To Rome Total War Players - Attacking over a bridge!
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If you have the right troops you can attack over bridges easily. Put phalanx or other similar units to lead the attack, lots and lots of missle units to back them up. Once they've engaged the enemy and weakened them a bit send in the cavalry.
slavetrader
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i learned my lesson when attacking with slow heavy greek infantry against some gaul archer/ skirmishers. so i attack over a bridge and got my ass kicked back to Athens. my men simply couldn't get over the bridge. since then i have always defended the bridge
NikkTheTrick
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It is hard but doable. The losses are severa but the carnage is beautiful.
First of all, use your missle troops to weaken the troops that are across the bridge. Then, take your cavalry and charge in a wedge formation. The cavalry is doomed, so do not hope to get it back. The infantry should be running immediately after the cavalry. The cavalry would push the enemy back a little and let your infantry cross the bridge and form a very small line. After that, hope that your infantry breaks through.
In any case, you need either a significant numerical superiority or a superior army. If the forces are matched evenly, your chance is virtualy zero. Little can be done in terms of strategy: the units who cross immediately get attacked from multiple directions and get cut down.
First of all, use your missle troops to weaken the troops that are across the bridge. Then, take your cavalry and charge in a wedge formation. The cavalry is doomed, so do not hope to get it back. The infantry should be running immediately after the cavalry. The cavalry would push the enemy back a little and let your infantry cross the bridge and form a very small line. After that, hope that your infantry breaks through.
In any case, you need either a significant numerical superiority or a superior army. If the forces are matched evenly, your chance is virtualy zero. Little can be done in terms of strategy: the units who cross immediately get attacked from multiple directions and get cut down.
leo
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I tend to play Gauls, and even without phalanxes or strong cavalry, I don't have any trouble with bridges.
I've found that if you send a skirmisher warband up the bridge to harass the enemy, eventually they get so mad at you that they send a large force to chase that skirmisher warband, and they'll chase you all the way back across the bridge-- into a three sided ambush that you planned all along, with your infantry charging from the front and one flank and your general's bodyguard unit crushing their other flank.
Needless to say, nothing survives a three-sided Gaul rape.
I've found that if you send a skirmisher warband up the bridge to harass the enemy, eventually they get so mad at you that they send a large force to chase that skirmisher warband, and they'll chase you all the way back across the bridge-- into a three sided ambush that you planned all along, with your infantry charging from the front and one flank and your general's bodyguard unit crushing their other flank.
Needless to say, nothing survives a three-sided Gaul rape.
Scenix
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I do think however the best battles tend to be when you are attacked from both sides (with a bridge playing the central piece)...since I tend to defend only, I always attack the army over the bridge first (which is usually smaller anyway), then I'm in a better position to combat the larger army, which also gives me time to prepare.
Rabid Potatoe
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I defend, so my poor soldiers don't die. Wouldn't that be good in an RTS, if your soldiers realised if you cared or not...
Laurence of Arabia
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Entice the enemy over the bridge, and bash thm with artillery and archers, phalanxs killing whatever's left.
KirbyTheHunter
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i could have bought this...but i decided to get dungeon siege 2 instead.
WipperSnipper
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KirbyTheHunter said:
Rome:Tw Is a match for Mount&Blade in its greatness , You should get it.
I generally defend , Have longbowmen on the river side in range to shoot enemy , the at the start of the bridge have 1 unit facing straight across the bridge with 2 units to right and left , so you have double flanking + archers butchering+ a unit to attack from the front.
I tend use the same tactic when defending gates as well (works brilliantly) it works best with phalanx but infantry do well anyway.
allthesedamnnamesaretaken
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only time i've attacked over was when the other faction's leader was over there, and i knew it was their last one. i had killed the other 2 in the same turn and i knew for sure it was their last one. i was julii and i was fighting the spaniards. i sent wave after wave of hastati over the bridge and overwhelmed their crappy spanish troops, then i got my cavalry to run over their king, which inflicted heavy losses before he died. after the battle their faction was destroyed.
Scenix
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Still seems to be the case with the new Barbarian invasion expansion, quite a lot can't swim.
Well, I'm currently playing as the Sassanids and I just have a wall of Spearmen with archers behind - kills those on the bridge. Followed by by Clibinari to chase them off and the Spearmen go down to attack those coming out of the water. Barring disasters - absolute massacre every time.
Mind you, RTW:BI is a lot harder than RTW - I lost two battles badly once, but that was when I was the Goths - God, its changed - I had about 500 men in a small wooden fort...surrounded by a horde of more than 8000! I didn't win, but did take out over 1200!
Well, I'm currently playing as the Sassanids and I just have a wall of Spearmen with archers behind - kills those on the bridge. Followed by by Clibinari to chase them off and the Spearmen go down to attack those coming out of the water. Barring disasters - absolute massacre every time.
Mind you, RTW:BI is a lot harder than RTW - I lost two battles badly once, but that was when I was the Goths - God, its changed - I had about 500 men in a small wooden fort...surrounded by a horde of more than 8000! I didn't win, but did take out over 1200!
hkstoneboy
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It is quite dangerous for army arcoss the river via bridge.
Because the whole of the army can not across the river immediately.
Thus, I vote defend. ~cheer up~
Because the whole of the army can not across the river immediately.
Thus, I vote defend. ~cheer up~
AggonyKing
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There are a few things that you must have in a bridge battle, siege weapons, archers, the will to kill units. It pretty much allows you to defend and attack. After your siege runs out of ammo, send them to die, when your archers run out of ammo, send them to die. Remember to always have atleast 2 archer units in reserve. Use one unit to draw enemy fire, you know, waste their ammo, but save yours if the enemy goes out of range. Have 3 elite infantry units, and plenty of cav, especially a few light ones.
When you're attacking, you can use a light cav, especially on those barbarians, to draw enemy untis into chasing, then the kill begins. When you feel that the enemy is weak enough, destroy them.
WHen you're defending, don't position yourself close to the bridge, let the enemy cross, your archers will kill them while they do. BEsides they still have to line up after they cross
well those are my 2 cents.
BTW bridge battles are easier on rome, but harder on medieval and shogun, especially if you play multi.
When you're attacking, you can use a light cav, especially on those barbarians, to draw enemy untis into chasing, then the kill begins. When you feel that the enemy is weak enough, destroy them.
WHen you're defending, don't position yourself close to the bridge, let the enemy cross, your archers will kill them while they do. BEsides they still have to line up after they cross
well those are my 2 cents.
BTW bridge battles are easier on rome, but harder on medieval and shogun, especially if you play multi.
