Clibinarii Immortals...Oh my!!!

[edyzmedieval]

Maaan. I will never ever play against the Sassanids again!!!

I just got BI. Good game, give it a 9.50.
First campaign, with the ERE, VH/VH. No cheating, except a 10 million denarii bonus, from the descr_strat.txt

I had 1200 men. The Sassanids had 300 men.

Battle for Antioch. River. Man, I destroyed the Sassanid army. Only 2 units left: Levy Spearmen and Clibinarii Immortals.

Decided to go against the Immortals. Charged every unit of cavalry into them. 5 Equites Auxilia, 1 Mercenary Hippo-Toxotai, 1 Camel Raiders, 1 General.

The Equites Auxilia did damage, but 4 of the units routed(in total, from 216 men, only about 15 remained). The 5th unit also routed, but I was able to recover them. At some point, the Equites started routing. Decided to send in my general. He killed the most Clibinarii, but he started losing.... 15,14,13,12,11,10. Then, only 10 Clibinarii remained. They routed the 4 units, leaving only 1 unit of Equites with 18 men, 1 Camel Raiders with 36 men and 1 half depleted general.

Finally, after the Camel Raiders started waivering, and the general got to 8 men, and the Equites routed, the Sassanid general was killed. He was the last.

Anyone experience this thing?! I suggest not to do it....The Clibinarii killed almost 300 cavalrymen!!!

I lost 900 men, the Sassanids lost 300 men.