parke6993
Recruit
Good morning all
I've tried to find an answer on here but it seems I'm in the minority of people playing through the end of SP on Alfreds side
I'm really struggling with the final battle - it seems that the Saxons are wearing melted butter mixed with a bit of cow dung for armour because they are just getting scythed down.
I've attempted the battle now 4 times, the last time I turned the difficulty options to their lowest settings (boring fight), but after having personally slaughtered several hundred 'vikings' I still couldn't turn the tide of battle, eventually succumbing to an annoyingly well aimed thrown spear. The AI saxons are just useless, with walls of text informing me of their losses at a rate of about 10/1.
So far I've used my 200or so troops as a battering ram, as support alongside the AI, as a reserve for when I personally am running low on hp and on the last run for maximum damage vs only the enemies heavier troops (which involved a heck of a lot of fast-issued commands lol, thankfully that was the attempt on 'poor' combat ai). I'm bringing 20 or so heavy cav, 60 or so skirmishers/archers and a heavy infantry/spearmen combination used together/seperately as the tactical situation evolves but no matter what I do the Saxons get slaughtered and my troops eventually worn down.... so, am I missing something? Is there some element to this particular fight that I've overlooked, or do I just need to bring another couple hundred troops (I've got probably enough income to support 400 troops if i had to)
I've tried to find an answer on here but it seems I'm in the minority of people playing through the end of SP on Alfreds side
I'm really struggling with the final battle - it seems that the Saxons are wearing melted butter mixed with a bit of cow dung for armour because they are just getting scythed down.
I've attempted the battle now 4 times, the last time I turned the difficulty options to their lowest settings (boring fight), but after having personally slaughtered several hundred 'vikings' I still couldn't turn the tide of battle, eventually succumbing to an annoyingly well aimed thrown spear. The AI saxons are just useless, with walls of text informing me of their losses at a rate of about 10/1.
So far I've used my 200or so troops as a battering ram, as support alongside the AI, as a reserve for when I personally am running low on hp and on the last run for maximum damage vs only the enemies heavier troops (which involved a heck of a lot of fast-issued commands lol, thankfully that was the attempt on 'poor' combat ai). I'm bringing 20 or so heavy cav, 60 or so skirmishers/archers and a heavy infantry/spearmen combination used together/seperately as the tactical situation evolves but no matter what I do the Saxons get slaughtered and my troops eventually worn down.... so, am I missing something? Is there some element to this particular fight that I've overlooked, or do I just need to bring another couple hundred troops (I've got probably enough income to support 400 troops if i had to)