Strangest Heroic Victory ever .

**lionhard** · 06-25-2009, 21:51

Spot on

**Ca Putt** · 06-25-2009, 21:56

If you deprive him of all means to enter the city: no seige engines left/ no units suitable of using them left, the AI accepts your Superiority and resigns.

**Mediteran** · 06-25-2009, 22:05

Originally Posted by Ca Putt

If you deprive him of all means to enter the city: no seige engines left/ no units suitable of using them left, the AI accepts your Superiority and resigns.

yes but not if you sally?

**Mikhail Mengsk** · 06-25-2009, 22:08

Yes, even during battle.

**Apázlinemjó** · 06-25-2009, 22:14

Funny, they never accepted that in my campaigns, even if I destroyed all of their siege engines...

**HunGeneral** · 06-25-2009, 22:59

Originally Posted by Apázlinemjó

Funny, they never accepted that in my campaigns, even if I destroyed all of their siege engines...

Sometimes the AI is so stubbern (or stupid?) that he won't retreat until all his infatry is dead - he might be waiting for you to sally or might have some ladders at the walls, but doesn't send infantry over it.

That is why I sometimes turn on "battle time limit" when besieged so the AI either has to move or retreat/loose rather then stand in one place for all eternity...

**Knight of Heaven** · 06-25-2009, 23:45

No, this happen when Ai dont have any infantry, and was unable to break the walls. And also dont have any siege machine left. so the cavalry retreats. it happens often with me, in RTW and well medieval2. Even if they have infantry, they will only retreat when infantry began to rout, but if they got stuck and and fighting to the death, the general wont retreat.
And they will only remain outside of walls if they have infantry alive, not cav.

**Satyros** · 06-25-2009, 23:51

Well after I killed off his infantry I did step outside the city walls and and engaged his cavalry and with the battle going outside the city walls before any of his remaining units routed I got a heroic victory screen .

That's what I found so confusing .

So what you're saying is seeing as there wasn't a way for them to enter the city they withdrew ? Even though we battled at the time ? Hmmm , come to think of they charged at my general only after a routing unit captured the city gate .

Could it be then that they withdrew as soon as they lost the gate again ?

So I am to assume that all goes well and nothing is broken at my game ?

Thanks for answering guys .

Satyros

P.S. : How do you turn on battle time limit when in a campaign ? Is it available form the game options from the in battle game menu , or the campaign menu ?