it's just a glass of water. Apparently some part of my subconscious worries I'm going to become parched while fighting an invasion.

What's odd is that I don't have to do this when fighting defensive battles.

Also -- and I'm sure this will come as a surprise to absolutely no one -- when playing as the Egyptians, all my main armies include at least 1-2 companies of Bedouin camel warriors. They may not necessarily see any actual combat, but I always bring some with to every major battle just the same. They've sort of become my good luck talismans.

**Kamakazi** · 06-01-2008, 08:19

Originally Posted by Tamur

Thanks everyone for your answers.

If that were the case, I'd have a ghost army the size of Switzerland after me.

umm i was thinkg more like russia but yea ok

**Abokasee** · 06-01-2008, 10:07

If I train only hoplites for the entire EB camapian as bartika, I will be given the joke unit (No rewards for guessing that might be)

Slingers do lots of morale damage (I've seen units of Chosen Swordsmen rout after 1 volley of close range slinger fire)

The AI is biased on the roman factions (I'll probably increase the income of barbarian factions one day too see if it will make a difference)