Senate missions in RTW1.3 - variety at last!

[gmjapan]

Been playing RTW since installing BI to try out the Roman Factions in the new game and the Senate missions seem far improved!!

In 1.2 I would only every get thje initial "take settlement" followed by infinite "block port" missions and the occassion "take settlement" mixed in once or twice.

Now I get everything in the mix! Send a diplomat, get a trade agreement, get their map details, we must know more about this faction, etc etc. It makes it so much better to play and not just cringe when a senate mission appears thinking "which flippin port do I have to blockade now?" (and its usually someone you just got a ceasefire with). Hoo-rah!

Also, for the first time playing RTW, other factions nearly beat me to their (short campaign) goals. Not just one faction, but three!! I was Brutii and Julii, Egypt and Thrace came up within a turn of each other in the message "your honour as a roman is about to blah, blah, blah". I still won but boy did I feel the pressure!

Thank you CA, that was ace fun!!

[Sleepy]

Weird cos in 1.2 in the mid game I would get the occaisonal obtain map, obtain trade rights or obtain peace missions. I'd also get kill so and so missions especially if I'd gone on an assasination spree recently.

[Ja'chyra]

Senate missions really spoil the game for me, that why I like mods that take the senate out of the game altogether.

[Prodigal]

I think this was posted somewhere else but can't find it now...When I launch straight RTW with BI install, it boots out to desktop, anyone point me in the right direction for a fix/what I'm doing wrong thread please?

[LestaT]

I think this was posted somewhere else but can't find it now...When I launch straight RTW with BI install, it boots out to desktop, anyone point me in the right direction for a fix/what I'm doing wrong thread please?

Do you use the BI cd to play RTW ?

So far re-playing as Julii (been quite a while after RTR sessions) I always ignore senate orders unless it comes in my way. Wondering if it sppeds up the civil war.

[gmjapan]

I think this was posted somewhere else but can't find it now...When I launch straight RTW with BI install, it boots out to desktop, anyone point me in the right direction for a fix/what I'm doing wrong thread please?

My RTW used to do that after I installed BI. I had to reinstall the media format 9 (or whatever its called) from the Rome disc1. It has ran okay after that.
I did have a problem with BI crashing to desktop when I made a faction appear (eg. Romano-Brits) but that was because I hadnt updated my nForce drivers. Oops. Sorted now though. Hope that helps.

[Veresov]

Been playing RTW since installing BI to try out the Roman Factions in the new game and the Senate missions seem far improved!!

In 1.2 I would only every get thje initial "take settlement" followed by infinite "block port" missions and the occassion "take settlement" mixed in once or twice.

Now I get everything in the mix! Send a diplomat, get a trade agreement, get their map details, we must know more about this faction, etc etc. It makes it so much better to play and not just cringe when a senate mission appears thinking "which flippin port do I have to blockade now?" (and its usually someone you just got a ceasefire with). Hoo-rah!

Also, for the first time playing RTW, other factions nearly beat me to their (short campaign) goals. Not just one faction, but three!! I was Brutii and Julii, Egypt and Thrace came up within a turn of each other in the message "your honour as a roman is about to blah, blah, blah". I still won but boy did I feel the pressure!

Thank you CA, that was ace fun!!

Yes, I find this enjoyable as well. 1.3 really makes RTW fun again.