Smooper
Well-Known Member
I am a big fan of manual battlling and that is from my years of playing strategy computer wargames. Manual battling hereis similar to the game Heroes of Might and Magic. It is a simple battle mechanism but one that involves some strategy and can be fun. The problem is manual battling can take some time and when you have many manual battles to complete (spire, tournament, province) it can take too much of your time. Autobattles are the answer to that. But....the computer fights really stupid. I would like to make a manual battle tip sheet at the very least and perhaps a full blown guide but wanted to share an experience I had in tournament this morning.
This was in the 11th province. The enemy consisted of all HM and only one was a 2 hex range HM. I had a fed fire phoenix. Now, normally I would fight this manually and I would not lose one troop if I threw out 5 priests. Predictably it was stupid. It moved the mages into range and started firing. 3 mages could fire in first round. One of the mages moved up behind another at the start of the second round (stupid computer). The top mage came in and fired at the top HM and did good damage but not enough to kill the unit. Then the 3rd mage to move did the dumbest thing ever and moved up and over to attack the top injured HM. It finished this unit off but now was vulnerable to attack from two other HM units this round. One of them moved in and destroyed the whole stack of mages.
In a manual battle I would keep falling back out of range and focus fire on the HM with a polearem (2 hex range). They would never touch me because they aren't fast enough. This is why I fight manual most of the time and especially battles further into the tournament.
What are your thoughts on how to fight this battle and using manual vs. auto fighting?
This was in the 11th province. The enemy consisted of all HM and only one was a 2 hex range HM. I had a fed fire phoenix. Now, normally I would fight this manually and I would not lose one troop if I threw out 5 priests. Predictably it was stupid. It moved the mages into range and started firing. 3 mages could fire in first round. One of the mages moved up behind another at the start of the second round (stupid computer). The top mage came in and fired at the top HM and did good damage but not enough to kill the unit. Then the 3rd mage to move did the dumbest thing ever and moved up and over to attack the top injured HM. It finished this unit off but now was vulnerable to attack from two other HM units this round. One of them moved in and destroyed the whole stack of mages.
In a manual battle I would keep falling back out of range and focus fire on the HM with a polearem (2 hex range). They would never touch me because they aren't fast enough. This is why I fight manual most of the time and especially battles further into the tournament.
What are your thoughts on how to fight this battle and using manual vs. auto fighting?
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