Let's Play Medieval 2 Total War - English Campaign Part 8

[therzaoflollygags]

does anyone have any general rules for when not to auto-resolve? I can't stand it when I have a 5:3ish advantage against some rebels, auto-resolve, and lose. usually sets me back a few turns

[damo2986]

@therzaoflollygags My general rule is 3:1 advantage or higher.

[deadlyAUGlax224]

what i do is have the spearmen/infantry push the ram and have the archers shoot over the walls to weaken the eemy before i actually attack them hand-to-hand.

[risker34]

i have at least 2 groups of peasents in every city just in case the garrison needs to march out and take a city i don't care how many of them die and after they waste there lives bringing down the gates i just have the withdraw 

[thebloodresandman]

great battle but what was annoying me was you having your archers at the front where they were vulnerable you should have put your spear men in front of them that way they would be safe from the cavalry also use spear men to carry the ram not archers you could then use them to pepper the enemy while you batter the walls and gates down

[zami7797]

thumbs up if you love his voice!!!

[TheBluecow12]

seriously, why do you use archers to push the battering rams?!

[worldd777]

Ah the beautiful,beautiful cities...how i miss those in empire,napoleon and even shogun 2

[chosenonecp]

silly people XD

[challcms]

Excellent strategy. Especially for someone who says their not that good at battles. :)

[MrMonkeybuts]

Perect battle from the start!

[Antiks72]

"They're itching to cross their spears with somebody."

Freudian slip.

[damo2986]

@Antiks72 Really!?  I thought the crossing of swords would be more of a slip!

[pkmnguy2010]

WHY DIDN'T YOU ATTEMPT A NIGHT ATTACK????

[Lucazzy]

@pkmnguy2010 His general didn't allow it. Generals need to have the 'Night Fighter' trait to fight at night.

Later on in the campaign he fights a lot more night battles.

[theirishnation2k10]

@teamamericaworldpoli they are peasants mate Peasant Archers but still he dosent use them or horse units to their best ability the horses main use use was to break the enemy and swarm the routers

[TheSovietKing]

Rome total war is very unpolished. If you know what i mean.

[Darthpathfinder]

In rome total war i would use my archers in battles like this to kill the men near the walls first then break down the walls...you would be shocked at how much damage you can do to an army with that sort of tactic as they do not want to leave the walls undefended but the longer they stay the more there men die before hand to hand combat takes place.

[mrcmen18]

is that call of duty in the background on the last vids

[rq6715]

0:01 look at the knife next to the generals flag

[stickpivot1000]

@rq6715 lol thats pretty kwl

[MRfrench1000]

i do a quick save then do autoresovel if i lose i reload and do it mannualy

[robb1ie]

i think ur fine im lost when playing it so thats wye im here lol

[fdmarminy]

in fairness sending in the archers first was quite a ballsy but insane move... you should have put the spear-men in first then set them to guard mode so it forms a shield

[BrianD0313]

heh I like how the comp didn't have faith in your army yet you did better than what the comp expected.

[maverick961]

why did you put archers to battering ram,they are really weak when it gets to hand to hand fight?

[teamamericaworldpoli]

@maverick961 they have pretty weak missile attack as well... they make pretty good cannon fodder, although peasants are a little better for that

[PriestOfFilm]

@maverick961 being low quality and not specialized in melee, they are a practical meat shield. Holding back your archers and dwindling your spearman before it is necessary can lose the fight before it is begun.

[Arran961]

@maverick961 Meat shields. Archers are really cheap, the archers batter the wall taking all the casualties. Then the spearmen rush in full force to take care of the opposition. ^.^

[MateusVIII]

@Arran961 but they block the breach, and it is harder tio the spearmen to get in

[Arran961]

@MateusVIII If you move them out of the way fast enough it's not a huge problem

[Monthral1]

@maverick961 automatically does that not quite sure why

[Persuht212]

I love your strategy to get funds in the early part of the campaign to prepare for war! Some people are very eager to fight and start preparing really early, which I respect, but you make sure your empire is solid before going to a MASS war. Of course you're going to have to conquer some settlements&armies in the start, but i'm talking about battle almost 3 times a turn. :D Keep it up and I can't wait to watch ur vids through to the end!

[tom1yum2goong]

so far i think this is a great game i just hope my pc can play it

[TheUnillogical]

@tom1yum2goong - it doesn't have a particularly high required spec.

[Comet12421]

lol you where recording