Heroic Victories?

[feelotraveller]

I did a bit of research and the consensus of a thread across at TWC was that:
a) it's all a bit random
b) being outnumbered and having low casualties helps a lot
Of course if anyone has anything more exacting to add that would be appreciated.
p.s. The chance of heroic victories was severely reduced by one of the patches.

[Vladimir]

I had one last night.

My eight man general unit was ambushed by a depleted half stack. I ran the general around the battle map until the time ran out. Heroic victory.

[feelotraveller]

Yeah, that works!

You were heavily outnumbered and won the battle with minimal casualties.

[Forward Observer]

I did a bit of research and the consensus of a thread across at TWC was that:
Of course if anyone has anything more exacting to add that would be appreciated.
p.s. The chance of heroic victories was severely reduced by one of the patches.

This was actually mentioned in the patch notes (last big patch, I think)

Prior to that patch, I usually got a heroic victory at least 50%, if not more, of the time---now, it's maybe 1 out 10. Obviously, it was a bit too easy to get in the beginning and sort of meaningless.

Cheers

[maestro]

It went from being rediculously easy (like HV every battle) to reiculously hard. I don't think I've had a HV since they patched it!