Got Merked by Gauls as rome (*Gasp*)

[Vasiliyi]

Sometimes its better not to fight the battle at all. When outnumbered, and lets face it , outmatched, retreat. Set up on a hill and wait for them, to come to you. And dammit man, 5 units of those naked fanatics? As cocky as you may be, prepare yourself for those occasions, do velites sound familular at all? I hate to sound mean, but preparation for your battles are important. Roman legions weren't invincible. They, as someone mentioned before me adapted. Believe me, I've done the same as you before and I've learned my share of embarrasing defeats. Good luck with getting revenge..

[AlexanderSextus]

Sometimes its better not to fight the battle at all. When outnumbered, and lets face it , outmatched, retreat. Set up on a hill and wait for them, to come to you. And dammit man, 5 units of those naked fanatics? As cocky as you may be, prepare yourself for those occasions, do velites sound familular at all? I hate to sound mean, but preparation for your battles are important. Roman legions weren't invincible. They, as someone mentioned before me adapted. Believe me, I've done the same as you before and I've learned my share of embarrasing defeats. Good luck with getting revenge..

C'mon now, i've been playing EB for long enough to know that javelins in their back helps a lot. That plus a cavalry charge allowed my Extrordinarii to bring two of their Gaesatae units down to about 40 men. Out of 160. Thats pretty damn good. I'd say Extrordianarii are pretty damn good Gaesatae killers.

I'm no N00b, trust me. I just wasnt expecting Medio to send reinforcements, and if they hadn't i woulda crushed them. I had to fight the battle anyway, or there wouldve been a big stack sieging bononia as opposed to the half stack i actually had to deal with

I built another army later and beat them when they sieged bononia, without the reinforcements containing the other 4 units of nudists. they took one look at my full stack Polybian legion along with the AI Reinforcements of my last half-stack of Camillian troops, and hauled ass back to Medio.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Have you tried Accensi? They are the machine guns of the Antiquity (a least in the sense that they are deadly, not fast-firing). Especially when you use them to fire in the backs of those Gallic naturists.

[Vasiliyi]

In no way was I trying to insult you. I was just saying, if your fighting any army full of 5 naked fanatics, there shouldn't be any doubt that u would be fighting a tough battle. Believe me, I've lost some pretty tough battles myself.. Just learn your lesson and move on. I feel for you though. Those battles are devastating.

[cmacq]

Pick better ground further back. Always close the gaps before contact. Always present an attacker with as small a target as possible, this will provide you the opportunity to block and counter on their flanks with your reserve foot. Missle troops, missle troops, missle troop their shock troops as they close.


CmacQ

[Cullhwch]

Fight fire with fire. Recruit Neitos from your Cisalpine territories and have them hold the line against the Gaesatae.

[Recoil]

unlucky mate, i remember besieging mediolanium once and getting attacked by a garrison of 5, maybe even more gaesaetae as well. fun it was't

like you said though, javelins and cavalry in the back and just pray that things go in your favour. obviously it'd be a good idea to have your heaviest units engage them as they'll last longer and lose less and be sure to try and deal with everything else before them. other units get priority when i fight gaesaetae, since if i can rout the lighter troops and run them down i have more men to use against the nudists. im guessing you do all this as it is but i figured id just throw it out there in case. good luck, let us know how it goes

[Ibrahim]

If they are in a city, let them leave the gate. as they pass through the gate, send the accensi and leves on them-shockingly effective. I had a gate pile up with dead gaesatae in mediolanum. while they delay the enemy, send you infantry either to the rear to redeploy, or for them into a U round the gate. I prefer runnung for it. the rest I'd leave to you.

EDIT: you have to make em sally.