The Glorious Battle of the Bridge!

Post by **Beowulf** » 2004-10-04 11:07pm

StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:And in conclusion, I hate you all for your ability to finance purchases of games like this.

It's called a job... I envy those that have a computer that can run this game... *sigh* but I need to get that car first...

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-10-04 11:47pm

Beowulf wrote:
StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:And in conclusion, I hate you all for your ability to finance purchases of games like this.
It's called a job... I envy those that have a computer that can run this game... *sigh* but I need to get that car first...

Getting one. Just MAJOR expenses right now, and I can't afford ANYTHING.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-09 02:00am

Thanks to the gracious help of an SDN member, I've been able to procure a copy of the game. The result?

Total pwnage.

I was fighting the gauls for the control of the two cities above my lands (the one with the port, the other one I cinquered on a Senate mission a long time ago)). Its been 40 turns or so, and both me and the Gauls were gathering our armies for one major ass battle. When I gathered mine, I besieged their city. As it was about to fall, they salied out. The rest is history.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-10-09 02:42am

BTW, what is the key command for screenshots?

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-09 02:45am

Control + Print Screen.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-09 04:06am

Another glorious victory for Rome!

That's all for toady. More Frenchie beating coming tomorrow.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-10-09 11:30am

How did you not lose more men than that? Your armies were roughly the same size.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2004-10-09 12:12pm

StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:How did you not lose more men than that? Your armies were roughly the same size.

Dude, he was fighting the french.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-10-09 12:17pm

StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:How did you not lose more men than that? Your armies were roughly the same size.

Roman legions > Gaul barbarians. Or any barbarians, for that matter.

Simply put, if you orchestrate a battle so you can rout multiple units at the same time (usually with some well timed and well positioned cavalry charges into the flanks and rear) or kill their general (also with cavalry, usually) the enemy will rout and flee. You then run them down with cavalry.

I bring at least four units of equites and two units of cavalry auxilia with me in every Army I have, so that very few of the enemy ever gets away.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-10-09 01:04pm

That's it. I need this game.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2004-10-09 01:18pm

That's IT! I'm getting this by Monday or I shall.... eat a book!

Post by **Alyrium Denryle** » 2004-10-09 01:18pm

I have done similar things with Archers and Ballistas. Bobard them from across the map with your Ballistas(I have even picked off their general that way) amd move your achers into position.

BOmbard them sme more, then, when they charge you, place your infantry on fire at will mode.

I didnt lose a single man, and killed every last one of them.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-10-09 01:36pm

Alyrium Denryle wrote:I have done similar things with Archers and Ballistas. Bobard them from across the map with your Ballistas(I have even picked off their general that way) amd move your achers into position.

I really need to use baslistas more, but the onagers are so damn fun (just don't put any friends in their line of fire...). I've killed several generals with flaming rocks from onagers.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-09 09:43pm

More Gaul pwnage.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-10-09 10:04pm

I'm playing again as the Brutii, and this time I actually got to sack Rome. The senate tried to attack one of my armies sieging the city. I drove them off and hurt the defenders in the process (the onagers had tons o' fun). Then one of my family members attack the city, and I was able to quickly take the walls. I encountered some stiff resistance from the Hastiti and cavalry holding the plaza, but I overcame them. Rome is now mine.

This also happened as part of a coordinated assault on the entire Italian penninsula (sp). I just need to secure two cities south of the Aps, and the how place will be mine.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-10 04:46am

Gauls ain't the only ones getting killed.

At this point in time, I have killed off Gaul and Carthage, and I'm tied with Egypt as the largest faction in the game. However, I am broke, and my navy consists of a whopping 4 ships. So, if I'm to kill off my next potential target, which are either Spain or Greece (probably Greece, because I'm already at war with them, and because I want to get in on all the trade before the Brutii get their greasy hands on it), I got to build some ships. However, to go fighting in Greece, I have to re-build my army to fight the phalanx (from what I gather, such an army has to have a lot of skirmishers to harass the phalanx, a lot of cavalary, and some nice heavy infantry (aka Princeps, at this point). Somehow, I get the feeling, Hastiati ain't gonna cut it.

So, any suggestions as to whom I should kill next?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **weemadando** » 2004-10-10 05:07am

Had a fantastic battle once in Shogun (with expansion), where a Ronin rebellion started and an army attacked a province of mine which happened to be a bridge map.

Their forces:

4x 200 Yari Ashigaru
2x 50 Yari Cavalry
1x ~70 Warrior Monks

(note the COMPLETE LACK of ranged weapons)

My forces:

1x Maxed out Kensai.

The battle begins. My Kensai strides to the middle of the bridge and screams: "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" After half an hour of intensive slaughtering he looks like slowing down. But then he gets his second wind. And does some more slaughtering. And then a bit more. And then some more. And the fuckers KEEP COMING.

The game ends with 4 Yari Ashigaru and 2 Warrior Monks running for the hills away from a FUCKING EXHAUSTED Kensai who's left behind a bridge thats WELL over its load weight with the amount of corpses on it.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-10-10 08:19am

fgalkin, I know how you feel about being bankrupt. The same thing put me out of my first game. This time around, though, money is no object:

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-10-10 09:56am

FGalkin learn to resize your damn pictures.

Crushing the Spanish now; they're much tougher than the Gauls.

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2004-10-10 01:11pm

OK I dont get this how can he have a force of 437men then loose 437 men only to have 2 men left alive?

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-10-10 01:54pm

Because of how causalities are counted; they have a chance to heal after they've been counted. Those two guys were "killed", but were able to recover.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2004-10-10 02:28pm

This Carthagian city revolted against me after I had conquered it and built
those stone walls, requiring me to smash them down....

So once I won, i exterminated the entire populace.

1,000 dead men and horses in that little square

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-10-10 03:18pm

Here's a street fight against the army of Pontus:

We started out roughly equal, with about 1300 men a piece. They reduced me to about 850 men, while only one of theirs lived to tell the tale.

PeZook · Post by **PeZook** » 2004-10-10 03:41pm

Mk84, that picture looks fucking awesome!

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2004-10-10 03:42pm

Arrow, I have so say i'm in awe of your empire-building skills. Playing as the Julii, it's around 199BC and all i've done is conquer Gaul and some of Spain. Bloody hell, man.