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Play Rome TW, the original, put battles on hard, pick the Julii and sit back and do nothing for the first.... Ten turns, give the barbarians a head start.
and don't blitz through the gauls, take up to the alps then consolidate, sit back and let other nations get a bit stronger.
Diplomacy is still broken but at least some of the battles are more challenging. Getting double teamed by two full stacks is not that uncommon and really stretches your troops to breaking point. I gave up on Rome 2 quite quickly, was massively disapointed
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Posted 05 March 2014 - 11:28 AM
Macros, on 05 March 2014 - 08:18 AM, said:
Play Rome TW, the original, put battles on hard, pick the Julii and sit back and do nothing for the first.... Ten turns, give the barbarians a head start.
and don't blitz through the gauls, take up to the alps then consolidate, sit back and let other nations get a bit stronger.
Diplomacy is still broken but at least some of the battles are more challenging. Getting double teamed by two full stacks is not that uncommon and really stretches your troops to breaking point. I gave up on Rome 2 quite quickly, was massively disapointed
and don't blitz through the gauls, take up to the alps then consolidate, sit back and let other nations get a bit stronger.
Diplomacy is still broken but at least some of the battles are more challenging. Getting double teamed by two full stacks is not that uncommon and really stretches your troops to breaking point. I gave up on Rome 2 quite quickly, was massively disapointed
I loved the Alexander expansion for this reason! My proudest/best moment was having my Alexander led full stack beat 3 full stacks of Persians led by Darrius himself. I won and won well but it was hard fought and required actual thinking.
My new game I am enjoying immensely as I have said. This game is flawed no doubt, however. Many problems and questionable decisions!
I currently own Italy, Spain, all Gaulish territory and all of Africa west of Egypt, I control every island in the Mediterranean except Cyprus. I will own all of Britain in a few turns. This will give me map edge safety from the west. I have a small toehold in Greece. I am allied with every remaining Hellenic faction and they are allied with each-other. That's Egypt, Pontus, Pergemon, Sparta and Athens. Pontus and Egypt have become large powers and Sparta and Pergemon I can see all have decent armies. Athens is a joke. However as soon I have map edge safety in the west I'm thinking of breaking my alliances with all of them and turning on the Greeks. Fighting them all together as one enemy should be a challenge. I also can't say why but I want Egypt badly!
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Posted 14 March 2014 - 10:21 AM
If that was EU I'd cringe at the overextension you're probably facing 
Hell. If I had spare money I'd try this out actually, I think. For a change of pace to an easier game. Don't know why I'd want to spend like 50 EUR on it, I'd get bored of tactical combat after maybe 5-10 battles and autocalc from then on... Way more interested on the strategic level nowdays.
You can play as a germanic tribe, though, yes? How much gimped did they make them compared to romans? I remember in Rome 1 they could hold their own first with phalanx infantry (yeah right, phalanx in germania hahah) and later berserkers / gothic cavalry, but really low manpower numbers in barbarian provinces kept your army numbers low. WHich is cool because small unit tactics are more fun than vast blobs on meat.
Hell. If I had spare money I'd try this out actually, I think. For a change of pace to an easier game. Don't know why I'd want to spend like 50 EUR on it, I'd get bored of tactical combat after maybe 5-10 battles and autocalc from then on... Way more interested on the strategic level nowdays. You can play as a germanic tribe, though, yes? How much gimped did they make them compared to romans? I remember in Rome 1 they could hold their own first with phalanx infantry (yeah right, phalanx in germania hahah) and later berserkers / gothic cavalry, but really low manpower numbers in barbarian provinces kept your army numbers low. WHich is cool because small unit tactics are more fun than vast blobs on meat.
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Posted 10 May 2014 - 09:43 AM
has all that shit been fixed? I'd play it just for hillarious bugs
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Posted 18 May 2014 - 10:51 AM
I'm still playing Rome tw, fuck Rome 2, biggest disappointment in gaming for me since mark of chaos.
Beloved julii are getting hit from all sides and have had to roll with a few defeats and even two rebelling cities. Should have Spain locked down within a few turns though, so fort up in corduba and send the troops north to crush the britans.
love me some rome tw
Beloved julii are getting hit from all sides and have had to roll with a few defeats and even two rebelling cities. Should have Spain locked down within a few turns though, so fort up in corduba and send the troops north to crush the britans.
love me some rome tw
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Posted 18 May 2014 - 05:04 PM
Macros, on 18 May 2014 - 10:51 AM, said:
I'm still playing Rome tw, fuck Rome 2, biggest disappointment in gaming for me since mark of chaos.
Beloved julii are getting hit from all sides and have had to roll with a few defeats and even two rebelling cities. Should have Spain locked down within a few turns though, so fort up in corduba and send the troops north to crush the britans.
love me some rome tw
Beloved julii are getting hit from all sides and have had to roll with a few defeats and even two rebelling cities. Should have Spain locked down within a few turns though, so fort up in corduba and send the troops north to crush the britans.
love me some rome tw
The only good factions to play in Rome were Numidia, Germania and Trebizond - and you know it!
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 18 May 2014 - 07:49 PM
Yeah but the Julii were the first faction I ever played, soft spot for them.
plus its a fresh install so hafta knock through it with Rome first anyway
plus its a fresh install so hafta knock through it with Rome first anyway
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Posted 18 May 2014 - 07:49 PM
What's the hardest faction to win with?
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Posted 19 May 2014 - 05:21 AM
Have re-installed Rome 2. First battle I fight? CTD.
I so want to like the game, but shit like that, after numerous patches, 2 mini-expansions and a few free DLCs, is just horrible.
I so want to like the game, but shit like that, after numerous patches, 2 mini-expansions and a few free DLCs, is just horrible.
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Posted 19 May 2014 - 06:11 AM
Tapper, on 19 May 2014 - 05:21 AM, said:
Have re-installed Rome 2. First battle I fight? CTD.
I so want to like the game, but shit like that, after numerous patches, 2 mini-expansions and a few free DLCs, is just horrible.
I so want to like the game, but shit like that, after numerous patches, 2 mini-expansions and a few free DLCs, is just horrible.
I know the feeling, I've re-tried Shogun 2 several times but could just never get past the issues, even Empire I liked better than that. You just WANT them to be as good as past games, don't you?
@Macros - I can't recall all of them, but maybe Dacia? Any country with a name you don't recognize from history, perhaps.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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Posted 21 May 2014 - 09:35 AM
Macros, on 18 May 2014 - 07:49 PM, said:
What's the hardest faction to win with?
Probably Gaul. Parthia is awkward to begin with as despite horse archers being very useful everyone around you has the same with egypt having fantastic all round units like phalanxes and chariots. Gaul has no unique strategic point. If your germany you have a phalanx (for some reason) giving you regional infantry dominance over alot of the other barbarians tribes. Briton has an isolated base and chariot archers that even on max difficulty can easily take apart the Gauls. Ive fought successive stacks of 20 units of Gauls with 5 chariot warbands and had heroic victories one after the other.
Gaul starts off strong in theory and ive done the entire game with Gaul on mx difficulty like I have with every faction but they have no really solid unit that is unique. There over stretched to begin with and easy pickings for Rome, Germany Britain even Spain and Macedonia getting involved early can leave you struggling.
Im now tempted to buy Rome and load it up again. Im so glad I didnt get a new laptop to play Rome 2 now.
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Posted 21 May 2014 - 11:29 AM
NoOneExpectsThetiamishInquisition, on 21 May 2014 - 09:35 AM, said:
Macros, on 18 May 2014 - 07:49 PM, said:
What's the hardest faction to win with?
Probably Gaul. Parthia is awkward to begin with as despite horse archers being very useful everyone around you has the same with egypt having fantastic all round units like phalanxes and chariots. Gaul has no unique strategic point. If your germany you have a phalanx (for some reason) giving you regional infantry dominance over alot of the other barbarians tribes. Briton has an isolated base and chariot archers that even on max difficulty can easily take apart the Gauls. Ive fought successive stacks of 20 units of Gauls with 5 chariot warbands and had heroic victories one after the other.
Gaul starts off strong in theory and ive done the entire game with Gaul on mx difficulty like I have with every faction but they have no really solid unit that is unique. There over stretched to begin with and easy pickings for Rome, Germany Britain even Spain and Macedonia getting involved early can leave you struggling.
Im now tempted to buy Rome and load it up again. Im so glad I didnt get a new laptop to play Rome 2 now.
Oathsworn aren't broken anymore? They were the win-button choice for a while, at the least.
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Posted 21 May 2014 - 12:30 PM
Tapper, on 21 May 2014 - 11:29 AM, said:
NoOneExpectsThetiamishInquisition, on 21 May 2014 - 09:35 AM, said:
Macros, on 18 May 2014 - 07:49 PM, said:
What's the hardest faction to win with?
Probably Gaul. Parthia is awkward to begin with as despite horse archers being very useful everyone around you has the same with egypt having fantastic all round units like phalanxes and chariots. Gaul has no unique strategic point. If your germany you have a phalanx (for some reason) giving you regional infantry dominance over alot of the other barbarians tribes. Briton has an isolated base and chariot archers that even on max difficulty can easily take apart the Gauls. Ive fought successive stacks of 20 units of Gauls with 5 chariot warbands and had heroic victories one after the other.
Gaul starts off strong in theory and ive done the entire game with Gaul on mx difficulty like I have with every faction but they have no really solid unit that is unique. There over stretched to begin with and easy pickings for Rome, Germany Britain even Spain and Macedonia getting involved early can leave you struggling.
Im now tempted to buy Rome and load it up again. Im so glad I didnt get a new laptop to play Rome 2 now.
Oathsworn aren't broken anymore? They were the win-button choice for a while, at the least.
I thought Maccy was on about Rome 1 rather than Rome 2 as he said he hasnt touched it in ages as it was a huge disappointment.
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Posted 21 May 2014 - 01:55 PM
Tapper, on 21 May 2014 - 11:29 AM, said:
NoOneExpectsThetiamishInquisition, on 21 May 2014 - 09:35 AM, said:
Macros, on 18 May 2014 - 07:49 PM, said:
What's the hardest faction to win with?
Probably Gaul. Parthia is awkward to begin with as despite horse archers being very useful everyone around you has the same with egypt having fantastic all round units like phalanxes and chariots. Gaul has no unique strategic point. If your germany you have a phalanx (for some reason) giving you regional infantry dominance over alot of the other barbarians tribes. Briton has an isolated base and chariot archers that even on max difficulty can easily take apart the Gauls. Ive fought successive stacks of 20 units of Gauls with 5 chariot warbands and had heroic victories one after the other.
Gaul starts off strong in theory and ive done the entire game with Gaul on mx difficulty like I have with every faction but they have no really solid unit that is unique. There over stretched to begin with and easy pickings for Rome, Germany Britain even Spain and Macedonia getting involved early can leave you struggling.
Im now tempted to buy Rome and load it up again. Im so glad I didnt get a new laptop to play Rome 2 now.
Oathsworn aren't broken anymore? They were the win-button choice for a while, at the least.
Last I tried Rome 2 was still a mess. Roman Praetorians, Oathsworn or Macedonian almost anything will steam role almost anything if its not one of the 3 I just mentioned
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Posted 21 May 2014 - 02:31 PM
Yeah I'm back on Rome 1, my first true love.
fuck Rome 2 and its flashy graphics, the ai sucks, the ui sucks, the magic fleets suck, the streamlined cities suck. In short the game sucks.
sure Rome tw has many flaws, but its still all kinds of awesome.
I want to win the euro millions, then pay people to make a good game
fuck Rome 2 and its flashy graphics, the ai sucks, the ui sucks, the magic fleets suck, the streamlined cities suck. In short the game sucks.
sure Rome tw has many flaws, but its still all kinds of awesome.
I want to win the euro millions, then pay people to make a good game
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Posted 29 September 2014 - 07:14 AM
So there was a free weekend for Rome 2. I remain unimpressed. I was having so much fun I reinstalled and ran Deux Ex HR again.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
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I stopped playing Rome 2 because my PC couldn't handle the big battles with several max. units players involved. Sure the AI was not convincing, diplomacy was useless or nearly a cheat (I got so much money just by selling trade relations to others) and my battles went very similar:
watching siege weapons kill the enemy (maybe 20% on open ground till they reached my army, 30-40% if they were stuck in a city) -> heavy infantery doing the rest + heavy cavallery attacks from behind. some war dogs (because of this stupid "feature" that dead dogs are immediately replaced in the next battle and just dead dog handlers are real losses) to sweep up the rest....
sure, it was stupid but somehow I liked building an empire...
what really annoys me:
why hasn't anyone build a malazan mod yet? even a slight mod without much battle magic and just humanoid races would be pretty cool. I mean, half of it is already there: skillable and legendary commanders/claws/mages/champions, skillable and unique armies, the option to conquer and destroy the former culture, the focus on battles...
like crusader kings 2 is a perfect base for GoT, in my opinion rome 2 isperfect the best game yet for a malazan mod....
watching siege weapons kill the enemy (maybe 20% on open ground till they reached my army, 30-40% if they were stuck in a city) -> heavy infantery doing the rest + heavy cavallery attacks from behind. some war dogs (because of this stupid "feature" that dead dogs are immediately replaced in the next battle and just dead dog handlers are real losses) to sweep up the rest....
sure, it was stupid but somehow I liked building an empire...
what really annoys me:
why hasn't anyone build a malazan mod yet? even a slight mod without much battle magic and just humanoid races would be pretty cool. I mean, half of it is already there: skillable and legendary commanders/claws/mages/champions, skillable and unique armies, the option to conquer and destroy the former culture, the focus on battles...
like crusader kings 2 is a perfect base for GoT, in my opinion rome 2 is
