I'm an idiot

**kekailoa** · 06-13-2009, 23:28

I was besieging Numantia as the Romans with one of my best armies. 4 silver chevroned Camillan Hastati, 4 silver chevroned Camillan Principe, 4 silver chevroned Triarri, two slinger units, two light cav units, and two top-notch generals. The Luso's only had two units of speamen and one light swordsman with a FM.

So, they sally out. I'm like, I don't want to waste my time and risk a CTD with a battle I know I'm going to win. So, with my first cheat of the game, I decided to auto_win the battle.

But, being slightly zoned out, I wrote auto_win attacker. I autocalc the battle, and am shocked to find my entire army was decimated. Like, annihilated. Maybe four or five barely alive units left. I'm like, shit. Shitshit. That was ridiculously retarded. So, to top it off, I decide to hire all the mercs in the region to continue my campaign or at least to hold onto what I had conquered, as my other armies were in Sicily and the Balkans, and to make things even better, the Polybian reform just hit the turn after my defeat.

Then the Luso's come out with a massive army of heavy spearmen, elite shock infantry, medium spearmen, medium swordsmen and skirmishers. Again, all I have is barely over a half stack of fresh mercs and the tatters of my former army. So, they attack me on a river crossing. I'm like, ok, maybe I can win this. So we duke it out. It takes forty minutes and 70% casualties on their side for my hodgepodge army to break, and both my generals are killed.

Now, although their army is in terrible shape, knowing the AI, it will pull another one out of nowhere. I have three Iberian cities, lightly defended with only minor reinforcement coming to help and two angry nations at my throat ready for revenge.

This is going to be really fun.

**Watchman** · 06-13-2009, 23:30

...you sure that was the Lusos and not the Numantia defense script...?

**A Very Super Market** · 06-13-2009, 23:37

Reload? I mean, why would you continue to play? Silly, really.

**K-Dogs** · 06-13-2009, 23:42

In any case the Numantian (averican?) garrison wouldve been bigger than a few spearmen, and that defense script is a twat, I had to destroy that army 3 times with a pretty poor lusotannan army in my last campaign, you could try filling it with spies and assaulting on the first turn.

Ah well, good luck. i'm guessing you have a 'no reload' thing going on.

**kekailoa** · 06-14-2009, 04:39

Actually, if I could reload I would, because they attacked me, defeated me and then I got my new turn and if you reload from the new turn the autosave goes from the beginning of the new turn.

Besides, it's too late now.

**Vasiliyi** · 06-14-2009, 06:24

Then raise another legion, send them to spain and BURN THAT CITY TO THE GROUND. Come on, it the Roman way.

**teh1337tim** · 06-14-2009, 06:59

or you can raise some auxilary units and allied legions to help out... iberian scrutarii are quite effective light infantry =]

**alatar** · 06-14-2009, 18:26

Originally Posted by Vasiliyi

Then raise another legion, send them to spain and BURN THAT CITY TO THE GROUND. Come on, it the Roman way.

Exactly, stop complaining, start killing!

**Valion** · 06-14-2009, 07:07

Originally Posted by kekailoa

Actually, if I could reload I would, because they attacked me, defeated me and then I got my new turn and if you reload from the new turn the autosave goes from the beginning of the new turn.

Besides, it's too late now.

Multiple saves?