Problems

[Gugus]

Full stack of Indian Armoured Elephants with two or three light cavalry to catch and kill routing generals should be enough.

[We shall fwee...Wodewick]

Full stack of Indian Armoured Elephants with two or three light cavalry to catch and kill routing generals should be enough.

Now that I want to see! What would the upkeep be on that stack!

[Gugus]

Now that I want to see! What would the upkeep be on that stack!

18 x 23 000 = 414 000 - recruitment
18 x 5750 = 103 500 - upkeep per turn
not counting the 2 light cavalry

[chenkai11]

damn, that's a lot of money needed.

But with that army and use properly, no one stand a chance.

[duncan.gill]

The whole thing turned into a bit of a farce. I had one army made up of Hellenic/Celtic and naked spearmen and a reinforcing army of HA.

The spearmen attacked as a unified broad front and connected with all of the enemy units (including the FM's). The enemy infantry decided to bunch in the middle of my line allowing a double envelopment (whilst individual units of spearmen followed each FM around the field). The arrival of the HA led to the collapse of the infantry in the centre and then the FM died in melee one by one.

In some respects it was a bit disappointing - had the AI used some intelligence and used repeated charges with their FM from behind against my line (which they could have done prior to the HA arriving in great numbers) then the result would have been a lot more bloody (as it was a still took a fair few casualties - most FM died when they broke and then were hunted down).

[We shall fwee...Wodewick]

But what about the elephant army?

[Antinous]

I would suggest you use Rhodian slingers. Also use eastern slingers. I used Heavy slingers against Pahlava heavy cavalry and they took some quite a FEW casualties (use half to full stack armys of slingers with some bodyguards to protect them for a little while)

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

Well, nice to know you tosted them, but why did no one suggest the Pike Square + multiple Hetairoi charges?

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Full stack of Indian Armoured Elephants with two or three light cavalry to catch and kill routing generals should be enough.

HOLY !@$@!!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Thats awesome!