Quote Originally Posted by Julius Augustus View Post
Oh, they will rout. Sudden casualties like losing 30 men in 5 seconds cause huge morale drops. When the unit is already half depleted, losing 30 guys at once is like being charged in the back with heavy cavalry=insta route.
I've seen units with less base morale than Drapanai come sallying out to meet my armies (so they are already at about 2/3 strength) get devastated by arrow fire (not fire arrows though) and not rout. Instead they just all die after a few volleys. If they so much as touch one of my units in melee while they're in this bombarded state though, they run for the hills. I don't know, this was just my experience during a campaign with medium battle difficulty. Maybe they had some ridiculous general bonuses (I think it was an eleutheroi city and those generals usually have ridiculous stats).