Who likes to use Arcade Style Battles?

**Sykotyk Rampage** · 03-08-2006, 22:25

Arcades...are for pinballs and race games not war.
On another note totally off subject..........

Hey Divine Wind your from Warwick, what's happenning there? That is where my mother was born and I have a bundle of relatives around there.
I am planning to go there next year.

**The Spartan (Returns)** · 03-10-2006, 21:24

well i dont use it for cmapiagn of course

**Divine Wind** · 03-11-2006, 05:27

Originally Posted by Sykotyk Rampage

Arcades...are for pinballs and race games not war.
On another note totally off subject..........

Hey Divine Wind your from Warwick, what's happenning there? That is where my mother was born and I have a bundle of relatives around there.
I am planning to go there next year.

Im actually living in Oxford now while i finish university, and my parents moved out of Warwick a few years ago to Leamington Spa, which is just down the road. Warwick hasnt changed much really, a few nice new restaurants and bars, much more acquainted to pensioners rather than young folk

The tours of the castle are still fantastic, and if your planning on coming up during the summer take time to see if any good live acts are playing, as theyve had some great gigs over the last few years. I saw Clapton last year and it was brilliant.

If your into medieval stuff then check out Kenilworth castle while your at it too, lots of historic reading which i found very interesting! One of my fave pubs is just around the corner from there called the Virgin on Castle. Its the oldest pub in the area, and is said to have a secret tunnel going to the castle, which has never been found *ohhh*, more importantly the ales and lager are top notch.

Kenilworth Castle Link
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/kenilworthcastle/

Warwick Castle
http://www.warwick-castle.co.uk/warwick2004/index.asp

**x-dANGEr** · 03-11-2006, 08:14

I played them once in MP, and also used an army picked by the PC. Surprisengly, my army formed of auxila units (Cav, archers and infantry) holded up against an army of urbans.. For a couple of seconds.. (They got slaughtered, yes. An urban from the front and a praetorian from the back..)

**pezhetairoi** · 03-11-2006, 08:21

if i wanted arcade style, i'd have gone and played warcraft 3.

**Duke John** · 03-14-2006, 10:44

No more arcade lovers? Better delete this thread before CA discovers that the Org does not represent their target customers at all, or at least the view they have of their target customers.

**Celt Centurion** · 03-21-2006, 01:44

I tried Arcade Style battles, ONCE. I thought that it would be good to have unlimited arrows when archers were on the walls, as I am sure that there would have been more than one quiver per man available when there are 3,000 barbarians outside the walls.

What I didn't like was the fact that when battles began, there was no opportunity to deploy them where the archers, nor anybody else would do a bit of good. When the game starts, and all of the enemy is at your Northeast Corner, and every archer you have is on the ground over by the West Gate, every one of them has to be moved to where they are useful before they ever start shooting.

Normally, my archers kill about half of the enemy army, the cavalry about a third, and the walls most of the remainder. Infantry rarely are even able to engage. With Arcade battles, archers kill less than 10% if that.

Arcade battles may be fine for me, but I prefer to stay out of them.

Strength and Honor,

Celt Centurion