hello, feel free to pick your favorite unit
favorite unit
hello, feel free to pick your favorite unit
Last edited by Caeser The III; 01-12-2008 at 17:38.
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You forgot to have a chariots option and there isn't even a Gah! option to express my disgust at this gross oversite
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ill just say the calvary are chariots
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I'd prefer a combination of all. although i do dislike chariots for some reason. the AI doesn't seems to know how to use Hoplites properly, could be taken out easily by flanking.
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this is very true
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But isn't that an indication that the AI doesn't know how to control the more mobile troops accompanying the hoplites, instead of the hoplites themselves? Hoplites are always easy to flank, it's the supporting troops that prevent that from happening.Originally Posted by QuintusJulius-Cicero
My favourite will always be cavalry. I remember when I shot up army after army of hapless Seleucids with Parthian horse archers. Or the time when I led a flying column of Long Shields into Italy, ala Hannibal. Good times.
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Cavalry would have to be my favorite,though hoplite infantry are a close-in second. My armies (Hellenic,esp.) are based around a long line of 8 heavy infantry units,but my cavalry and missile troops always decimate any and all opposition before they even reach my infantry line.
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Legionary Cohort is the most competent of them all.
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Missile cavalry. Definetly.
Either straight up horse archers, or numidian mercs. You can wear them down fantasticly, and when combined with regular archers theyre even more deadly.
Use up all the cavs ammo, as much of the infantry archer ammo as possible, and then chaaarge ze flanks!
Hmm... if the AI was programmed to emulate the most stupid Generals in history, that would explain a lot.
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berserkers are my fav unit but axemen arnt in this poll
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Axemen can count as heavy infantry.berserkers are my fav unit but axemen arnt in this poll
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Last edited by Quintus.JC; 01-19-2008 at 20:13.
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This poll certainly could have more catergory for different units.
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My favorite unit type would probably be Infantry - primarily since it is what I use most in many campaigns. Their main purpose is to hold the line in place while other units can nip round their flanks. I also use cavalry units and some missile cavalry units as flankers and archer killers (should they be harassing my infantry lines). Archers also sometimes come into play, although I do generally not use them as much as other unit types due to their poor performance once their arrows have run out.
Parthia isn't a hard faction to play as, although I usually follow the same strategy as totalwar092 - blitzing the Selcucids with the faction's starting units as rapidly as possible to gain some cities which can provide a worthwhile income. Sadly the infantry based AI doesn't really know how to deal with horse archers, so are a bit of a push over when they are used.
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Infantry. Period. When it comes right down to it, even if your macedon and greece, in the bloodiest of battles your men whip out the sword and who is better at swordfighting then good ol' infantry. They beat cav 1v1( usually heavy infantry only) they beat archers, skirmishers, hoplites (make them run behind the hoplites. They will take a few casualties from the suicidal charge but when they get inside the 10ft spear range the hoplite pulls out his sword and its over) and artillery. They also are very flexible and can be turned/moved whenever wherever they are needed. All around I choose the Urban cohort, although unrealistic they beat spartans 1v1 (with my charge strategy) and that's all I ask for
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