Macedon

[coalition]

hey tere guys, vh/vh and things being going pretty welll, took a break from medieval total war 2 but i prefer rome, alot more interesting. Theres 1 thing i do have to complain about the macedonians, arent the royal pikeman suppose to be hyspadist? or however you spell it lol.

[whtdoesitmatta]

Ok, I am trying to Defend Macedonia from all invaders after seeing Serverous do it Germania, but I am keep getting destroyed early.

Basically the rules for this are
-Give Byzalora to Dacians or Thrace depending on who wants to ally with you.
-Take Athens.
-Then hold and defend these 4 provinces for the rest of the game.
-I am not going to attack or capture any enemy outside of lands.
-Politically I will be good...no attacking unless I am at war with that faction.
-I can declare war via a diplomat if another faction steps foot onto my soil.

Basically what keeps happening is Greece and the Brutii ally,and Destroy me, as my pikeman cannot fight 1v1 vs either hastati or Hoplites.

Please help.

[Craterus]

Use the early Macedon cavalry (light lancers), your early pikemen should never be in an extended battle so you need to use anvil-hammer cavalry hit and run tactics.

Haven't played the game (or posted in the guides) for 2 years but hope this helps

[The Wandering Scholar]

Spam pikemen with very long spears and light lancers (Gyras is a good general early on) plus buy some archers.

[whtdoesitmatta]

Problems are:
What is Hammer and Anvil tactics?
Cretans spawn too slow.
And the Pikemen can't touch Armoured hoplites, and have a very hard time with hastati and Hoplites.

[The Wandering Scholar]

Hammer and Anvil tactics are when you tie up their infantry with yours and flank them, oldest trick in the book.

You can open up descr_mercs and increase spawn rates if you so wish. If i Was to do that I would increase the cost and upkeep, it wont seem so much of an exploit then.

Like my previous post said use very long spears, they cannot touch you. I beat a unit each of Spartans and Armoured hoplites on normal size with three levy pikemen:

use their 60 numbers and stretch them out, you can easily flank them then. Kind of like holding your nephew at arms length, not quite as easy as a little toddler.

[Paradox]

Hammer and Anvil tactics are when you tie up their infantry with yours and flank them, oldest trick in the book.

You can open up descr_mercs and increase spawn rates if you so wish. If i Was to do that I would increase the cost and upkeep, it wont seem so much of an exploit then.

Like my previous post said use very long spears, they cannot touch you. I beat a unit each of Spartans and Armoured hoplites on normal size with three levy pikemen:

use their 60 numbers and stretch them out, you can easily flank them then. Kind of like holding your nephew at arms length, not quite as easy as a little toddler.

How do you increase the spawn rate and modify the cost/upkeep?

[coalition]

Use the early Macedon cavalry (light lancers), your early pikemen should never be in an extended battle so you need to use anvil-hammer cavalry hit and run tactics.

Haven't played the game (or posted in the guides) for 2 years but hope this helps

haha craterus ^_^ hows the cavarly commanding going? lost your touch? or you too busy playing medieval 2

[The Wandering Scholar]

Yh Craterus explain yourself you m2 splitter you!!