R'as al Ghul
12-09-2004, 15:03
I took the time to browse the first dozen pages of the collosseum in search for tips for my current Roman campaign. Surprisingly I didn't find much, apart from the guides. It seems as if we all concentrate on other factions.
I must admit that I also didn't play them properly. My first campaign was Brutii, just to get the feeling, and then I played several factions, mostly Eastern, no barbarians.
Now I'm back to the Romans and am trying Scipii. It's about 30 years into the campaign, I own Sicilia, North Africa all the way to Kyrene (Cyrenaika) where only one last Numidian settlement seperates me from the Egyptians. In the west I took Corduba, Carthago Nova and Orca(?). Carthaginians are destroyed.
It's actually more fun than I thought. The Roman armies are so different from what I'm used to play. The battles are more infantry-based. And that's actually where my problems begin, apart from some economic mismanaging. Just when I got used to using Hastatii and Principes some guy named Marius starts to reform my Empire. WTF, couldn't he have asked me first? ~;)
Just when I took Corduba in a really tough battle, I loose the possibility to retrain my depleted units. The Spanish laugh at me, seeing that I'm stranded there with this joke remnant of an invasion force: 1 8* General, 4 TownW, 4 half-sized Hastatii, 2 half-sized Equites, 1 Archer unit of 13men, 1 slinger unit of 24men, 1 16men BarbMercs, 1 30men Scutarii, 1 8men unit Principes. First thing to do in Corduba was to repair the wooden wall. Just in time before a Spanish army parked right on the front lawn: 5!! Generals (6* leader) + 5 Naked Fanatics, 4 Iberian Inf, 2 BullWarriors and 3-4 Scutarii. :help:
I would almost say that this was one of the largest and best-led army I met in this game. I was really afraid to loose my best General. In the 5 or 6 following turns before reinforcements arrived, I sallied two times against this superior army and managed to lift the siege. Public order was so low that the settlement rebelled just before my reinforcements arrived. When I first conquered it, the population was only enslaved so there're about 13k left in that town. Not easy to oppress. The city was retaken and exterminated. It's a bit more quiet now but the spanish are still strong and march again on Corduba.
How do others cope with the reforms when they occur at an uncomfortable time? Any similar experiences?
I guess I've got to do a lot of disbanding and keep quiet for a few years to restock my armies, right? Another option would be to collect all old units and merge them into one invasion army while you build new ones at home.
R'as
I must admit that I also didn't play them properly. My first campaign was Brutii, just to get the feeling, and then I played several factions, mostly Eastern, no barbarians.
Now I'm back to the Romans and am trying Scipii. It's about 30 years into the campaign, I own Sicilia, North Africa all the way to Kyrene (Cyrenaika) where only one last Numidian settlement seperates me from the Egyptians. In the west I took Corduba, Carthago Nova and Orca(?). Carthaginians are destroyed.
It's actually more fun than I thought. The Roman armies are so different from what I'm used to play. The battles are more infantry-based. And that's actually where my problems begin, apart from some economic mismanaging. Just when I got used to using Hastatii and Principes some guy named Marius starts to reform my Empire. WTF, couldn't he have asked me first? ~;)
Just when I took Corduba in a really tough battle, I loose the possibility to retrain my depleted units. The Spanish laugh at me, seeing that I'm stranded there with this joke remnant of an invasion force: 1 8* General, 4 TownW, 4 half-sized Hastatii, 2 half-sized Equites, 1 Archer unit of 13men, 1 slinger unit of 24men, 1 16men BarbMercs, 1 30men Scutarii, 1 8men unit Principes. First thing to do in Corduba was to repair the wooden wall. Just in time before a Spanish army parked right on the front lawn: 5!! Generals (6* leader) + 5 Naked Fanatics, 4 Iberian Inf, 2 BullWarriors and 3-4 Scutarii. :help:
I would almost say that this was one of the largest and best-led army I met in this game. I was really afraid to loose my best General. In the 5 or 6 following turns before reinforcements arrived, I sallied two times against this superior army and managed to lift the siege. Public order was so low that the settlement rebelled just before my reinforcements arrived. When I first conquered it, the population was only enslaved so there're about 13k left in that town. Not easy to oppress. The city was retaken and exterminated. It's a bit more quiet now but the spanish are still strong and march again on Corduba.
How do others cope with the reforms when they occur at an uncomfortable time? Any similar experiences?
I guess I've got to do a lot of disbanding and keep quiet for a few years to restock my armies, right? Another option would be to collect all old units and merge them into one invasion army while you build new ones at home.
R'as