fighting in walls

**Bonny** · 04-29-2006, 12:14

Every Heavy Infantry Unit in the game (for Diadochi: Pheresapides, Hypaspistai)

**Avicenna** · 04-29-2006, 13:24

Gaesatae!

**Mad Guitar Murphy** · 04-29-2006, 15:06

hords of getai drapanei, they are so cheap and still so sweet...

**pezhetairoi** · 04-29-2006, 15:53

triarii. murderers with their uber armour.

**Proper Gander** · 04-29-2006, 16:16

Gaesatae, no doubt. they rip Triarii to pieces.... once they even tore 3 units of Triarii and a General to pieces...

**Redigo** · 05-01-2006, 06:45

Originally Posted by Proper Gander

Gaesatae, no doubt. they rip Triarii to pieces.... once they even tore 3 units of Triarii and a General to pieces...

Which I don't get. Gaesatae might've been staggeringly good individual warriors, matchless in the open field, but in confined spaces they would've been slaughtered by a disciplined and well-armoured enemy. Hell, packed together on top of a city wall they wouldn't have even had room to swing those massive swords. But I guess there's no way to trigger different combat stats based on factors like enclosure.

BTW, in my first post I'd like to thank the EB team for singlehandedly making me a far less productive member of society.

-red-

**GodEmperorLeto** · 05-01-2006, 12:25

Originally Posted by Proper Gander

Gaesatae, no doubt. they rip Triarii to pieces.... once they even tore 3 units of Triarii and a General to pieces...

Wow. That's strange. I always found Triari in defensive phalanx formation to be the best unit against Gaesatae, hands down. Even defending/assaulting walls, they hold their own against Gaesatae better than anything else.

**Proper Gander** · 05-01-2006, 12:56

well, the scenario i mentioned was on the open field, and they mostly flanked. (though the Triarii turned round to face them mostly)

i have yet to encounter somebody who can take down my Gaesatae. of course they've gained a lot of experience by now, heh.