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Christopher AET
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-09-04 12:56:01 UTC  |  Edited by: Christopher AET
So it's out and it's awesome as expected. Which faction have you chosen to play.



I am Athens and formed an alliance with Sparta to fight Epirus. I'm gonna have fun with this.

Update

Epirus is now crushed and Sparta became uppity when I went to fight Macedon. After one battle they became more compliant and now I am consoldating again.

Moar Update

Macedon and Sparta were no match for my Athenian armies. Confusingly the last gasp of Spartan resistance was to rush my capital with 33 dudes?

I drain ducks of their moisture for sustenance.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#2 - 2013-09-04 16:25:17 UTC
i got it too. lol

funny what you picked to start! i went almost the same route. i am sparta who formed an alliance with athens...to fight epirus. but i finished them off already. haven't decided what to do next. i think i will take the fight straight into romes teeth and invade italy. they are much stronger than me at the moment. should be challenging. Smile

enjoying it a lot so far. i think it's the best TW game in the series to date. (previous favorite was empire)
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#3 - 2013-09-04 18:40:18 UTC
Carthage.

At war with a tribe in central Iberia with the aid of one of my protectorates. Rome is playing up but they seems to not want to tangle with the carthagian fleets.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#4 - 2013-09-05 01:59:55 UTC
i changed my plan. i initiated trade with rome. very profitable...seeing as spartans seem to suck at making money on their own i'm content to take it from those that want wine and marble lol. alliance is strong with macedon and athens. crafted a sort of a new corinthian league situation i've got going on. and i am initiating a sicilian invasion before the romans decide to do so...starting with the belligerent and undesirable syracuse.
Alpheias
Farmhouse.
Fraternity.
#5 - 2013-09-05 06:58:00 UTC
Patch tomorrow \o/

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Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
#6 - 2013-09-05 09:18:42 UTC
So, does the AI suck as bad as in all other TW games?

Je suis Paris // Köln // Brüssel // Orlando // Nice // Würzburg, München, Ansbach // Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

Je suis Berlin // Fort Lauderdale // London // St. Petersburg // Stockholm

Je suis [?]
Christopher AET
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#7 - 2013-09-05 09:44:56 UTC
Typically it seems better, though on occasion makes some very odd decisions

I drain ducks of their moisture for sustenance.
Nerath Naaris
Pink Winged Unicorns for Peace Love and Anarchy
#8 - 2013-09-05 11:24:59 UTC
Don´t get my sarcasm wrong, I actually liked the original TW:Rome very much and the Europa Barbarorum Mod made it basically a new (and awesomely realistic) game, but at the end of day, once you had a stable base, it was just kind of.... "mopping up" the map since the Computer never managed to adequately defend. Or attack. Or develop. Or avoid getting his Generals slaughtered. On all levels of the game. (No to mention the complete inability to get an invasion going across the sea.)

On the positive side, I liked the Barbarian Invasion expansion, finally there were those mega-battles I was looking for....

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Je suis Berlin // Fort Lauderdale // London // St. Petersburg // Stockholm

Je suis [?]
Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-09-05 12:32:50 UTC
I have to wait until i go home for christmas.

Its not available on japanese steam.

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#10 - 2013-09-05 16:21:07 UTC
i'm still heartbroken that i can't be my darling seleucids. Sad

i hope they become playable in a cultural release pack or something.
Christopher AET
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-09-05 18:54:27 UTC
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
i'm still heartbroken that i can't be my darling seleucids. Sad

i hope they become playable in a cultural release pack or something.


Very first DLC is Seleucids and it's gonna be free.

I drain ducks of their moisture for sustenance.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#12 - 2013-09-05 19:03:53 UTC  |  Edited by: Eurydia Vespasian
yes! very pleased. thank you for the information Smile
baltec1
Bat Country
Pandemic Horde
#13 - 2013-09-06 13:24:47 UTC
I am in year 14 of the iberian campain. While I dominate the seas I was soundly defeated on land in the first years. My city was assaulted 4 times but between me and my nova cartha darlings we have pushed back and secured central iberia. Meanwhile my other protectorate lybia was assaulted by roman a roman funded african alliance. After heavy losses and the fall of several towns my royal army managed to capture their fortress capital. My fleet now blocades their port cities while hanibal leads my main force from the south. They attempted to headshot carthago herself with a massive fleet but were soundly crushed in the harbor and were forced to land outside the wall and were annialated before the gates. With rome busy fighting a well timed slave revolt its only a matter of time before africa is secured and my forces can turn on iberia in full.

The AI is much improved.
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#14 - 2013-09-06 17:12:43 UTC
baltec1 wrote:
I am in year 14 of the iberian campain. While I dominate the seas I was soundly defeated on land in the first years. My city was assaulted 4 times but between me and my nova cartha darlings we have pushed back and secured central iberia. Meanwhile my other protectorate lybia was assaulted by roman a roman funded african alliance. After heavy losses and the fall of several towns my royal army managed to capture their fortress capital. My fleet now blocades their port cities while hanibal leads my main force from the south. They attempted to headshot carthago herself with a massive fleet but were soundly crushed in the harbor and were forced to land outside the wall and were annialated before the gates. With rome busy fighting a well timed slave revolt its only a matter of time before africa is secured and my forces can turn on iberia in full.

The AI is much improved.

Wow! It does sound like the AI is much better. You guys have more details to share on how the diplomacy AI works? Sounds like it's not as much as an On-Off switch as in the other MTW games.
Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#15 - 2013-09-06 18:10:58 UTC
diplomacy is a lot better. there are many more options. non aggression pacts, defensive alliances, offensive alliances. for the first time you can actually request as part of a political deal that a faction break away from a specific part of their arrangements with other factions. options aren't precluded due to whoever you are dealing with being allied to someone you are at war with or your allies are at war with.

one thing that sort of annoys me is that it seems most faction are adverse to trade...wtf...do they hate money?

the agent options are far more in depth too. if you want to assassinate someone there are various methods for that and your agents can specialize in certain forms of shady behavior.
RomeStar
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#16 - 2013-09-11 19:06:02 UTC
I love this game! I never played the first title so this is my first time and its a blast. The only issue I have is the long wait time between turns. I started with rome and had to pull all my legions back home due to slave revolts maybe because i either enslaved or killed all my enemies.

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#17 - 2013-09-12 02:23:20 UTC
it's due to enslavement that slave unrest gets higher. slaves are good for the economy...but too many creates trouble. i don't keep very many. i think you accumulate them naturally over time even without taking them in war. operating from that assumption...i started killing every captive i took. then i started mixing it up between killing and releasing them.
Alpheias
Farmhouse.
Fraternity.
#18 - 2013-09-12 04:01:02 UTC
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
it's due to enslavement that slave unrest gets higher. slaves are good for the economy...but too many creates trouble. i don't keep very many. i think you accumulate them naturally over time even without taking them in war. operating from that assumption...i started killing every captive i took. then i started mixing it up between killing and releasing them.


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Graygor
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#19 - 2013-09-12 09:04:09 UTC
Eurydia Vespasian wrote:
diplomacy is a lot better. there are many more options. non aggression pacts, defensive alliances, offensive alliances. for the first time you can actually request as part of a political deal that a faction break away from a specific part of their arrangements with other factions. options aren't precluded due to whoever you are dealing with being allied to someone you are at war with or your allies are at war with.

one thing that sort of annoys me is that it seems most faction are adverse to trade...wtf...do they hate money?

the agent options are far more in depth too. if you want to assassinate someone there are various methods for that and your agents can specialize in certain forms of shady behavior.


Omfg when they do Empire 2 those options are going to make the game so much better.

FYI im jelly of all of you. Evil

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Eurydia Vespasian
Storm Hunters
#20 - 2013-09-12 17:38:58 UTC
one bit that is missing is that you can't request another faction to stop a war against another. i wish they had that.

i've been lurking over at the totalwar forums and it seems a lot of people are having issues with the game and are complaining with much vim and vigor about glitches and shortcomings. i haven't really noticed many issues. slight graphical things...but i expected that. my once great game system is getting on in years and has been upgraded about as much as it can be. i've also noticed that the a.i in battles can make odd decisions now and then. but nothing major that i am sure will be addressed as time goes on.
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