Right, so. Here I was all well and good, browsing the forums as usual. I came across Wellenbrecher's post asking for a shot of Lady Larktin's army.
In full.
Charging.
800 people eh?
Well anyway, I think, in my usual arrogance "My machine can take that". Then I remember the battlesizer goes up to 1000.
Why the hell not I say?
So I start up a new game, force the Dark Knight invasion, and run off to Suno, which is suddenly under siege. I aim for Lady Larktin..............and miss.
Lord Grife, my old nemesis. And he brought some friends.
Lots of them.
So I charge in, after telling them I'm going to slaughter them.
Turns out the computer likes my odds as well.
Seriously? Only 50 Renown? For
THIS?!
So I wait a few minutes for the enemy to organise their line, give them a sporting chance and all. After all, I'm straining along at just over 10FPS here, can't expect hasty miracles.
Ok, 3 minutes is up. I flank and start firing my trusty Crossbow.
If you look to your left, you can see the arse of dear Lady Larktin's horse.
They charge, I run. I can manage this. xD
My horse shall fly like the wind and I shall slowly wear them down with a hail of bolts!
Just noticed, he's lancing his mate
In mere seconds, I am de-horsed. By now, their infantry and archer presence is entering visual range.
This might actually be a challenge now.
It would appear my Lame Saddle Horse is slower than theirs. Poor thing...
I was knocked unconscious simultaneously by the entire horde.
Good News: Turns out 50 lances don't cause mortal wounds.
Bad News: My flawless victory streak on this save was broken. (Day 1, wins 0, losses 1)
Here's a shot of the map, to show both the enemy count and the red blob on the minimap.
Total Score:
Dark Knights: 1
Kronic: 0
There is a moral to this story. The moral is that when you have a Battle Advantage of below -2500, you really, TRULY, are shafted. Many times. By lances.
Hope you enjoyed it.
(Also, sorry for the slightly poor quality on the screenies, it insisted on downscaling them from 1280x1024 to 1024x768 on uploading. >.>)
EDIT: A picture wasn't working, fixed.