Time commanders new series success or faliure?

[Divine Wind]

Today was a great example of how theyve made this series far too easy for the contestants.

They did nothing right at all, apart from the planning side, which they did not stick with as the battle started. If it wasnt for the vanilla units they had then it would of been a rout.

But the show was entertaining. As the previous poster said, a very hot headed affair. Perhaps if we gave the contestants weapons they could recreate some battle scenes in the studio

[Wishazu]

i was utterly convinced they were going to lose right up untill it said "Victory Imminent" i was dumbstruck, as you said they did absolutley nothing right, btw what preofession were they, i only saw the show from the start of the skirmish.

[Divine Wind]

They were described as "computer gamers", who played strategy games.

Didnt see much strategy though!

[Khorak]

I think the problem is the lack of degrees of loss and victory. There should be more emphasis placed on the actual result. In the case of this weeks battle, the team should have been informed that although they technically won the battle, it was entirely pyrrhic. They did not humiliate the Trojan forces at all (themselves maybe), and their own army was devastated to such an extent they're likely to have to sit outside the bloody city for ten years.

There's no strategic emphasis, these guys can have but a single man left on the field who has one arm left but it's still a 'victory' even if they're the invaders or something.

[Duke John]

In the case of this weeks battle, the team should have been informed that although they technically won the battle, it was entirely pyrrhic.

Well, they were being told exactly that. An expert said that even if they knocked politely on the Trojan gate there would be little chance that they would get their princess back. (Did you pass out after the shock of the "You are victorious" message appearing?)

The gamers had a pretty sound tactic, but it was a camping tactic. If they kept moving along the river and went straight for the right flank of the Trojan army then they would have won decisively. Now they just got distracted and weren't able to cope with more than 2 events.

And what was with the lang haired dude constantly watching the monitor of the left captain? We've seen generals standing in the front ignoring the nice overhead map, but this is the first time that a general was forgetting entirely that he was a general. At the end he got better, but in the beginning it was like a coach trying to score on the field.

[Khorak]

Well, they were being told exactly that. An expert said that even if they knocked politely on the Trojan gate there would be little chance that they would get their princess back. (Did you pass out after the shock of the "You are victorious" message appearing?).

Uh....actually I was kind of....um....squishing a bunch of Celts in Civ III. *runs from hordes of Orgers with pitchforks and fire*

[Epistolary Richard]

Perhaps this was their attempt to show us 'strategy gamers' having our heads handed to us and that perhaps it isn't as easy as it looked... nah, we could still thrash them. Bunch of headless chickens.

And what was with the lang haired dude constantly watching the monitor of the left captain? We've seen generals standing in the front ignoring the nice overhead map, but this is the first time that a general was forgetting entirely that he was a general. At the end he got better, but in the beginning it was like a coach trying to score on the field.

Phht, I've yet to see a general worthy of the name. Perhaps the mother in the Battle of Stamford Bridge?

Nus was very funny though. Couldn't really go wrong with them though, virtually every move they made was a mistake. The 'AI' player must have gone very easy on them. I thought when all those spearmen were charging the rear of the Greek units that it was game over. Only the heroic close quarters ability of their archers and slingers brought it back for them.


But continuing on in the 'WTF game are they playing anyway?' thread it was nice to see a phalanx that actually worked properly and didn't shuffle or rotate or stood there and got butchered.

And *gasp* their chariots were actually effective at running down fleeing troops . From my experience the chariots should have wheeled in crazy circles around the archer unit, knocking them down by the bushel just to have them get up again and start running.


With this and the appalling spin-doctors at Dara looks like the only way a team is going to lose this season is if they auto-resolve. :biggrin:

[Kaldhore]

Aye I was a bit miffed at how good those chariots were.

Its the reason I get fed up with the Brits and I havent even played the egyptians yet.