[EB] Any help for beating skullhead?

[mountaingoat]

Because Skullhead also uses cataphraktoi the getai will be slaughtered!! also in MP your thin line of spearmen should be useless against a skilled player. Who tells you that he will atack them with his phalangitai front?

If my current PC hadnt a proxy preventing me from playing EB online, I would love to beat the Getai with a diadochi force.

well since you do not play any online battles, yet you mention who is "skilled" on here ... i will leave you with a few pointers for online battles

1. bringing the best cav does not = win

2. you do not have a glorious general with 10 command to make your levy units appear unstoppable

3. there is no BAI online (well not much)

4. human player will defend the flanks and mostly not leave them exposed .. this means they will not chase your skirmisher cav etc off the map

5. if it works on single player , does not mean it will work against someone online .. especially if they are seasoned to playing online

6. no army is unstoppable .. they each have pros and cons

7. you have no idea what the other player will bring , but you can make a general assumption based on their faction.

8. 1v1 is completely different to 2v2 .. and 3v3 and 4v4.

9. playing online gives a better understanding of a units value

10. i consider all players i go up against to be skilled , no matter if they defeat me or i defeat them. there are many excellent players on this forum!

11. there is no pause

12. some units work differently on different unit size settings (example pikes perform poorer on small settings )

If I were skullhead I would put all my phalanxes out of guard mode and phalanx mode. Atack with them on the sides, lowering the spears against the AP units and destroy the thin line of the getai spearmen with just one cataphract charge. Than the getai forces are split into two and the fight is over.

well .. Who tells you that he will atack them head on with his flanking forces ?? =P

bypass your proxy and play online , is quite fun , though i have stopped until there is a much better option , hamachi works but it is not too great .