Unexplainable event...

[Zain]

Check out these pictures (they're in order) and help me with understanding how in the world this happened!

I'm about to quit the game, so I save and try this attack on Rome (which is full of about 800-900 triarii and roman generals), which I thought would in impossible...



I go through all these soldiers without losing even one of my Gladiators.



To my surprise I am able to fight through all the way to the center of the city without losing anyone...



I'm at the last few soldiers left on the opposing team, and still I remain without any losses...



I win the battle.... with a Heroic Victory status.



Heh.... Let me know what you all think.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

I think your troops were upgraded and theirs weren't.

[Zain]

What do you mean by upgraded? Do you mean experience level, weapon level, and armour level? If that's what you mean then yes, they were maxed out on the armour, weapon, and experience, but that still doesn't explain how they killed 800-900 triarii and roman generals without losing one dude.

[Zain]

Let's have someone else help me figure this out. It's not every day 21 guys kill over 870...

-Zain

[Barbarossa82]

Looking at the name of the first Senate general might explain something

[professorspatula]

Triarii are rubbish. They have ok stats when you look at them, but in actual fact their spear bonus and low lethality rating (which you don't see in the game) means they're far less effective against infantry than they appear. Your Gladiators are maxed out in terms of experience and upgrades, plus have 2 hitpoints. For the Triarii to kill a man, they have to score 2 successful attacks, but each attack has a high chance of failure thanks to the difference in stats between the units. So it's hard for them to kill your men unless they surround them. I assume many of the Triarii routed in the streets and your Gladiators killed them as they ran, which would also help explain the slaughter. Even general's cavalry will run and flee and die easily against your gladiators. I suspect the senate army also had some negative morale penalties when their general is called Decius the Idiot.

Now had you been up against some Principes or Legionaries, I'd imagine you'd have lost most if not all your men.