Hey Everyone

I think it'd be fun if we'd all share some of our most annoying battles in MTW. I'll start us off, I guess.

I know I've had my fair share of pointless battles, but the one I just had tonight takes the cake. I was playing as the English (High MA starting period) and had recently taken Navarre from a full stack of rebels. The army I used was composed of Longbowmen, Norman Foot Knights, Billmen, Hobilars and some Royal Lancers for heavy cav. My army was about 800 strong. After taking the province, the next turn 1800 Basque rebels appeared, composed of Spanish Jinetes, Javelinmen, a few spearmen, and for some reason Irish Dartmen (weird, I know). My army was 75-85% infantry, making the whole fight was a huge test of my patience. I eventually killed or captured all but 100 of them, and I promptly refused all ransom offers and executed all my prisoners. That'll teach those damn skirmishers.

As an aside, what does it take for a Longbow unit to gain a valour point? I had 4 units of 'em all kill 80+ men (I'm playing on Large unit scale) and take under 10 losses, but not one of 'em got a point. What gives?