Given the recent server issues and difficulties with multiplayer, I thought I'd post a fun little single player challenge I've been having difficulty with myself.
I have been unable to beat the Etruscans (earliest date) as the early Romans (490 BC date) on Deity level. I tried a weighted flank with my strongest soldiers and cavalry leading and my citizen hoplites held back at a right angle to my armoured and veteran hoplites, but the AI ultimately crushed me under sheer weight of numbers despite a promising beginning to the battle. The lower quality of my soldiers and higher quality of the enemy's didn't influence things that much in the end; both sides fought hard and I actually had quite good luck all things considered. So it must have been my technique that was lacking.
Can anyone here manage to win that match-up before I figure it out? I'll probably give it another crack tomorrow.
