Bah!!!!

**Cambyses** · 07-26-2009, 21:37

Try playing as the Luso's (they get the biggest forest bonuses IIRC). Soon you will come to love the trees as your army gets an easy victory every time it catches some poor civilized schmuck inside of one...

when you can surprise the enemy by suddenly emerging on the flank and unleashing a hail of javelins, it becomes very satisfying and you will begin to actively look for trees to be on the battlemap. If you only ever play as one faction you are IMO really missing out on a lot of the EB gaming experience.

**bobbin** · 07-27-2009, 06:36

I love the Luso's so much! they have the best unit roster in the game the only drawback being that it is really hard to use it outside of Iberia, and i have to agree forests are your friends if you are the Luso's, or any other "barbarian" faction for that matter.

**Macilrille** · 07-27-2009, 18:46

I just trained a week of forest figthing in a Danish summer beech wood at Moesgaard before we did the major battles in the weekend. It is hellish IRL as well for a commander. He cannot see his subunits or the enemy more than a few meters away and has to trust to his subordinate leaders and unit initiative.

Experience and Centurions...

**Megas Methuselah** · 07-28-2009, 08:03

Originally Posted by Cambyses

Try playing as the Luso's (they get the biggest forest bonuses IIRC). Soon you will come to love the trees as your army gets an easy victory every time it catches some poor civilized schmuck inside of one...

when you can surprise the enemy by suddenly emerging on the flank and unleashing a hail of javelins, it becomes very satisfying and you will begin to actively look for trees to be on the battlemap. If you only ever play as one faction you are IMO really missing out on a lot of the EB gaming experience.

It's still difficult guiding your troops in a dense forest, though.

**A Very Super Market** · 07-28-2009, 08:10

Oh definitely. You simply can't see them, and it ends up as a pause-fest.

**dake** · 07-28-2009, 08:35

Fighting in woods with the romans is great against germans...

**Ezephkiel** · 08-07-2009, 02:32

I've found turning off the restricted camera before and zooming right down for most of the battle to work ok, unless they're the really think forests. Its intense but if you just double click all ur units and press a directional keypad button the camera snaps to them straight away.

**Macilrille** · 07-28-2009, 08:42

Originally Posted by Megas Methuselah

It's still difficult guiding your troops in a dense forest, though.

As it is in RL, I just did for a week.

**Skullheadhq** · 07-28-2009, 10:11

Originally Posted by Macilrille

As it is in RL, I just did for a week.

You did what??

**Macilrille** · 07-29-2009, 00:07

Fought in forest battles, look above. Moesgaard 2009 was great, 400 warriors :-)

**Watchman** · 07-29-2009, 00:35

...is it on YouTube yet ?

**tls5669** · 07-29-2009, 03:52

One thing about ancient warfare I dont get. Personally if it was me and I was a Roman commander, Id burn the forest to the ground, that would flush the barbarian's out. It would also turn the land into flat farmland, and wouldnt have to worry about getting ambushed in the Tuetoburg forest either.....