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    Default Re: EB 1.2 + CITY MOD b + Darth 16.2 for EB + Sinuhet 7.0 AI Battle Formations for EB

    Multiple charges, 2 at least, are very usefull: First your Bodyguards charge in and are kept in melee till the second cav. unit arrives. The first blow mostly causes "shaken", while the second one does the "weaving". And if the kill ratio is high enough the unit breaks inevitably. Disengage immidietly after the enemy unit breaks with your cavalry, to let them flee and slaughter them with your light cavalry or skirmishers, while utilizing your infantry and bodyguards for another sandwich move.

    Slingers firing from the walls in the backs of any unit will devastate them despite heavy armour: 1) the ap bullits + 2) they are on a high ground + 3) shooting them from the back/the right side ( unprotected by shields ). Feels a bit like cheating, but playing on VH it´s actually inevitable to "cheat" the AI, because not only the defence bonus grows, but their morale too ( + 7, iirc ), which means a unit with already 15 morale gets 22 value, and because those troops are disciplined, they recover from initial shocks too well.

    To fight the VH bonis you need some very experienced shock units: yes, axemen can do the job, but if the phalanx fights back, even with their swords, those poor buggers get slaughtered due to lack of armour and poor defence skills. You need a unit with good morale, very good stamina ( for prolonged and repeatable attacks ), high armour values, armour piersing abilities and/or high lethality. Agrianian Assaulg Infantry in case of Macs, Thracian Elite Swordmen, Thracian Peltasts at least. If you can, hire some Tindanotae, the Galatian Wildmen, their 2 HP together with allready called fear effect and high lethality, will do the job too ( plus they are "very hardy" and don´t break in a 1 on 1 fight due to 22 morale value ).
    Last edited by vollorix; 12-29-2010 at 12:54.
    - 10 mov. points :P

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