[PB72] Xist10 plays far to home

[superdeath]

Got pictures? Alot easier to give advice that way. Id use https://imgur.com/ to post. Use "get share links" and then make sure to click the forum version and then can post images that way.

[xist10]

I the moment, I will use the screenshots I uploaded over at civforum.de.
I have no experience with imgur, so I try that what I know.

And my post was only after I played a 1 am. I went to bed after that, no time for uploads.

I thought I posted this a few hours ago ?

Anyway, here the interesting picture of my last turn.



Greenline moves against Neapolis.
I sacrifed 3 workers to chop the rmeaining forest.
I thought I can whip the castle, but I'm a turn to late. I shouldn't have whipped the wall when I reached 2 POP. I should have grown Neapolis a few turns with pigs and corn.

My Army should be able to reinforce Antium and I think, I will evacuate my pikes  in 2 turns. I don't exspect Greenline to attack next turn. Maybe I will leave 1 or 2 of the 6 pikes. They should be able to kill a cataphract, even without a castle and I think a 1v1 ist okay in this case ?

[superdeath]

please kill that random scout in your territory if its safe to do so.

[xist10]

If it's safe. But yes, i should have moved a pike from Neapolis to kill the scout.
I planned to evecuate Neapolis, so I could have killed the scout.




Better than expected. I'm not sure if more pikes would be better, I think, I hit a sweet spot with 2.




Thank to the general formation pikes.
I plan to defend Antium against 2 movers next turn.



Not enough. If Greenline moves on the Iron next turn, I plan to retreat 1 field. I think, I should have retreat maybe even this turn, but I missclicked my small stack towards Antium. And I wanted to have the ability to strike Antium NWW.

Greenline has 25 cataphracts (most with shocK) and only 7 catapults.

[superdeath]

well the good news is only 7 catapults. Yeah, if u had been able to have your main stack 1SW of its current spot.. could have smashed his stack if it moved forward. ATM i expect him to move 1-3 cataphracts forward to pillage the iron. Do you have a 2nd source?

[xist10]

My second source was bei neapolis. Greenline pillaged this source a few days ago.
I hope I get something from Bing.

I have 3x copper with Rome, Cumae (and Satricum), but no Iron.

[superdeath]

ok.

[xist10]

Short update: a few turns today. Nothing happened. Greenline retreated and waits in his new city, I wait that Greenline (or Aetryn) moves back in reach.
I fear Greenline waits for Rifles, only 3 techs and ~ 10 turns ?

[xist10]

~ 16 turns later:

Still, nothings is happening.
Greenline retreated a few of his cataphracts from the front (26 are still enough that I should have no surviving catapults) and fortified his (my) cities with longbowmen.
PRO longbows are a nightmare to fight in hillcities, they (can) hold against rifles or cavallerie. I don't want to try with praets.
And Greenline seems to be clever, his is researching the tech before steel instead of rifles.
And cannons are more or less impossible for me to fight. I fear Ineed more than 2 praets against 1 cannon, because they are immun to collateral damage (from catapults).
Aetryns catapults are responsible for half of my lost units (besides my own catapults) and they were weaker than my attacking axemen.

Aetryn is content to reamin at "war" - I saw no unit from Aetryn since he burned Setia.
I used the first general this turn, 12 pikemen pormoted with formation, a warrior with free upgrade, 3 sight chariots and 4 prates with the second promotions.



Maybe I try to attack Prudence. Aetryn change to slavery this turn, but this could be possible.
I can move my army towards Prudence SE and attack next turn or bombard 1 turn and attack in 2 turns.

[superdeath]

Maybe I try to attack Prudence. Aetryn change to slavery this turn, but this could be possible.
I can move my army towards Prudence SE and attack next turn or bombard 1 turn and attack in 2 turns.

Why. I dont see a good reason to attack when you are down so many cities, unless you strickly want to try and hurt Aetryn over someone else and are just trying to raze cities. Keep in mind, they likely have in the fog a stack of catapults/ect.