Most Ridiculously Lope-sided Autobattles 3500 v 1510

[Intranetusa]

Most Ridiculously Lope-sided Autobattles Me 3500 v 1510 enemy crap units = Crushing Defeat M battle/VH campaign


I had approx 3500 soldiers comprised of a half stack of elite 2hp Nake Gaestarne Infantry (best infantry in the game) along with other half stacks of elite Pedites Extrandanarii Infantry and Mercenary Phalangites
and varying other units (total of 5 stacks). The enemy was a Seleucid army of 1510, with 2 family members (the general had 5 stars) and had mostly levy and standard phalangites.


I totally surrounded the enemy with my 5 stacks and the battle ratio was 10 to 3 in my favor. So how the hell did this happen?:

[Lovejoy]

Next time bring a general. And for the gods sake make sure he brings som cloths to your poor legions.

And wtf is that sweboz army doin there?

[Kepper]

Your army's have saw private parts of naked man. having saw It they fled

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

That happens sometimes.

And I challenge your claim that the gaesatae are the best unit in the game. (BTW, why didn't you combine any of those and why are the Sweboz down there?)

[Intranetusa]

That happens sometimes.

And I challenge your claim that the gaesatae are the best unit in the game. (BTW, why didn't you combine any of those and why are the Sweboz down there?)

I didn't say best in the game - I said they were the best "infantry" unit in the game.
As for the Sweboz, I gave a province in Asia Minor really early on in exchange for an alliance...they've been holding off wave after wave of Seleucid assaults (with a little help from me) for over 10-25 years now.

[Dyabedes of Aphrodisias]

I didn't say best in the game - I said they were the best "infantry" unit in the game.
As for the Sweboz, I gave a province in Asia Minor really early on in exchange for an alliance...they've been holding off wave after wave of Seleucid assaults (with a little help from me) for over 10-25 years now.

I still challenge that claim.

Have the Sweboz been winning very much? Doesn't seem like they'd be able at all to hold off Seleucid stacks...

[Orb]

**** happens, particularly with the autoresolve. Having a decent general helps. Allegedly using the autowin script gives fairer results.

On the best infantry, in earlier builds (currently my EB isn't working), I saw the Swebiz/boz generals crushing even numbers of gaesatae. I'm not sure whether the Galatian nude chappies have the same stats or not. Also, for cost-effectiveness, the Lusotanann Caetranann (especially on hills :)) and some Dacian units are fear-inspiring.

[Rilder]

Most Ridiculously Lope-sided Autobattles Me 3500 v 1510 enemy crap units = Crushing Defeat M battle/VH campaign


I had approx 3500 soldiers comprised of a half stack of elite 2hp Nake Gaestarne Infantry (best infantry in the game) along with other half stacks of elite Pedites Extrandanarii Infantry and Mercenary Phalangites
and varying other units (total of 5 stacks). The enemy was a Seleucid army of 1510, with 2 family members (the general had 5 stars) and had mostly levy and standard phalangites.


I totally surrounded the enemy with my 5 stacks and the battle ratio was 10 to 3 in my favor. So how the hell did this happen?:
(pics removed)

You should be ashamed!! Your playing the Romans yet your not using any Romans in your army, No wonder you lost.

[Intranetusa]

You should be ashamed!! Your playing the Romans yet your not using any Romans in your army, No wonder you lost.

well, I had the Roman Pedites Extrandanarii - Elite Pedite Infantry of the Italic Allies + Roman general...so that counts as Roman units.,, :)

[Rilder]

well, I had the Roman Pedites Extrandanarii - Elite Pedite Infantry of the Italic Allies + Roman general...so that counts as Roman units.,, :)

Well the general kinda counts but the Pedite dudes are italian not romean.

[Intranetusa]

Well the general kinda counts but the Pedite dudes are italian not romean.

those Italic allies would beg to differ!!! >_<

Doesn't full citizenship by Polybian mean anything to you?

They may not be Latins, but they are as Roman as the Estrucans or any other group located in the Italian pennisula. :)

[Intranetusa]

and later on, Romanized provinces of Egypt & Greece were considered Roman or Roman citizens as well...

[edyzmedieval]

Nice battle going round there. I had it even worse.

Ptolemaioi vs Seleukeia. 7 units of 3 bronze chevroned Basilikon Agema, 5 units of Agema cavalry, a general, and Toxotai Kretikoi , 3 units. Got trashed haaaard, and when I mean hard, I remained with 100 soldiers, out of about 1600?

Anyhow, those guys were like 5 peasants(gold chevrons), mercenary phalanx, 2 generals, Syriakoi Toxotai, Thorakitai... All in all, I owned them. But I got crashed...

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Italics never got citizenship before the social wars in the 80s BC.

[Intranetusa]

Nice battle going round there. I had it even worse.

Ptolemaioi vs Seleukeia. 7 units of 3 bronze chevroned Basilikon Agema, 5 units of Agema cavalry, a general, and Toxotai Kretikoi , 3 units. Got trashed haaaard, and when I mean hard, I remained with 100 soldiers, out of about 1600?

Anyhow, those guys were like 5 peasants(gold chevrons), mercenary phalanx, 2 generals, Syriakoi Toxotai, Thorakitai... All in all, I owned them. But I got crashed...

lol...damn >_<

"Italics never got citizenship before the social wars in the 80s BC."
Let's pretend I'm referring to when the Italics did get citizenship...