Wow, Spartans are 'tuff

[Gtafanboy]

I just made a custom battle where I was The Greek City States and I used 2 units of Spartans (huge unit size) and with full upgrades. I pit them against 4 full stack allied AI armies composed mainly of eastern infantry with archers and some cavalry/chariots (no upgrades) So my 321 Spartans against 28,000 of the enemy.
What followed was a bloodbath! My Spartans were quickly surrounded but they fought to the death and although they all died they killed many thousands of the enemy.

What a beautiful death!

[Manstein]

I just made a custom battle where I was The Greek City States and I used 2 units of Spartans (huge unit size) and with full upgrades. I pit them against 4 full stack allied AI armies composed mainly of eastern infantry with archers and some cavalry/chariots (no upgrades) So my 321 Spartans against 28,000 of the enemy.
What followed was a bloodbath! My Spartans were quickly surrounded but they fought to the death and although they all died they killed many thousands of the enemy.

What a beautiful death!

I should try that one time, but yes, Spartans are tough. That's why everyone spams them in multiplayer and have them form into a phalanx square.

Spartans are overrated, IMHO.

[Gtafanboy]

I should try that one time, but yes, Spartans are tough. That's why everyone spams them in multiplayer and have them form into a phalanx square.

Spartans are overrated, IMHO.

You just contradicted yourself ;) .

[orangat]

lol They are certainly tough after you modded them to furthur enhance their already godlike morale.

[Gtafanboy]

lol They are certainly tough after you modded them to furthur enhance their already godlike morale.

Seriously, I only modded their moral. That's really all. They did die after all.

[Gtafanboy]

I just made a custom battle where I was The Greek City States and I used 2 units of Spartans (huge unit size) and with full upgrades. I pit them against 4 full stack allied AI armies composed mainly of eastern infantry with archers and some cavalry/chariots (no upgrades) So my 321 Spartans against 28,000 of the enemy.
What followed was a bloodbath! My Spartans were quickly surrounded but they fought to the death and although they all died they killed many thousands of the enemy.

What a beautiful death!

I forgot to mention, all these people slowed my computer to like 1 frame per second not very good. But it speeded up after the Spartans did a lot of their "work"

[Slug For A Butt]

So my 321 Spartans against 28,000 of the enemy.
What followed was a bloodbath! My Spartans were quickly surrounded but they fought to the death and although they all died they killed many thousands of the enemy.

What a beautiful death!

Sigh... Thermopylae all over again.

[Cras]

I wonder what freud would have to say if you, by your own choice, let your 321 fight against 28.000 foe

what is next, 150 against 50.000? or, you hope you can win?

:-)

do you still know the exact endscore?

[Gtafanboy]

I wonder what freud would have to say if you, by your own choice, let your 321 fight against 28.000 foe

what is next, 150 against 50.000? or, you hope you can win?

:-)

do you still know the exact endscore?

Maybe I have some screen shots lying around. I'll look.

[Upxl]

Originally Posted by Cras
I wonder what freud would have to say if you, by your own choice, let your 321 fight against 28.000 foe

He would probably say that “the male’s aptitude of sexual urges hence thought-provoking the more callous aspects is identical to the modernistic conduct off fornicating deviance”.

[orangat]

Seriously, I only modded their moral. That's really all. They did die after all.

Morale is also an attack modifier. Morale doesn't simply affect running away.

[KrooK]

spartans are good unit but not undefeated
even in phalanx they are much more vulverable to missiles than normal phalanx. best option against them is using unit with armour piercing (slingers) or urban cohorts with hold formation turned on. pilums do job instead of men

[KrooK]

spartans are good unit but not undefeated
even in phalanx they are much more vulverable to missiles than normal phalanx. best option against them is using unit with armour piercing (slingers) or urban cohorts with hold formation turned on. pilums do job instead of men

[antisocialmunky]

Men in little red skirts tend not to have the best missile defense.

[Cras]

well... they might be though.... but let them try to stop an Onager or those chariot catapult thingies...

[Ludens]

Morale is also an attack modifier. Morale doesn't simply affect running away.

Why do you think so? I have never heard off this. In practically all TW releases morale only influenced when combat was broken off, not the actual combat in itself.

[KrooK]

spartans got weak missile defence
they just got 2 hp
so at the beginning they seem undefeated - they have no loses for some time.
but after about 20 - 30 seconds they start dying

[Gtafanboy]

spartans got weak missile defence
they just got 2 hp
so at the beginning they seem undefeated - they have no loses for some time.
but after about 20 - 30 seconds they start dying

And with RTW's combat system, that 20-30 seconds will win the battle for you.

[KrooK]

no m8
just use urban cohort, give it hold formation
and it should win with spartans (i mean ideal conditions - no forest no montain no general bonuses)

[Wishazu]

i diasagree, keep your spartans in phalanx but turn their guard mode off and they`ll still plow through a unit of urbans in front of them.

[ZombieFriedNuts]

well they were the hard asses of the ancient world

[General4Hire]

I just made a custom battle where I was The Greek City States and I used 2 units of Spartans (huge unit size) and with full upgrades. I pit them against 4 full stack allied AI armies composed mainly of eastern infantry with archers and some cavalry/chariots (no upgrades) So my 321 Spartans against 28,000 of the enemy.
What followed was a bloodbath! My Spartans were quickly surrounded but they fought to the death and although they all died they killed many thousands of the enemy.

What a beautiful death!

just wanted to say great sig...all 110% correct heh...

god do they drive me up a wall...I told myself, already at 23 after living with "one" for 3 years that I had enough...i will NEVER live with a woman again...ever. I will never share anything with one, nor even offer her a quarter to make a phonecall. Just wasn't worth it.

sorry for anyone who's confused heh...

[Gtafanboy]

just wanted to say great sig...all 110% correct heh...

god do they drive me up a wall...I told myself, already at 23 after living with "one" for 3 years that I had enough...i will NEVER live with a woman again...ever. I will never share anything with one, nor even offer her a quarter to make a phonecall. Just wasn't worth it.

sorry for anyone who's confused heh...

Thank you, and do you have anything to say about the spartans so this doesn't get deleted?

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I'm not saying you copied threads, but on totalwar.com forums a member by the name of Seleucos made a thread with this exact same name "Wow, Spartans are tough" and with exactly what you did...

That's freaky!

(unless you are Seleucos from those forums and in that case whats up man?!?!?)

[Gtafanboy]

I'm not saying you copied threads, but on totalwar.com forums a member by the name of Seleucos made a thread with this exact same name "Wow, Spartans are tough" and with exactly what you did...

That's freaky!

(unless you are Seleucos from those forums and in that case whats up man?!?!?)

I never read the thread, but I glanced at the title and I just thought it perfectly suited this thread, so I used it.

[General4Hire]

Thank you, and do you have anything to say about the spartans so this doesn't get deleted?

actually yes...a long time question that I never really asked or saw answered: What are their abilities versus frontally attacking cavalry? do they carry the same (or a similar) effect as spearmen or do they react the same way as light infantry?

[Alexanderofmacedon]

I never read the thread, but I glanced at the title and I just thought it perfectly suited this thread, so I used it.

It's cool with me...

[Watchman]

actually yes...a long time question that I never really asked or saw answered: What are their abilities versus frontally attacking cavalry? do they carry the same (or a similar) effect as spearmen or do they react the same way as light infantry?

They're phalangites. 'Nuff said.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

just buy an urban cohort (romans) and they will take of spartans. though i thin spartans shuold be the stronget infantry and they should wear a helmet like armoured hoplites.

[Cras]

Maybe I have some screen shots lying around. I'll look.

I guess you didnt??

pity