A brief commentary on using cheap tactics to win R:TW battles

[Kull]

HANNIBAL: I finally have you where I want you, Publius Cornelius Scipio...Roman conquest of Carthaginian lands ends today, here on the plains of Zama. First we send in the elephants to sow confusion in the ranks, then advance until we engage, all the while flanking with our Numidian cavalry. The day will soon be ours!
SOLDIER: Uh...beg pardon, sir, but about that... The Numidians can't flank them.
HANNIBAL: Whyever not?
SOLDIER: It seems the Romans have backed up against the red line, sir.
HANNIBAL: The-- the what now?
SOLDIER: That glowing red line over there, sir, it's like some kind of-- I can't explain it, but you can't get cross it unless you're running in terror.
HANNIBAL: I don't understand.
SOLDIER: See, sir, they have their forces arrayed over there, in the corner where the red line turns at a right angle.
HANNIBAL: You're saying they have no flank whatsoever, because the RED LINE won't let us get around them?
SOLDIER: Correct, sir.
HANNIBAL: ...Bugger me. Charge straight at 'em, I guess.

[abou]

[Simmons]

HANNIBAL: ...Bugger me. Charge straight at 'em, I guess.

[Birka Viking]

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

and

[NeoSpartan]

now that ain't right

[Zalmoxis]

I lol'd.

[Kugutsu]

Can you make it go away? After all, the land is there beyond it... Imagine, limitless battlefields!
Seriously though, is it possible to at least make the battle area much larger, so it would be impossible to move a whole army from the starting area to the edge before the enemy catches up with you.

[Conqueror]

This is why I hate it when I'm defending and get a bowl-shaped battle map, where all the high ground is concentrated on the edges and especially the corners. Makes unit deployment really tricky

[iberus_generalis]

sadly i got two words for you.... Hardcoded limits....=( i would like to have limitless battlefield... the strategy depth it would add... the ambushs i could set.... the pursuits i could do....

[MSB]

But seriously: I do that all the time.

[Justiciar]

True story.

[NeoSpartan]

But seriously: I do that all the time.

hey come on man.... thats cheating.....