First Impressions

[ArtillerySmoke]

Defo agree with you on the sense of achievement from teching up. The first battle with Fire by rank was awesome. The cherokee charging at me like usual, probably cocky that they'd do some good damage. Then they rout before they even clash with me. Nothing like slaughtering the natives with superior firepower.

Do the natives wage guerilla warfare as they should? As in, unconventional?

[Sir Beane]

Do the natives wage guerilla warfare as they should? As in, unconventional?

They do tend to raid surrounding unprotected towns and run if they don't think they can take you in a straight fight. I was sitting in a fort waiting for them but they torched all my plantations and the legged it back into friendly territory. (The they I am talking about is the Cherokee.)

[A Very Super Market]

Natives really die quite a lot in open field battles. Unfortunately, they hide around in the forests.

[ArtillerySmoke]

They do tend to raid surrounding unprotected towns and run if they don't think they can take you in a straight fight. I was sitting in a fort waiting for them but they torched all my plantations and the legged it back into friendly territory. (The they I am talking about is the Cherokee.)

Perfect.

Straight out of the Art of War

edit: I'm a nostalgic guy, but anyone who remembers the AI doing that in previous total war titles (including MTW) is looking through rose tinted glasses. That's a great sign that the natives would assess their strength accurately and attack where the least defense is.

[IlDuce]

Yeah, they do tend to raid your settlements and are at a big disadvantage in open battles which is why I try to draw them out by raiding their farms and stuff. Really cool that this completely different style of warfare is being used in a TW game. It can actually be enjoyable to not go straight for a battle.