Battles - how to win big with equal numbers?

[andrewt]

Good to see you posting TW related stuff again, froggy.



I've noticed the AI loves to pick its targets and stick with it. Very rarely it will swap, but more often then not it will stick like glue to the target it selects first. I've exploited this by keeping my archers out in front during the initial skirmish phase, then once the enemy has engaged me with archers (I see the 'under fire' icon in the unit cards) I withdraw to behind my lines and immediately push forward with my melee units. 9/10 times the Ai will continue to shoot at my archers while I refocus fire on the melee. In this way, i can direct the enemy fire to my archers while i pick at the main line.

As Chosokabe, I've actually started doing the opposite. When their archers come into range of mine, I switch target and focus on routing their archers first before firing on their main infantry line. I've found naginata infantry to be the best as they can kill cav, survive for a while and are best for taking on the inevitable friendly fire.

Friendly fire is really terrible this game. Ever seen 2 different horse archer units skirmish into the same space and end up shooting each other from time to time? Even foot archers do the same thing when skirmished, which is why I ended up preferring to have the back row charge without turning skirmish on.

[HopAlongBunny]

Bows before her highness FBE

Holding and hitting seems to be the way to go. The Ashi in spearwall are tough!

Flanking seems a little harder for me in this game; everything just happens so fast; but if you back your lines with a cpl samurai (of any flavour) you can rout whatever the Ashi are holding. The key seems to be following up on success.

Haven't tried it yet but I think if you stack one flank and try to steamroll, it should work wonders.

[Azi Tohak]

I'm going to have to buy this game. I haven't been in the mood for TW since I stopped playing the SS mod a while ago. I'm loving how this sounds. You have to think for battles?!?!? Wow! I remember having to do that for MTW 1, but even STW was pretty easy for me for the most part. I'm excited.