What kind of general are you?

**Evil_Maniac From Mars** · 05-09-2005, 21:59

Rome: Cavalry armies using basic Mongol tactics, hit and run.
Medieval: Combined armies, cav used as flankers with infantry in the front and archers and skirmishers running forward then retreating behind my battle line.

**Tigranes** · 05-09-2005, 22:09

Scythia:

100% Cavalry, with the odd axeman thrown in for fun.

What other option is there, with Scythia?

Anyway, that's all I need, in most situations. The only problems I really face are lots of heavy cavalry, chariots, especially scythed, and very long ranged enemies.

**Uesugi Kenshin** · 05-10-2005, 03:08

Ninja peasants and generals?

My tactics would probably look disorderly and muddled to some, but they work out well with a fairly even distribution of casualties, except my generals they drop like flies. I use them to shore up any weak point and hold off enemy troops so my men can finish a unit before dealing with reinforcements.

**katar** · 05-10-2005, 17:50

its been a while since i posted here or played the game

but im mostly a combined arms general;

using a few artillery pieces and archers/slingshots to thin down priority enemy units before engaging them with infantry and enveloping them from the rear with a few cavalry.

artillery/archers/slingers 30%, infantry 50%, cavalry 20%

**Viking** · 05-10-2005, 18:50

I`m definately a cavalry commander.

I like artillery, but missile troops is mostly thrown in for fun.

Also I love elephants!

**Drisos** · 05-10-2005, 18:59

A good one.

**xemitg** · 05-12-2005, 02:45

I always enjoy waves of crappy troops. Although most of them will die, who cares?

**Shaka_Khan** · 06-18-2005, 08:06

Originally Posted by drisos

A good one.

Me too.

**amazon77** · 05-14-2005, 02:25

Well it depends on the faction i play. With Gauls i use foresters of exp3 + 3missile from abnoba, totals 21 missile. But generally i try to exp my troops up, thus i use archers, some inf to pin them and then charge their backs with 2 to 4 cavs n they rout.

**Marquis of Roland** · 05-14-2005, 02:39

I just fought my first battle with an all-armored elephant army (plus one general). That is (on huge unit size) 456 elephants charging full speed at about 3000-4000 Brutii legionaries.

It was quite an entertaining experience......when the first line of elephants hit their front line, hundreds of Brutii soldiers literally took to the air. It was an explosion of human bodies hahahahahaha. The rest were trampled. Not a single casualty on my side. Good times

**LestaT** · 07-08-2005, 06:27

Since started playing RTR I can only win with large forces .. eheh.. bad .. bad.. Onl started as Roman now.. Haven't tried others but I always got problem with phlanx units.. Be it Greeks or macedonians...