The greatness of naked dudes

**Unintended BM** · 03-26-2010, 12:00

Yeah, I should have lost that battle, but this result was way cooler. Winning by taking the center isn't really an exploit, it's just unrealistic, but not much is really realistic about the battles anyway. I think it should be the same rules for sieges with reinforcements as the rules for when you are defending: If you're able to lock them out of all the gates and you're safely inside, that should be a victory, the town square shouldn't matter.

**athanaric** · 03-26-2010, 12:16

Originally Posted by Unintended BM

If you're able to lock them out of all the gates and you're safely inside, that should be a victory, the town square shouldn't matter.

You could've locked the gates by letting your infantry capture them all first, once inside the walls. Then you would've had plenty of time for drawing together all forces at once to kill the enemy king. Naked dudes up front and the cavalry with their AP axes from behind. I do this sometimes, leaving the relief army witlessly wandering around the town (getting shot at by the now-captured gates and towers, and the archers - unless they're needed in the town centre).

**Fluvius Camillus** · 03-26-2010, 12:49

Oooh that greatness!

But really, nice one. I would've tried athanaric's idea. But fighting like this is way cooler. Also Duguntz is completely right, this is no exploit.

Lucky they didn't get pushed away by the sheer mass pressing on them.

Go tell the naked dudes, stranger passing by,
that here obedient to their laws we lie.

~Fluvius

**jirisys** · 03-26-2010, 15:36

Originally Posted by Fluvius Camillus

Oooh that greatness!

But really, nice one. I would've tried athanaric's idea. But fighting like this is way cooler. Also Duguntz is completely right, this is no exploit.

Lucky they didn't get pushed away by the sheer mass pressing on them.

Go tell the naked dudes, stranger passing by,
that here obedient to their laws we lie.

~Fluvius

LOL!, but, i would to win a battle by locking them outside the gates (but they would besiege me later :fear:), anyway, here's my share of wit!

Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari gaesatae possit
Nothing is so well fortified that gaesatae cannot capture it.

~Jirisys

**Cute Wolf** · 03-26-2010, 15:45

Yeah, Naked dudes with crack points of morale FTW!!!

BTW, why are you installing the modesty patch

now... it was going to be unrealistic a bit, except when they cut those flappy loincloth... and show the true manliness

**Zradha Pahlavan** · 03-26-2010, 15:51

Speaking of locking an enemy inside...
It's fun to have a small force of horsemen besiege a well defended town, have the defenders sally out, rout one of their weak units, follow that unit inside with everything you can get to it, then lock all the doors and retreat any of your troops that didn't get into the town. It cracks me up every time, watching the enemy scurry off to the other doors, only to find them locked too...
As for naked dudes, they're not bad. I just wish they were easier to recruit.

**ARCHIPPOS** · 03-26-2010, 16:03

hehe i'll soon have a chance to use them maniacs in my KH campaign.I'm currently besieging Byzantion which is defended by chalkaspidai, clerouchoi phalangitai, hoplitai and some light extras.Let's see what those naked barbarians can do!

**antisocialmunky** · 03-27-2010, 05:24

I always keep them out of battle so I can run them around behind my men allowing me to selectively expose their mutant naked glory to most fragile minds in the enemy army.

Its good to have flexibility.