04-08-2009, 12:50 PM
Do you use the "group units" function? Click on two or three units and then the group button on the battle screen. Then these units will be controlled as if they were one unit. Also, of course, you will probably want to use the "single line" formation so they don't go back to whatever relative positions they started from. Nothing like having three units of cavalry you've grouped and positioned together separate into a wide spread when you wanted them to surgically slaughter a unit of archers...two of them colliding head on with spearmen. 
Discovered but not in the manual that came with the game:
You can regroup units of the same kind in an army group. Suppose you have two damaged units of Hastati, one 10 remaining, the other 20. You can click and drag one onto the other, and make one unit of 30. That helps a lot when you are trying to blend two army groups, by reducing the numbers of units in the groups.
When you have a list of units queued up to make (or buildings to build) you can change their order by dragging the one you want further up or down the list.
When ship groups will not combine in the "join forces" screen, sometimes you can combine them by having one come out of port. Don't know why, might be a bug. Two admirals won't get along with each other, though, so the flagships can't be combined.
Misbehaving towns that refuse to keep the peace? Just step all the troops outside, wait for the rebels to take over, then retake the town and exterminate the varmints. Usually, they are lightly armed defenders. Yes, your town pop will decline, but your loyalty will go way up, and you can free up some garrison troops and put them where they do more good: killing enemies.
Got a town that's definitely going to fall to the enemy, and reinforcements are too far away (or the attackers are overwhelming, even for reinforcements?) Tear down every building that you can. The occupiers won't be able to retrain their troops, and you'll get the money into your treasury. Sometimes I scorch towns of the enemy by taking the town, razing the buildings, upping the taxes to max, and leaving. Then the enemy has to rebuild at his own expense. After a few turns, retake the town, and there will be military buildings rebuilt by somebody else. Tough on the villagers, but oh, well.
Discovered but not in the manual that came with the game:
You can regroup units of the same kind in an army group. Suppose you have two damaged units of Hastati, one 10 remaining, the other 20. You can click and drag one onto the other, and make one unit of 30. That helps a lot when you are trying to blend two army groups, by reducing the numbers of units in the groups. When you have a list of units queued up to make (or buildings to build) you can change their order by dragging the one you want further up or down the list. When ship groups will not combine in the "join forces" screen, sometimes you can combine them by having one come out of port. Don't know why, might be a bug. Two admirals won't get along with each other, though, so the flagships can't be combined. Misbehaving towns that refuse to keep the peace? Just step all the troops outside, wait for the rebels to take over, then retake the town and exterminate the varmints. Usually, they are lightly armed defenders. Yes, your town pop will decline, but your loyalty will go way up, and you can free up some garrison troops and put them where they do more good: killing enemies. Got a town that's definitely going to fall to the enemy, and reinforcements are too far away (or the attackers are overwhelming, even for reinforcements?) Tear down every building that you can. The occupiers won't be able to retrain their troops, and you'll get the money into your treasury. Sometimes I scorch towns of the enemy by taking the town, razing the buildings, upping the taxes to max, and leaving. Then the enemy has to rebuild at his own expense. After a few turns, retake the town, and there will be military buildings rebuilt by somebody else. Tough on the villagers, but oh, well.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
