Long-time reader, first-time poster.
Up until now I've been having a great deal of fun playing as the Iceni (on Easy, for I am an utter n00b), getting other tribes to join me by persuasion or force. Now, at approximately 22 turns in, I've got the British Isles completely united and am ready to head to the mainland. When I get there, however, things quickly become a nightmare. At the suggestion of the intro, I attacked the Atrebates and took their original settlement immediately upon landing. Problem is, they've set up shop in Celtica, on their ally's old turf, and while they weren't causing me any trouble until I went after them, it quickly got scary. A complete stack of levy freemen and Celtic Slingers, with additional reinforcements to boot. I tried to play it safe and send a pair of my strongest armies out there, but they were still massacred.
Am I doing something wrong? Should I attack someone else, or is this pretty much what I'll be expecting for the rest of the game? I know my unit selection is very limited right now, mostly levee freemen as infantry and Briton Slingers as ranged, with a few Sword Band and Skirmishers I got for free when I got the Irish (can't remember their in-game name) to join my confederation. For some reason, when the Atrebates attacked my armies, they couldn't reinforce each other despite standing right next to each other on the map.
Help!
Up until now I've been having a great deal of fun playing as the Iceni (on Easy, for I am an utter n00b), getting other tribes to join me by persuasion or force. Now, at approximately 22 turns in, I've got the British Isles completely united and am ready to head to the mainland. When I get there, however, things quickly become a nightmare. At the suggestion of the intro, I attacked the Atrebates and took their original settlement immediately upon landing. Problem is, they've set up shop in Celtica, on their ally's old turf, and while they weren't causing me any trouble until I went after them, it quickly got scary. A complete stack of levy freemen and Celtic Slingers, with additional reinforcements to boot. I tried to play it safe and send a pair of my strongest armies out there, but they were still massacred.
Am I doing something wrong? Should I attack someone else, or is this pretty much what I'll be expecting for the rest of the game? I know my unit selection is very limited right now, mostly levee freemen as infantry and Briton Slingers as ranged, with a few Sword Band and Skirmishers I got for free when I got the Irish (can't remember their in-game name) to join my confederation. For some reason, when the Atrebates attacked my armies, they couldn't reinforce each other despite standing right next to each other on the map.
Help!
[This message has been edited by The Archpaladin (edited 10-24-2013 @ 02:32 PM).]