Auto_win?

[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