What kind of general are you?

[Viking]

I`m definately a cavalry commander.

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

Also I love elephants!

[Drisos]

A good one.

[xemitg]

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

[Somebody Else]

Where possible, I do prefer to engage from beyond the striking range of the enemy... no sense losing my men. So, long range artillery, long range archers, horse archers... even javelin throwers... the less I have to touch them, the better.

Though, there is a certain amount of pleasure in seeing some heavily armoured soldiers crunch into the enemy's rear.

[amazon77]

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]

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

[L`zard]

Combined arms by way of Montgomery.

While very sensitive to terrain, I like to bring my lunch, generally in the form of a siege train with cav when possible. No advance w/o support is my motto.

Otherwise: Lots and Lots of hvy inf with missle sorts as backup and just enough cav to pay respect to the Patton option.

Probable more of some great general's staff colonel than a general, lol!

Logistics-is-US..........

[Rattan]

I prefer to trap the enemy with infantry then run them down with cavalry. Spearmen engage while heavy cavalry loop around and attack from the rear or flank, or in some conditions open the attack. Light cavalry are the clean up crews who run down the fleeing units or bait some into getting flanked.

So basically I like to try to pin them down and wipe em out. Typical agressive

Worked well in Medieval. And alot easier to execute in Rome.

[avatar]

When attacking...I sit astirde my steed behind my main battle line (spears gurarding flanks and center, infantry guarding spears and missle troops). I like to present a big fat target to keep entrenched enemies focused on me. While I use my flanks (cavalry and fast infantry) to slip behind an enemy without being seen. I am very patient. Playing against the computer this almost always works, does not work as well on human opponents. Against humans I try to decieve by showing them only part of my force and try to get them to become overconfident and attack me. It is very costly to attack an entrenched enemy with equal forces - you must be sneaky.

When defending...I sit astride my steed in the center, again presenting a big fat target hoping that an enemy will come straight at me. What an enemy SEES will hopefully fill them with overconfidence and by the time they figure out the trap the majority of their forces are taking dirt naps.

All in all I like to think it through after seeing what I am presented with. I use a starting formation that is compact with a strong front to resist a rushing cavalry charge.

[PseRamesses]

Gaining victory with zero or few casualities states the ultimate policy don´t you think? Therfore, as I posted earlier, I tend to go with artillery/ misssile oriented combos. This is my record as the Macedonians against Romans:

727-0, 572-0, 190-0, 1405-0, 307-0, 945-0, 446-0, 339-0, 2045-0, 950-0, 464-0 = 8390-0, 11 consecutive defensive battles (which helped ;)).

My combo was 4 onagers, 6 archers, 4 heavy cav and mearly 6 phalanx pikemen spread thin in 5 men rows.

[King Arthur]

i am definately a defensive general .
i tend to attempt to encircle the enemy.
assembling my army in a slight semicircle in one line with those infantry on the flanks further foward then those in the middle.
and a few heavy infantry units in reserve behind this line accompanied with 2 archer units and 1 ballista unit . with 1 heavy cavalry unit on each flank
i await the enemy to approach with my first line on guard mode and take the bait and put my ballistas and archers on fire at will mode.
then put them back behind the lines leaving the archers on fire at will
the enemy infantry usually engage with my light infantry(early legionary cohort) on the flanks first which i have more a concentration of .
as these engage the enemy, i put my heavy infantry(preatorian or legionary cohort) in the centre on fire at will mode tempting the rest to come to the centre.
whilst this happens the cavalry engage the opposing cavalry . or if a lack of cavalry in the enemy they slip round the back. of the enemy .therefore i encircle the enemy and close in. i found this usually works agianst enemies with alot of infantry

[Duke Malcolm]

I prefer medium, or heavy infantry as the core, which attack head on. Missiles behind for supporting fire. no more than 1 fifth of the army is cavalry, which I use either as a primary attack, with heavy infantry support, or on the flanks, out-flanking them. When in combat, units at the rear of my attacking force are moved round to flank the enemy, cutting them off.

[Volstag]

50% infantry, 25% cav, 25% missile. Bread 'n' butter.

[Craterus]

40% cav / 20% missile / 20% inf / 20% spearmen.... generally

I bring infantry and spearmen so I can say I se balanced armies, even though I rarely get down to using the inf in the fight.

[TheWingedVictory]

well is this about mtw or rtw? In mtw, I usually have 4 divisions of missile units(foot) and lots of lots of heavy infantries with a little support from cavalry on the flanks. I make them attack me by sending vollies of arrows and then sending the infantries division by division one by one.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

This is just in general. If it was about a specific game it would be in a game specific sub-forum.

[Barbarian_King_1]

The type of units depends upon the civ or types available. I do not like having to fight the same army over again, so usually go for annihilation. That requires some lancers, light cav, or the like.

I do like balance though. Every unit, is supposed to anyways, have good points going for it. We all know this is not true, some are downright useless. Units that can perform multiple functions are better. They can get you out of tight pinches.

The Original Barbarian_King

[Thermopylea]

I'm a defensive general.I like armies to attack,so i can blitz them with my onergas (sorry can't remember how it's spelt) with fire of course ,whilst my spearmen form a Phalanx holding their ground.Harassing (and normally killing their general) with my heavy cavalry. I killed over 20 thousand romans (bruti's)this way with one army.Find high ground allow them to come on while hitting them with fire balls,then hit them from both side as they close in on your infantry with heavy cavalry keeping your general at the rear and safe. if they have archers send a single cavalry and take them out.

[Barbarian_King]

hello I am new here.
Nice to meet u guys.
I like TW games a lot.
I'd say I am a more conventional commander who follow the rule tightly.
I dont like to take chances, but that could be a bad thing as well.
I put my infantry in the front facing directly to the enemy line. Archers behind the infantry line. Sometimes I swap the two ranks for the archers to reach the enemy line. I put Cavalry units to the flanks of the infantry line, but this can be a problem when the enemy concentrate the attack on the flanks, so I usually move them around a lot to adapt to the changing situation. The cavalry units are also used to sneak behind the enemy line from the flanks to destroy any heavy equipments.
My goal as the commander of my army is always to achieve a victory with minimum casualty.
The unit I like the most is probably heavy cavalry units due their high mobility.
The unit I fear the most is pikeman. they are very annoying when there are good units protecting their flanks.

[Craterus]

Welcome to the Guild! I have the same sort of style as you.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I use a similar style, but I take huge risks when I am in trouble.

Welcome to the Org!

[Samurai Waki]

A Lot of Infantry, quite a few skirmishers/Missile Troops, and a little bit of cavalry to plug up holes. But for more specialised areas (especially going up against nimble/fast opponents) I adjust my army accordingly, maybe add a few more skirmishers into the mix, or add more cav. But I always find confidence in large infantry numbers.

[sevengoals]

i try to choose my armies depending on what i'm about to face...
if they have plenty of Infantry i go for the cavalry.
If they have heaps of cavalry i go with spearmen and heavy infantry.
I also try to have a a core of missile troops.
and the "scorpion" is my fav.
When i'm defending i choose the hardest steepest place and let them come to me. Once i have the upperhand i tend to use my cavalry to charge the flanks and to mop up.
and i'm not adverse to having my light cavalry gallop accros the front of the enemy to draw them out and disprganise them.
bit risky sometimes but it can have good results.

[Garvanko]

I like Archers and Cav, but try to be a strong infantry commander, as I always face strong AI infantry.

Missile cav is very underrated, imo.

[Kaiser of Arabia]

I'm a good heavy infantry commander, or cavalry.
In other games I'm best with Tanks (Panzers!)

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I like to think of my self as quite flexable. Ideally I would have:

4 Longbows

3 Chiv Sergants

3 Billmen

1 Royal Knights

3 Chiv Knights

2 Highlanders/Gallowglasses/Mounted Sergants.

That said when facing an army which lacks proper cav I'll drop all the heavy infantry in favour of more archers and Highlanders.

Another way to fight is just with an army which is virtually all arbelasters.

When it comes down to it though I like to pin with a shield wall, have my billmen on the edges to start to wrap the enemy and then hit them from the rear with Cav.

Combined arms is the way to go.

[Drisos]

It's intresting that so many of you MP generals are willing to share much information about themselves on the battlefield.

Possible opponents could see that and take advantage of it! Look out!

Well, I think it only indicates that you are not a coward and that you are not 100% competitive, so I like you guys doing it. I should do it too.

[Craterus]

I was considering not revealing my style, but why not? I don't think I've revealed my tactics, so it's not too bad.

[makkyo]

I'm very cavalry-heavy with my armies, usually a balance between hore archers and heavy cavalry. I skirmish with my archers, then when the enemy breaks formation and chases my mounted army in vain, I suround and slaughter the enemy piece by piece. If the enemy is very spear-heavy, I just skirmish all the more. Even spearmen route from a cavalry charge coming from all sides.

[Shaka_Khan]

A good one.

Me too.