Re: What was your most heroic victory?
Ive won a battle with 20 Pahlva Bodyguards against 800 seleukids.
They were in a city and I waited outside. The enemy came out with alle there troops except for a bunch of 15 pantodapoi. I ran away from them all day and finally routed some slinger. Now I followed the slingers into the city and conquered all doors. Then I killed the 15 pantis and got a heroic victory. I atacked for Roleplaying reasons, but when I saw the weakest unit defending the citiy I couldnt resist.
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Whoooha! When I first saw the thread I thought I'd never beat the nerds from the EB forum, but when I see your screenshots, I think I might have a chance and will take some of my own.
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
I didn't quite get that... J/KOriginally Posted by ziegenpeter
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
This is from Barbarian Invasion. I was playing as the Goths and this was my first battle. Essentially a full-strength garrison in my eastern-most settlement against 3 of the 6 Vandal horde stacks.
It was the first time I used "Start Deployment". Somehow I managed to completely skip over that feature for more than five months of playing RTW.
My basic strategy was to form a line of Gothic Spearmen covering all of the pathways to the town square in the hopes of creating a massive conglomeration of Vandal troops that I could smash with arrows and cavalry charges.
However, their HA proved to be more powerful than I had expected and they quickly tore up my archer units. My spearmen suffered against their Chosen Horde Swordsmen (you see, I had thought that they would have Runaway Slave Spearmen in their initial attack and keep their Chosen Swordsmen in reserve, where they could be wiped out in my cavalry charges). My lines began to falter, and eventually they broke. It was my cavalry that, in spite of all odds, saved the day by making charge after charge. The mass rout of Vandal troops near the gate was rather sickening, to say the least.
Re: What was your most heroic victory?
Should we make a rule against posting vanilla? I mean, it is so mcuh easier than EB, and this is an EB forum after all. We want some EB Heroic Victories here! And yeah, a non-phalanx, non-Nomadic/HA, non-cheat Heroic Victory would be nice
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agree, vanilla is too cowardy and weak, we want REAL victories here.
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
Should we make a rule against posting vanilla? I mean, it is so mcuh easier than EB, and this is an EB forum after all. We want some EB Heroic Victories here! And yeah, a non-phalanx, non-Nomadic/HA, non-cheat Heroic Victory would be niceWell, maybe we should not talk about victories won with KH, Makedon, Epeiros, Hayasdan, Sauromatae, Saka, Pahlava, Seleucids, Baktria, Ptolemaioi
and maybe not Kathadashtim neither. And exclude victories gained on non-flat and bare ground too.
Aemilius, you should really try Pahlava, just to see how hard and heroic your victories must be if you want to survive in early campaign, no matter horse archers.
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
Truth be told, I've never managed to fight against more than 2 enemy stacks in one battle in EB. I don't know why, but it has resulted in few victories that can truly be deemed "heroic". Whereas in vanilla, such battles as I posted were more common (usually ending in my loss).Should we make a rule against posting vanilla? I mean, it is so mcuh easier than EB, and this is an EB forum after all. We want some EB Heroic Victories here! And yeah, a non-phalanx, non-Nomadic/HA, non-cheat Heroic Victory would be nice
Re: What was your most heroic victory?
Here is an Heroic victory especially for Duncan.Gill, who want a non-phalanx victory, and also to every body who want a saga worth that of the time when the gods Beated the Giants out of valhallah !!!I'm a Sweboz fan, so, not a lot of phalanx there! I was desperate for cash because my recent blitz of Italy, stopped and held at the level of Arretium (currently under seige bu a full elite stack... I guess that the Romans got pissed off to loose 5 cities in 2 years!!!) as my empire got overextanded, I decided to make a war of attrition on Aedui, (who still refue a ceaefire) and I planned to attack a city, quiet far, undefended (if only by one levy)... while on route, I stopped on a bridge to make him rest and make my general loose that nasty ''unsure troops'' attribute for too much walk... (I guess my guys were too fat!)
anyway, I was on a bridge, with one FM, one celtic lesser king, and 3 Bacatorii. A full stack of experianced swordmen, 2 sligner (I hate those, when i'm against ,as Sweboz die like flies in front of missiles) and several Heavy spearmen form aedui (Caturidge, i guess)... No family member, but still, a full stack against 5 units... I held the bridge good, it was grusome and several time my units were on the edge of fleeing, because the routing units from the ennemy rallied after the fled from the bridge, and charged back... still, the, I charged with my General (on foot, that is to note!) on a Botaroas unit of aedui who fled, then one other, then one other, they rallied but by the time, I routed the rest on the bridge, so they followed the Wave and fled.
At the end, my general had 3 guys left, the second in command (celtae volorix) had 10 men left, and from my bacatorii, none fled, still if they were, at the end, at the crucial moment of the mass routing of the army, one unit of 3, one unit of 12 and the last unit of 20... the battle lasted well over half an hour and I can tell, that, two minute more, and everything was over for me... But THAT was an Heroic act from every single men from my army!
All this happened today, in my current sweboz campain, the year is 239 BC
So i hope you enjoyed reading about that saga, wich will be told for the comming generations of my brave general!
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Aww, sorry, I've no picture. I'm playing EB on a laptop, and I don't know if it's possible. if it is, I just don't know how to do screenshots (Yeah, I know, i'm not a reference on ''how to use a comp.''!)
But if it's possible, I'll post pictures of my next heroic victory (I mean, wich I judge heroic, because sometime we get heroic victory quote without, in my opinion, acheiving anything heroic but to have been placed at the right place at the right time, or, because someone killed 30 000 levies with an elite phalanx in a narrow street(and I don't want to offend anyone here)). But I'm agree with you, pics always add colors to the story, and we can figure better how it was.
I'm glad that you liked the telling of that ''saga'' though!
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The easiest way to take a screenshot is to simply press "Print Screen" (which is found on your keyboard). Every screenshot you take is saved in the folder called "tgas".
And yes, I truly did enjoy your story. Sounds like a well-deserved heroic victory.
Oh, I just noticed your location, Bucharest. Another Romanian, perhaps?
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Why HA army didn't count? Using them is an art form....
waaa.... wrong Pics...
Surround your enemy, shoot them and kill them...
Sorry... I just made an photobucket account and get confused
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
I think he was just saying that all the heroics seem to involve either a phalanx or HA's and it would be interesting to see one with sword/short spear based armies.
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
No, I'm Canadian, from the french part, but since 3 years I study classical singning at the music University of Bucharest (and only one more to finish! YEEEEPPEEEEE!)And in my free time, after singning, I crush heads with my slogonez's clubs. De ce? esti romăn?The easiest way to take a screenshot is to simply press "Print Screen" (which is found on your keyboard). Every screenshot you take is saved in the folder called "tgas".
And yes, I truly did enjoy your story. Sounds like a well-deserved heroic victory.
Oh, I just noticed your location, Bucharest. Another Romanian, perhaps?
Oh, and for the other, thanks for the tips for pics, unfortunatly, i do not have that button ''print screen'' maybe my laptop is too old...but still strong enough to run EB
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
Yeah, heroic battles are pretty easy with a phalanx, which can only be penetrate by heavy cav, and not for long anyway. Same with a cavalry based army, especially HA bow&lance wielding horsemen. They pepper with arrows and charge with spears, which gives them a powerful charge, unlike the sword or the overhand spear.
Just try to win a Heroic Victory with non-pike phalanx infantry. Unless they are elite, it is pretty difficult to do so.
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I had just taken the rebel city of Patavium and the aeduei decided they would break our 40 year alliance
to try and take it from my battered legion.
I bloody well showed the buggers how much gumption good roman soldiers have!
We sallied forth and sent em packing.
Last edited by miotas; 05-19-2009 at 10:00.
Re: What was your most heroic victory?
The reason that was interested in non-phalanx/HA battles is that given the AI's stupidity it is often possible to get heroic victories with these armies (as the number of enemies is less important as usually you don't get into proper melee where the enemy can hit you). Scoring HV's with heavy infantry armies is a lot harder as it is very difficult not to be overwhelmed by the mass of numbers.
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Are you saying that I have mad awesome infantry skills?
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wow congrats to the guy who had the victory from alexander total war. those were a lot of enemies haha. dont you love phalanxes sometimes?
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NO! THIS IS EB!!!1!wow congrats to the guy who had the victory from alexander total war. those were a lot of enemies haha. dont you love phalanxes sometimes?
Fig. 1-2
*Notice Fig. 1-2: not vanilla. No posting easy vanilla victories where everything routs our dies form anything in seconds!
Last edited by Aemilius Paulus; 06-03-2009 at 03:36.
Re: What was your most heroic victory?
oh my lord that is magnificentAlexander's royal army was attacked by FOUR full stack armies while it laid siege to Sardis. My original goal was to lure Darius Codomannus into a decisive battle there, but he just sent four captains to do the job. These four captains commanded a combined total of over 13,000 men (huge unit settings). I experienced this two years ago. To this very day, I have yet to see any screenshot that details a larger campaign victory.
here is my victory. quite a good ratio dont you guys think?
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Download Fraps, I totally recommend it. The best freeware program for snaping lots and lots of pics. Automatically turns them into jpg files, plus you can choose in which file you want them to be placed. In other words: It's awesome.Oh, and for the other, thanks for the tips for pics, unfortunatly, i do not have that button ''print screen'' maybe my laptop is too old...
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Thanks a lot pal! I'll be able to post pictures of the crushed skulls of ennemy generals! Mouhahahahaha
Sweboz FTW!
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
[QUOTE=Aemilius Paulus;2254004]NO! THIS IS EB!!!1!
Fig. 1-2
lol granted it's considerably easier in vanilla... but 11,000 killed? that is simply hilarious :P even by vanilla AI standards
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Just to annoy AP.
That was just the typical Pahlava win over a pathetic AS army laden with Pandatopoi, or as I like to call them "walking pincushions". I probably could have won without losing a single man if I had tried, my army was all FMs. They regenerate, so what's the harm in losing eighteen?
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Just last night, I was playing as the Romani, I had invaded southern Britain and got kicked out of Camulosadae, so sent another army over the Dover straights and sat at the bridge near the city. 2 big Casse armies took me on, and the result is in the screenshot.
https://img198.imageshack.us/img198/8393/seriouswin.jpg
I know Bridge battles are much easier than "normal" battles in EB due to the RTW engine, but that is still a big kills/loss ratio, especially when I don't have phalanxes (which I have had similar results with, but put down to the enemies running straight into the sarissas). One of the armies was delayed, and that one had it's general killed almost immediately, causing a mass route fairly early on. Still, I'm going to save this screenshot :)
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My Greatest Romani Victory up to date! at VH/M
Wow thats ALOT
My Master Stroke! Encircle Them ALL!!! CUT THEM DOWN!!! KILL!!! KILL!!!! KILLLZZZZ!!! GAH!
Muhahahaha!! Roma Victrix!
Currently i'm trying to top this
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Re: What was your most heroic victory?
Wow man, that was awesome. Even though you played the Romaioi, that is.
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