Impresions on the new demo!(Spanish vs Aztecs)

[Ituralde]

Just managed to beat Otumba on my second try. It was close though.
I barely managed to surround the Aztec main general with my reinforcement troops. My Dismounted Conquistadores got torn to pieces by the accompanying army but my Tlaxcalan Mercenaries had the Aztec general surrounded by then.
All the Aztecs were withdrawing to help their main general and my main line was pretty much spent. Finally my Tlaxcalan Mercenaries killed the Aztec main general winning me the battle.

Was real fun, though it lagged as hell on my laptop, although I had set all details to the lowest settings only keeping Shader 2.0. I used the same settings in the first demo but it ran much smoother, well there weren't 2500 Aztecs on the battlefield, so who knows.

I haven't read anybody commenting on the new feature that happens when you click on your faction symbol in the lower right corner. No longer does your camera zoom in on your general, instead they've added a new feature that highlights your troops with green circles on the floor, allies with blue circles and the enemy with red circles. Mhm looks nice but haven't found a situation where it was really useful. Maybe for checking how your battle line's doing when the fight is raging and you just see on big mess with dead people littering the floor.

Cheers!

Ituralde

[hoetje]

Can anyone plz tell me what the best strategy is for the battle of otumba?:(
Cortez always dies

[player1]

I haven't read anybody commenting on the new feature that happens when you click on your faction symbol in the lower right corner. No longer does your camera zoom in on your general, instead they've added a new feature that highlights your troops with green circles on the floor, allies with blue circles and the enemy with red circles. Mhm looks nice but haven't found a situation where it was really useful. Maybe for checking how your battle line's doing when the fight is raging and you just see on big mess with dead people littering the floor.

That's a veeeery good feature.
Especially in situations when there are lots of dead bodies, or when armies are mixed in battle too much.

I think I even overuse this thing...

[Ciaran]

Yes, the dead look from a distance surprisingly alive, in the first demo at least (I´m having difficulties dl´ing the Gold one), I lost my first Padua battle due to the fact I couldn´t click one of my units I could clearly see - they were all plainly visible corpses
One question, though, can´t pikemen and Halberdiers charge at the enemy? They don´t seem to do so when I order them to attack, whether with the "phalanx" button highlighted and not.

[Sir_Hawkwood]

I finally, after 4 attempts, scored a close victory over the Aztecs...

I followed the advice of fellow posters, and by reading how Cortes actual fought the real action, by moving my Cavalry far to the right and then behind the main Aztec General for a charge.
The Cavalry then spent the rest of the battle engaged with the general unit on their right flank.

A great sight to see all their banners flash!

Several posters (and the intro video) have mentioned that the battle would be better fought on the plains, and by not defending the ridge...

I'm at a loss to think of a way that this tactic could work...
Any advice would be appreciated...

Many thanks
Sr JH

[Orda Khan]

Several posters (and the intro video) have mentioned that the battle would be better fought on the plains, and by not defending the ridge...

I'm at a loss to think of a way that this tactic could work...
Any advice would be appreciated...

Many thanks
Sr JH

I ordered my units to the plain out in front of the left of the ridge; my cav did a wide manoeuvre left. There is time to deploy nicely with sword & buckler units on each flank of the Aztec units, missile units up on higher ground. The Aztecs move to engage and can be reared by your cav (which has deployed ready to take this advantage.) The rear attack will not reach your position in time and when they do you hit them hard (it was about now that I realised FAW was off on my missiles. My own fault.) Then reinforcements arrive to help finish the rest.
Defeat the main force before the others get there

........Orda

[Ituralde]

@Player 1

Yeah, I've found myself using the button more and more often too. It really helps as dead bodies can be hard to distinguish. Especially if you only use Shader 1 because then your men will not turn bloody or muddy which helps identifying the corpses because they're usually a little darker due to the blood effects.

[TB666]

aahh I love the new animations

[LadyAnn]

One question, though, can´t pikemen and Halberdiers charge at the enemy? They don´t seem to do so when I order them to attack, whether with the "phalanx" button highlighted and not.

I believe you have thse units ordered "on hold", meaning it will only hold the ground. Better cancel hold order (put them in melee) and then order an attack.

Anniep

[Puzz3D]

I haven't read anybody commenting on the new feature that happens when you click on your faction symbol in the lower right corner. No longer does your camera zoom in on your general, instead they've added a new feature that highlights your troops with green circles on the floor, allies with blue circles and the enemy with red circles. Mhm looks nice but haven't found a situation where it was really useful. Maybe for checking how your battle line's doing when the fight is raging and you just see on big mess with dead people littering the floor.

I think that's a much needed feature for multiplayer. I wasn't aware of it because I played the demo with the minimal_UI.

[Celtic_Guardian]

Unfortunately for me it barely runs on lowest on my laptop........sigh guess i'll only get to play the game when im at home with my desktop, unless i can somehow bring it here but its doubtful.

[Jochi Khan]

I think that's a much needed feature for multiplayer. I wasn't aware of it because I played the demo with the minimal_UI.

Unfortunately it covers up a large area of the battlefield in that corner unless it can be switched off/on as you can the battlemap with F5 using the minimal_UI
I shall have to check if it can be.

Checked and there doesn't seem to be any way that you can switch it off or the battlemap.

[Faenaris]

Unfortunately it covers up a large area of the battlefield in that corner unless it can be switched off/on as you can the battlemap with F5 using the minimal_UI
I shall have to check if it can be.

Checked and there doesn't seem to be any way that you can switch it off or the battlemap.

You want to hide the "radar" when in Minimal UI? It so, it is possible to do that. Just go to UI options when you are in a battle.