Post your EB empires!

[SwissBarbar]

Yeah, you would not believe how many units of elite phalangitai have died without even killing one of my horsearchers ;-)

But I must say, also my foot-armies are quite fun to play, though they suffer from more dead. Just 20 minutes ago I successfully could defend the city of Charax, which my foot-army had captured. Its like this:

(Not all units in full strength)
1 FM
4 x Parthian Spearman
4 x Hoplitai Haploi
3 x Eastern Slingers
3 x Persian Archers
2 x Mardian Archers

And they were besieged by the Seleukids (Not all units in full strenght)

3 x FM
1 x Heavy Cav
2 x Parthian Spearman
2 x Elite Phalangitai (full strength)
5 x Other Phalangitai
and other light units and thureophoroi


All in all: I had around 2500 and they around 2300 IIRC

They had: 2 Siege Towers, 2 Rams, 2 Tunnel-Things to make the walls collaps.


It was great! My Archers could light one tower, the two rams (who went for 2 different gates) were lit fast to. Through the second tower, the enemy could engage the walls, and at the same time, they tried to undermine another part of the wall. The wall was down for 61%, when my archers managed to lit the Tunnel-entrance on fire, the wall stood, the guys under ground died. The second Tunnel-thing was on fire before they could go in. Just when the parthian spearmen of the enemy and some peltasts fought my men on the wall, the enemy sent klerouchoi phalangitai up the tower.. but with the last arrows also this tower was lit on fire and the phalangitai died under the collapsing tower. With all their siege equipment gone, the Seleukids waited, if their units, who were already on the wall, could do anything - they couldn't - and then had to leave.

Stats (in my opinion quite realistic battle stats for once)

Close Victory
Pahlava: Men 2500 - Lost 450 - Remaining around 2200 (my FM had a chirurgeon and some great traits ;-) )
Seleukids: Men 2300 - Lost 650 - Remaining around 1650