Routing units

**GamblerTuba** · 09-25-2007, 16:42

A question:
When all enemy units are routing and you are given the option to hunt them down or end the battle: does ending the battle let all those routing units get away? In other words do i need to continue the battle and manually hunt down the stragglers or does the computer kill off a certain % for me?

And a clarification:
All routing units are simply killed in RTW? Seems like no quarter given in Roman times but i was just curious because i do not remember seeing that listed in the differences between RTW and MTW.

**Poulp'** · 09-25-2007, 16:57

If you let them go, they will fall back, regroup and merge on a friendly territory.
To make sure they won't come back, you have to hunt them down.
AFAIK, it gives no particular penalties, you'll just eventually gain the "bloodthirsty" trait.

true, routers bring less experience than fighting enemies,
but when it's time to chase routers, you no longer are here to proove your worth, are you ?

**Fate** · 09-25-2007, 17:15

I always hunt down routers, though apparantly it gives you only a 1/3 or something like that, if i recall correctly.

And yes, i concour with Poulp, there're no penalties that i know of

**Laman** · 09-26-2007, 06:17

The ai doesn't do it, so I don't do it either, unless they where my allies and decided to backstab me, then I may hunt them down.

**ciprianrusu** · 09-26-2007, 08:48

I just put myself in the position of an army general. If i face an enemy, and i beat him, i want to beat him so hard, that it will never rise up against me. So every time i get the chance to kill the routers i do so. If i don't, then, those that i let to get away, will regroup and attack me again. Military speaking it isn't efficient.

**gaiusjulii** · 09-26-2007, 12:07

I never feel happier than when I see a big 0 in the enemy remaining colum. After all over 80% of losses sustained on the batttlefield in ancient times were in a rout. After a man with his back turned on the enemy cannot defend himself so IMPO he deserves to die. I also have a rule of disbanding any unit that routs..... I am still waiting for CA to add the Decimation option for all units/legions

**Shieldmaiden** · 10-02-2007, 13:43

Originally Posted by ciprianrusu

I just put myself in the position of an army general. If i face an enemy, and i beat him, i want to beat him so hard, that it will never rise up against me. So every time i get the chance to kill the routers i do so. If i don't, then, those that i let to get away, will regroup and attack me again. Military speaking it isn't efficient.

Agreed.

My battles usually finish with Cavalry or Chariots mercilessly hunting down Routers. Even keep a Unit back sometimes just for that.