How do you behave after the enemy routs?

**Garvanko** · 09-01-2005, 16:38

Cut 'em down. Show no mercy. Right down to the last man.

**adamus** · 09-02-2005, 14:04

I always have a unit or 2 of light cavalry to mercilasly cut down any routers - Numidian Cavalry Mercenaries are my fav unit for this. Always go for the furthest units first, then swoop back to kill the rest so none escape - take no prisoners!

I also charge the enemy when the AI attacks but then on the battle map decides it can't win and withdraws. I use my light cav to charge into the rear of enemy units, picking them off one at a time while the other units continue to withdraw. Again Numidian mercs are ace for this as they can give them a volley of javelins before plunging into the rearmost ranks! Ha ha

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 09-02-2005, 15:24

I wonder if this nearly universal approach would alter if:

The AI was scripted so that if you hit "continue" against any faction once, they would do the same to you for the next 50 turns or so.

The AI was scripted to allow a routed unit that was too close to an enemy cavalry/fast mover to either: surrender (and you incur dip/econ penalties for refusing) or go bezerk.

Seamus

P.S. Maybe its just the old role-player in me (recovering thankfully), but I tend to take on a persona in this, so always doing the methodically correct (in gamesmen terms) approach of surrounding an opponent on all but one red zone and then conducting my battle so as to force a long retreat toward that gap while my cavalry mercilessly kills every single opposing soldier seems a bit horrid. Those pixels represent people, and butchery isn't always the way to go.

**The historian** · 09-06-2005, 23:13

I ussually chase 'em down except if they are rebels or i'm not patient enough to do it,also i first try to kill the best units around peasants have the best chance to escape in my battles. Also the farthest units come first unless some other important unit is behind them and they are unimportant.