how much do macadonians kick tail!!!!

[ptolemy]

jus thort id post my thorts and see wot u all think bout them.

aint it so much fun t play as the macadonians and line up ur phalanx of pikemen and watch ur enemy march rite into the spear points as ur cavalry smashes into them from the sides and rear, then the all start t crumble and die, ahh what a sight.

in the rite hands a macadonian army is invincible i think against ANY foe.



wot do u all think?

[Duke John]

I think that some posts are even for SpellCheck to difficult to fix

[edyzmedieval]

I think that some posts are even for SpellCheck to difficult to fix

LMAO, ROFL....

I kicked the Macedonians a$$ easy by pumping rivers of Triarii and Preatorian Cohorts

[ptolemy]

hahaha your all so funny. big deal so i spelt macedonia wrong and i put some of my words in text form bt you wouldnt realise that coming from shit countries.

[Uesugi Kenshin]

I think the Seluecids are superior to the Macedonians, they get Cataphracts, Companions, Legionaries and great pikemen.

[edyzmedieval]

I sometimes dislike the presence of mods.....

If they weren't, I would have started a flame war.....
And also, I take it as an insult......

[Duke John]

Why flame when people resort to name-calling? They already lost.

[IliaDN]

hahaha your all so funny. big deal so i spelt macedonia wrong and i put some of my words in text form bt you wouldnt realise that coming from shit countries.

Are you friend of Clayton?
P.S. You have something in common.

[CMcMahon]

I'd say that Greeks and Selucids are both better than the Macedonians, especially in RTR.

[edyzmedieval]

Get an english teacher and then we'll talk.....

[Megas Alexandros]

in the rite hands a macadonian army is invincible i think against ANY foe.

Yes, Macedonian forces are invincible. Noone can best them. But it also may come to the wits of the general as well.

Last time, my force consisted of 5 cavalry and 1 hoplita unit (cca 160 soldier). The Greek came upon me with 650 men army (half hoplites, half velites) I decided to fight it down manually. Well, in the outcome I've lost 30 men, they've lost 600. It was unbelievable! I thought I've taken a great risk to have nothing but cavalry against those nasty hoplitas (which was a reasonable worry), but it proved too easy to best them.

Well.

[Zenicetus]

Last time, my force consisted of 5 cavalry and 1 hoplita unit (cca 160 soldier). The Greek came upon me with 650 men army (half hoplites, half velites) I decided to fight it down manually. Well, in the outcome I've lost 30 men, they've lost 600. It was unbelievable! I thought I've taken a great risk to have nothing but cavalry against those nasty hoplitas (which was a reasonable worry), but it proved too easy to best them.Well.

The AI doesn't seem to know how to keep a phalanx line intact. I love going up against them with calvalry, because it's so easy to tease apart the formation with feint maneuvers. Then they start running around like ants, pointing in all directions as they try to chase down my cavalry (hah!), and they get torn up with my bowmen and artillery. If the AI would quit taking that kind of bait, and keep the phalanx line intact and marching forward, it would be fearsome indeed.

But I guess that's not an easy thing to program in an AI routine... trying to figure out if an approaching enemy unit is "faking it" or actually attacking.

[Hefaistion]

hmm want to know an unbeatable tactic? just put up a full army consisting armoured elephants that you simply rush them all in to those stupid macedon phalanx and such. easy win minimum losses .

[Uesugi Kenshin]

Who needs archers when you have COmpanions and Cataphracts? I rarely use missiles troops in a decisive fashion except in brige battles. I have held the bridge separating Gaul from Northern Italia (west side of top of the boot) with an army of 1 chariot archers, 2 slingers and 2 swordsmen with heroics against 3:1 odds. That is the only time my missiles units are truly decisive, otherwise my cavalry and heavy infantry generally prove far more valuable, and besides archers and Cretans are fine for missile work.

[King of Atlantis]

Macedon has the best army..

Phalanx pikemen and compainion cavavlry. This is the best combo..

And like Uesugi said, you have acces to the cretian archers who are probably the best archers in the game.