conquering an eagle

**Ciaran** · 08-12-2006, 10:28

I believe it was me who wrote that you don´t capture an eagle in a siege. Seems I was wrong, but then, the two situations in which a First Cohort was involved were

- a starving-out siege. No attack, I just waited for the enemy to drop dead

- a siege assault initiated by me.

Maybe the rules for sallies are different, maybe in the siege assault I just had bad luck not to grab the eagle - it happens in field battles as well.

After two (already

?) years of collective RTW experience we still don´t know everything about the game mechanics.

**Celt Centurion** · 08-12-2006, 20:27

When faced with a First Legionary Cohort, I priortize getting the enemy to rout. Once I have the FLC on the run, I assign my cavalry's first priority as totally annihilating the FLC, specifically, to get the Eagle. After I don't see any FLC members running around, then I go after the others. I've captured a lot of eagles that way.

After that, prepare to be attacked! They want that Eagle back, and are not going to stop until they have it, or you have destroyed the faction. The ones I have had to fight the most in that situation, have been the Brutii over in Greece.

Strength and Honor,

Celt Centurion

Originally Posted by Ciaran

I believe it was me who wrote that you don´t capture an eagle in a siege. Seems I was wrong, but then, the two situations in which a First Cohort was involved were

- a starving-out siege. No attack, I just waited for the enemy to drop dead

- a siege assault initiated by me.

Maybe the rules for sallies are different, maybe in the siege assault I just had bad luck not to grab the eagle - it happens in field battles as well.

After two (already

?) years of collective RTW experience we still don´t know everything about the game mechanics.

**ByzantineKnight** · 08-22-2006, 03:27

I fought a pawnd stack of 1st Cohorts with Urbans, and Praetorian Cav how come i didnt get an eagle

**Celt Centurion** · 08-29-2006, 01:02

Fighting, or even defeating a stack with First Cohort does not get you an Eagle.

You have to wipe out the cohort, kill them to the last man, and hopefully, you will get the eagle. There have been times which I wiped out several First Cohorts, only to get a notice of capturing only one Eagle.

Kill them to the last man, and you should get one, more often than not. Too bad that we cannot claim multiple eagles in a battle.

Strength and Honor
Celt Centurion

Originally Posted by ByzantineKnight

I fought a pawnd stack of 1st Cohorts with Urbans, and Praetorian Cav how come i didnt get an eagle

**ByzantineKnight** · 08-29-2006, 02:15

whats the point of getting eagles?

**Mr Durian** · 08-29-2006, 08:37

Whats a First Cohort Legion? Can I get one? Sorry I'm pretty new to this game.

**YAKOBU** · 08-29-2006, 10:17

Hi everyone

ByzantineKnight - Your general who captures the eagle gets additional command stars. I believe it's +1 for each eagle captured up to a maximum of 3.

Mr Durian - A First Cohort is a unit not a legion (unless you have a full legion made up of First Cohorts

). It is larger than a regular Legionary Cohort and gives a moral bonus to nearby troops.

N.B. For Those In The Know - Yes I'm cyber-slacking, oh how I miss this game !!

**Ludens** · 08-29-2006, 18:32

Originally Posted by Mr Durian

Whats a First Cohort Legion? Can I get one? Sorry I'm pretty new to this game.

In the standard R:TW campaign First Cohorts are an oversized legionary cohort unit that can only be build in Rome. The Senate used to hand them out as reward for completing their missions as well, though this doesn't seem to happen anymore since the 1.2 or 1.3 patch. Legionary first cohorts give a morale bonus to nearby units by virtue of possessing an eagle (which is displayed on top of their unit banner: if you have turned off banner you won't see it). The BI campaign has a similar unit for the Western and Eastern Roman Empire in the form of the Comitates First Cohort.