I need some help i have not been able to win any battles in a long time. I think iam missing something. so let me know if anyone has some good idea.

heavy calvary.

In the battles that I have won the only Heavy Cav that was on the field was on the opposing side :p
TL

We should battle sometime. The only ones I've won were ones where I used mass amounts of H.C.

Marks/Mace plus some spear to take the first blow beats all HC set-up!

BlackAdder

Battles: 0 ???

I think the first thing is to start battling before you can/can't loose a battle???

i was also confused as i read this...i believe it is a good idea to battle before saying anything

*goes to the corner confused*

Well spotted gueritol! I think Slackbladder just wanted to make his first post a dynamic one.

slackbladder...i like it

Last Edited : Tuesday, 23 March 2004 - 20:25

to clear some things i mostly play campaigns. mybe i need to start playing battles too. thank you to the players who gave me good info.

If your ranking in battles is zero, then just battle and learn, you can't go any lower!

macmen beat heavy cal marksmen marksmen swordmen spearmen h.c knights

also if u hid in ur castle with 6 marksmen 7 knights and 1 heavy calvery u could beat them ( buy wat ya want with last 160 points)

hiding in the castle is cheap and I wouldn't recommend it. And you CAN win battles without HC (even with medi).

Usually the main problem I see in other people's set up is too many marks. Actually you could do a mass marks strat, but it's got some holes, even if done properly.

Just start with something balanced, check the troop of the day and you'll be fine.

I cheer when someone stays inside their castle. I tend to use their lack of mobility against them, and take all the liberties of the open map left to me.

So your troops run off and have a picnic in the swamp?

and a damn good one.

all the opponent needs to beat a mass mark hiding in the castle strat is a ballista, they can just sit out of range and shoot anyone silly enough to stand on the edge!

Oh, and HC are easy to beat in low point games, I rarely take them.. High point games are a different matter though


Kyrion

ever use the Marks/SPear strat?

OH RAPTOR!!!???!!!

Marks/Spear strat... well, yes but that's because the new players insist on taking 3 HC and 2 Knights in a 3000 point game, and that can't beat a spear/mark strat as easily as a mace/mark strat (esp. when HC or Knights are totd), and it's imprtant to show new players that a small force in a battle is a bad idea early on (that's showing them early on, not it being a bad idea early on).

Spear/Marks versus an entirely flying army, now that's fun (demi's swooping around, trying to poke an opening to destroy the marksmen, that sorta thing).

I'll stop before I reveal my orphath strategy..


Kyrion