A couple of questoins

**www2** · 05-27-2005, 14:29

1.RETRAIN

What does this mean?Will i get a unit that belongs to that period.....or will it just max my unit number.I mean If i put a group of 6 Principies will i get 6 Preatorians or will I get 41 Principies?

2.REINFORCEMENTS

Is there a patch or any kind of fix that allows you to controll them

3.What do all the pictures on you'r unit picture mean.I get shield or a weapon icon so i guess that is for upgraded deffence or attack....but i also get some red arrows and other symbols......what do they all mean?

**Quietus** · 05-27-2005, 14:54

Originally Posted by www2

1.RETRAIN

What does this mean?Will i get a unit that belongs to that period.....or will it just max my unit number.I mean If i put a group of 6 Principies will i get 6 Preatorians or will I get 41 Principies?

2.REINFORCEMENTS

Is there a patch or any kind of fix that allows you to controll them

3.What do all the pictures on you'r unit picture mean.I get shield or a weapon icon so i guess that is for upgraded deffence or attack....but i also get some red arrows and other symbols......what do they all mean?

Welcome back to the .ORG ww2,

1) Retraining means the unit you put in will be refilled to the original full strength.

2) Yes, in patch 1.2 you can control ALL your reinforcements up to the 20 unit Maximum. If you chose to control all your reinforcements then your soldiers won't arrive until there is an open slot for them

You also need to pick the "Unlimited men on the battlefied" in your preference text file in your RTW folder. Simply replace the word "FALSE" to "TRUE"

3) I think those sybols are in your manual. Those red arrows mean you are under missile fire (arrows, slings etc...).

**Franconicus** · 06-02-2005, 12:29

Originally Posted by Quietus

2) Yes, in patch 1.2 you can control ALL your reinforcements up to the 20 unit Maximum. If you chose to control all your reinforcements then your soldiers won't arrive until there is an open slot for them

You also need to pick the "Unlimited men on the battlefied" in your preference text file in your RTW folder. Simply replace the word "FALSE" to "TRUE"

That explains a lot. I was always angry why I was in the middle of a battle and my reenforcements wont come (quote: I wish it was night or the Prussians were coming). I was wondering if my generals were to bad.

Where do I have change these Unlimited men ...? Can I then lead all men into the battles?

**Mahrabals apprentice** · 06-08-2005, 11:47

Can i get some advice on killing (egytpian) chariots?
I am play as brutii and have tried mass archery, skirmishers, light cavalry, even phalanxes. Can someone give me some effective tactics for killin these dam chariots without losing scores of troops in the process

**Zizka** · 06-08-2005, 11:58

Well, there is noreal easy way to kill them. You are just going to have to take the losses. pepper them with archers, and then try to get them tied down with some spear infantry, phalangites or some other unit good at killing cavalry, and then hit them from behind with seom cavalry. Even doing all this I still lose a lot of men bringing them down. they are right illegitamate male children on the battlefield. The same can be said of the british archer chariots, you have to catch the things first, which means light cavalry, and they still chew up your light cav.

Personally I think chariots should be as slow as heavy cav at least, maybe not the kataphrakts but normal Barbarian Nobles at least. Wooden wheels going over rough terrain that quickly, drawn by horses, sometimes two that you have to keep working in tandem, sounds like a recipe for either a broken wheel of a fouled team to me.

**Mahrabals apprentice** · 06-08-2005, 14:35

thanks for the help

**Lord Dazed & Confused** · 05-27-2005, 15:00

Hi WW2

Retrain does two things. It allows you to retrain your units back up to full strength and also upgrade your units weapons but once the Marius reforms take place all pre Marius troops are no longer retrainable as they are no longer available.

You can only control 20 units in battle at time but the 1.2 patch gives you the option to either let the AI control your reinforcements or have them come on to the battlefield to bring the number of units you control up to 20.

The shield and swords on the unit cards are weapon upgrades and the chevrons are experience they start at red then silver then gold

Hope this answers your questions

**Lord Dazed & Confused** · 05-27-2005, 15:04

Quietus quicker on the keyboard than me

**www2** · 05-27-2005, 19:00

Thanks a lot guys for a quick answer.....

There is another thing that i allways wondered about.

During a fight......lets say that one of my units is fighting another unit and the battle is evenly matched,so i bring in my archers and order shooting on enemy........does this mean that they will be hitting my own unit or not?

**Mikeus Caesar** · 05-27-2005, 19:37

During a fight......lets say that one of my units is fighting another unit and the battle is evenly matched,so i bring in my archers and order shooting on enemy........does this mean that they will be hitting my own unit or not?

Sadly enough, yes. There will be a bit of friendly fire that will take out three or four of your own men. But one thing i must warn you about - never ever put two archer units close together one in front of the other. The unit behind will inflict huge friendly fire casualties.

**www2** · 05-27-2005, 23:01

Thanks once again.......

Again one question......I just got a message from the People that they think that I am the right man to rule the Rome.

Now, does this message tells me that I should attack Rome now or is it just a note that tells me that I can attack it when ever I want.

Not sure coz I thought that I could of attacked it right from the start