Īlso, if facing siege equipment that you can't out range, it's effective to run cav or a thin line of light troops to distract and hopefully kill them while your troops stay out of range and ready to get into position against their other troops.Īfter all is said and done, shoot them all in the backs and run then down as they flee. The numbers are closer to 2:1 vs your 3:1 example and I admit that I did have pike walls against a ton of cav in this battle but it can be done still. They only move if there are no attackers and they can be used to flank or if only missile units remain and are picking you off. Keep your melee units in pike/shield/block whatever defensive position. Keep any melee cav hidden/far away as they're less useful in your bottleneck and more useful harassing missile units, finishing off shattered units, and eventually hammering into the backs of melee units engaged with your own. To most Rome Total War players, even experienced players, who have ever bothered to look in the 'More Details' tab of one of their settlements, and seen this terrible thing called 'Corruption' eating up all their income from many of their cities in the late-game Corruption is simply a mystery. You can also charge cav/light units to disrupt units pushing siege equipment.įor settlements, it's like you said, bottleneck.įind a spot where you can't be flanked, preferably a corner. If you have siege units, destroy all or all but one piece of siege equipment and you can pick off single units that run to it. I used to be able to shield wall/melee smash the AI at my gates as oil repeatedly fell on them.

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