How much real time does a battle take you ?

[_Tristan_]

Might sound like a noob question and a bit OT but how do you slow time to such a level... Is there any shortcut ?

I mostly use Ctrl+T to speed things up notably in mopping up routers but never knew I could slow it to see in detail the result of a cav charge...

[DVX BELLORVM]

Might sound like a noob question and a bit OT but how do you slow time to such a level... Is there any shortcut ?

I mostly use Ctrl+T to speed things up notably in mopping up routers but never knew I could slow it to see in detail the result of a cav charge...

You can slow the game down up to 0.1x, by holding shift and clicking on a time controls buttons (those + and - icons near the "radar")

[Ramses II CP]

Battles rarely last me more than 30 minutes unless one side or the other is entirely composed of high morale horse archers.

[dismal]

I'd say most field battles are 5 minutes or so with the full or multiple stack ones going 15.

I maneuver on 2X, slow down to 1X shortly before contact, smack em' with the infantry, run the cav around the back, chase the routers at 2 or 6X.

The long battles are the ones where I get caught with like 200 men against 800, and I have to repeatedly isolate enemy units, charge the cav, run away, regroup, repeat.

[Xehh II]

'Bout 10-15 mins for a standard battle, 'bout 20-45 mins for a siege. I rarely speed the time up.

[Fookison]

I generally take about 30 minutes for a battle. If it is looking like a one sided battle at any point, I will speed up the game play.

[gardibolt]

I'm almost always done in 15 m or less; I never use pause and I'm always going to 6x speed to get men into position. No patience.