Author Topic: Rome Total War (again) (Read 1459 times)

thrila · « **Reply #30 on:** January 19, 2005, 05:47:25 PM »

I love rome total war- waiting for the patch before i start a new campaign though.

I've completed the game as Jullii, greeks, carthage and my latest as the britons. The greeks was the easiest by far by sheer income and their hoplites. Carthage was by far the hardest and i nearly got annhilated at the start. The britons were interesting as i don't normally play with light, skirmishing army types but i had lots of fun with their chariots.

Not sure who to play as next, any ideas?

Raubvogel · « **Reply #31 on:** January 19, 2005, 06:04:03 PM »

I'm still on my first campaign, I only play once in a while. I'm the Scipii....so far I have all of Spain, Sicily, Africa over to the Sinai, Gaul, part of Germania, and Britannia. I'm starting to run out of smaller factions to wipe out and my territories seem to be always on the verge of rebellion even with 10 units in each city. It's gotten to the point where it's more tedious than fun. My "advisor" suggested that I take Rome, and my popularity with the people is far higher than the other factions...but I have a feeling that if I do I'll get crushed...

Edbert1 · « **Reply #32 on:** January 19, 2005, 07:02:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Raubvogel
My "advisor" suggested that I take Rome, and my popularity with the people is far higher than the other factions...but I have a feeling that if I do I'll get crushed...

Heya raub...go ahead and attack them. They'll all mobilize against you but you can bleed them white in a war of attrition THEN go offensive.

mechanic · « **Reply #33 on:** January 19, 2005, 07:29:44 PM »

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Originally posted by thrila
I love rome total war- waiting for the patch before i start a new campaign though.

I've completed the game as Jullii, greeks, carthage and my latest as the britons. The greeks was the easiest by far by sheer income and their hoplites. Carthage was by far the hardest and i nearly got annhilated at the start. The britons were interesting as i don't normally play with light, skirmishing army types but i had lots of fun with their chariots.

Not sure who to play as next, any ideas?

Egypt i terribly challenging financialy but the Pharoe's bowmen, desert axemen and chariots are devastating.

i have tried greek(obviously i rule the world now), julii (got frustrated taking southern Africa and gave up with spain, gaul and some northern euro places.), scipii (loved them, very good), egypt (I failed misserably), gaul (ditto)

i have yet to complewte the game with any faction though.

Elfie · « **Reply #34 on:** January 20, 2005, 11:31:58 AM »

I finished my first long campaign last night. I played as the Julii and had 53 regions before attacking Rome with over 5,000 men. Basically I owned the entire known world except for Africa, mid and southern Italy and the middle east. By the time the game ended I was spending 100k per turn on my military. I think it was 165 BC when I sacked Rome and crowned myself Emperor

I owned all the Wonders of the World except for the Lighthouse in Alexandria. Never could get enough cash to bribe that city. I bribed Memphis which controls the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx. The Scipii whined to the Senate and the Senate gave me 10 turns to give it back.....but I refused

I also bribed 2 Scipii armies and then sent them to grab the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

I started a Greek campaign, but I'm not doing to well atm, Carthage, Rome, Macedonia and Pontus have all declared war on me.....and I didnt even provoke any of them

mechanic · « **Reply #35 on:** January 20, 2005, 11:55:04 AM »

a greek army besieges some Pontus scum

Saintaw · « **Reply #36 on:** January 20, 2005, 12:06:10 PM »

Thanks about the boat retraining tips! Off to try that!

SuperDud · « **Reply #37 on:** January 25, 2005, 11:43:10 PM »

LoL, on my 1st long campain. Have takin Rome itself while I had 43 territories. Decided to let them rebel so I could conquer the whole world, it's a blast! Only factions left are Germania, Pontus and Dacia and ROme as a rebel state. I own everything else:D I have one question maybe someone can answer. While still working for Rome as a Julii I got a reward of a special unit. I forget the name but they are like the Delta force of the Roman world. They wear light armor and mask. They can also hide anywhere during battle and they kicked the poop outta a formation of phalaxes once! Was wondering if they ever become available at your cities?

Saintaw · « **Reply #38 on:** January 26, 2005, 02:10:49 AM »

Yes, you will be able to build them. I think you need an great forum or bigger though.

Am trying RTR 5.0 ... getting whooped! (Ferget the cavalry moves... your cav units now count no more than 9 units!)

-tronski- · « **Reply #39 on:** January 26, 2005, 02:19:30 AM »

RTR 5.0 is hard, and did change the game alright!

I did like the idea of a single roman faction (apart from the senate), but of course now you've got three times the work. Building a power base is difficult, and I've found building up a standing army is harder then vanilla...but I'm enjoying the RTR mod!

Tronsky

mechanic · « **Reply #40 on:** January 26, 2005, 04:26:16 AM »

what are the main changes is RTR?

Saintaw · « **Reply #41 on:** January 26, 2005, 05:22:51 AM »

Some changes from the top of my head:

Map is larger (goes all the way to Gscholtz's backyard)
Unit stats have changed
Commanders are no longer with heavy cavalry escorts, but with triariae(sp?).
Unit numbers change (IE: Cav has now 9 units instead of 24).
Only one Roman faction instead of 3.
Enemy units see less stupid (Will now reposition, or run when outnumbered)

I beleive some unit graphics have changed as well.

I'm sure you can find a full list on the RTR site.

Dowding · « **Reply #42 on:** January 26, 2005, 04:29:59 PM »

They slowed down movement as well and the battles are much longer.

BTW, Rome Total War has a massive bug concerning unit stats. Any unit will always use it's primary weapon stats instead of switching to secondary. For instance, archers might have a missile stat of 22 and melee of 10, but once they exhaust their arrows they should switch to the melee stat. They don't currently. similarly, legionaries use their pilum stat instead of sword stat, which is lower. As a result of this, the game is somewhat screwed. It will be fixed in the upcoming patch.

stiehl · « **Reply #43 on:** January 26, 2005, 05:11:45 PM »

Own Greece, Asia Minor, Sicily, Carthage, bottom half of Italy(I'm Brutii) Just laid seige to Rome with 2 armies.

I captured Carthage and the very next round=bribe, lose city and my army. Happened 4 times, wish you could kill diplomats.

When I was killing Pontus, Egypt started flooding me with armies so I pulled an "Inchon" at Antioch. Next step is to invade and take the Nile before Numidia does.

Dowding · « **Reply #44 on:** January 26, 2005, 05:50:22 PM »

Use assasins to kill diplomats.