Hi guys,

With the holidays looming this is going to be difficult for me (I work in the tourist industry), so sorry, I'll have to give it a pass.

BTW, hopefully, now that the game has been released in the US, we'll be soon seeing some new people joining the forum and mulitiplayer.

Ray (alias Lava ...

possum wrote:Sum1, sounds great!

When we're done with this Cup, you can set up the next one, and we'll have some experience at it by then

Okio, sounds fun, thanks for the report. How many Archers did Sum1 have?

sum1won had one(1) archer unit. It did not even have Anti-elephant either.

Have you ever tried using Withdraw with an Elephant?

Yes, I did. I just played sum1one three(3) games.
I was the Romans with a level 5 elephant unit, plus 2 level 4 Auxiliries, 1 scout, 1 archer and Legate.

I won the first game by using the withdraw and then using the stop button... very ...

I'm to have an elephant unit?
I want to participate but when would be a good time?
Anyway, I'm willing to be a guinea pig or whatever lab animal you want.

Romans will win...

Just kidding about the title.
Well, I tried my hand at playing online against the top 2 tacticians.
sum1won - I lost both games
ehre - I lost both games plus 2 games more for fun.
It was fun. I did notice that my Romans have a hard time against the Celts. My heavy infantry seems to lose against ...

okiotankus
is my handle for XFire

I think what would be interesting is to fight on line with the army you completed with at the end of the single player game. 8)
Imagine 2 Roman armies hitting each other with everything they have controlled by a real person.
Everything may hinge on your Legate's training and command control. :wink ...

Achilles armor, which increases several cavalry stats, espeially defensive ones. Teutonic Horses, which increase agility and trample. Samartian armor, which increases armor hugely, increases trample, and lowers agility.

Dacian Falx (master concuss), which gives +20 concussion damage, -10 to hit ...

Game started at lowest level, then went to HARD setting when it was too easy. The HARD setting was just right and made the game fun and challenging.

ROMAN:
Equipment was upgraded to level 3 at the most.
1 General (22)
2 archers (27, 13)
1 hastatii (27)
1 skirmisher (37)
4 legionaires (23,17,16 ...

This has also happened to some of my units as well. You are right though, Iain, it is hard to reproduce. It depends on the situation and the unit's orders when given. :?

But anyway, thanks for an interesting game.

I really hope that you make expansion packs. I got all the way with an army Ceasar ...

Another problem is that when I click the icon to set up my entire army, i have trouble clicking on individual units and moving them.
Is there something I'm missing?

I can highlight the unit by left-clicking but when I hold the left mouse down and try to move this unit it doesn't recognize my hold ...

Did it with 3 seconds left to spare... would you like the save file sent back? I moved your heavy cav all the way to right right, and set way points to get them in quickly round the back, then charged everything else up the left hand side... Your right though, its quite tough. :D

I tried that ...

One other trick is to click the mouse and skip the camera flyby.

If that doesn't help try this - www.slitherine.com/LegionArena/scenario_81.zip

Download this & unzip it to the DB directory. Overwrite the old map & you'll have an extra 10 seconds.

Is it suppose to show that I have 70 minutes ...

ste wrote:EMail me your save file if you want and i'll try get past it... love a good challenge

Ste@slitherine.co.uk

The problem is that I want to be able to get by it so I can continue. But try it on the HARD setting and let me know if you can... Heh heh.

Ah I see. I was testing in debug without the camera panning turned on. It does look like a bug. The timer should count from when you get direct control. I think this is our first real bug!

Have you tried dropping the difficulty level to the easiest to get past this mission & then returning to ...

I noticed that the time I'm able to begin my attack that I start at 52 seconds. However, the conditions stipulate that I have 60 seconds to win.
No matter how I try, I cannot do it without the 8 seconds that I was deprived.
Maybe you can tell me how to get those precious 8 seconds back.

If you ...

ste wrote:as soon as the battle starts try pausing it and signalling the troops?

As soon as the battle starts, the timer shows 52 seconds.

What orders do you issue? If you issue a charge there is only a second pause before they run off. If you issue a normal advance there is a slightly longer pause, but only around 2-3 seconds.

What is happening for the first 8 seconds?

WEhat happens is a delay for the camera to pan around and when ...

I noticed that the time I'm able to begin my attack that I start at 52 seconds. However, the conditions stipulate that I have 60 seconds to win.
No matter how I try, I cannot do it without the 8 seconds that I was deprived.
Maybe you can tell me how to get those precious 8 seconds back.

If you need ...

I'm sure you'll do it :) Try delaying tactics, maybe sacrifice some men to slow them down, often works well if they draw the enemy to the other side of the battlefield of your main force. Find some terrain to hide or fight on a narrow front to reduce their numerical superiority.

This scenario is ...