Anyone got the 'Raja of the People' Achievement?

[Spectral_Orion]

"Saved both allied villages in "Born of Fire" on Hard difficulty."

There's something nonsensical about this achievement. Both Town Centers are immediately under attack by an Armored Elephant guarded by archers and cavalry while your own meager force is horrendously outnumbered. Feels like the only thing I can do is kill the Armored Elephant in each town and bait the attackers away without anyone dying, while killing off anyone else still attacking the Town Centers. By the time you send any soldiers to either town, the Town Centers are already about to collapse.

Unsurprisingly, I either get massacred or only manage to save one town.

EDIT: Got it.

Originally posted by Spectral_Orion:

Okay, so I just got this achievement, but in a real crappy noobish way, lol. So checking the map, I tried to assess what I have and what I'm up against.

I have Prithviraj, 3 Camel Riders, 2 Light Cavalry, 1 Camel Scout and 4 Shrivamsha Riders.

At the left Town Center, there are 5 enemy Crossbowmen, 2 Elephant Archers, 2 Light Cavalry and 1 Armored Elephant.

At the right Town Center, the enemy composition is exactly the same, except they have 1 more Elephant Archer for some reason.

I used F3 to pause so I can set up control groups without losing precious milliseconds. I just split the groups with random soldiers into 1 and 2, and just winged it.

My left group managed to take down all the enemies, but I lost Prithviraj. My right group managed to kill the Armored Elephant and the 2 Light Cavalry, and I got the archers to chase me until they're away from the Town Center.

I gained control of the left Town Center and started making Spearmen and Skirmishers. I lost all my original troops to the right enemy group (I didn't bother finding the Monk). But then I sent my new troops over to finish all the right enemy group, who were attacking something else other than the right Town Center.

And that's how I got the achievement, lol. So stupid.

[Sikamikanico]

keep trying i did it exactly as you described... attack the 2 armored elephants at the same time with 5 units etch and then retreat...the enemies will follow you away from town centers and then you can reunite you army and attack one of the 2 groups alone...keep trying and you make it... it took me about 6 tries

[Cosmic Cat]

Yus, just like Sikamikanico wrote above, that's the way to do it.
You'll have to be prepared to sacrifice some units to kill the siege elephants and the light cavalry.
I lost once or twice because the light cav didn't follow me like the ranged enemies did, and they finished the TC off, lol.

Don't forget the gaia monk near the water on your left (south west of the market).

[Spectral_Orion]

Okay, so I just got this achievement, but in a real crappy noobish way, lol. So checking the map, I tried to assess what I have and what I'm up against.

I have Prithviraj, 3 Camel Riders, 2 Light Cavalry, 1 Camel Scout and 4 Shrivamsha Riders.

At the left Town Center, there are 5 enemy Crossbowmen, 2 Elephant Archers, 2 Light Cavalry and 1 Armored Elephant.

At the right Town Center, the enemy composition is exactly the same, except they have 1 more Elephant Archer for some reason.

I used F3 to pause so I can set up control groups without losing precious milliseconds. I just split the groups with random soldiers into 1 and 2, and just winged it.

My left group managed to take down all the enemies, but I lost Prithviraj. My right group managed to kill the Armored Elephant and the 2 Light Cavalry, and I got the archers to chase me until they're away from the Town Center.

I gained control of the left Town Center and started making Spearmen and Skirmishers. I lost all my original troops to the right enemy group (I didn't bother finding the Monk). But then I sent my new troops over to finish all the right enemy group, who were attacking something else other than the right Town Center.

And that's how I got the achievement, lol. So stupid.

[Thor II]

Quite simply, the secret is that you don't have to kill the red troops, just get them away from your TCs. Kill the two siege elephants, run with the surviving troops attracting as many enemy troops as possible, enough so they don't destroy the TC, when there are no red troops near the TCs you will gain the achievement.

[Spectral_Orion]

Originally posted by Thor II:

Quite simply, the secret is that you don't have to kill the red troops, just get them away from your TCs. Kill the two siege elephants, run with the surviving troops attracting as many enemy troops as possible, enough so they don't destroy the TC, when there are no red troops near the TCs you will gain the achievement.

Already tried that earlier. I didn't gain control of the Town Centers until the soldiers are killed off. It's not enough for me to just move them away.

It's fine though. I already got the achievement from what I did earlier. It didn't unlock until all enemy soldiers are dead.

[K1tt3nM4ng0]

I just did it. I didn't need to kill all troops, though not sure exactly what is the requirement. I got the achieve when I killed the last crossbowman (was one elephant archer left after that).

So what I did was a small variation on Orion's strategy:
-I used two groups: the 5 cavalry to the left of Prithviraj to the left village, the 5 to the right to the right village (I left Prithviraj there for the time being)
-Each group were told to attack the armored elephant and went through the straightest line
-They both attracted as many troops as they could and regrouped with Prithviraj halfway between the villages.
-Then with this group I proceeded to wipe out all other troops in as small bands as possible. As I said, the achievement unlocked once the last crossbowman died, was one elephant archer left.