Makedonian Battles - Competition - Download and play the Battle of the Week!

[Drewski]

I did get you, it's a fine idea

You're right, but it's impossible to limit the number of times someone can play, and the idea is to have exactly what's going on in this thread: better victories keep being posted because players keep beating and re-beating () each other.

Here's my best result so I don't look too incompetent :

Moli, its a superb idea and I congrat you...

Lets be aware however, that I could give you a screenie where I take NO casualties at all (as you Im sure are aware, I could make each pelast a Super Elephant with a little EDU work)...

My own EDU is so heavily edited, I wont be entering the comp (though I'd love to, but bah, I'm not rediting them back etc.)

I completely believe all the players so far, except, I'd like a least one mid battle scene off all for unequivicable proof...:)

And HEY, you yourself asked for BATTLE Descr, which no-one yet has provided....guys, share your cheesy tactics ...;)

Great Idea btw..best for a long time

[Molinaargh]

Moli, its a superb idea and I congrat you...

Lets be aware however, that I could give you a screenie where I take NO casualties at all (as you Im sure are aware, I could make each pelast a Super Elephant with a little EDU work)...

My own EDU is so heavily edited, I wont be entering the comp (though I'd love to, but bah, I'm not rediting them back etc.)

I completely believe all the players so far, except, I'd like a least one mid battle scene off all for unequivicable proof...:)

And HEY, you yourself asked for BATTLE Descr, which no-one yet has provided....guys, share your cheesy tactics ...;)

Great Idea btw..best for a long time

I can think of a hundred ways to cheat in this game, but I can't think of any reason to do it. The only good proof would be a replay, but we can't save them for some reason (maybe it's because the battle is too long).

I agree people should post more about how they won the battle, but it seems nobody wants to share their secrets

Thanks and thanks for your thoughts.

[antisocialmunky]

... I'm half tempted to go and photoshop a -1 casualty report ...

[Drewski]

I can think of a hundred ways to cheat in this game, but I can't think of any reason to do it. .

And you actually use The Internet on a regular basis ?

[miotas]

I agree people should post more about how they won the battle, but it seems nobody wants to share their secrets

In the first section of the battle the enemy skirmishers always ride out to attack to I take my pelatasts off skirmisher mode and put my akontistai behind them and let them have a skirmish with the horses. They take very few casualties but usually kill at least half the horses.

I then move my troops up and order my phalanx to line up next to the first levy phalanx. I then get my assault infantry to march through that gap at which point the enemy assault infantry and their horses attack, and I launch an attack against them with all my horses and assault infantry, resulting in a rout and a dead general. I then get my assault infantry to go behind the lines of the levy phalanx and slaughter them.

My horses will then have enough room to make charges against the rears of the elite enemy phalanx. If I line all my troops in front of a single unit of elite phalanx then their morale will be low enough that a single huge charge from all 4 of my horse units will break them instantly. At which point they won't run because my infantry are in front of them so my assault infantry mercilessly slaughter the dissarayed, "fighting to the death" phalanx units.

[mountaingoat]

i do something similar , but i use the assault infantry to lead a charge to the side then cav in the rear flanks .

i pulled off a different starting tactic which i may attempt again ... if you pull back at the start , you can capture most of the skirmisher cav with your own cav , and even the general will charge out ... this gives you a clear path when having to clear the phalanx , but you still have to be very precise when attacking due to how tight the comp is ... pretty much every phalanx you route needs to be done with 0 losses.

[Molinaargh]

It's also possible to chase the Epeirote skirmishing cavalry with your own cavalry and kill 2 of those, because not all of them run behind the phalanxes - they get stuck at the beach

[mountaingoat]

just finished another battle , would be for 3rd place , though ill have another go or two at it as lost many units due to error.

[Molinaargh]

just finished another battle , would be for 3rd place , though ill have another go or two at it as lost many units due to error.

I hope you took a screenshot, what if you can't do as well again?

This is the current ranking for Battle I:

Medario			1021
miotas			1019
Flavius Camillus	998
mountaingoat		972
Molinaargh		970
Titus Magnus		954
miotas			923
mountaingoat		870
Titus Magnus		859
Molinaargh		656
Ghaust the Moor		643