City gates - a right royal pain in the bum

**Celt Centurion** · 09-09-2005, 18:43

Originally Posted by rebelscum

But it still doesn't explain the miracle rebel army that appears when your city revolts.

Yeah,

When they revolt, I have learned to exterminate them. EVERY TIME!

It's a real pain in the rear end "re-taking" the same city over and over.

Why can't those people in there behave themselves?

What I would like to see built into the game;

When you see on the campaign map that "peasants are revolting",

be able to go in and view it on "Battle Map", and then go find the miscreants, and excercise "Confrontation Management." Take the ringleaders, and send them to the salt mines. Maybe, take all of the rioters and send them to the salt mines.

Halfway decent idea?

Strength and Honor

Celt Centurion

**rebelscum** · 09-10-2005, 13:49

Originally Posted by Celt Centurion

Yeah,

When they revolt, I have learned to exterminate them. EVERY TIME!

It's a real pain in the rear end "re-taking" the same city over and over.

Why can't those people in there behave themselves?

What I would like to see built into the game;

When you see on the campaign map that "peasants are revolting",

be able to go in and view it on "Battle Map", and then go find the miscreants, and excercise "Confrontation Management." Take the ringleaders, and send them to the salt mines. Maybe, take all of the rioters and send them to the salt mines.

Halfway decent idea?

Strength and Honor

Celt Centurion

Yes I think interactive punishment of rebels would be great. Damn, what am I saying!

**rebelscum** · 09-10-2005, 14:40

Has anyone actually got some trained peasants?
How high can you get them, it would be great to have some super hard 240 strong band of 'thugs'. I would send em in first.

Enemy General: Ho ho, this commander has no idea, he sends peasants in first. My elite heavy infantry shall turn them into mush.

Peasants storm into heavy infantry and crush them in seconds, then head straight for the General.

Enemy General:

**The Stranger** · 09-10-2005, 18:29

241 *you forgot your general loosers*

**rebelscum** · 09-11-2005, 16:36

Arrgh, I just got beaten up in Spain by 9x peasants, some of them were triple siver gold shield thugs. It was my own fault.
I had sieged and occupied Osca (the grouch city), realised that the city was red and ready to rebel. So instead of trying to keep it, I decided to torch the place and move my troops out. The senate, being the interfering buggers they are, sent me on a mission to take another Spanish town, so I moved the troops to a boat to sail round to capture it. As soon as my troops were on the boat, after the next two turns, rebellion happened obviously, and the 9x peasants appeared, and started to move north. Then the senate changed their minds about me taking the previous town and told me that they wouldn't put up with rebels and I should go back and take the rebel town. I the cowering senate loving dog that I am, got off the ship and went to take the town back. Meanwhile the peasants jumped on a small group of re-enforcements trying to hold the pass. The ragtag band of mixed units with no general were pretty much swamped by the peasants even with my superb tactical defence. My 200 stong equite cavalry were completely squished.
Now I know what Custers last stand must have felt like.

I think that when peasants reach a certain level of training they should be transformed into the next highest unit type. i.e peasants -> war band
This would stop it seeming a bit stupid that highly trained elite peasants suddenly appear and beat the crap out of you. I mean all it would take in real life would be a few hundred cow hides and a stick to tie their dagger to, ergo speamen.

**Slug For A Butt** · 09-11-2005, 17:21

Yup, max exp peasants can be a real pain in the butt. I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I've had them take out moderately well equipped half stack armies a couple of times. OOh the shame! But I guess thats the risk you take if you let a city with no army buildings revolt. I now always make sure that any city I govern has the ability to recruit moderate soldiers at least. I'd rather face decent crap than uber peasants.
Damn those revolting peasants.

**The Stranger** · 09-11-2005, 18:24

butt.....ahahahhahhahahaha...butt......aaahhahahahahahahaha no it isnt it is a huge experience gain for you...i slaughtered an army of 4000 powerpeasants and it was awesome...you saw a whole line of dead peasants with now and then a red cape of a legionare....