Empire: Total War - Infantry Defense Tactics (HD) (ep. 1)

[canada4563]

can you do grenaiders tactic vid please?

[jsd789]

You should find two high points and trap them in a crossfire, from there you can have cavalry around it, i choose cavalry because if you have the cannons battering them with a volley in the beginning, you can get to them quick (not through the woods of course) and finish them. The best defense is offense

[InfiniteLegoWorks]

What difficulty was this on?

[Guitarshredder0012]

Nice tutorial videos

[drzoidburgrocks]

Impressive stuff. What map is this?

[dosFING]

Try placing direct-fire batteries in a loose V with your Indirect Batteries behind, essentially go for a cross fire with your Canister so your guns can hold off light cav and skirmishers who can be used to force your arty to retreat/reposition or otherwise cease fire.

[lobost12]

damn

[arammasiv23]

i don't want to say this but you are pretty bad player. you are wasting too many soldiers. and you strategy tactics are weak. sorry man i just found 11 mistakes that you made on this battle. i am really sorry.

[ThePerson158]

I find it better to have more cannon and infantry, with light infantry and setting them in a line than a crescest, because in a line, just about the whole ine can fire if an enemy come as a line (as they did), because as a crescent the enemy can concentrate their fire on one side, and pulverize that side as the other side sits quite safely. This would cause you to redeploy into a line, defeating the whole purpose of a crescent. Anyway, that's my thoughts on the crescent formation :).

[ThePerson158]

I just intersperse my cannon with my line of battle, usually a balanced amount between the units, and so i can canister just about the whole enemy line. I also put them slightly forward so when they shoot sideways at a 45 degree angle they dont hit my own men, it's better this way because canister whittles their men down and makes them run very easily.

[YourNumberOneSource]

Whatever there paying this guy,

it's not enough!!!!

[Fabbedelooter]

Sweden own:D

[TrinktWasser]

why do you have this cannons (haubitzen) and no good bajonetts?

[frewd100]

how much money was used in this battle?

[bigbrowncheifbottom]

that is what i like to call a noob fortress!

[psychotix92]

Most elite infantry fire by Section rather then rank, its a very supressive tactics and only few units get taught it as it required very good mangement of troops

[cragyypoo]

this game is kinda hard.......proly  cause im only 14 :D

[Cashcow55]

@cragyypoo It isn't really that tough. Keep your infantry well supported. Keep flanks secure. Use your cavalry to flank their infantry or to destroy their artillery.

[TheFifanacho]

lol nice camping :P

[yousuckhardtime]

dude, ok first thing:

Just form you infantry to a square.

what if the enemy has artillery support, then they can just blast your thight packed army.

keep a single line with cav on the flanks.

[stuya9]

one of my americas citys was revolting and a army showed up of the city and there where only like 6 rocket troops

[TheSuperBoy89]

i try'd this and i won thank you

[dsettleascii]

when i first bought the game and saw him i thought he was beast.but now i got more experienced nowi realize how basic his tactics are

[Praxiny]

you are playing vs CPU, (look the "kill general menu)

and then it is very easy for you to know what they are doing when

[Meteora999]

he isnt doing this for a challenge, he is doing it to show us battle tactics. if he doesnt play a cpu the other player might do something to mess his tactic up.

[Praxiny]

well a good tactic is a tactic the unknown tactic... and a tactic can't be good if it only works at CPU players... then is something about knowing how the CPU react

[brutyfruity]

pikemen are disgusting in this game, i put a pike wall down and had a computer charge calvary in it they lost 1 horse i lost 10 men?

[zoltar122]

Wtf i see that he plays in a campaign battle...and its against an Cpu EASY And he uses things that u cant even use in the real great battles in MULTIPLAYER..Is MUCH MUCH HARDER TO DEFEAT A ONLINE PLAYER!!!

[joey513ja]

i watch alot of videos where ppl think the guy is so strategic when he really sucks ass, i have to hand it to u dude, you have a nice strategy there, i cant see how u would ever loose. But here is a suggestion, put ur picksmen in the forrests (flanks) so when their cav charges into the forest, they will get slottered, and have cannons in there with canister shot, but thats just what i would do but anyway nice =D

[HannibalOfCarthage14]

is this battle in the early period??

[streetgr1me]

defending a star fort :) its easy keep arty on the walls and infantry to block the streets hide your cav behinde the inside of the gate and wait for the enemy to charge through and you can hit them hard with your cav as soon as your cav have retreated the enemy will look for ways to enter to the middle where your gen staff should be defend the strrets with your inf :)

[centralkicksbutt]

how do you defend a star fortress?

[pieman893]

this guy is alot nicer and better than POM i think but i will still stay subscribed to POM =P

[Maddcap90]

aren't both of them different? POM plays Mplayer, he plays Splayer.

[BlackPanteraSociety]

This is good vs AI but useless in MP

The Enemy never seem to attack, you have to attack on your own

[MasterOfFlash92]

cannons my friend :) cannons and skirmishers is the way to go in ETW MP.

[BlackPanteraSociety]

Yeah...arty and "hiding while moving" skirmishers, like the Long Rifle men or the Austrian/Prussian Jaegers(not Jagermeister)

No one ever does a true line warfare battle...

[MasterOfFlash92]

:) there have actually been several but yeah its not a veary good way to fight a battle :p

[UnitedProviences]

No, thats a way to get people to kick you! I hate it when people spam Cannons and Lights

[WRH90059]

skirmisher spam is a pussy way to fight

[UnitedProviences]

I usually they attack me :P

[BlackPanteraSociety]

Yeah but some noobs spawn artillery and just stand there shooting with arty

[colprom]

Are guards, Line infantry?

[teiasoserevi]

No, gaurds are like Elite infantry, they're like Line infantry only better.

[colprom]

Okay thanks ^^

[LucanJacups]

By Expert AI do you mean very hard battle difficulty?

[TheAnnoyingSwede]

Probably

[mag3l1k3what]

in the beginning you have a bad ass defence.. it looks awesome

[craphunter]

i quite like his defence line at the beginning. pretty impressive

[SirSmokeal0t]

I love the Total War games and admire your dedication in covering this game. I hope to see many more vids, maybe a full campaign some time (hey, i can hope right?).

Take care bro!

[insainiac33]

I think we can all take advice from a guy who chooses Incendinary ammunition because it looks pretty.

[WokenxFromxDeath]

I sure did.

Its very effective.

[insainiac33]

It is, you're quite right.

I just like to pick at things, he still is a good tactician, I must admit.

[Khrunchy]

That.. is sexy.

[SuperSmulan92]

Do you guys have any tips for fighting a army with a skirmish-troop advantage...like Green Jackets or Riflemen. I find it extremly hard to defeat an army who basically only have long range troops and just sits on some hill and camps...

Does anyone have a good tactic for these kinds of battle?

[PhilipineMan]

Use Artillery?

[SuperSmulan92]

yea, but you still can't like have half of your army based on artillery...I know Cavalry is a good way to "swipe" them away, but if they camp, problems occur :P

[PhilipineMan]

Then Use Artillery (etc: Howitzers, Mortars), form a LARGE square, let the enemy come to you by bombing there hill. (Not recommended when fighting AI.)

[ovovwero1234]

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[mad4mongooses]

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[LarryZeLoser]

this owuldnt work online it would take to much time but cool!

[rebelcrosis]

formation too dispersive... many units are inactive during the battle!

[Michaelw12345]

yeah but as soon as you change them to face the enemy, the enemy will come arround the way that they where guarding and crush your men...

[rebelcrosis]

yes, but there were more inactive units than in battle. making a defensive line smaller would be better. imho.

[dedder13]

Why do everyone play sweden ? I know that they where good at this time , But i dont see any reason to play them all the time

[Michaelw12345]

I play american the most probally, due to i know alot about their tactics they used during the wars and their formations to give it a more realistic touch.

[dedder13]

Well i dont like americas army this time in 1700 . I like them more in 1800 when they fighted agianst native americans and that state vs state fight . When they where called blue rocks, I think you know what i mean

[XStonewallJacksonX]

u mean the indian wars and the civil war retard. and its not fighted, its fought

[dedder13]

yes it is but im not a retard becuse i dont know your history 100%

[cod4isbeter]

pls call it the United States civil war. There have been many civil wars in history :)

[dustinrocks67]

how do you deploy defences in custom battles

[AudesteFidelis]

pikes were a distraction so I got max volleys away with my line inf. but I see what u mean and I maybe should have done it.

[joey513ja]

the only problem with my bronze medalist, special olympics Army, is that whenever i go muzzle to muzzle with another infantry unit, mine ALWAYS surrenders, and so forth would destroy that good defense plan and i would be screwed.

[AudesteFidelis]

check out what I do in my third infantry defense tactic vid, I just create a simple hammer and anvil and it works wonders.

[magnus5001]

like this vide :) you are cool!!!!

[Immortellex]

like this vide :) you are cool!!!!

[sdstatehood17]

This is kinda a guide on how to camp o well good intentions and nice graphics

[Trudady123]

I find in the campain those kinds of tactics hurt my overall progress. Its really expensive to retrain troops and to recruit them. Like it can take many turns to train a good army sometimes

[AudesteFidelis]

solution: dont recruit pikemen :D

[Trudady123]

Good tactics. One question though. Did you end up hitting any of ur own pikes with ur own misile troops?

[AudesteFidelis]

yep, around 50 from FF, but I'm the kinda guy who does anything to win :P

[Trudady123]

Or u could just moved ur missiles forward or the pikes back. but idk.

[AudesteFidelis]

ya but then my missile troops would have been taking fire, but these tactics that I do are experimental, so they might work some times. Just Ideas I put out there for you guys to see.

[Chirios1]

quick question, why didn't you order your pikemen to melee the infantry?

[AudesteFidelis]

the pikemen were there for a distraction to allow for my muskets to fire on them unharrassed. If I charge with them it leaves my ranged infantry wide open to an open cav charge.

[Chirios1]

square formation??

[AudesteFidelis]

leaves my men outgunned by their infantry. When ur in square ur men cant fire to their full potential.

[Grafbanaan]

Im downloading the demo right now.

And does somebody know if my pc can handle the demo if it will be the same with the actual game?

[AudesteFidelis]

it'll work the same more or less.

[JStuka1941]

where was this battle?

[AudesteFidelis]

alpine pass map.

[tiller39]

when you have the pikemen infront of your range units dont the pikemen get hit by frieldy fire? and whats the horseshew tactic that youve been talking about in the massed infantry vid?

[AudesteFidelis]

Ya, my guys take a bit of FF but most of the fire hits the enemy since my muskets were on slight high ground.

The horseshoe is basically a half hexagon, where ur flanking infantry swings in, to get the enemy in a cross-fire.

[Denierbud11]

Excellent video

[Tropisch123]

Can someone plz help me how to get those Deployable Defences?

I tried a lot of things and I still don't know how.

[AudesteFidelis]

not all units can deploy them, select a unit that can deploy them and the options show up in the HUD.

[Tropisch123]

Ok, thanks ;)

I will try that

[Thatswhaticallavid]

that first formation you had looked pretty awesome =)

[DoorGunner5]

is it a weird step over from rome to empire?

[AudesteFidelis]

dont worry, after a day u'll be used to it.

[Hockeyfan3444]

oops lol why did i ask that really dumb question...i didn't watch the vid yet when i posted -.-

[Hockeyfan3444]

What army are u playing as?

[AudesteFidelis]

french, pre-rev.

[jamieishungry]

your voice is cool

[OrthodoxGod]

I always make my tactics simple. I always put a line infantry at the center,always try to find a hill to put my cannons and always back them up with 1/2 reliable infantry and always mass cavalry at one of the flanks and wait for the enemy and let everything go. Canons and guns wait and cavalry mass charge at the flank.I then charge with all my men.Works every time. :) Please tell me what you think of this one ok?(I know that this isnt a beautiful tactic against a cavalry force)

nice video man

[AudesteFidelis]

Overall, the strategy sounds good, but again it depends on personal style and how u like to play every situation.

[OrthodoxGod]

yes I like to do this when I see that they have much more Inf. than cavalry. and I like to do a mix of defensive and offensive playstyle. keep doing these vids man you are awesome

[buio5]

ooohhh pretty incendiary round.... You have some great tactics here ill tell you that. But i much prefer the old fashioned way of smashing through the center with infantry, rout them and slaughter them. Though, this method has many, many flaws.

[Unknown2370]

But, as long as any of these formations work. It doesn't matter.

[Unknown2370]

Yes it leaves the front open to infantry and Artillery but having Cavalry can help to destroy there cannon and there cavalier taken care of by the square and there cavalier will also be taken friendly fire from there own infantry and your cannon can be positioned to hit there infantrys flanks, avoiding any friendly fire.

[Unknown2370]

What about the square formation?

[AudesteFidelis]

good also, but leaves ur front lines wide open to infantry.

[billboi92]

I am confused, does the solid shot for the cannons always bounce or is bouncing only on rare ocations depending on range, angle ect...

[AudesteFidelis]

bounces depending on angle of impact and terrain, all ballistics are modeled.

[sebzxor]

its not that hard defending with guards.. rofl. their invincible

[AudesteFidelis]

ya, but these guys arent guards, they're just basic line inf.

[schattenfaust]

how you do "fired by ranks"?in my game i try everything but not good.

[AudesteFidelis]

first, if ur in campaign, make sure u research it, and second, if ur in "early" during your custom skirmish u dont have it.

[schattenfaust]

Thanks a lot man,i will try it,but game crash a lot in Hard campaing settings.

[likomikoe]

hey man is this campaign mode? and btw nice formation i never use preset formations i always use my own

[AudesteFidelis]

ya same here, presets suck.

[JasonNaughty]

great vid mate, just a tip tho.... slow down when u speak, it was kinda hard to hear what u said time to time

[roboito12]

What is the cost comparison between pike men and line infantry.

[AudesteFidelis]

almost 2 to 1. something like 420 to 740

[Saphiregun]

awesome,

[ayoyoayoyo]

you hit some of your own p ikemen in the back but its ok pikemen are meatshield anyway.

[AudesteFidelis]

ya lol, pikemen are shit

[erdal0]

infantry can shoot trough their on pikeman ?

i didnt know that where can i this information? because this is not explained in the tutorials

[DustyBoi123]

Well, technicaly their not shooting through the Pikemen. There on a hill and are shooting at an angle. As the director said " The Pikemen are now more a distraction than a weapon." So while the Pikemen are distracting the people in front of them gives the infantry in the back the chance to shoot at the others.

[MaartenSchild]

Thank you! I played RTW often but this different :P

[DustyBoi123]

ETW is way different from RTW. The reason is that ETW has controls that of WIC, and other RTS games that have come out in the later years. And obviously, the time period is different so you have to take that into account. But the biggest difference between RTW & ETW, is the campign map. It's huge compared to the RTW map.

[vince6503]

One thing I'm not too good at is tactics, I usually face the enemy head on, and your videos really help with forming a good base for me to better my own tactics so I really appreciate what you're doing, thanks.

[AudesteFidelis]

np, thats why I do what I do.

[Dunkelzahn77]

AudesteFidelis:

Thank you for these videos.. They are very usefull. Could be cool if you have some sea battle tactics we could learn from. :)

[AudesteFidelis]

I'm posting those this weekend or next so stay tuned.

[refuckulate420]

Defense is easy and defensive tactics are for noobs. Attackers are the players with skill. BTW mortars are overpowered and will be nerfed soon.

[AudesteFidelis]

Ok dude but how else would you defend against a heavy cav force. And ya mortars are noobish but sometimes you also need to defend.

[refuckulate420]

Mortars are very noobish and defending against a heavy cav force is easy. The only time defense is necessary is when you're facing superior number..which is usually not the case in this game.

Like I said anyone can defend but people with skill are the ones who can attack.

[tiller39]

dude if ur so pro then you should make an own vid you know this guy is just showing us peoples how to defend agaisnt hc in one way. So take your god damn pro comments and leave if your going to complain.

[refuckulate420]

If you can't handle my comments then don't read or respond to them. If it really ruffles your skirt so much go find a private forum because I have every right to post whatever I want here. So you wanna cry a little more?

[tiller39]

At the first point im actually not a girl im a boyD:

And second goes for you if you hadnt commented then I wouldnt have read it or even have to respond for them-.- And you are right you can post whatever you want on youtube though dont post em here, simple isnt it?

[refuckulate420]

What's simple is if you don't like what people have to say then get off a public forum.

[AudesteFidelis]

Dude, I appreciate what u have to say, but don't get all pro and hippocritical on my vid. These vids are done on request so plz take ur comments some where else, Thnx.

[ph7ht]

how do u build barrier around ur cannons

[AudesteFidelis]

Pikes at front, cav in reserve on flanks, simple as that.

[tiller39]

And even simpler is if u dont like the vid dont comment on it or even better dont look at it is it so hard? Or do you just have to bad mouth other peoples who try to help noobs like me on RTS games huh?

[mangodealer]

I love you

[mataimr]

Nice vid, wiht some lovely tactics.

[triplex389]

very nice tactic!

[l33tiest]

pretty fun watchin your vids, keep it up :P

[AudesteFidelis]

Thanks, stay tuned.

[Tidefan375]

If I may, I suggest when your just fireing your artillery or having your men charge in, you zoom the camera in so we can see some of the action. You should do this at times when you don't need to micro-manage your army and we viewers get to see more of the action.

[AudesteFidelis]

Your right but the point of this vid was to show how to position your army so I had to zoom out to show, but thanks for pointing that out, I'll try to do some more of that in my next vids.

[kemita]

Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Couple of questions if you don't mind to answer:

You using Very Hard A.I. on this video?

What screen resolution you using for ETW?

You using ultra or high unit sizes?

Thanks again. Eagerly waiting for more videos of this quality!

[AudesteFidelis]

expert AI at 1680X1050 ultra unit size. thx for the compliment.

[Darthpathfinder]

Cool tactics vid mate..i will make use of this tactic for sure.

[gamesmentor]

cool vid and i agree with Vommdoddus u should do a city battle after the online tutorial

[massacreseum]

yeah.. a defensive and a offensive siege tac video would be cool ^^

[TonPappa]

nice video oh and about your problem recording online if you are using FRAPS to do it try putting it on half video it will degrad the quality of you video but if you uplode it in HD it might still look good.

[AudesteFidelis]

Dude I tried that and moviemaker didnt give me the option to put HD. dunno why.

[Vommdoddus]

how'bout a city battle next time? :D

[AudesteFidelis]

Sure why not, but siege's are a little boring in the game.

[coolboy9bt]

cool

[skipey33]

thanks for posting