Makedonian Battles - Competition - Download and play the Battle of the Week!

[miotas]

Bugger, I can't get better then about 950. I'll have another go when I get home but I think I'm out.

[mountaingoat]

it was tricky , i probably made just a few small errors in the battle ... which was difficult enough ..

one thing i changed from all other battles was my starting strategy

[Medario]

hrmpf, a senseless doublepost to post my result, please excuse it.

[Medario]

A bit unfair...

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after three campaigns with macedonia

[miotas]

Medario, you have ruined my perfect moment. I came here so excited because I won with 1019 men remaining, I had exceeded my best and I was certain I could not be beaten.

For what it's worth, here is my perfect moment.

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Just out of curiosity and out of an attempt to retain some sense of achievement, I know it has no bearing on the competition, but how many healed casualties did you have?

[Fluvius Camillus]

And I thougth this was good....




Next please...

[Medario]

I don't have a statistic screen, but i know that six men were healed. I would have been better...if i didn't lose peltasts and akontistai for nothing.

[mountaingoat]

ah man , this is going to get down to 0 losses or something (i'm sure it can be done) ... lets get a more balanced battle next round :P

[/Bean\]

If anyone can beat my entire conversion of the enemy army I will be impressed



BTW, I think this is one of the best ideas for this forum I've seen. I don't think a balloon does you justice for your work and ideas, Molinaargh. Very well done.

[Fluvius Camillus]

This should be kept going, a nice battle every week is some nice relaxation. Something similiar should be done for each faction.

For the unit in next battle... What about Mak peltasts? The agrianians were as good as always in this battle!

Please accept my humble balloon:

~Fluvius

[ziegenpeter]

I guess unit size is huge? Is this alx compatible?
Anyhow, its a great idea. It shows how much EB has become a game on its own!

[Molinaargh]

I suppose one could simply do a little image editing...

True, but what for? (other than comic value, as seen above )

ah man , this is going to get down to 0 losses or something (i'm sure it can be done) ... lets get a more balanced battle next round :P

The next battle will indeed be a lot harder, with heavier casualties for the player. It was hard for me to balance the battle without knowing what the players could achieve, and I will try to learn from this experience and next ones and make the next battles always better.

This should be kept going, a nice battle every week is some nice relaxation. Something similiar should be done for each faction.

For the unit in next battle... What about Mak peltasts? The agrianians were as good as always in this battle!

Please accept my humble balloon:

~Fluvius

Thanks! I do intend to continue making battles after this competition. I aimed low (only 4 battles) because when the project is too ambitious it usually doesn't get finished (although EB is here to prove me wrong! ). But that's for later!

I guess unit size is huge? Is this alx compatible?
Anyhow, its a great idea. It shows how much EB has become a game on its own!

Unit size is custom, determined by me. I don't think the number of men change in the battle if you change your options.

EB rocks! I wouldn't do this for any other RTW mod.

[Molinaargh]

The Command Stars rule has been changed as suggested by mountaingoat (thanks a lot!):

The player who reported the best win (less losses) will gain three command stars (), the second player two command stars () and the third player one command star () in my ranking.

This is a lot fairer, seeing as the results are so close to each other, and should make the competition more interesting. In fact, I have no idea how I didn't think of this before. Again, thanks to mountaingoat.

Now get battling to secure your place among the best 3!

[Fluvius Camillus]

That places me third... for now

I dont know if you got that correctly, I did not mean a makedonian one against all factions, the length is ok as it is. I meant a campaign for every faction. Like a Romani one going to Britain or a Seleucid one going to the Saka Rauka, a koinon one going to Armenia etc etc etc..

~Fluvius

[Macilrille]

Question; how many attempts does the participants get? Seems to me they keep on interminably and that someone only noticing the thread tomorrow and having time for only one battle will have less chance of winning then someone who tried ten times...

Note that I do not play 1.2 :-(, but on principle of fairness.

[Molinaargh]

That places me third... for now

I dont know if you got that correctly, I did not mean a makedonian one against all factions, the length is ok as it is. I meant a campaign for every faction. Like a Romani one going to Britain or a Seleucid one going to the Saka Rauka, a koinon one going to Armenia etc etc etc..

~Fluvius

I did get you, it's a fine idea

Question; how many attempts does the participants get? Seems to me they keep on interminably and that someone only noticing the thread tomorrow and having time for only one battle will have less chance of winning then someone who tried ten times...

Note that I do not play 1.2 :-(, but on principle of fairness.

You're right, but it's impossible to limit the number of times someone can play, and the idea is to have exactly what's going on in this thread: better victories keep being posted because players keep beating and re-beating () each other.

Here's my best result so I don't look too incompetent :

[Ghaust the Moor]

I guess I'll give another go, so I don't look like a loser.

Here's my excuse for losing so many men. I didn't want to kill so many of my Epirote Brethren.

[Titus Magnus]

I'm not giving up just yet

[Drewski]

I did get you, it's a fine idea

You're right, but it's impossible to limit the number of times someone can play, and the idea is to have exactly what's going on in this thread: better victories keep being posted because players keep beating and re-beating () each other.

Here's my best result so I don't look too incompetent :

Moli, its a superb idea and I congrat you...

Lets be aware however, that I could give you a screenie where I take NO casualties at all (as you Im sure are aware, I could make each pelast a Super Elephant with a little EDU work)...

My own EDU is so heavily edited, I wont be entering the comp (though I'd love to, but bah, I'm not rediting them back etc.)

I completely believe all the players so far, except, I'd like a least one mid battle scene off all for unequivicable proof...:)

And HEY, you yourself asked for BATTLE Descr, which no-one yet has provided....guys, share your cheesy tactics ...;)

Great Idea btw..best for a long time

[Molinaargh]

Moli, its a superb idea and I congrat you...

Lets be aware however, that I could give you a screenie where I take NO casualties at all (as you Im sure are aware, I could make each pelast a Super Elephant with a little EDU work)...

My own EDU is so heavily edited, I wont be entering the comp (though I'd love to, but bah, I'm not rediting them back etc.)

I completely believe all the players so far, except, I'd like a least one mid battle scene off all for unequivicable proof...:)

And HEY, you yourself asked for BATTLE Descr, which no-one yet has provided....guys, share your cheesy tactics ...;)

Great Idea btw..best for a long time

I can think of a hundred ways to cheat in this game, but I can't think of any reason to do it. The only good proof would be a replay, but we can't save them for some reason (maybe it's because the battle is too long).

I agree people should post more about how they won the battle, but it seems nobody wants to share their secrets

Thanks and thanks for your thoughts.

[antisocialmunky]

... I'm half tempted to go and photoshop a -1 casualty report ...

[Drewski]

I can think of a hundred ways to cheat in this game, but I can't think of any reason to do it. .

And you actually use The Internet on a regular basis ?

[miotas]

I agree people should post more about how they won the battle, but it seems nobody wants to share their secrets

In the first section of the battle the enemy skirmishers always ride out to attack to I take my pelatasts off skirmisher mode and put my akontistai behind them and let them have a skirmish with the horses. They take very few casualties but usually kill at least half the horses.

I then move my troops up and order my phalanx to line up next to the first levy phalanx. I then get my assault infantry to march through that gap at which point the enemy assault infantry and their horses attack, and I launch an attack against them with all my horses and assault infantry, resulting in a rout and a dead general. I then get my assault infantry to go behind the lines of the levy phalanx and slaughter them.

My horses will then have enough room to make charges against the rears of the elite enemy phalanx. If I line all my troops in front of a single unit of elite phalanx then their morale will be low enough that a single huge charge from all 4 of my horse units will break them instantly. At which point they won't run because my infantry are in front of them so my assault infantry mercilessly slaughter the dissarayed, "fighting to the death" phalanx units.

[mountaingoat]

i do something similar , but i use the assault infantry to lead a charge to the side then cav in the rear flanks .

i pulled off a different starting tactic which i may attempt again ... if you pull back at the start , you can capture most of the skirmisher cav with your own cav , and even the general will charge out ... this gives you a clear path when having to clear the phalanx , but you still have to be very precise when attacking due to how tight the comp is ... pretty much every phalanx you route needs to be done with 0 losses.

[Molinaargh]

It's also possible to chase the Epeirote skirmishing cavalry with your own cavalry and kill 2 of those, because not all of them run behind the phalanxes - they get stuck at the beach

[mountaingoat]

just finished another battle , would be for 3rd place , though ill have another go or two at it as lost many units due to error.

[Molinaargh]

just finished another battle , would be for 3rd place , though ill have another go or two at it as lost many units due to error.

I hope you took a screenshot, what if you can't do as well again?

This is the current ranking for Battle I:

Medario			1021
miotas			1019
Flavius Camillus	998
mountaingoat		972
Molinaargh		970
Titus Magnus		954
miotas			923
mountaingoat		870
Titus Magnus		859
Molinaargh		656
Ghaust the Moor		643

[Titus Magnus]

Good Battle, only good enough for third, i'm ready for the next one

[ziegenpeter]

This was my first attempt at 3 a.m. after a party ;)


I dont know what was wrong with my AI 8maybe an ALX problem?) but the phalanxes where just sitting around.
Why is their so few phalanx for Makedonia?
Anyway, I'm eager to play the next part.

[Intrepid Adventurer]

I see rankings are made on basis of men remaining. However, shouldn't that number be adjusted in order to incorporate the amount of enemies remaining? For each enemy remaining, you substract one of your number? That sounds a bit more fair, if you ask me!

Just my 2 cents! Great idea this, following with great interest. And no, not participating myself right now. I'm getting married next week, so I've got some other stuff to worry about. ;)