Best defensive postition you've ever had (screenshots)

[DVX BELLORVM]

Actually you can, you have to open the console and enter "save_battle_replay <name>" where <name> has to be replaced with the name of the replay.
If you use a mod folder you have to use "../<mod>/<name>" instead

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. Every time I try to load a replay saved this way, the game crashes with the "unspecified error".



P.S. Sorry for OT

[DensterNY]

Per Ole, great defense. I don't think I've ever had such a lopsided victory but of course that's the point of defense; finding good position and exploiting it.

I think the best defense I had was with my Sicilian militia class infantry and peasant archers against the invading French who had knights; on horse and dismounted as well.

Looking at the battlefield before me I thought of 300/Thermopylae and I placed my troops inside of some farming structures forcing the French to attack one point. Sure enough the French charged their elite knights into my trap getting hammered on three sides by spears which quickly routed their cavalry. Again and again they tried to smash through and though they did a lot of damage in the end they routed... Knights chased off the field by peasants and militia.

I know when we think of position we usually think of hills and elevation but don't ignore those buildings in the field either.

[Per Ole]

if a building's got some sort of one entrance into a courtyard, can you enter into the courtyard and defend the one entrance?

[_Tristan_]

I have repeatedly tried to enter some sort of manor or monastery on the battle map but without success...

Farms or mills are different in that matter as stated by DensterNY because if you have lots of infantry and are facing cavalry, the horsemen won't be able to get a formed charge and will then be cut to pieces by foot soldiers

[Empirate]

It seems that in TW:Empires we'll be allowed to have our soldiers enter all buildings on the battlefield to get a fortified position. I'm very much looking forward to that!

[alpaca]

Unfortunately it doesn't work for me. Every time I try to load a replay saved this way, the game crashes with the "unspecified error".



P.S. Sorry for OT

Well it sometimes crashes, sometimes works. It's the same with other replays, really.
I can say I was able to replay a few campaign battles successfully.