Need Help on Celtic Factions

[Skullheadhq]

I want to play a celtic faction for a change. But in battle i always get killed when playing celts. Someone got some good tips for them in the battlefield?

[LordCurlyton]

How are you getting killed? What are you doing now in battles? I'm playing as the Arveni and am not having a massively difficult time, though pikes will be a bear when it comes to that.

[Skullheadhq]

i mostly use the this formation:
Doesn't seem to work with Keltoi


////////Missle////////
((((Cav)))------Infantry---------((((Cav)))

[Yyrkoon]

Try an oblique formation. I learned about it while reading Dodge's Alexander. Good idea.

inf inf
inf inf
-------inf inf
------------inf inf
-----------------inf inf
---missile-------------
----------------------Cavalry

This way the enemy is tempted to either a) engage your forward most position allowing you to flank with the rest of your army or b) you break their left and start a chain rout because they hold a line.

[LordCurlyton]

i mostly use the this formation:
Doesn't seem to work with Keltoi


////////Missle////////
((((Cav)))------Infantry---------((((Cav)))

Hmm...mine isn't terribly much more complex than that.

___                 /////////////////Slingers//////////////////                           
 l                   -------Mix of Spears and Swords in Guard-------                  
 l                                               
 l                         -------naked Infantry of some sort-------
 l
 l                               /////////Archers//////////////
Cav
somewhere      -------Swords and Spears not in Guard---------
on
the
wings (both sides)
 l
 l
 l
 l
 l
___                                     General

I find that the slingers and archers can decimate the lightly armored opposition you face in the Sweboz and Luso and your line infantry is heavy enough to wear down and win against both as well, though the Luso fights are usually higher casualties due to the many AP and higher lethality weapons they have. Against the Romans the naked infantry (Uirosoisos or Gaesetae) is a surefire bet to get them to rout-ability quickly enough that their generally more well-armored infantry can't eat you up. Against pikes, well, pick your sacrificial lambs, put them in guard and break the flanks ASAP since pikes tend to rout MUCH easier once you start surrounding them.
In any case the first line holds, the second line flanks. Tends to work well. Even if you are minus or choose not to use the naked infantry its still a solid formation. And once you are rich, unified, and in the Time of Soldiers you get infantry every bit as well armored as other factions, and every bit as expensive.
EDIT: *grumbles at the formatting*

[antisocialmunky]

My experience is that early Celtic units are definitely not the sit there and not die type of units that the Mediterranian Factions have. Instead they are high attack, low armor, has javelin units. If I'm playing with Celtic type stuff, I always hold a reserve of men so I can send fresh troops in after my initial troops are spent. The kill rate for Celt vs Celt is quite high so routing is annoying.

Also:

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[LordCurlyton]

Always wondered what was the exact function of the code tag.
Its still annoying that you have to use it so it keeps the spaces.