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[Alexanderofmacedon]

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[Diurpaneus]

This is my actualy Julii campaign.I'm waiting for the people's symphaty to take Rome...then the rest of the Italy including Sicilia....and after that i will march against the rest of the world

As you can see some of the factions are doing very well

Now i'm at War with Germania,Numidia,Egypt
I have allied with the Greeks Cities to help them against Brutii

Germania in every turn are attacking me with large numerous armies but i'm good enough to resist them though they have the best units (chosen axemen,night raiders,chosen archers)

Parthia too is well developed...with huge and epic stone walls...cataphracts,elephants..etc

However what can I do to have the people's sumphaty sooner ? I ignored all senates's missions and still no approval from the plebes ?

https://img143.imageshack.us/img143/76/untitled1024x7686sr.th.jpg (https://img143.imageshack.us/my.php?image=untitled1024x7686sr.jpg)

[YAKOBU]

Hi Diurpaneus ~:wave:

I think your problem is that you have not expanded enough. Start taking and occupying some more settlements and you will gain approval from the plebs. From your screenshot it appears that you have just taken a few settlements then settled down to build up your small empire until the Marius reforms.

:charge:

[Diurpaneus]

Yes.That's right...those settlements are strategic ones....I want to build there many strong legions wich I can begin conquering

All my settlements have army baracks,catapult ranges and hippodroms
As you can see in Carthage I will train 2-3 full stack legions wich I will march against Numidia and Egypt

In Mediolanum I will train 3-4 full stack legions and I will march in the west to conquer Spain and Britannia

In Patavium I will also train 2-3 legions to conquer Greek Cities

And In Arretium I will train the legions needed for the civil wars.

But I won't do any of these moves until I will have the approval of the plebes..I want to take Itlay first and then the rest

Anyway...Almost all settlements on the map have advanced army baracks level in wich i can retrain units

[Alexanderofmacedon]

The only problem with building up large armies before invasions is that you have no new settlements income to fund these operations. Don't let it get too large without attacking settlements, or else you'll have some money troubles. Instead of making so many new units, maybe make a peasant unit for each settlement and bring all garrison units to the front?

[YAKOBU]

I think you misunderstand, you will not get approval from the plebs until you start expanding. You cannot wait for this approval before expanding.

:charge:

[Diurpaneus]

Too bad....I wanted to take Italy first and then to march against other factions...It seems this Is not possible...Then I have no choice and I must begin expanding.
Thanks!

[Telys]

Too bad....I wanted to take Italy first and then to march against other factions...It seems this Is not possible...Then I have no choice and I must begin expanding.
Thanks!
I felt the same way, always wanting to control the italian peninsula before expanding. The only way to do this is force the civil war by attempting multiple assassinations on senate family members. Usually after the second attempt they will outlaw you.

[Diurpaneus]

I tryed that many times...Ive sended loads of assassins against roman factions...some succeded and some were killed but they dont declare war to me!!!!! I dont quite understand...If the assassin was cought and killed...why the romans dont declared war ?:dizzy2:

[Telys]

I tryed that many times...Ive sended loads of assassins against roman factions...some succeded and some were killed but they dont declare war to me!!!!! I dont quite understand...If the assassin was cought and killed...why the romans dont declared war ?:dizzy2:
Hmm, Im not sure, it always works for me. What version of the game are you using?

[Diurpaneus]

i patched 1.2 , 1.3, 1.5 ...but I'm not sure that is 1.5....because in the main menu...in the right corner says Vers.1.3

[Telys]

i patched 1.2 , 1.3, 1.5 ...but I'm not sure that is 1.5....because in the main menu...in the right corner says Vers.1.3
You must have not installed it at after extracting it, or something along those lines. I pretty much stuck with 1.2, I've tried 1.3 and 1.5 but I never liked BI and those patches were trying to change rtw into it, or atleast thats how I felt. That may be the reason why you cant force the civil war.

[Avicenna]

Try to assassinate family members instead of low ranking members of the faction (ie everything else). If you get caught trying to assassinate a low ranking SPQR captain, you won't be outlawed, but you probably would if you got caught trying to get rid of the Pontifex Maximus.

[Viking]

A successfull Saxon campaign, and odd Berber AI behaviour.

https://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9797/scsht0wr.th.jpg (https://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scsht0wr.jpg)

[Garvanko]

Nice work, Viking! Saxons are a great faction to play. Might go back to BI once I finish my Brutii campaign.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

A successfull Saxon campaign, and odd Berber AI behaviour.

https://img90.imageshack.us/img90/9797/scsht0wr.th.jpg (https://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=scsht0wr.jpg)

What the heck? The Berbers have one and a half stacks way over there? That's very strange.

My last BI campaign was a Saxon campaign and it looked about like yours does when I ended. Go Saxony!:2thumbsup:

[Dutch_guy]

Yeah the Berbers like to do that, they once had something like 3 stacks roaming through my Sassanid lands, freaky... but I did let them stay there - as they didn't ..well do anything at all.

Good to see one of these threads in the Colosseum, good job Alexanderofmacedon:2thumbsup:

:balloon2:

[Glaucus]

I felt the same way, always wanting to control the italian peninsula before expanding. The only way to do this is force the civil war by attempting multiple assassinations on senate family members. Usually after the second attempt they will outlaw you.

you can play as SQPR, then you can attack the other romans, since your not bound the same way as the romans are to the SPQR. I played as them once for that reason, I liked controling all of italia and attacking gaul, carthage, and greece at the same time.

[Barbarossa82]

I couldn't help myself...

https://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4868/charge4uu.th.jpg (https://img410.imageshack.us/my.php?image=charge4uu.jpg)

[Zalmoxis]

It's good but maybe something like "Let him go, I hate that guy." from one of the soldiers would be better, at least for me.

[Goalie]

https://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/Goalie19/spartansrule2.jpg

this is probably my favorite screen shot. I love spartans, notice the imposing row of onager in the background

[Cras]

i hate the onagers.... they always seem to fire a round or 2-3 in your own ranks...
having 10 there would be a dissaster.
I wonder.. I see your general icon is a man on a horse, I only see faces there in my game!

[Coldfish]

that's an officer...the army is not being leaded by an general.

[Alexanderofmacedon]

i hate the onagers.... they always seem to fire a round or 2-3 in your own ranks...
having 10 there would be a dissaster.
I wonder.. I see your general icon is a man on a horse, I only see faces there in my game!

If you dont have a general, it gives you a captain to lead. It usually picks a good unit to do that.

[Telys]

It looks like a custom battle. That is an armoured general unit. I only say this because when I play custom battles and pick a general unit the unit card shows the unit and not the general.

[Drusus Magnus]

I think it's online, look at the name of the "owner" of the troops.

[Barbarossa82]

I think it's online, look at the name of the "owner" of the troops.

That would explain how he ended up fighting a Senate/Armenia alliance - rare in campaigns!
Great screenshot by the way :2thumbsup:

[professorspatula]

I call this:

A GREEK TRAGEDY

My army of Julii march upon the last of the Greeks armies. I've drawn them out of their last remaining city, and although I expect victory to be assured, I'm prepared to face a defiant and desparate foe. However, what I was not expecting was for the Greeks to just sulk and refuse to fight. The Greeks, annoyed at having run out of plates to smash prior to the battle, turned their back on my fast approaching army and decided war wasn't for them and rather oddly awaited death to greet them. I don't know if this was a cunning ruse by the last of the Greek commanders: perhaps he thought that us being honourable Romans, wouldn't fight a defenceless foe, and that we'd perhaps just go home and come back another day when the Greeks had restocked on plates or something. Anyway, there was something good on the TV that my army wanted to get back to, so we wanted the battle out of the way and the Greeks would just have to die like the wimps they proved to be in the campaign. And so I gave the order to open fire with all the missiles I had and the Greeks fell one by one without raising a sword in further defiance. I'm thinking of removing all weapons from the Greeks in a future campaign so they die like this all the time.

https://img466.imageshack.us/img466/3806/greekidiots5hs.th.jpg (https://img466.imageshack.us/my.php?image=greekidiots5hs.jpg)

https://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8960/greekidiots23bu.th.jpg (https://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=greekidiots23bu.jpg)


This is the kind of AI that puts RTW up there with the best games of all time.

[Viking]

Haha. That`s awesome professorspatula. I`ve never experienced something like that before. :laugh4:

[Goalie]

yea that was an online battle, and your general in multiplayer is the first unit that you choose, even if they are peasants

[Avicenna]

Funny opponent, to actually try to take on a Spartan hoplite unit guarding a bridge with cavalry.

BTW, how do the Berbers even finance such a large army with their constant hostility towards Rome and 2 poor provinces?

[jimmy]

curbing roman expansion.~;) .

http://galleryjames.ukgrrls.co.uk/

[Severous]

Hi

RTW V1.5 No Mods.

Brutii just been outlawed by SPQR and the Julii dared to declare war.

These are from the Brutii assault on Julii Segesta in the winter of 250 BC

Barbarian mercenary cavalry orders were to flank the Julii army and cause havoc in the Julii rear. Ballistae artillery was the prime target. Attack went perfectly.
https://img367.imageshack.us/img367/2509/brutii250w180co.th.jpg (https://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii250w180co.jpg)
Killed the crew and went on to rout a dog handler unit.

One set of dogs is bad enough. Two sets would kill the Barbarian Cavalry for sure. The survivors beat a retreat for the safety of the Brutii lines up on the hill. Dogs chasing after.
https://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9113/brutii250w205dc.th.jpg (https://img367.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii250w205dc.jpg)


Come on then dogs.
https://img149.imageshack.us/img149/3054/brutii250w226xq.th.jpg (https://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii250w226xq.jpg)
Dogs will cause a few casualties.


Some time later..9 screenshots later..this shot made me laugh.
https://img524.imageshack.us/img524/7075/brutii250w312vn.th.jpg (https://img524.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii250w312vn.jpg)

[Goalie]

wardogs and mercenaries interesting choice of units

[Alexanderofmacedon]

How'd they get on their heads like that? Odd...

You pause it at exactly the time they all fell over? :idea2:

[Severous]

I have never charged velites before or at least very rarely. That was not a particulary powerful cavalry unit but it just demolished those light troops. Yes...standing on heads...head in sand?..just paused at the right instant as they were bowled over by the charge.

[Avicenna]

You managed to get outlawed already but you're still using equites?

The barbs scare the Romans while the cavalry persuade them to leave.

[Severous]

I am using
- Barbarian Mercenaries because I have the cash and hiring them prevents the Gaul having them. Can gets loads in this area of the world.
- Archers to kill from a distance. Patavium and Sparta produce these.
- Equites because thats all I can build.
Only Thessolonica can build the next Cavalry unit up, Cavalry Auxilla and they mostly go east.

I was building a force to fight Gaul and Equites are fine for that..especially experienced ones. Expect my campaign to finish before I can build any other type of unit.

https://img278.imageshack.us/img278/9272/brutii250w219xo.th.jpg (https://img278.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii250w219xo.jpg)
It was the AI who was using lots of Dogs in that battle. Its army was mostly Hastati and Dogs. I didnt have a single dog unit although I like one or two normally. Above is a novice Equite in position and about to race in from the flank to kill dog handlers and provoke more dogs into action. The main value of this attack was it disorganised the main Julii battle line as some infantry units broke ranks.

I to think Barbarians with a war cry intimidate the enemy. The main infantry clash in that battle was preceeded by 4 Barbarian units letting off a war cry before charging.
https://img269.imageshack.us/img269/157/brutii250w322io.th.jpg (https://img269.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii250w322io.jpg)
These exhausted Julii routed quickly.

[Avicenna]

If you're rich you might as well disband the almost-useless Barbarian mercs and get some Roman Infantry, some of the most powerful in the game. The Romans kill more quickly and demoralise with their pila volleys. They're also far more disciplined, and keeping your cash down keeps your family members from gaining unwanted traits such as 'Gourmet of Life' or 'Flexible'.

[Severous]

All true Tiberius. I have Principles now under construction in the only city that can build them..Thessolonica (again). A stream of Principles with some Hastati are making their way across Greece to Appolonia and the ferry that awaits them to Tarentum. The army that goes against Scipii will have more Roman infantry than the one above.

Barbarians with +8 (or is it +10) from the war cry are good enough for short sharp fights against low end tired Romans. I am not going to wait several turns to build my army...as thats exactly what the Romans will also be doing.

Change of theatre: Antioch
https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/8900/brutii249s39zc.th.jpg (https://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii249s39zc.jpg)
My first ever RTW fight against Egyptians ends well. They had beseiged my city and I sallied forth. Well sort of sallied forth.

I made my Thracian mercenaries stand in the door way so it was open and fired Scorpion bolts through the open door. When it ran out of ammo I put that same crew, better experience, onto the other Scorpion and used its ammo up. Got 78 Egyptians with the Scorpions (+3 Thracians in friendly fire)

With all my missile troops on the walls I sent cavalry units out to run along outside the walls. Egyptian chariots, cavalry, skirmishers and infantry all responded at one time or another and surged forward. As they did they came into range and were killed by shots from my troops and the wall towers. 743 kills before the Egyptians retreated from the battlefield. 534 kills were by my troops, 209 kills were by the wall towers.

Edit: Same turn and in the next city east of Antioch, in Hatra, the Seleucids would be wiped out. So would most of these Eastern Infantry I had fighting for me.
https://img257.imageshack.us/img257/9504/brutii249s40ur.th.jpg (https://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=brutii249s40ur.jpg)
These spearmen were not good enough to stand up to the Selucid king. 93 would fall in this battle before Roman cavalry sort out the King.

[Gaulgath]

I have officially started my Brutii campaign. ~:)

I've had some good battles recently. Here is what I have so far:

https://usera.imagecave.com/Gaulgath/brutiicampaign258.PNG

I recently had a great victory against the Gauls when they seiged Salona. They assaulted it, and outnubered me 2:5 (I think...) however, they consisted mainly of warbands. I placed all of men in the center, and I had a five star general I believe. The Gauls quickly bashed down the gate, and invaded with all of their troops. My town watch held firm, and soon a chain rout started, and I butchered the Gauls as they ran down the streets. What fun that was! :laugh4:

[Avicenna]

Sounds good, Gaulgath! Interesting how the Gauls can get all the way to Salona.

Severous: that is why it's always a bad idea to use Eastern Infantry or Barbarian Mercenaries: they're weak, expensive and rout easily.

[Viking]

Sounds good, Gaulgath! Interesting how the Gauls can get all the way to Salona.


They tend to be struggeling with Macedon in my campaigns. ~:) (Macedon usually have expanded a bit upwards, behind the Baltics)

[Alexanderofmacedon]

They're usually fighting Julii!:laugh4:

[gardibolt]

The only time Gaul attacks the Julii in my games is if I'm playing the Julii. Otherwise they just go for me. Vindictive little rascals.

[Avicenna]

Force them to attack the Julii by declaring war. This prevents them from getting too strong.

[Gaulgath]

Uh oh, my campaign isn't doing too well. I lost Salona AND Apolliana by a greek force that greatly outnumbered us. :no: Luckily the AI is too stupid to cross the ocean and attack our capital. :laugh4:

[Goalie]

Funny opponent, to actually try to take on a Spartan hoplite unit guarding a bridge with cavalry.

BTW, how do the Berbers even finance such a large army with their constant hostility towards Rome and 2 poor provinces?

Yea, he wasnt the brightest guy i have ever played against.

[dkdnt]

rare use of archers by seleukids.

https://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/dkdnt/zaalbumstrelci.jpg

one man to rule them all! i started this battle badly, as u can see by looking at my lost units. yes, i lost everyunit, leaving just my general, and that guy is insane, he slaughtered WRE army like a cake, too bad time run out or he could kill them all. :D
https://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/dkdnt/GENERAsdasfafL.jpg


and now, a quality, inevitable sssanid army.


https://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/dkdnt/ubergeneral.jpg

but for the end, one and only kataphrakt. boy i love them

https://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c51/dkdnt/katafrakt961.jpg