Basic Tactics

[Hefaistion]

Hi all experienced players!
I started this thread couse i would like some basic tactics help.
You can post your best tactics or/and your best battle decisions.
You are free to argue of anything you want in tactics of course. begin!

[sapi]

Romans - mass men, hold pos (guard), fire at will, watch the enemy fall under your pila.

(you said basic...)

[Conqueror]

I always try to eliminate the enemy missile units ASAP. This can be done in many ways. The simplest solution is to bring more and better missile units of your own and have them outshoot the enemy's. If they are camped on high ground then artillery such as onagers is the safest way, though it takes a while. Using cavalry units to harass the enemy flanks might give you an opportunity to charge their archers, but this is quite risky and requires good manouvering.

Infantry and cavalry can usually be rather easily kept in check by spearmen and by strenghtening your flanks, so if you can take out their missiles and keep your own line in formation and flanks protected then you will probably win against an equal strength army. Special units such as elephants and chariots can still prove to be a problem though, so make sure you have something to counter them with (velites/peltasts, flaming piggies etc) if the enemy is fielding such units.

[IliaDN]

In my opinion one of the best tactics is this:
Make a cav. army , and while in battle you will be able to draw attention of enemy with your several cav. units and use others for flanking attack ...

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Set up a battle line of heavy infantry or phalanxes. Flank with light/shock infantry and cavalry. Place missile units behind or in front of the line depending on your enemy. If your battle line has low morale (militia hoplites and such) place your general behind it, if not place him with the cavalry. Adjust your formation and all that depending on your enemy's formation and the outcome of each skirmish.

[Hefaistion]

Thankyou for your tips and your great experience in battle "Conqueror" among other.
Ill just play this tactics out and if it doesn't work ill just quit playing

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Oh, I forgot to mention the Attrition Meat Wall of Cheapo Doom. As Greeks if you want to focus on your eastern borders first get a foothold in Italia. Then base 6-8 units of militia hoplites in a city and whenever the Romans attack place them across the streets with no room on either side. You then allow the Romans to charge your phalanxes and create a meat wall out of their corpses. It holds the Romans off for a very long time, costs next to nothing and though it usually eventually fails will give you plenty of time to crush the Thracians, Dacians, Ponts, whoever!

[antisocialmunky]

No flying horsies mods make militia hoplites fairly decent units actually.

[Colovion]

The most basic of strategy:

Hold a line and allow no enemy troops go through it.
Flank the enemy.