Cavalry OP?

[OoSirBelt]

Anyone else noticed cavalry being way OP? i had armoured Hoplites formed up in phalanx and a Roman Generals bodyguard ran right into the front and destroyed my entire unit of Hoplites with barely any losses to the bodyguard

I have also found enemy Cavalry such as equites are extremely hard to kill with missile units

[Captain Custard]

Nothing new there then

[Welshy]

Cavalry has always been OP in rome 1.
You can beat most armies with just 2 generals squishing each unit 1 at a time.

[OoSirBelt]

Originally posted by Welshy:

Cavalry has always been OP in rome 1.
You can beat most armies with just 2 generals squishing each unit 1 at a time.

it’s been a few years since I played Rome 1

While that is true, I don’t remember that working with charging a phalanx head on, you would have to hit them in the flank or rear to negate their spears.

[cruze]

This sounds pretty much made up, if you had unit size on large the body guard consists of 24 men even with their 2 hit points, they would suffer huge losses against hoplite phalanx head on!

[Rocco]

I had the opposite experience. I charged a militia hoplite unit from the rear with a roman general and lost half the cavalry unit and the general DIED.

[OoSirBelt]

Originally posted by Cruze:

This sounds pretty much made up, if you had unit size on large the body guard consists of 24 men even with their 2 hit points, they would suffer huge losses against hoplite phalanx head on!

It’s not made up, which is why I was asking if anyone else had experienced this, it may have been a fluke I don’t know.

Unit size was on Large, and I expected my braces phalanx to deal with them but the bodyguard ran through them like they were nothing.

[Marcus]

cavalry all op till you meet hoplite phalanx mostly all long spears units.

[elixEtneicnA]

Originally posted by OoSirBelt:

Originally posted by Cruze:

This sounds pretty much made up, if you had unit size on large the body guard consists of 24 men even with their 2 hit points, they would suffer huge losses against hoplite phalanx head on!

It’s not made up, which is why I was asking if anyone else had experienced this, it may have been a fluke I don’t know.

Unit size was on Large, and I expected my braces phalanx to deal with them but the bodyguard ran through them like they were nothing.

Are you certain your hoplites were formed in phalanx with the spears forward? With the new UI and all maybe they weren't actually in phalanx mode when you thought they were? Oh man I sure hope cavalry hasn't been buffed...... Yikes if so..... Because I always preferred infantry stacks....

[OoSirBelt]

Yes i am sure they were in phalanx as i was defending on a siege so they didnt move at all after i deployed them. Had them braced ready down one of the streets leading to the town centre, archers behind to whittle down the Hastati who were first over the walls. Then the General charged right at me and i thought i was in for a lucky win killing off the general, then he broke right through my Phalanx and the killed off loads of them. which resulted in me losing the battle as my defence was punctured

[volbound1700]

Yeah Cavalry was OP in the original game as well if used correctly. I mean it kind of fits historically (especially with the Greeks). You can do the typically Alexander the Great strategy of sending the hoplites to hold up the enemy infantry and then taking your cavalry around to flank them.

[Badie]

No one else experiences this but you which suggests you are lying. Cavalry still melts when u charge head on into a phalanx so stop making up crap.

[Waldo]

Originally posted by Badie:

No one else experiences this but you which suggests you are lying. Cavalry still melts when u charge head on into a phalanx so stop making up crap.

No one charges into a phalanx head on with cavalry. Everyone has experienced the cavalry being OP. You should play the first game if you are unsure what people are talking about. You also seem to have some personal issues to get so mad about a person pointing out what we all know exists

[OoSirBelt]

Originally posted by Badie:

No one else experiences this but you which suggests you are lying. Cavalry still melts when u charge head on into a phalanx so stop making up crap.

I like how you assume im lying without any proof or evidence to prove otherwise.

I just did a simple test on custom battle and as a roman bodyguard of 24 i charged straight into greek hoplites

http://imgrr.com/view/1Dl/8171_Untitled.png

[Enigmatic]

Ok killing elephants with melee troops is not fun. Maybe if you have pikes. lol

[OoSirBelt]

And we all know Cavalry is OP, i'm just genuinely curious if this happened in base Rome 1? or if its something new to the Remastered. I cant remember a great deal of Rome 1 as i played Med 2 ALOT more