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==Prince of Macedon==
 
==Prince of Macedon==
A popular (on YouTube) [[RTW]] player, and was the host of many popular RTW online tournaments. He is under the patronage of [[Hader]]. He is famous in the community for his numerous commentary multiplayer battles on YouTube.
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A well-known [[RTW]] player, '''Prince of Macedon''' is the host of many popular RTW online tournaments. He is famous in the community for his numerous commentary multiplayer battles on YouTube.
As his name suggest, he often plays as Macedon, playing games at low money levels. This keeps the game fair, and archers are still effective, unlike high money games. More often than not, he wins the game. He has become a great strategist and is known by many of Rome: Total War's fans.
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As his name suggests, he most often plays as [[Macedon]], playing games at low money levels. He does so because he believes that it keeps the game fair, and because in such a setup archers are still effective, unlike high money games. In almost all of his videos, he is shown winning the game, leading many to believe that he is almost invincible. He is viewed as a great strategist by his fanbase, although his reputation amongst competitive RTW players is mixed.
  
== Problems with Trouble Makers ==
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== Principles regarding censorship ==
He is the victim of several trouble makers, many claiming to have beaten him. He aggressively denies it on some of his battles with the trouble makers, and only the all-knowing can tell us if he truly lost or not.
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Comments often appear on Prince of Macedon's videos wherein people claim to have beaten him. He aggressively denies these accusations when they occur and often blocks such commentators - he is known to have lost battles having promised to upload a battle to his channel regardless of the results and, on losing, refused to discuss the battle. Images of battle turnouts in which he has been defeated are available on the internet and he has uploaded a small number to his channel.
 
== Personality ==
 
== Personality ==
He sometimes use humor in his battles, sometimes saying “Bless You” when his archers sneeze and such, and can be very surprising indeed, once ambushing 6 units of Incendiary Pig.
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He sometimes use humor in his battles, for instance saying “Bless You” when his archers sneeze, and sometimes uses unpredictable tactics, such as ambushing larger units.== His Troop selection ==
== His Troop selection ==
 
 
Royal Pikemen: A hoplite unit that has the same number of troops as falangites (240 men). These Royal Pikemen are better protected than Silver shields or Bronze shields and Pharaohs Guard. They provide a very solid anvil.
 
Royal Pikemen: A hoplite unit that has the same number of troops as falangites (240 men). These Royal Pikemen are better protected than Silver shields or Bronze shields and Pharaohs Guard. They provide a very solid anvil.
Companion cavalry: Elite horsemen with good armor and a very good charge. These men excel at flank and rear attacks! With proper flanking companions and not all cavalry units selected at one single enemy unit head on these men are able to kill anything.
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Companion cavalry: Elite horsemen with good armor and a very good charge. These men excel at flank and rear attacks. With proper flanking companions and not all cavalry units selected at one single enemy unit head on these men are able to kill anything.
Archers: Very cheap - they may lack the punch of the Cretan archers but they leave more room for upgrades. After all it is the melee that decides the battle. They provide a great distraction that keeps enemy archers busy while attacking with melee troops.
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Archers: Very cheap - they may lack the punch of the Cretan archers but they leave more room for upgrades. They also provide a great distraction that keeps enemy archers busy while attacking with melee troops.
 
==Attack is best defense ==
 
==Attack is best defense ==
You can see that Prince of Macedon is an aggressive player and this has several advantages:  
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Prince of Macedon is an aggressive player and this has several advantages:  
He can force you to respond to him and not the other way around.
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Forcing his opponent to respond to him and taking the initiative in a battle, being able to make breakthroughs against his enemies strategically, and then exploiting those breakthroughs before his enemy can strategically reassess his position.
He can attack when he is ready.
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The enemy player is more likely to isolate his own cavalry making it easier for Prince of Macedon or his allies to attack the enemy cavalry from all sides, causing mayhem in the enemy ranks.
The enemy player is more likely to isolate his own cavalry making it easier for Prince of Macedon’s companions to crash in the enemy cavalry from all sides making them rout and massacre the enemy cav.
 
  
 
== Counter measures ==
 
== Counter measures ==
How do you counter this excellent tactic?
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These are the tactics that have been succesfully used to defeat PoM in the past - his primary weakness is in his brash confidence in his traditional strategy's success. However, PoM is known to claim that any defeats he has suffered are due to -
Maybe you should have more upgrades on your own cavalry and keeping them close to your infantry. I suggest attack and experience upgrades while only upgrading gold defense for the infantry. But it really depends on what factions as every faction in Rome Total War has different strengths.
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A: Allowing his opponent to win directly or
Don’t have the infantry units deployed side by side since that benefits phalanx units not cohorts.
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B: Handicapping himself to the extent that not even "Alexander the Great himself" could win the battle.  
Launch your own offensive and if your roman throw pila and then form testudo in guard mode and then march right through those spears.
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Then the sword fighting skills of the roman infantry can be decisive as long as the cohorts aren't deployed side by side!
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As PoM prefers to play low-cost matches, focusing one's upgrades on specific units is often counterintuitive. Instead, an effective strategy is to purchase high-quality cavalry and spread one's upgrades thinly about one's pikemen and infantry. Through this, an offensive enemy's archers are easily either destroyed or forced into defensive formation - if the former is true, an aggressive player will himself often be forced to adopt a defensive strategy, and will thus be playing to his own army's weakness. This has lead to Prince of Macedon's defeat several times. His army's abilities are often based on 'keystones' - that is, a specific unit is often vital to the succesful execution of his own battle-plan. Therefore, if one can ascertain that a unit is playing a vital strategy in his plan, putting pressure on this unit with small skirmishes or, if the unit is intended to lure you into a trap, exploiting the absence of said unit from an aggressive player's army is often highly effective in forcing the game under your control. More specific advice is difficult to provide as an aggressive player's moves are often unpredictable and, with Prince's play style, this issue is often exacerbated by Prince's common tactic of erratic movements which are usually impossible to predict. With this said, PrinceofMacedon, like any player, is not invincible.
The cavalry fight is most important - use some cohort support and don’t forget to micro manage your cav.
 
The best faction to use against Macedon at this level is probably the Seleucid Empire. Companion cavalry cannot fight against cataphracts in a melee so it is a good idea to use those. Another effective use is that of what |TAoW|Ahille used. A skirmish army can be devastating against the Macedonians.
 
 
== His YouTube Channel. ==
 
== His YouTube Channel. ==
 
http://www.youtube.com/user/PrinceofMacedon
 
http://www.youtube.com/user/PrinceofMacedon
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Latest revision as of 07:48, 24 January 2019

Prince of Macedon

A well-known RTW player, Prince of Macedon is the host of many popular RTW online tournaments. He is famous in the community for his numerous commentary multiplayer battles on YouTube. As his name suggests, he most often plays as Macedon, playing games at low money levels. He does so because he believes that it keeps the game fair, and because in such a setup archers are still effective, unlike high money games. In almost all of his videos, he is shown winning the game, leading many to believe that he is almost invincible. He is viewed as a great strategist by his fanbase, although his reputation amongst competitive RTW players is mixed.

Principles regarding censorship

Comments often appear on Prince of Macedon's videos wherein people claim to have beaten him. He aggressively denies these accusations when they occur and often blocks such commentators - he is known to have lost battles having promised to upload a battle to his channel regardless of the results and, on losing, refused to discuss the battle. Images of battle turnouts in which he has been defeated are available on the internet and he has uploaded a small number to his channel.

Personality

He sometimes use humor in his battles, for instance saying “Bless You” when his archers sneeze, and sometimes uses unpredictable tactics, such as ambushing larger units.== His Troop selection == Royal Pikemen: A hoplite unit that has the same number of troops as falangites (240 men). These Royal Pikemen are better protected than Silver shields or Bronze shields and Pharaohs Guard. They provide a very solid anvil. Companion cavalry: Elite horsemen with good armor and a very good charge. These men excel at flank and rear attacks. With proper flanking companions and not all cavalry units selected at one single enemy unit head on these men are able to kill anything. Archers: Very cheap - they may lack the punch of the Cretan archers but they leave more room for upgrades. They also provide a great distraction that keeps enemy archers busy while attacking with melee troops.

Attack is best defense

Prince of Macedon is an aggressive player and this has several advantages: Forcing his opponent to respond to him and taking the initiative in a battle, being able to make breakthroughs against his enemies strategically, and then exploiting those breakthroughs before his enemy can strategically reassess his position. The enemy player is more likely to isolate his own cavalry making it easier for Prince of Macedon or his allies to attack the enemy cavalry from all sides, causing mayhem in the enemy ranks.

Counter measures

These are the tactics that have been succesfully used to defeat PoM in the past - his primary weakness is in his brash confidence in his traditional strategy's success. However, PoM is known to claim that any defeats he has suffered are due to - A: Allowing his opponent to win directly or B: Handicapping himself to the extent that not even "Alexander the Great himself" could win the battle.

As PoM prefers to play low-cost matches, focusing one's upgrades on specific units is often counterintuitive. Instead, an effective strategy is to purchase high-quality cavalry and spread one's upgrades thinly about one's pikemen and infantry. Through this, an offensive enemy's archers are easily either destroyed or forced into defensive formation - if the former is true, an aggressive player will himself often be forced to adopt a defensive strategy, and will thus be playing to his own army's weakness. This has lead to Prince of Macedon's defeat several times. His army's abilities are often based on 'keystones' - that is, a specific unit is often vital to the succesful execution of his own battle-plan. Therefore, if one can ascertain that a unit is playing a vital strategy in his plan, putting pressure on this unit with small skirmishes or, if the unit is intended to lure you into a trap, exploiting the absence of said unit from an aggressive player's army is often highly effective in forcing the game under your control. More specific advice is difficult to provide as an aggressive player's moves are often unpredictable and, with Prince's play style, this issue is often exacerbated by Prince's common tactic of erratic movements which are usually impossible to predict. With this said, PrinceofMacedon, like any player, is not invincible.

His YouTube Channel.

http://www.youtube.com/user/PrinceofMacedon


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