Auto_win?

[gamegeek2]

Is there any situation where you guys use auto_win? Like when fighting levy stacks with good-sized armies composed of "good" units?

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I use it when I know that I could win the battle but I get CTD when fighting it on the battle map.

[Kongeslask]

Whenever the inflated number of stars on certain AI generals means that an auto-resolve that I really should win without significant losses would otherwise result in a defeat.

Example: When my SPQR army assaulted a Punic city, the battle screen told me that overall army strength was 2:1 in my favour. The enemy general had a lot of stars. I autoresolved and suffered a crushing defeat - something which definietly should NOT have happened in those circumstances.

[/Bean\]

That could have happened if the enemy general was that good, otherwise basically all seiges would be won by the attackers easily. He could have used a boundless number of possibilities to turn the odds; seeing as in an auto win the game's restrictions with what you can do don't count.

[AqD]

Is there any situation where you guys use auto_win? Like when fighting levy stacks with good-sized armies composed of "good" units?

I'd use it if a battle ended with CTD. But it's not really worth using most of time, because auto_win always produces much higher casualty than in real battles

[XSamatan]

I use this in my campaigns only to avoid the defeats with ships (Oh really - 4:1 and a crushing defeat??) and if the battle otherwise will get me a CTD.

XSamatan

[TruePraetorian]

I'd use it if a battle ended with CTD. But it's not really worth using most of time, because auto_win always produces much higher casualty than in real battles

Yeah, but for some odd reason has anyone noticed that almost every unit gets experience in auto-resolved battles, and maybe gets ONE in real battles?

[penguinking]

I use auto_win when the odds are greater than 3:1 in my favor and I don't feel like fighting the battle, or if I'm getting a CTD after the battle. My units tend to suffer more casualties, but they also get more experience and my generals get more command stars.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

I use auto_win when I know I'm going to win the battle, the battle would take a long time to play, and the results would be far from epic. One example is when I auto_win stupid sieges the AI sends against the same town every couple of turns.

[tapanojum]

I use auto_win pretty damn often. I only fight battles myself when...

-I'm uncertain if I would win or not.
-Big armies involved.
-A decisive/Strategic Battle
-I feel like it

Other than that, I auto_win everything. It just becomes too boring to play the game, when every turn you fight the same stupid stacks compromising of a few units. If it wasn't for Auto_win, I would probably quit the game altogether until EBII.

[Celtic_Punk]

small scale skirmishes yes.. unrealistically large pirate fleets, yes. otherwise ill duke it out myself.

[Cute Wolf]

When I must win or i face distatrous defeats.... especially against a big superpower that send a full stack army every turns when I only had 3 small and nicely swept cities... remember the Hayasdan? I got to resort in auto_win if the Seleukids sent a hell of troops before I could grow up...

*) nb: I only forced to resort in auto_win when I play hayasdan, saka, or pontos... another factions got a fair starting army to play with... so I can play quite fairl...

to prevent piracy, I always group my ship in a one stack fleets...... realistic in my opinion, because one wooden trireme can't take 1800 men in reality.... ()

[tapanojum]

remember the Hayasdan? I got to resort in auto_win if the Seleukids sent a hell of troops before I could grow up...

The secret to Hayasdan is to be able to recruit the Scythian Horse Archers ASAP. They are dirt cheap, and combined with a couple FM's, you will shatter anything the AS can send at you.

I actually restarted my Hayasdan campaign and decided to rely on more infantry this time around. It became too easy, when with 3 armies consisting of 2 FM's and 6-8 HA's, you can take all of the AS lands without a problem

[Gatalos de Sauromatae]

Use when at least 4:1 and I have no time for real battle. Sometime need to use it to avoid CTD.