Micro Battle Tactics

[ruff_hi]

I don't expect that the following will be new to people but it could help some ...

Background: I am in a ground war with Monty (isn't everyone at some stage) and I was threatening a city West of his capital. He decided to send an archer from his capital to support his city under threat.

Top Part of Image: I have a sword that could attack the forested archer at 65% odds. Instead, I move S to the forest (he can attack across the river me if he wants - ). This leaves a tile with no defensive multipliers free for him to move his archer.

Bottom Part of Image: On his next turn, he does indeed move his archer and now my sword has a 99% probability of victory - much better than 65% odds.

Motto: Fight on your terms and not his.

 

[HamTard]

I usually try to do this stuff as well. Also, when seiging a city, parking your stack on a hill or forest outside discourages the AI from attacking your stack (due to defense bonus). When attacking a city, never do so across water unless you've got the amphibious promotion.

Basic stuff that can turn entire wars around if ignored.

 

[Gnarfflinger]

What I find sucks is that the odds of winning generally don't play out as expected. When a unit has a 70 percent chance to win, it wins about 40 percent of the time. I don't complain when a unit I expect to lose (a low experisnce unit to soften up a defender for the higher end unit to get the experience) pussle the upset though...

 

[Skirmisher]

It seems to me that since the Persian swordman is now positioned on open grassland, and presumably has lost some hitpoints, he is himself now vulnerable to a counter attack from the Aztec axeman stationed in Tlatlelolco. Unless the Persian axeman the SW moves in to cover him.

Are those all axeman under that stack to the SE?

 

[ruff_hi]

It seems to me that since the Persian swordman is now positioned on open grassland, and presumably has lost some hitpoints, he is himself now vulnerable to a counter attack from the Aztec axeman stationed in Tlatlelolco. Unless the Persian axeman the SW moves in to cover him.

Are those all axeman under that stack to the SE?

True, but 1) attacking with a 2-1 power ratio will not lose many HPs (unless really unlucky) and 2) you hardly ever see an AI move a unit out of a city to attack another unit when that city is being threatened.

 

[Samson]

What I find sucks is that the odds of winning generally don't play out as expected. When a unit has a 70 percent chance to win, it wins about 40 percent of the time. I don't complain when a unit I expect to lose (a low experisnce unit to soften up a defender for the higher end unit to get the experience) pussle the upset though...

This is probably 'cos you are mostly attacking archers? The odds generaer cannot handle first strike.

 

[DaveMcW]

The odds generator can handle first strike in the latest patch.

 

[Zombie69]

It now handles them, but it still handles them wrong.

 

[DaveMcW]

Do you have an example?

 

[Zombie69]

An example would be the game giving you 104% odds of success.

 

[DaveMcW]

No, an example would be a savegame or screenshot using 1.61.