I always tell myself not to cross the Jatu plains. It's not worth it, just hike your happy ass around. Every time I get destroyed and taken prisoner, I am pretty good about avoid it for a few in-game months. But I get cocky.
I hate, hate, hate, fighting Jatu. When you play with all the "hard mode" settings and no-save, the Jatu secretly draw straws before the battle to see who is going to go suicide commando and weave through the entire battle just to put his honor lance in my chest. Happens every time.
So anyways, here I am, taking a stroll with my best vassal buds through the Jatu plains, because "Hey, I know this short cut...". It's all nice and foggy-like, see? They won't be able to see us.
When all of the sudden, a wild Jatu band appears! It's OK though, he's just a little guy, 30 men or so....wait what, HE'S COMING RIGHT FOR US Kind of annoying, but what ever. Let's just try to do this without any casualties please. Well, guess what? They had friends near by. I got destroyed. I think I even had the Battle Field advantage.
PRE-BATTLE SCREEN
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997846322/864A14E0128B4728E45BA224A4E383D4EC78ECF7/
Alright, time to roll up my sleeves...I'M NOT GOING TO LOOSE.
My vassal friends don't deserve to be left for the crows.
As a matter of fact this was probably one of the most amazing battles I have ever been in.
Setting up, deep in the thick Fog.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997846742/E8F44343F7C9B7ACC3C61294DD1E32D31876AE8A/
There was no way I was going to send my cavalry to meet the Jatu charge(again), I would instantly loose 1/4 of them. Then the rest just get skewered one-by-one. On top of that, I can't even see the damn battlefield. I decided to try a different tactic.
My Strategy: Mash everyone into a line. Break the initial charge! Hold them at all costs, then counter-charge when they peel away.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847216/6E81824B70E0B57EB0370A2B5DA866C6D6410FDF/
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847344/12D5D4E27E0B52C1A09764FC226189EAFDF7021A/
I can hear them coming...
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847480/ACA333107FB47153FF9CCF8A1B66A21FD707FA58/
There they are, using a screen of recruited prisoners...Never seen that before.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847853/324464F14BA0D30B76BCF0823477804282FE93AE/
TIME FOR THE MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847960/6FD90D7E8A153301A479E12913784C3315D26652/
I wasn't able to get any snaps of the actual impact and initial damage, fighting for my life and all, but it went well....Surprisingly well.
I charged out my cavalry, and set my infantry up to make a sort of "home base" for any cavalry that will get dismounted. I basically just did circles around them, try to protect my grounded men from the big mean Jatu.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997848066/2052A944B85B82D83BA875D20AE32A4F741CF3CC/
New Enemies Arrived! Pulling back my Cavalry so they don't get blind sided with another massive Jatu Charge!
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997848876/86D5DF6AD32DBD3A78DCFD38B2680CF9948A0DBD/
Jatu Slaves having it out with my infantry. At least that's a fair fight. Swinging my cavalry around to deal with the new Jatu reinforcements.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997848725/27749A5AA2FECE16D8C872F9E52C1B08B556FCDC/
Cavalry coming around about to get a perfect flanking charge on the eager Jatu reinforcement charge.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997849006/2842250D6C98D503D3C18D45AE3D0A4B0A394DB1/
Dealing with the slaves...
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997849143/F33EB2801F32AB0398B499D5C709741CFB873839/
Honestly, my best performance VS Jatu ever! I was shocked that, not only did my tactics work, But I managed to avoid getting impaled!
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997849461/D6E44E5504DE9F43CBAE9C1F3EDA764F10F0A58F/
What's even better? I whooped them so damn hard, that in following fight, they were timid! That was a huge mistake on their part. I took full advantage of that and gave them a taste of their own medicine...
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997850026/688B577BA2986A4916CAD00F04B9B4BDC1DC18E8/
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997850147/63370DEFBB2FA53D00D73C9250C08CAA34290FD1/
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997850285/9488C9B0BFB5A4B2E44EF245A2142C990142CA37/
I hate, hate, hate, fighting Jatu. When you play with all the "hard mode" settings and no-save, the Jatu secretly draw straws before the battle to see who is going to go suicide commando and weave through the entire battle just to put his honor lance in my chest. Happens every time.
So anyways, here I am, taking a stroll with my best vassal buds through the Jatu plains, because "Hey, I know this short cut...". It's all nice and foggy-like, see? They won't be able to see us.
When all of the sudden, a wild Jatu band appears! It's OK though, he's just a little guy, 30 men or so....wait what, HE'S COMING RIGHT FOR US Kind of annoying, but what ever. Let's just try to do this without any casualties please. Well, guess what? They had friends near by. I got destroyed. I think I even had the Battle Field advantage.
PRE-BATTLE SCREEN
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997846322/864A14E0128B4728E45BA224A4E383D4EC78ECF7/
Alright, time to roll up my sleeves...I'M NOT GOING TO LOOSE.
My vassal friends don't deserve to be left for the crows.
As a matter of fact this was probably one of the most amazing battles I have ever been in.
Setting up, deep in the thick Fog.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997846742/E8F44343F7C9B7ACC3C61294DD1E32D31876AE8A/
There was no way I was going to send my cavalry to meet the Jatu charge(again), I would instantly loose 1/4 of them. Then the rest just get skewered one-by-one. On top of that, I can't even see the damn battlefield. I decided to try a different tactic.
My Strategy: Mash everyone into a line. Break the initial charge! Hold them at all costs, then counter-charge when they peel away.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847216/6E81824B70E0B57EB0370A2B5DA866C6D6410FDF/
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847344/12D5D4E27E0B52C1A09764FC226189EAFDF7021A/
I can hear them coming...
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847480/ACA333107FB47153FF9CCF8A1B66A21FD707FA58/
There they are, using a screen of recruited prisoners...Never seen that before.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847853/324464F14BA0D30B76BCF0823477804282FE93AE/
TIME FOR THE MAKE-OR-BREAK MOMENT
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997847960/6FD90D7E8A153301A479E12913784C3315D26652/
I wasn't able to get any snaps of the actual impact and initial damage, fighting for my life and all, but it went well....Surprisingly well.
I charged out my cavalry, and set my infantry up to make a sort of "home base" for any cavalry that will get dismounted. I basically just did circles around them, try to protect my grounded men from the big mean Jatu.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997848066/2052A944B85B82D83BA875D20AE32A4F741CF3CC/
New Enemies Arrived! Pulling back my Cavalry so they don't get blind sided with another massive Jatu Charge!
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997848876/86D5DF6AD32DBD3A78DCFD38B2680CF9948A0DBD/
Jatu Slaves having it out with my infantry. At least that's a fair fight. Swinging my cavalry around to deal with the new Jatu reinforcements.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997848725/27749A5AA2FECE16D8C872F9E52C1B08B556FCDC/
Cavalry coming around about to get a perfect flanking charge on the eager Jatu reinforcement charge.
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997849006/2842250D6C98D503D3C18D45AE3D0A4B0A394DB1/
Dealing with the slaves...
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997849143/F33EB2801F32AB0398B499D5C709741CFB873839/
Honestly, my best performance VS Jatu ever! I was shocked that, not only did my tactics work, But I managed to avoid getting impaled!
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997849461/D6E44E5504DE9F43CBAE9C1F3EDA764F10F0A58F/
What's even better? I whooped them so damn hard, that in following fight, they were timid! That was a huge mistake on their part. I took full advantage of that and gave them a taste of their own medicine...
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997850026/688B577BA2986A4916CAD00F04B9B4BDC1DC18E8/
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997850147/63370DEFBB2FA53D00D73C9250C08CAA34290FD1/
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/366283831997850285/9488C9B0BFB5A4B2E44EF245A2142C990142CA37/