Quote Originally Posted by Cambyses II
Hmmm... those are great write ups, but as far as tactics go, I'm not sure they're the sort of "open battle" tactics that I would call "tactics".

If I wanted to get all critical and pedantic ( ) I could call those examples AI exploits, taking advantage of the AI's inability to coordinate it's forces and fight a battle on multiple fronts.

I had a battle with an AI rouge army in wales last night, the AI was the weaker force. While I was getting my units in order and moving to locations I wanted, the AI placed 2 long bow units on a cliff with a spearmen support unit that guarded the only path leading to the commanders mailed nights and 2 more escort spearmen.

I was on very hard, and i took losses but i did win. I had to think tactically in order to win, do I bum rush the general and have his 2 spearmen charge down a slight slope at me? all the while taking fire from ranged units?

Do i take out the archer position? I took out the archer position with the only units i had fast enough to get to them without being chewed up in a hail of arrows. I sent 2 hobilars first and they got chewed up, next were mailed knights. sent 2 units of them and they got the job done, but with 50-60% losses.


Eliminating thier position on the cliff allowed my ranged units unfettered access to the generals position, and even then when the arrows were spent I had to go up a slight slope and rout them out, taking more losses.

So the AI used terrain and set up a decent defensive position, nothing I couldnt handle, but he wasnt running around make foolish charges then feint back which I have seen the AI do in MTWVI many many times.