What was your most heroic victory?

[Cullhwch]

Just so I can get all you guys to shut up about my vanilla screenshots, I've got a pic of me killing over 9,000 Sweboz (yeah, insert the damn DBZ video here) as the Aedui in 1.1. I'll post it in a week or so when I get back to my old computer. That battle was absolutely brutal (five German generals were slain and several units of Neitos actually routed!) and the worst part about it was that the game crashed before I got back to the campaign map. Ugh.

I only posted the Alexander screenshots because they demonstrated my most epic and heroic victory, as the near-certain defeat that I faced there would have cost me the campaign. I had no idea that you guys were so touchy about this sort of thing.

[Celtic_Punk]

that romani victory isn't THAT epic... had it been the other way around. lightly armoured celts taking on a huge legion. Now THAT would have been something.


Come to think of it... I'm going to do a custom battle like that now.

damnit I can't get a damn bridge for some reason... Ok fine... Field battle... But in my homeland!!!! We'll be outnumbered severely. You shall soon see the brilliance of Eire!

[Valion]

I never said it was THAT epic =p., only my best Heroic Victory to date... seeing they had around 4 maniples of Gaestaes(sp) which are as hard as brick walls to kill i think i've done a pretty good job annahilating them plus i didnt take advantage and block the entrace of the bridge and actually let them come through! Its not my fault the AI decided to throw everything they had in one go towards my center and i just couldn't resist the temtepation to surround them lol=D

[Celtic_Punk]

you would have lost had you blocked the bridge. They'd have pushed through with the mass of their force. Your first line would have eventually routed. Unless you'd set up the exact same defence only with a foreguard you'd have lost. Your strategy was the only one that'd achieve victory. Personally I'd have sent my worst and most numerous troops in to tire or break your initial line. Then send the Gaestae in last. Seeing the Gaestae while your men are tired and disillusioned would have made them panic and rout quickly. You'd have been toast my friend!

[Xurr]

you would have lost had you blocked the bridge. They'd have pushed through with the mass of their force. Your first line would have eventually routed. Unless you'd set up the exact same defence only with a foreguard you'd have lost. Your strategy was the only one that'd achieve victory. Personally I'd have sent my worst and most numerous troops in to tire or break your initial line. Then send the Gaestae in last. Seeing them while your men are tired and disillusioned would have made them panic and rout quickly. You'd have been toast my friend!

Actually I've held an entire stack on a bridge using 2 units of Triarii in shield wall formation(bi.exe). It can get a little tricky rotating them out but it's doable. Just remember to put a unit on either side of the bridge hold unit to get the "flank are secure" modifier and keep your general near.

[Valion]

Note taken about blocking the bridge, never tried blocking whithout phalanxes so thanks for the advice=D my romani strategy in major battles has somewhat been the double line against barbarians and all in stand ground orders to prevent exhaustion. Truth be told that battle was the first time i saw how effective surrounding the enemy and tiring them would be.

Also lets all be thankfull the AI sends their best units first if not all their units=D

[Celtic_Punk]

I've become pretty proficient in swapping ranks. Keep the reserve no more than 3 metres behind the engaged unit. group the engaged units together, and tell them to run back (the best way to do this is keep each individual unit on the same lateral plane, so they run directly back) once most are behind your reserves tell them to charge. Gaestae are brutally efficient reserves. Once the main part of the battle has past, do this switch, and your enemy's unit will scarper post haste.

[OBarbas]

My African Elephants at the vanguard of the conquest of Viennos, as mentioned in my separate thread, What is the Best Way for Romans to get Elephants.

We are still celebrating and sacrificing to the gods!

(P.S. I am interpreting 'most heroic' not necessarily to mean that it was a Heroic Victory. Sometimes the most heroic victories are even 'Close'!)

Background of battle and screenshots at: http://www.galexander.com.au/The%20F...%20Viennos.htm

THE COMPLETE, UNABRIDGED VIDEO OF THE CONQUEST OF VIENNOS AT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEQ0CmHMbOA

[Cute Wolf]

You want a victory with nnon-phalanx, non-ha army without elites, win against a supperior elite stack? here it is (from my Saby'n campaign...) at least my soldiers here were actually crappier than the Romans...

[Maion Maroneios]

OK dude, an applause is due to your magnificent feat!

Maion

[Celtic_Punk]

I just fought a battle today as averni vs a superior force of Aduei (they have 2 units of gaestae!!!!!! I had... massalian hoplites who were freshly merc'ed up)

fought entirely in the forest till their last unit broke (where i pushed the rout, and slaughtered a bunch) i could see nothing. This is one of my deathly fears! fighting inside forests i cant see anything and usually it ends in disaster. This time We showed em whose boss! Another heroic victory added to my string of heroic victories this campaign!




here's other heroic victories from the same campaign!


This one was crazy, cause they had infantry and cavalry and a unit of slingers. My unit of swordsmen and the slingers were reinforcements who had to rush up the hill. My general was on his own duking it out till they arrived... tired as hell too. I push my Generals to the max. Some battles only the general or a few men in his unit survive. and I'll still use em to help on the line.

And here's an epic picture (notice the fact that the few spartans left who are surrounded and hoplessly outnumbered are counted as "victory seems certain. Only a fool could lose this battle!" hahhahaha- they died, but not after killing hundreds more) of my Thermoplyae reenactment.

[Andy1984]

A close defeat may not be an heroic victory, but...

I tried to place 2 hellenic cataphracts and one FM vs 20 polybian princeps on the Syrian flats. My general left me after only killing 250 opponents. :( My cataphracts however managed to kill ca. 1000 opponents each, before they too decided to run rather than to die.

For each cavalrist I lost, 12.5 Romans died. Mwuahaha

An earlier attempt to fight 20 units of Vigiles on the Syrian flats became an utter massacre for Rome. :D

[Valion]

Ok heres my latest heroic victory as the romani., and to make things a bit even Scipio currently has the Starving trait meaning -3 to morale and the Carthaginians have ALOT and i mean ALOT of Elite heavy cavaly. But i hold the hill hehehe... make no mistake this battle was tough and lost a considerable number of men which made me leave Africa after annoying them for 3 years by annihilating 2 of their stacks plus this one. Perhaps those stars he had made some difference plus his National Hero trait xD

Here's some pretty pictures of the battle =D









After this my southern legion is very much depleted and needs to refurbish the ranks. Not to mention my Northern and "only" other legion is being drained in the north by constant battles with the Averni and Aedui.

BTW Awesome victory Celtic_punk!

[kuroiya88]

Nice victories there with the romani Valion. But why on earth were you by Siga? You hadn't even captured Sicily from what I see haha.

[Ibrahim]

here is finally a really heroic one, by me :




lightly armed and armored arabs defeating the best field army the remans had in the holy land (IBFD IJ3). and yes, the roman commanding leads a force of arab cavalry...

I posted it earlier in the TWcenter, but only now remembered to put it here

PS: I know it ain't EB, but the thread never specified. and I was going to post a picture with an equally humiliating sassanid deafeat, but I: 1) forgot to, and 2) figured: just showing dead romans is enough

[Celtic_Punk]

well this thread IS in the EB forum...

[Ibrahim]

well this thread IS in the EB forum...

true, but seeing how others posted extra-EB battles, I don't think its an issue.

[Tux]

This would be my last one, not the greatest though but I did go back so that the AI can cross the river for a more interesting battle:
(army mostly of Dugunthiz and Clubmen with 1 unit of Leuce Epos Cavalry)

[Valion]

Nice victories there with the romani Valion. But why on earth were you by Siga? You hadn't even captured Sicily from what I see haha.

After defeating Hamalcar in Sicily i decided to go and visit Africa to say hello to the Qarthadastim For the reason i didnt want to conquer sicily too early in the game. basically i lusted for some Huge battles and kill something

Mentioning Hube battles here is a not so Huge but was so TOUGH battle that lasted 45min and yes i don't like to have the battle time limit on seeing i find it unrealistic.

Finally decided to take the city


Hah making a wall of shields works wonders against barbarians even against them annoying 4 maniples of Gaestaes(sp?)


I didnt take anymore pictures since i didnt want a CTD considering how long the battle lasted.


Tiring battle., of course restarted EB after saving ahaha XD

[option]

This one goes out to all of you who say elephants aren't worth the money...




My single fullstack completely annihilating two Roman fullstacks after landing in northern Italy, thanks to a single unit of African Bush Elephants. No horse archers and only three phalanxes, and none of them made a significant impact on the battle, so there.

[chenkai11]

This one goes out to all of you who say elephants aren't worth the money...




My single fullstack completely annihilating two Roman fullstacks after landing in northern Italy, thanks to a single unit of African Bush Elephants. No horse archers and only three phalanxes, and none of them made a significant impact on the battle, so there.

Very impressive. Especially it's the Carthaginians slaughtering the Romans.

[Mikhail Mengsk]

Actually, your elephantes killed 702 enemies. Your liby-pheonician cavalry killed 573. Make a proportion with their cost and upkeep... I think you can afford 3 cavalries for your elephant, so 573*3= ....

Anyway, GREAT victory, man ;-)

[Cute Wolf]

Liby phoenicians on horse didn't scare the romans... a cute elephant did made them scream like girls and runs away... plus you can't watch the wonderful moments when romans are tossed to the air like wild kittens tossed to the trash bin...

[Mikhail Mengsk]

Agree with the fear-factor, but i prefere a more versatile and less risky cavalry force. I fear very much the "running amok throughout your own army" factor ;-). Of course you don't risk very much against Romans because of their lack of good and long-range archers.

[DaciaJC]

Agree with the fear-factor, but i prefere a more versatile and less risky cavalry force. I fear very much the "running amok throughout your own army" factor ;-). Of course you don't risk very much against Romans because of their lack of good and long-range archers.

Meh, I recall one battle as the Getai in which I ambushed the Carthaginian captain (sitting on an elephant) with a unit of Drapanai. Within maybe 10 seconds after making contact, he was dead, the elephants starting running amok and crushing their own men, and a result, the entire army routed. Only three of my units actually fought (all Drapanai), and a full stack routed. A lack of archers doesn't necessarily mean there's no risk of those elephants running amok.

[Mikhail Mengsk]

Sure, but is more risky against heavy missile armies. In a melee you can drive them amok too, but you will risk that they run amok troughout YOUR lines.

[Dafug3]

Yes, but usually you would use elephant armies against mainly infantry assorted armies, such as the Hellenes, Romans and Celts.

[Maion Maroneios]

Sure, but is more risky against heavy missile armies. In a melee you can drive them amok too, but you will risk that they run amok troughout YOUR lines.

A well-aimed spike hammered into their skulls will take care of the latter.

Maion

[Mikhail Mengsk]

It's a bit hard to hit an elephant in the head with melee weapons...

[Maion Maroneios]

You know there's an option to kill the elephants after they run amok right?

Maion