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    WanderingScholar, I didnt mean to be "cocky" and try my idea, it works 80% of the time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Wandering Scholar
    That wasn't even necessary.
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    The generals chariots are really only good for one thing (besides dying unexpectedly)>>>
    Chewing up the mounted generals of other factions.
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    I do not like chariots. They are weird.

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    Whilst I have found a group of two or three briton generals to be a wonderful way of quickly mincing up Gaul or Roman general cav and other cav on the flanks, they are too fragile and unwieldy to be bodyguards for your glorious leaders. Caught in a town they are incapable of manoevering and are just death traps for the hapless general. Against phalanxes including the basic infantry of neighbours Germania they die on contact anywhere. Being so spread out it's hard to avoid getting tangled up with infantry, especially on huge.

    Light chariots are devastating archers, can usually escape from pursuit and can tear fleeing armies to shreds at lightning speed before they can escape. For Britannia against German phalanxes they are majestic out in the open but atrocious if confined by impassable battlefield terrain or trapped in a town.

    Loads of fun to play with but not authentic. Creating an empire across Europe with the Britons in this era is a shocking anachronism anyway but I suppose that could equally be said of Dacia, Thrace, Scythia, Spain, Numidia and even the Greeks, but it is fun to recreate a wildly different version of history where someone other than the Romans gets a look in for a change.

    For us 'Britunculi' especially the arrogant Romans need to be taught a lesson. The shamed daughters of Boudicca must be avenged! Let's throw some limey heads at them, and chant them into submission!
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    Quote Originally Posted by QuintusJulius-Cicero
    I do not like chariots. They are weird.
    I don't like to use them on the battle field either, they always run into phalanxes or places you don't want them to go, but they are totally awesome when you autoresolve, I used 4 scythed chariot against a fullstack of Seleucids general included, and won killing 3/4 of their army losing 1/4 of my chariots, and 2 of my chariots got 4 exp and the other 2 each got 2 exp, the odds were 5:1 in their favor and I still won, but it was on medium.
    Last edited by Hannibalbarc; 03-07-2008 at 22:42.
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    Chariotsare so annoying, they should not even be included in the game due to their historical letdowns.
    Last edited by The Wandering Scholar; 03-08-2008 at 01:05.

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