Yeah, this has always made the game a bit too easy. Except for in shogun where low unit variety made things quite a bit more balanced. That, and the fucking AI pulled entire armies right out of its ass. That wasn't very fun.RandV80 said:snip
give me direct control in tactical combat and I'll pretty much always win unless they bring an overwhelming force.
It did lead to some fun moments though, or ones where you really felt like a Badass.
Like holding a huge city in Rome 1 with nothing but 5 units of only somewhat upgraded pikemen against a nearly maxed out army of legionary and urban cohort. Phalanxes were so op. Put them in the town center at one of the road chokepoints so my units don't run, then watch the romans just TRY to punch their way through. After tiring them out, general's honor guard charge rout and their entire army disappears. 6-1 KD ratio. U mad, rome? (they were mad, they tried that shtick 3 with 3 full stack armies before taking the city, which i then promptly re-took with the relief troops i was sending that way. Heh.)