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10-26-2004, 04:38 PM

i have been experimenting with RTW and came up with this battle that was very cool to watch. I had about 500 Greek pike men and 100 archers against around 3,000 or so Syrian calvary and infantry. I put the Greeks in a square with the archer in the middle. All of the units were told to hold ground. The battle that took place consisted of wave after wave of Syrian cavalry and infantry being killed by my Greeks. It was a very cool battle to watch and I enjoyed it very much. If you have any other cool scenarios let me know.

Los456 · 10-27-2004, 01:13 PM

I like doing the standard Republican Army battles. I'll group the lines (Velites one group, Hastati another group, etc). This allows rapide line replacement and whatnot. Have you tried setting the battle size to huige? Quite impressive if you PC can handle it. 
 
Los

10-27-2004, 02:22 PM

I have not done that yet. I will try that. I can manage infantry well, but my cavalry experience is limited and they never do very well. i practice against the other Roman factions and try to get better. I still find that a phalanx is the greatest defense when outnumbered and against cavalry.

Thiudareiks Flavius · 11-02-2004, 12:23 AM

I've been toying with the horse archer units and tactics to use against them. I set up a battle with late Roman Cohort infantry, two units of archer auxilia and one unit of light cavalry against masses of 'Sarmatian' horse archers (I'm using the Rome Total Realism mod, so that's 'Scythian' in the standard game). 
 
I positioned the archers and light horse in the centre and set the infantry units in testudo formation, each facing in a different direction at six points around them. The Sarmatians rode close enough to try peppering the testudos with arrows, but the Roman archers were able to pick enough of them off to drive them away. After trying this a few times, they tried getting a bit bolder, but a sally from my position by my cavalry drove them off again. 
 
By this time they had totally surrounded my position at a safe distance and the AI obviously decided a concerted attack from all sides would break me. My missile troops hit them as they came in from all sides and then I broke my testudo formations and had my legionnaries hit the charging horses with volleys of pila before closing with them hand to hand. 
 
There was a few minutes of brisk close-in fighting, but my Romans proved too tough for the Sarmatians in close combat and before long a steady stream of breaking and routing nomads were heading for the hills, with the Romans in close pursuit. 
 
I think the Rome Total Realism mod makes the Sarmatians a bit too weak. These were the guys that taught heavy cavalry tactics to the Goths and Gepids, yet they don't seem to have any heavy lancers at all. I'm going to suggest some changes to the RTR team to make them a bit stronger and more historically accurate. 
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11-02-2004, 05:44 PM

where can you find the realism mod for RTW? Aug33

Thiudareiks Flavius · 11-03-2004, 09:55 PM

Here it is - [url=http://www.rometotalrealism.com/" target="top]Rome Total Realism[/url]. 
 
The latest version has added cataphracts to the Sarmatians. I've made some suggetions re the Germanics which the developers say they will include in a future version. 
 
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12-22-2004, 11:01 PM

Ah, so you guys to play RTW i've played all the TW games and I must say I like your taste in games. Why don't ya'll come to the RTW forums so time and help keep us company and join us i'd love to chat with ya'll. "Cry 'Havoc' and let slip the dogs of war!" -Shakespeare:JuliusCaesar

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