Mopping up.

[Ibrahim]

using Alex, I find that chasing routers is hard work-often times I suffer more losses pursuing them than in the actual battle itself, since isolated units will inevitably fight to the last. as a result, pursuits, as preferable as they are, are rare, and typically against the enemy elites. but when that does happen safely, with no units on the enemy side fighting to the last, I'm pretty indescriminate.

[vartan]

using Alex, I find that chasing routers is hard work-often times I suffer more losses pursuing them than in the actual battle itself, since isolated units will inevitably fight to the last. as a result, pursuits, as preferable as they are, are rare, and typically against the enemy elites. but when that does happen safely, with no units on the enemy side fighting to the last, I'm pretty indescriminate.

Most FightToDeaths occur by elites. But even then, most don't occur unless the routing unit is almost completely surrounded.

[Badass Buddha]

I always take two light cavalry units and send them around to the enemy's rear flank to catch routers, especially FMs, due to their "immortal" bodyguards.

[Power2the1]

I nearly always role play. As Carthage if I am fighting the Roman dogs I will only chase down the Roman troops, and let the others flee like Samnites and others (hey, Hannibal did this). As the Celts, Germans, Iberians, and Dacians I go for the noble units (prestige in killing them) and let the low end units go away like the levy spearmen and that sort of thing.

[Ibrahim]

Most FightToDeaths occur by elites. But even then, most don't occur unless the routing unit is almost completely surrounded.

true; in my case its because I usually end up surrounding the enemy in little "pockets".

[Zradha Pahlavan]

Kill them all or they'll just come back and waste your time. And don't let the general get away, or he'll spawn an army of mercenaries to attack you with next turn.

[HunGeneral]

I for one prefer to leave no survivers (dead enemies are always the best) - especially not the enemy general. That guy is always "target number one" for my soldiers... (insert evil laugh).