Bloodiest battle ever. (for me... till now...)

**The Stranger** · 01-30-2005, 20:08

Originally Posted by hundurinn

To take screenshot you just press print screen, that should work, if not try Ctrl+Print screen.

The best way to defend bridges is to line the men up in \_/ and |_| this formation around the brigde. This works best with phalanx units but if you have swordmen it's also good to use those formations but it's best to put the men on the middle of the bridge but that will cost you alot of men.

duh thats what i meant but it works better with elite archers and elite cavalry

**katank** · 01-30-2005, 23:10

Order your men across and stop them right at the mouth of the bridge is great so that first rank or two is on the bridge is very secure for guarding.

Used to do that with halbs defending Kiev from the horde.

I love those epic mongol battles.

I also once enabled cannon towers without gunpowder and built Khazar straight to fortress with siege cannon towers and garrisoned it with pumped huscarles.

The horde lost 16k in assaulting and the carpet of bodies nicely outlined my towers' range.

**Dooz** · 01-31-2005, 00:30

Ziu, yes I was playing on huge. I had a full stack army, and they had a little over half stack army, then another half stack army came as reinforcements. Any you know how Gallic units consist of over 200 warriors, so I was outnumbered somewhere around 3:1. More for me to kill.

Ended up slaughtering them with around a 4:1 kill ratio. The cavalry didn't even move a muscle, heh heh. Damn phalanx.

Casmin got it, the sig is from "Reflection" by Tool.

Emperor Umeu 1, I put three units of Royal Pikemen right at the mouth of the bridge, like so \_/ as hundurrin said. And I put the rest of my phalanx units in a sort of encircling formation around the 3 main units for total domination. One of my original up front phalanx units went down to one fighting man, and another down to 4. I took them back, replaced with a fresh unit from behind. And I had 2 units of archers on either side of the bridge for long range damage. Although they had a few units of the dreaded Forester Warband on their side of the riverbank. I actually took more casualties from them then at the main battlesight.

**Come Together** · 01-31-2005, 00:44

Last time i checked there is no blood in this game ;]. Brings back memories of bridge battles in MTW, having a few hundred guys, and a thousand soldiers on the other side, and somehow emmerge victiorious.

**Dooz** · 01-31-2005, 00:58

Ey. Don't sass me.

lol.

Come Together is my favorite song by any group of bugs.

**The Stranger** · 01-31-2005, 15:49

Originally Posted by Wonderland

Ziu, yes I was playing on huge. I had a full stack army, and they had a little over half stack army, then another half stack army came as reinforcements. Any you know how Gallic units consist of over 200 warriors, so I was outnumbered somewhere around 3:1. More for me to kill.

Ended up slaughtering them with around a 4:1 kill ratio. The cavalry didn't even move a muscle, heh heh. Damn phalanx.

Casmin got it, the sig is from "Reflection" by Tool.

Emperor Umeu 1, I put three units of Royal Pikemen right at the mouth of the bridge, like so \_/ as hundurrin said. And I put the rest of my phalanx units in a sort of encircling formation around the 3 main units for total domination. One of my original up front phalanx units went down to one fighting man, and another down to 4. I took them back, replaced with a fresh unit from behind. And I had 2 units of archers on either side of the bridge for long range damage. Although they had a few units of the dreaded Forester Warband on their side of the riverbank. I actually took more casualties from them then at the main battlesight.

yes that is the main bridge strategy and the best this way your losses are minimum and the others have an huge amount of casualties

**hundurinn** · 01-31-2005, 15:59

\_/ is a good way to defend a bride, just be sure there are no reinforcements coming up behind you. It happened to me

I was focused on the bridge and didn't notice another army, much larger than the one attacking the bridge, coming up behind me. The next thing I notice is the clip where I see my general get slaughtered and my units surrounded.

One of the bloodiest yet most fun battle I've lost.

**The Stranger** · 01-31-2005, 16:16

thats a bummer

**hundurinn** · 01-31-2005, 16:27

It was. An full army of elite units slaughtered by mistake

Well it was fun though. I think it is the only battle I've lost since I bought the game, beside naval battles.

**Dooz** · 01-31-2005, 19:20

Originally Posted by hundurinn

\_/ is a good way to defend a bride, just be sure there are no reinforcements coming up behind you. It happened to me

I was focused on the bridge and didn't notice another army, much larger than the one attacking the bridge, coming up behind me. The next thing I notice is the clip where I see my general get slaughtered and my units surrounded.

One of the bloodiest yet most fun battle I've lost.

Heh heh. Sounds fun.

*dreams of the day when naval battles are realtime 3d battles as well...*