Fighting at forests

[william weedzor]

Ridiculous is not really well describing word:D

Anyway i dont like any trees or forests in-game.Mostly because all my battles in forest (after fixing giant trees) happens in sight of lovely plains,just behind the red border line!

I expect something more from my FM with 5 stars and mostly phalanx army then end in the deepest woods available after 3 months of manoeuvring.Despite all my efforts in camping map to stay out of forest.
Trait "Dangerous idiot" should be added,all stars and influence removed and charecter moved to the cheapest ship and send him to hunt down multistacks of pirates:)

[Foot]

I expect something more from my FM with 5 stars and mostly phalanx army then end in the deepest woods available after 3 months of manoeuvring.Despite all my efforts in camping map to stay out of forest.
Trait "Dangerous idiot" should be added,all stars and influence removed and charecter moved to the cheapest ship and send him to hunt down multistacks of pirates:)

You should expect more from yourself. don't send your armies into the forests. They are dangerous. You do get to choose your the field of battle, and a good commander makes sure its advantageous to them. But I love having a small Sweboz army decimating the armies of Rome in the forests of Germania.

Foot

[Rahl]

You should expect more from yourself. don't send your armies into the forests. They are dangerous. You do get to choose your the field of battle, and a good commander makes sure its advantageous to them.

I don't think it's that easy, sometimes the battlemap seems to differ from the campaign one. Instead of standing on hills or beeing next to a forest the enemy has the hill or you are in the forest...

[TheLastDays]

You should expect more from yourself. don't send your armies into the forests. They are dangerous. You do get to choose your the field of battle, and a good commander makes sure its advantageous to them. But I love having a small Sweboz army decimating the armies of Rome in the forests of Germania.

Foot

Well, sometimes you'll have clear plains on the strategy map and will still end up on a densely forested map in battle mode...

[antisocialmunky]

Hire a stack of Germans and throw it at the Germans.

[xzGAB]

So...is it impossible?

[Atraphoenix]

battling in forests needs even more micromanaging than horse archer armies. if you are the ambushers it is good news just encircle the enemy and decimate them but if you are ambushed just order your important general run away. I learned why it is so important to have one unit of scout army after I ordered one of my consular army to siege a celtic town, and ambushed, my consule KIA..

other than ambushes normal forest battles gives you advantage on lots of things , archers and cavalry sucks in forests that is why no nomads managed to rule germany with the exception of Attila.

and if you are defender in fact less probable.... let the enemy tire their soldiers.
use and prefer javeliners who are better than archers in forests.

if you are attacker the most common scenario, if you have archers just use them to reveal hidden units as they have no use other than it.

if the situation getting worse use emergency orders : defending triangle / square, cavalry charge at enemy's back... and pray of course....

[NikosMaximilian]

Hire Germanic/Celtic regionals and local mercenaries, forget about battle formations and chaaaarge! chaaaaaarge! chaaaaarge!!!. Maybe leave in reserve the FM, another cavalry unit and some skirmishers to flank the enemy and shower the ones with no armour with javelins (if possible in the ensuing mayhem).