I haven't lost Agincourt the two times I played it, but I lost Pavia once or twice. Granted, I hadn't played a Total War game in months up till that point, so I was used to the controls of other RTS games. Now that I'm back into it, Pavia's a snap, too.
Agincourt was real easy the first time. Honestly, I didn't even really do much. Like I said, I haven't played Total War in a while, so I forgot how to set up my troops. It wasn't till the French made contact with my battle line that I realized i set my guys up with the BACKS facing the French. Still won. I don't think I even lost a unit, maybe one Yeomen to that rear cavalry charge. Hell, one of my Yeomen units managed to not only survive a charge from the Chivalric Knights, but actually BEAT them in melee. Wierd. Surprisingly, I almost lost the second time I played. Came out with Francis, a couple units of Yeomen, and one unit of knights.
Pavia's a ton of fun. I didn't really know what I was doing the first two times, but then I got my act togather and never lose it anymore. Pavia is all about the first two or three minutes. If you don't deal with Francis and his cavalry and the Scots Guard quickly enough, the Volgiers and Pikemen can catch you in the rear. Luckily on my third try, the first time I won, Francis died instantly upon making contact with my pikes. Then its just a matter of killing the waves of guys and then booking it across the field at full speed into the cannons.
I've done Pavia twice without losing a single unit. I just finished a game about ten minutes ago. Didn't lose any units, though I almost lost my general. When he was charging the cannons, they shot and NAILED his unit taking them from 25 down to 4 instantly. Yikes.
And ummm, anyone know why the battle screen is all white and stuff?
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