Carrhae possible or not ?

**Geoffrey S** · 12-18-2006, 00:21

Set up a line of legionaries to the front, and another one slightly behind. Set all to fire at will. That is what I remember doing, it broke the initial cataphract charge and allowed a countercharge against the stationary enemy, and also some flanking with my own cavalry. Then I retreated to the hill to the front-right of the initial starting postition and used fire at will to thin out the remaining parthian horsearchers.

It's a tough nut, definitely, but certainly possible to finish with more than half the army intact.

**Lord Comnenus** · 01-01-2007, 21:47

Hey SERGE remember me! Comnenus from TWCENTER hell you are really serious about thei carrhae do you? maybe you just want to know so you can make a vid and upload it to youtube right?

**Oaty** · 01-02-2007, 08:33

Been ages but guard mode for infantry is the best counter to cavalry (RTW). As soon as it starts you have to take them out of testudo and guard mode and when the cataphracts hit make sure you tell the infantry to halt. If you dont use halt they will keep moving into thier new formation making them take more casualties than needed from the cavalry. You have to quickly doubleteam the cats as quickly as possible. you can end this battle quickly by suckering an all out attack wich is probably best as HA's will wittle your army down to nothing. As the Cat's charge first this leaves the AI's HA's free. If you ignore the HA's they will just sit there shooting you up. From my memory when I played this I lured the AI to Engage in melee with there HA'S by quickly having my whole army engaged with the cats minus the general but running my general to where he cant be shot up. With plenty of engaed backs turned to the AI it charges it's HA's in.

The whole trick is to get the AI to take it's HA's out of the equation so it is a pure battle vs melee cavalry.

**kungfuserge** · 01-02-2007, 20:06

Hi you guys; I'm happy you remember me; I'm quite near to present I Video of Carrhae won on VH... I already did it but I have no Video of it, I have a video on Hard;
Here are the links on YouTube if you want to see it won at Medium:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt7W8YgPnLE (part1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXLvNmakpKo (part2)

I had to cut the video in 2, so it fits 10mo each...etc..., the quality is OK
I also won Telamon on Very Hard, I am happy about this one
here are the links:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLrFVAoSPsI (part1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GFhrNHRx1Q (part2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yK8FssFNqCM (part3)

I am using a lot of Pause, but I can't help, I need to brows on each part of the battle as quick as the IA...
So beleive me I WILL win Carrhae on Very Hard and I will present a video of it...

keep in touch

**Lord Comnenus** · 01-03-2007, 01:48

You do that cause i'm getting myself really pissed losing all the time!

**HumphreysCraig00** · 01-05-2007, 15:06

I did win this once on Vh but it was more due to luck and incompetant ai than any skill on my part

**HumphreysCraig00** · 01-05-2007, 15:12

I'll add this here as I cant see how to edit my post.

The hill imediately behind your army at the start was what i used to give my army a fighting change as when I had tried staying put or any other hill I had been flattened