RTW: Eastern Infantry

**Tricky Lady** · 10-24-2005, 17:26

Hmm, guess I'm a terrible player then, but I have already lost a general (and came close to losing a second one), thinking that these Eastern Infs are the worst infantry in the game.
I know they are.

But sometimes they seem to get some increadible morale boosters (enemy general's qualities perhaps), as I charged into their backs, they just turned around and my general's bodyguards started dropping like flies. Before I realised what was happening I got the "General died" cut screen. What a shock! A five-star general stabbed down by a stupid Eastern infantryman, after merely three seconds of "melee".
Same thing happened a few turns later, in a city siege. But there it was probably the "no-return-in-city-center" morale boost that made the EI do things they usually don't do. I pulled back my general just in time. Even when charging into their backs, they just turned around again, and the general's bodyguards went down from 25 to 10 in 3 or 4 seconds.

I have been extra careful fighting eastern infantry ever since.

Or I should get some tactics lessons and not rely so hard on my cavalry/generals

**The Stranger** · 10-24-2005, 18:25

they are not useless i used them alot when playing as Rebels, they held down every friggin unit at all bridges

**HoreTore** · 10-24-2005, 19:19

The unit itself is not useless.

HOWEVER, the parthian/armenian/pontus armies made up (almost) COMPLETELY of them are useless.

I want to face parthian cavalry, not parthian light infantry hordes dammit!

**Celt Centurion** · 10-27-2005, 21:41

Originally Posted by The Stranger

they are not useless i used them alot when playing as Rebels, they held down every friggin unit at all bridges

How do you set it to play as rebels? That sounds like it would be really interesting. Perhaps I will play as them next, and bring chaos to the world!

Strength and Honor

Celt Centurion