How about that morale?

[Ironside]

Ironside:
Now that I have tried it a couple of times (and got my butt handed to me) I have a couple of questions.

1. Should I set it on hard or expert? I set it on expert because you said very hard.
2. Should 3 or 4 hobilars have valor 1? I erred on the side of judgement and used 4 hobs at 1 valor
3. I know it can't be used in MP, but does the challenge allow me to use the pause button? I'm afraid I'm rather used to it. In my defense I noblely tried to do the challenge w/out using the pause button at all.

Maybe I'm being picky but I got pretty well whomped the first couple I tried.

1. Expert is correct, I have played only on that for years, so I'm guessing that reading too much posts for RTW (is going to get it when I have updated my computer, it should happen soon) made me use an incorrect term.
2. It was a campaign battle for a while ago so I don't remember the exact numbers, so you can try 3, it's still hard as hell.
3. Pause is allowed considering that I probably used it and that it's still very hard to do it, the comp is probably atleast as good as a human with those hobilars anyway.

And for you that wonder what the problem is, the problem is that the hobilars are experts on "light flanking" due to the impossibility of creating a perfect circle with spearmens. The hobilar will hit those edges and rout the spearmens that already got an extra morale penalty for losing badly against another hobilar (they'll win by numbers, not by strength). The combat use of that charge is negliable otherwise.

Edit:
Try it when putting your spears in the woods and see the difference BTW.