Ideas And Things: January 2009

Okay in this post I'll be telling you how to defeat two brutal AI's against you, the brave defender of the Helms Deep and the people of Rohan. First of all this strategy is for playing Men of the west faction in BMFE 2, though I imagine it would work with the other races.

The first thing you want to do is get Faramir with two battalions of archers right above the main gate (make sure you close the gate too). The computers with just walk around outside of your fortress and build up, maybe sending an occasional little attack party at your gate. Okay next step, build your custom hero and put him right outside of the gate. I would also highly suggest getting your archers fire arrows, this will help a lot. Then you just build more heroes until you have all of them right at the front gate. The computers will continually attack these troops outside of the fortress. while doing this they are under the destructive fire of your archers and Faramir from the wall.

Now just pay attention to those heroes and make sure they don't get killed, if one or two do don't sweat, your fine just revive them at your fortress. While your heroes are leveling up on all those kills you should be building up a calvary and a tight packed row of towers on the inside of the deeping wall. Once you feel that your army is big enough to defend the fortress without your heroes, do a hero charge. You will probably take down a huge amount of enemy troops and a few buildings while your at it. Once you have been forced to retreat your heroes or they have all been killed, building them up again and then repeat this maneuver, but this time do a raid on your enemies buildings with your calvary through the nice little back gate in the deeping wall. Be sure to retreat your calvary before they die. Please understand this is not suppose to be a suicidal calvary charge.

Now comes the fun part, by now you have done several charges into the enemy rank with your heroes and they are all high level. Take Theoden and put him with your calvary. Now, charge with your heroes and sweep the computers forces away as you back them up with your archers who you advance behind your heroes. once you have started a good advance with that force go over to the deeping wall and charge with your calvary. Most of the enemy forces will be over with your heroes leaving the western most enemies base fairly undefended. Utilizing Theodens special power that makes all surrounding calvary only take 10% of all damage, you should be able to either take out that base or severely cripple it. With the help of your main army you should then be able to take out both your opponents. If not just fall back and repeat these charges until the two brutal AIs are left crushed at your feet.

Another thing, if the computers decide to get ranged siege engines then all you need to do is put thee catapults at the deeping wall and two on the walls beside the main gate.

Hope this strategy works for you as well as for me. I will try to post some pictures of this in action later.