Your biggest demo battle

[MStavros]

Originally posted by HJ:
I didn't manage to play the battle because of the turn limitation, but AI Mictlan showed up with 280 men on my border on the Last turn. I was playing Ulm, 5 normal AIs, indies at 5, Desert eyey map. From what I've seen, Mictlan armies are not of the highest quality, but the report said that the army also consisted of eagle and jaguar warriors (the latter I haven't encountered so far, but they sound elite), so it wasn't just the huge numbers of rabble. But I doubt they will pose much of a problem to my flaming weapons berserking black templars once I get the full game.

The biggest battle I actually fought was earlier in that same game against Tien Chi (around turn 35 or so). They had around 100 units, some 30 imperial bowmen and bowmen, 20 horsemen and heavy cavalry, and the rest was a mixed bag, some footmen, some imperial footmen, etc.. Unfortunatelly for them, I had a concentration of cca 40 templars again...

Good example, that why the strategic AI is poor. Lot of cheap units - no match for a human army.

[SnallTrippin]

Over 240 units, I was just playing a long game, b4 i knew about demo time limit cause I died alot and was playing around b4...around turn 38. Mostly Souless/longdead type stuff...I think it was Emur or whatever but I can't remember.

EDIT- HAs anyone seen crap armies under higher AI conditions? Like imposs or whatever

[ November 04, 2003, 03:49: Message edited by: SnallTrippin ]

[Pocus]

On impossible, Ulm fielded 680 units against Mictlan. I saw the battle with astral window, and their army was made of woodmen and milicias, with a small group of national Ulmish units.

[Aristoteles]

Originally posted by Pocus:
On impossible, Ulm fielded 680 units against Mictlan. I saw the battle with astral window, and their army was made of woodmen and milicias, with a small group of national Ulmish units.

Uhhhhhhhh....We really need that AI upgrade.

[NTJedi]

One of the computer opponents mustered together 310 undead troops. It could have won my combined total of 200 troops... but for whatever reason it split the army and he only sent 125 at my empire. After stealing two territories he made a quick left turn at some other empire.

*** I think we would see better challenges if the developers gave the computer opponents different personalities. ***
Destroyer(Pillages lands which have been owned by opponents for long periods of time), Architect(focuses on improving lands), Arch-Mage(focuses on magic), Barbarian(mainly uses brute force), Insanity(unpredictable actions), etc... and so on.
Seems to be highly suggested for the current poll.

[HJ]

How about the bittermost defeat so far in the demo?
My Arcoscephalian pride and joy army got smashed by Marignon prophet and his starving band yesterday. I had around 90 units, companions, hoplites, hypaspists, heavy cavalry and a band of raptors, commanded by 5 mages who were all in the hall of fame and my prophetess. Marginon fielded 120 units, 99% of them his national ones, a few royal guards, pikeneers, swordsmen, man-at-arms, and about half of them were crossbowmen. The first spell his prophet casts is flaming arrows. Whoopsie... Only about 20 units managed to get away, and none of my prized commanders, although they did pay dearly in hand-to-hand infantry due to mind burns. And this was only a turn after my Nataraja lost the other eye as well to the second arrow that ever hit him since the start of the game....

[ November 04, 2003, 13:46: Message edited by: HJ ]

[SnallTrippin]

I have seen units of 100 or so of heavy infantry and cav from ulm, maybe you people just need to set higher AI standards...