I play a whole lot of SP, and don't much like the MP battles in this game although I have tried them and usually win, so as a SP player I am really interested in hearing more about your guys battles with extra outnumbered forces, or even extra outnumbering the enemy. Lets hear some more tactics and battlefield strategy! Originally posted by Vlkodlac Whitemane:Thank you everyone who has been replying so far, I figured this was a topic us Total War players could really get discussing, It's a shame not even more people have commented and discussed this sort of topic discussion. What I like about this formation is it works equally on the offensive or the defensive, while on the offensive you should smash a wedge into the enemies lines, and on the defensive the enemy will have hardly any initiative to outflank your front lines, with fresh squads along the sides going further and further back. This seems to work best against heavy cavalry armies and other heavy-infranty armies (not pikes). Sometimes also when I have a smaller force than the enemy I will deploy into a stepped pyramid, but you still want atleast 3 ranks thick, preferably 4-5 unit ranks deep at the center. But I don't use these much as an initial tactic more of a back-up plan for extremely strong general units or pikes. Ofcourse you always want some cavalry flanking the ends of your line, this way after the engage you should be able to charge and take out high-priority targets line artillery or stubborn archer squads, then after high-priority targets hit their lines from behind with the classic hammer and anvil. That way when the defensive forces have been worn down you send in the killers and they seem to survive longer due to the fatigue penalties upon the enemy units.
Third line is always anti-infantry like wolf-warriors or lion-warriors (mod units). Then I use spear throwing infantry as my second line to volley the enemy as they press against my spears. with the ranged units behind your front line I only ever need to retreat them one time at most.
I start my line with heavy spears / pikes depending on faction, then I always have my archer line behind my infantry, I don't know why people / the game puts the ranged units infront of your front line, I find you lose a lot of firing time when you have them infront and they need to retreat a couple times. So I'll start off then with my go-to a classic roman formation, of 3 lines deep which seems to work well with mostly all the nations. I am interested in hearing some of your winning or not so sucessful battle strategies and tactics, Its been to long since I've seen this kind of discussion that can be really helpful to players.
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