Tactics against Comitatenses First Cohort?

**Avicenna** · 07-02-2006, 11:53

I guess you're play VH battle difficulty? That's always crazy, since the Ist Cohort, which is already very powerful, gets +7 (?) bonuses for everything, or something like that. Playing medium battles is always a solution, completely fair to both sides.

Anyway, you could always wait for them to approach you, and attempt to rout their weakest unit with pila volleys. Then, get your cavalry to kill the enemy general, further weakening their morale. The rest was explained above, swamping and flanking. They should eventually break. If not, just play another campaign with MEDIUM BATTLE DIFFICULTY!

**caspian** · 07-02-2006, 16:57

Yes, VH/VH. There's no difference in AI tactics in moderate difficulty?

When I started playing VH battles, I've had several of my full veteran stacks wiped out. Sometimes by flanking or the AI throwing its weigth in a particular wing. And that was before I met those First Cohorts. I just noticed the AI doing something different in VH difficulty, in the campaign and in the field. More challenge so more satisfying victories. But if its an AI bonus (cheat), I'd rather go with a fair field than an uphill one.

Oh, and does the AI also cheat in a VH campaign map?

Thanks for the replies.

**Ludens** · 07-02-2006, 17:03

VH battle difficulty has no effect on tactics, only on stats. On the campaign map, VH leads to a more aggresive A.I., but I don't think it becomes smarter. However, VH also seems to double or triple A.I. income.

**Avicenna** · 07-02-2006, 17:24

VH campaign difficulty gives very high cash bonuses per turn to AI factions if they don't have a certain amount in their treasury, ensuring that they'll have stacks to throw at you. It also ends diplomacy, and it is almost guaranteed that a neighbouring faction will attack you in VH, even regardless of your obvious superiority (eg Numidia attacking a superpower Rome).

**Seven.the.Hun** · 07-15-2006, 09:26

1st cohorts are a pain...the spartan is right...tu just gotta meet them with the best troops u have and flank them as soon as possible.

**orangat** · 07-15-2006, 13:05

Originally Posted by Ludens

VH battle difficulty has no effect on tactics, only on stats. On the campaign map, VH leads to a more aggresive A.I., but I don't think it becomes smarter. However, VH also seems to double or triple A.I. income.

Is hard on BI a +4 penalty on attack and VH +6? I think it was something like that on RTW.