i must say i am the best ever!

[s_tabikha]

there I was
my 600 legionaries and one equites+ general

fresh troops

never seen battle

and the massive 7 stack gaul army lie infront of me!
numbering 5000 troops!



no bridge
no cover
not mountain
just me
and them comming from all sides

but what did I do?

KILL THEM ALL MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

I must say there has never been a slaughter of gauls in history that matches mine

[Benandorf]

I've got one that matches yours.

320 spartan warriors in front of a bridge. Enter over 6000 enemy troops (some eastern cav from Egypt and Gaul infantry). A while later, about 200 Spartans left.

Madness? ^_~

[Craterus]

Um, they're Spartans? On a bridge? Nothing impressive.

Try an entire Roman army beaten by a Barbarian General's Bodyguard. I was the Spanish. And this general wasn't even a faction leader.

When a legend enters the fray...

[woad&fangs]

Well in one of my battles...........................WAIT 7 FULL STACKS!? Okay so thats pretty impressive.

[SSJVegetaTrunks]

I don't believe anything without pics.

[Benandorf]

Um, they're Spartans? On a bridge? Nothing impressive.

You have a point.

[Craterus]

Not to discredit your victory or anything. It's just harder to appreciate quality commanding when elite units are used and the terrain heavily favours said units. It's still quite a good victory.

Welcome to the Org

[Benandorf]

Nah, it was somewhat stacked in my Favor. I just wanted to see if 300 spartans could hold a pass from thousands in RTW. And I thought I had saved the screenshot, but did not... On the other hand, I do have a replay, if anyone knows how I can actually upload it?

And thanks for the welcome, Craterus ^_^

[s_tabikha]

Uh wha?
it was on a pretty much barren feild i had no advantage at all
it was just me and them as I said
I am without a doubt the most powerful general ever

[the greek]

to be powerful is differant to being great

[Subedei]

[I of the Storm]

Oh come on, take it easy and let them boast...

[gaiusjulii]

boasting is a good thing, but the greatest general might be a little presumptuous, still good victory. also the 300 spartan thing is beleivable as I put 3 full units of legionary cohorts onto on full unit of spartans and they routed my legionaries.... but dont worry Flame arrows do the trick and then let the legionaries stick it to them demoralised scum!

[Benandorf]

boasting is a good thing, but the greatest general might be a little presumptuous, still good victory. also the 300 spartan thing is beleivable as I put 3 full units of legionary cohorts onto on full unit of spartans and they routed my legionaries.... but dont worry Flame arrows do the trick and then let the legionaries stick it to them demoralised scum!

Really, flame arrows demoralize Spartans? I've never had that experience. And the biggest problem is the really big shields that said Spartans had. I had about 1500 archers (this was on Huge size) wail on spartans until they ran out of ammo. I lost about 150. And those red robed warriors weren't shaken a bit.

Pretty much whenever I use Spartans, they only flee if they are MASSIVELY outnumbered and their General dies. Otherwise they sit there at "Eager" and "Fresh".

The only way I've been able to kill them, as rome, is to flank. Send a unit into the front then flank flank flank! But that's true with any Phalanx.

[s_tabikha]

i didnt say i was the greatest
and i can boast
id love to see anyof you try to beat me in multiplayer
heck id take all of you on

im the most powerful ever

[Fate]

i didnt say i was the greatest

Err, look at the thread title mate. Supplement best and greatest; two pretty interchangable words, and you are clearly a hypocrite

[s_tabikha]

is that a challenge fate?
cmon
multiplayer
you and me
les'go

[gaiusjulii]

[QUOTE=Benandorf]Really, flame arrows demoralize Spartans? I've never had that experience. And the biggest problem is the really big shields that said Spartans had. I had about 1500 archers (this was on Huge size) wail on spartans until they ran out of ammo. I lost about 150. And those red robed warriors weren't shaken a bit.QUOTE]

Hi Benandorf,

as you say they are seriously hard to demoralize, maybe i was alittle vague in my decription, the tactic i tend to use now is Hit them with pilum at close range from 1 or 2 units legionaries as they are hit from that i highlight all 4 units of my archers with flame arrows and click them onto one unit at a time (fire at will doesnt seem to do anything to them) the pilum seems to disrupt the formation enough for the concentrated arrows fire to lower morale as they hit the confused mass of men, then the legionaries charge in and bring a cavalry unit in the rear preferably a family member as they have far better cavalry. this seems to do the trick, thank god my AI dont seem to use them in abundance

[s_tabikha]

Enough About The Spartans
More About Me

[mrdun]

Shut up Tarik. Trounce ya. easy.

[s_tabikha]

tarik?
trounce?

[shlin28]

I just had a great battle, 600 men against 2000 legionnaires.

My infantry routed quickly, even my faction leader (!!!) routed after a failed charge... but i got three heavily depleted light chariot units left

In 10 minutes the Roman army was routed, and the way to Rome is clear.

[Bootsiuv]

I don't believe anything without pics.

Exactly what I was going to say. I beat 18,000 elephants with my unit of (oh my god, I actually forgot any vanilla names....damn EB)whatever.

[Cadwalader]

Yeah, it's a good thing EB did something about the confusing names in vanilla.

"Framèharjoz forward!"

[hamilcarX]

nothing compared to me, i ever played it somewhere at my friends home,
i got 4 groups of 60 spartan hoplites, the enemy had 1000 light and heavy cavalry (enemy were romans) the romans had early legionaries and praetorian stuff around 5000, cavalry (the 2000) was compared of equites from the prehistorical age, and praetorian cavalry,

the enemy had no archers

i put my spartans in 4 circles, those romans idiots became meat on a stick, haha, only few spartans died

guess what?

i won an heroic history

[Benandorf]

Beat that K:D. 100:1, and the AI had much better troops than I did. Even with the walls, it was unbelievable. Those are not large or epic walls either.

I also had one battle where I had 4 units of peasants and one general against about 1000 enemy romans. My gates had been spied open, too.



P.S. Sorry about the size, but xfire makes them tiny.

[Critical Bill]

When did the Org turn into Gamefaqs?

[CrazyGuy]

Sorry to sound cynical, but how did you manage that?

[Warmaster Horus]

When did the Org turn into Gamefaqs?

Never! We may get some idiots here, but the majority of Orgahs are kind, civilized people.

On topic, I'd be interested in seeing proof as well. So, then I can try to recreate the same kind of battle.

[Benandorf]

Were those last bits aimed at me, or him? Cause I was just playing along; I didn't mean to turn this into a gamefaqs type topic...

I'm fairly curious about his win, too. Unless you were speaking of how I did those strange battles, in which case I'm only mildly curious.