Battle accounts and discussion

[seireikhaan]

Well, I just got my arse handed to me by the Byzantines while playing the Armenians in XL 3.0.

Basically, I set myself up relatively close to a corner, and mostly on a hilltop to try and gain any advantage possible, as the Byzzies had me outgunned by Kats and some valored up Byz infantry, some Dejma, and a varangian guard, while my army consisted mostly of Armenian infantry, catapults, two mounted x-bows, and two Naxarars, my King and one of the princes.



Basically, the Byz took the vanguard of their army, which consisted of several Byz infantry, two units of Kats, and a unit of armored spears, and hauled them ALL the way around my formation, and attempted to take my army from the rear, while a horde of Dejma and the varangian guard continued marching on me from the front.

My catapults(the X's) bombarded the vanguard constantly, but it just wasn't enough to deter them. My two mounted X-bows also let off some bolts on the vanguard before switching fire to the rear guard and tearing up the Varangians. However, I was so surprised that the A.I. would actually attempt to haul all the way around the rear of my army that I didn't ultimately act on it until it was too late. The hill turned out to be my downfall, as my units parked on it couldn't get back in time until my king and prince had been routed by Kats and byz infantry, whereupon the Byz now had the hill advantage, crushed my catapults, and soon, the rest of my army.