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    Default The Art of the Heavy Cavalry Charge

    Right I have played TW games for some period. I got RTW after waiting 8 months, from may/june of last year due to a crappy computer. When I got it I started my first Campaign as the Julii on Hard (Fool that I was.) I Got owned, so badly, my armies were destroyed by the Britons and their Chariots who had already taken out Germania and half of Gaul.

    So I started a new Game on normal, once again as the Julii. I progressed quite easily, taking out the Cathaginians with an Impromptu attack on Carthage Thapsus and Lilybaeum, which cut them out of the game. I then secured the Alpine passes by taking the three cities there. Whilst I was doing this the Numidians ( I think, occupied North-west Africa anyway.) declared war. So I trounced them.

    With them gone I set my sites on the Gaul’s who had been sending armies through the Alpine passes. I took Massila then struck up to Alesia and then curved round to the Pyrenees. The Britons attacked and I beat them by huddling my men in the corner of the map in a tight formation with archers behind.

    Anyway, I then declare war on Spain and killed them with relative ease, although I have now got an unhealthy hate for the war dogs who seemed to constitute half of all Spain’s armies.

    It was just after the Marian reforms, around 216B.C, when the Egyptians attacked. I sent in a post Marian army commanded by a family member with 4 stars. Outnumbered three to one they died like Romans assaulted by arrows from a distance and massacred by chariots when they broke formation.

    I sued for peace. It was two years later when Nepte rebelled. So I started building up heavy cavalry to take a ride and kill them. Just as I had finished them the Egyptians attacked, again. At this stage Egypt owned most of the Middle East and all of Anatolia. They were powerful.

    It was an absolute massacre; the army containing the cavalry, commanded by a family member was victorious.

    http://img166.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...ntitled5ig.jpg

    The Heavy cavalry swept the enemies archers and non-spear infantry from the enemy sides with little casualties whilst my infantry closed with the enemy Phalanx. Then once the enemy Phalanx was pinned my cavalry swept in from the rear. Simple and very effective.

    I then had a build up centred on this principle. 2 auxilia, 2 archer auxilia, 2 urban cohorts, and 13 heavy cavalry units not including the general. I prefer to use Praetorian cavalry but I'm not bothered.

    I have gone through about 15,000 enemy troops now including at least 8 enemy family members. And I've only just taken Alexandria Memphis and Thebes. My losses have been minimal about 500 at most. My General who led my troops in the first battle now has the greatest traits I have ever seen. hero of Rome, excellent defender great strategist. When he goes into battle he goes with 9 stars whether attacking or defending.

    I'll get a screenshot of a heroic victory using my general who is getting on a bit.

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    hahahaha those traits are nothing, i had the highest of victor trait, the highest good commander trait, the highest of defender trait, the blood-soaked trait, a wholee bunch of battle related ancilleries and much more, only by defending a bridge vs the romans over 35 years.

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    Ok, heres my last battle outside the gates of Jerusalem.

    http://img178.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img1...=heroic5no.jpg

    I took the city next turn.

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    the kills are relatively low, but you did faced overwhelming odds, so pretty impressive.
    did you fought your man to silver chevrons or just trained them like that.

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    Pure fighting, they've been on campagn for the better part of twenty years. I've lost count of the number of Egyptian armies I've trashed. I have to say that I've been going through their family members like nobodies buisness.

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    i once had a 0 chevron army fought to the death (this means i used all over the map without retraining once, at the end i had seven 3 gold chevron units, of the 20 that started but they were the elite after that i retrained them once and added some new units under their protection starting the project again.

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