Rome Total War Tips.

Slang · 04-07-08, 01:54 PM

Interesting, thanks for sharing. Its good to learn something new.

I can't help but feel, however, that such a formation is rather wasteful. (Refering to the historical formation, not your in game method). I mean there you are in a battle, but you've got 2 whole lines of troops doing absolutely nothing, except waiting for the first line to eventually crumble. Poor buggers up front. Perhaps I'm missing some line of reasoning here?

The way I figure, you've committed yourself to battle, you may aswell commit everything you've got. Excluding a small reserve. That way you have more weapons killing more enemies, from more directions.

If you have superior numbers it should be easy to envelope and destroy.

If you have inferior numbers it becomes a game of local number superiority, and Hammer and Anvil. Accomplished by using fast moving troops, with no intention of engaging, to draw off as many of the enemy as possible from the area of true confrontation.

Oh my..... Now I'm Popeye. Where's me spinach at?

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04-07-08, 01:54 PM	#10
Slang Mate Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	Interesting, thanks for sharing. Its good to learn something new. I can't help but feel, however, that such a formation is rather wasteful. (Refering to the historical formation, not your in game method). I mean there you are in a battle, but you've got 2 whole lines of troops doing absolutely nothing, except waiting for the first line to eventually crumble. Poor buggers up front. Perhaps I'm missing some line of reasoning here? The way I figure, you've committed yourself to battle, you may aswell commit everything you've got. Excluding a small reserve. That way you have more weapons killing more enemies, from more directions. If you have superior numbers it should be easy to envelope and destroy. If you have inferior numbers it becomes a game of local number superiority, and Hammer and Anvil. Accomplished by using fast moving troops, with no intention of engaging, to draw off as many of the enemy as possible from the area of true confrontation. Oh my..... Now I'm Popeye. Where's me spinach at?