Casse is insane!

**King of the dutch** · 01-26-2006, 21:33

Hi,

I read Casse was fairly easy so i went to check it out. Problem is though there is this one army i just can't beat. Since all rebels are agianst me They all gang up on my. I have tried multiple times but no strategy availed. In fact just now i got the: You have been defeated message for the first time..ever! Any help anyone? I play on VH/H

grtz kod

**NightStar** · 01-26-2006, 22:22

Hmm...interesting...I might just start up a Casse campaign just to try. Even though I usually play on VH/M

**Arman616** · 01-26-2006, 22:24

Originally Posted by King of the dutch

Hi,

I read Casse was fairly easy so i went to check it out. Problem is though there is this one army i just can't beat. Since all rebels are agianst me They all gang up on my. I have tried multiple times but no strategy availed. In fact just now i got the: You have been defeated message for the first time..ever! Any help anyone? I play on VH/H

grtz kod

hard battle difficulty gives them an unfair and illogical advantage. Make it medium

**the_mango55** · 01-26-2006, 22:48

Casse has the advantage of starting off neutral to the rebels, so not only do they not attack you, you can also trade with them. Start by disbanding all your armies, ALL of them, except what you need for garrsion, and make your city into an economic powerhouse. Build up a huge stockpile of money and get a good population for 10-15 years. Then build up a full stack army and take the whole island in a couple of years.

**Wandarah** · 01-27-2006, 01:16

Oh a H/M game, the rebels attacked me without provocation. when was i playing as casse.

**Malrubius** · 01-27-2006, 01:21

Yeah, they start out neutral, but they don't necessarily stay that way. Arche Seleukideia started a war with me (Baktria) just because I was sieging a rebel city that they wanted. If their probing spots weakness, they'll strike to exploit it.

**soibean** · 01-27-2006, 02:14

I had a good run going against the rebels on Britannia by fighting them once, winning, then just going defensive as they assaulted my cities.
They only did this for one of my games, I tried again later because I lost a prized general, didnt have a save besides, and made some mistakes in the building queue.
The only problem I found with casse were the chariots. I can't control these guys at all, and I cant make them remotely as useful as any other general unit in the game. For the most part I find that they are slaughtered if I try to get them to break up a formation, or they ruin my own units formations.
How do you best use those chariots?

**NeoSpartan** · 08-25-2006, 22:26

Originally Posted by King of the dutch

Hi,

I read Casse was fairly easy so i went to check it out. Problem is though there is this one army i just can't beat. Since all rebels are agianst me They all gang up on my. I have tried multiple times but no strategy availed. In fact just now i got the: You have been defeated message for the first time..ever! Any help anyone? I play on VH/H

grtz kod

Try Playing H/H.

If you want to beat them without loosing too many troops. Send your army into enemy territory and place them on TOP OF A HILL. Once the AI attacks you will be fighting Down hill (remember to Press HOLD on ur main line so that it doesn't break formation and have a few units to outflack).

I did this in my game with the Aedui against the Arvenri in H/H, since I never had any + income and needed as many of my soldiers alive while exterminating the enemy soldiers.

**Jarardo** · 08-26-2006, 05:05

Almost makes me want to load up RTW before the 0.8 comes out.

**Trithemius** · 09-10-2006, 00:48

I can't say I liked having to reduce my army, build for ten years, and then start fighting battles. When I played the Casse I did not disband all of my army, so I probably appeared less appetising to the independents, and then spent about ten years building up my economy and infrastructure before uniting the isles and accquiring some of the Low Countries.

I have to say that I didn't really enjoy the procession of end-turn clicks before getting into the "meat" of the game; I do hope that the Casse have been made a bit more interesting "out of the box" for EB 0.8.

**Sdragon** · 09-10-2006, 01:37

As Casse it’s best to attack right at the start. I tried disbanding my army once and to build up, thought it would give the rebels more time to build up and make things harder. But then a full stack came and siege my city. Quick end to that campaign…

**Trithemius** · 09-10-2006, 09:03

Originally Posted by Sdragon

As Casse it’s best to attack right at the start. I tried disbanding my army once and to build up, thought it would give the rebels more time to build up and make things harder. But then a full stack came and siege my city. Quick end to that campaign…

On VH/M in 0.74 I had no problem maintaining a moderate army (sufficient to dissuade others) and then expanding economically for a while. I just thought it was a bit dull.

**Mujalumbo** · 09-12-2006, 15:15

Is there something wrong with the autocalc function? Or did something get all mangled up when I installed EB?

I was playing as the Casse, and one of my family members was caught alone out of town by a band of brigands. Being too lazy to play it out, I autocalc'd, and the guy won! It was something ridiculous like 700 guys vs. my 30-member bodyguard.

I guess the Successor's and Karthadastim's bodyguards have the same problem, but mostly because of their insane stats. (Playing the Arche Seleukia, I've got so many family members, that I form goon squads with them and send them about my empire putting down rebels, brigands, etc. Unless there's horse archers, I can usually count on them to win, despite what the odds read at the pre-battle summary scroll.)