Re: HW: Open Field or Set Piece

From: dmanva@aol.com (DmanVA)

Date: Sat, 18 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000

In article <48ihd2$g4q@crl8.crl.com>, galileob@crl.com (Noel Moss) writes:

>Just curious on what some of the more experienced players
>think...Assuming that during an Invasion (or a Raid for that matter), you

>are given the choice of an Open Field or Set Piece, which is more
>advantageous? Open Field seems good because it reduces a turn from the
>Invasion process, but would also seem more risky. Is this true? Is there
>more success using a Set Piece?
>
>Any answers would be great. Thanks...

To be honest, I found that Open Field was the best option when invading
provinces that were unaligned as they mostly contained some sort of desert
or tribal rifraf.  As Hyrkania, using Open Field, I swept quickly to my
imperial province without having to fight lengthy set-piece battles that
simply would have slowed my advance.  Open Field is also good if you have
troop types, such as Heavy Infantry, that are well equipped to slug it out
in unorganized melee.

Set-piece is much more effective in general, however, as it is much more
structured and allows you the chance to unleash missile fire and battle
magic.  I mainly used set-piece when I knew I would hit some sort of
resistance (i.e. and army over eight troops in size) and wasn't in an
incredible hurry.

All of the raids that I ordered that turned into battles were always Open
Field by default even if I had a good general commanding the force and had
specified set-piece.

References

HW: Open Field or Set Piece
galileob@crl.com (Noel Moss)
Fri, 17 Nov 1995 00:00:00 +0000