site of famous battle

[A Very Super Market]

No, I've seen it pop up anywhere. It simply has to be a Heroic victory or a crushing defeat to pop up.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

It has to be classified as Heroic Victory for one side. Also, it has to be outside a city. It will disappear after some time when it will be forgotten. The more involved, the longer it will last, normally 50 years.

[Cyrus]

About it disapearing I have have no idea, but since my heroic victories are rare and i have very many famous battle sites i dissagree, maybe an EBteam member could streighten this out

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

Those famous battle markers are part of the RTW.exe's hardcoding. They don't always make sense. Sometime a huge battle that is difficult but won against all odds won't get a marker but an easily won victory will get a marker.

The time the last seems odd too. Sometimes they'll seem permenant and sometimes they'll disappear after a decade. I think the time they last is tied to turns and not years so they disappear faster in EB than in RTW if you are counting years. The time they last does seem to be tied to the size of the battle, though.

Since it is part of the exe hardcoding, nobody can be for sure on the details.

[Aemilius Paulus]

Wow, I had no idea they disappear. Odd...

Has anyone else had their markers disappear??

[/Bean\]

Nope...but then, I suppose they could have happened to some and I didn't notice...them not being there anymore and all

[penguinking]

Yes, I've had them disappear. Also, they do not have to be outside of a city.

[Tiberius Claudius Marcellus]

It has to be classified as Heroic Victory for one side. Also, it has to be outside a city. It will disappear after some time when it will be forgotten. The more involved, the longer it will last, normally 50 years.

That's really interesting, I didn't know they disappeared; but it's good for RP.


Edit: At the post above ^, you can win Heroic Victories when you sustain really low casualties and kill many (read: almost all) of a large enemy, or soundly crush a numerically/tactically/equipped superior enemy.

[Fluvius Camillus]

In my Romani world conquering campaign I had several, next to a city but also on the open plain. So far only one did disappear, a decisive but easy victory near a lake, where I defeated the Aedui.

It's always nice to see whole tracks of heroic victory's, again and again seeing my greatest heroes live on to eternity!

Anyway, the easiest way is as Centurio describes it, besiege a city and then fight a defensive battle where you destroy the relieving army and the city garrison together.

Good luck!

[Βελισάριος]

So... aside from a good excuse to boast, do these sites have any actually advantages?
As in... morale bonus to the troops of the winning side, etc.?

[A Very Super Market]

That would be pretty interesting, but I don't think that is implemented in the slightest.

[Ludens]

So... aside from a good excuse to boast, do these sites have any actually advantages?
As in... morale bonus to the troops of the winning side, etc.?

Not as far as we know.

[ezekiel2517]

So... aside from a good excuse to boast, do these sites have any actually advantages?
As in... morale bonus to the troops of the winning side, etc.?

It makes my game more fun. I still recall several of those heroic victories as Bactria... That song from RTR was perfect for such occasions. I was almost yelling

[Atraphoenix]

I have 2 heroics under pahlava against AS. (AI) KH has a heroic against Mak that after this battle mak started lose all of their cities only Pella was on the land but just relieved the siege. I did not check if there is any more in my campaign map. Plus, I am using alex.

[Βελισάριος]

It makes my game more fun. I still recall several of those heroic victories as Bactria... That song from RTR was perfect for such occasions. I was almost yelling

Which song is that?