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He's turning 70 and I am really going to miss him. My faction leader and conquerer of Greece, destroyer of Macedon.
In his life time he took almost every Greek city. A massive retinue, a ton of excellent traits. I am wondering if I should get another worthy general in his city to transfer some of that star-studded retinue...I want to but it just doesn't seem right.http://home.comcast.net/~azatogg/Vibius_the_Butcher.jpg
I symphatize with you man. Once, I too, had a faction leader who seemed to be a god himself. He held the office of Pontifex Maximus for 2 terms, conquered Carthage and Numidia, managed to get the Egyptians to agree to becoming a protectorate of the family of Scipii and destroyed both Macedon and the Greek cities in one fell swoop. Need I mention that the people of Rome love him?
As for those retinues, they might prove to be of better use to his successors. Think of it as passing down the skills and knowledge of a great man.
Take lots of screen shots of him in action whilst you can and……
…write his life story up.
That way, he’ll never be far away.
He looks healthy for a 69 year-old. No worries, you can share another 10 years with Vibius. Except a Samrmatian arrow hits him in the eye or a Seleukid elephant decides to trample on his fancy helmet....
I love this kind of "character role playing" a lot. I really am getting sad/mad if i loose one of my beloved, , occansional drinking, bloody-handed and freakin´dangerous warmongers.
I've never had "the butcher" as a nickname.
Always "Victor", "The Cunning", "Bloody-handed", but never "the Butcher".
I once had an Aurelius "The Mad", I loved his speeches at the beginning of a battle. He always said something like: "nobody likes to be here, I would prefer to be at my mother's house, but oh well, since we're here, let's get started" :)
He was useless as a governor and as a general (all his traits together gave him a total of -7 command and, if I remember it correct - 3 management) and he had no influence (also - x).
But I loved him.
Unfortunately he died heroically in battle at the age of 22 ~:mecry: .
Strange, how one can get attached to a computer generated character...
I only wish- for faction leaders and exceptional generals, there was a more detailed character card that would still be accesable after his death. Something that listed all the normal stuff + battles won/lost, cities taken, accomplishments etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seedexodus
I might just do that. Back when he was just a general defending from the first macadonian attacks, I remember thinking, "This guy is mad and is going to conquer all of macadonia and put their people to the sword"...and he did.Quote:
Originally Posted by Braden
lol can you really tell much from what they look like? He still fights good too. Fearsome. Three chevrons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Subedei
I was going to retire him in the former macadonian capital but decided to pair him with a younger general who has potential and have them both lead stacks to conquer gaul and spain. Kind of like what Caesar was planning with Octavius in Africa and Hispania.
Well every city he conquered he put the people to the sword. The resulting torrent of blood tends to cleanse the streets of squalor so the town may rise anew. I think Vibius would see this more as proper hygene than as any kind of sadism.Quote:
Originally Posted by AndresTheCunning
lol...seriously? I find thatdespite the sometimes generic repetition of some parts, the speeches are generaly worth listening to.Quote:
I once had an Aurelius "The Mad", I loved his speeches at the beginning of a battle. He always said something like: "nobody likes to be here, I would prefer to be at my mother's house, but oh well, since we're here, let's get started" :)
Hahaha the cool thing about RTW is that they can pull off that kind of comedy without making the game its self silly. Those characters are as much fun as the expert ones.Quote:
He was useless as a governor and as a general (all his traits together gave him a total of -7 command and, if I remember it correct - 3 management) and he had no influence (also - x).
Ya it is strange. But considering you spend hours playing their roles, its not really unexpected.Quote:
But I loved him.
Unfortunately he died heroically in battle at the age of 22 ~:mecry: .
Strange, how one can get attached to a computer generated character...
That would be an awesome addition to RTW. Kind of like a more detailed family history rather than the usual(and crappy) info when you point at their photos in the family tree(like: Born 253 bc-died 22bc). Another thing would be to add more info about the classic battles(the ones represented by crossed swords on the campaign map). As of now, all they do when you point at them is show you who the lose and victor are, not the unit compositon nor the quantity of units involved. Would anyone out there know if this is possible? My modding skills are non-existent and I probably wouldn't even know where to look at.Quote:
Originally Posted by GottMitUns
These titles depend upon your style of play.
I frequently get 'the cunning' due to spy use. 'Victor' due to combat.
In a defensive campaign lasting many years Ive used assassins for the first time. And used them a lot. The faction leader became 'the killer' and later 'the cold hearted'. Had not seen these before.
I agree with GottMitUns and Seedexodus, I would love the ability to see the accomplishments of the past greats on the family tree.Quote:
That would be an awesome addition to RTW. Kind of like a more detailed family history rather than the usual(and crappy) info when you point at their photos in the family tree(like: Born 253 bc-died 22bc). Another thing would be to add more info about the classic battles(the ones represented by crossed swords on the campaign map). As of now, all they do when you point at them is show you who the lose and victor are, not the unit compositon nor the quantity of units involved.
Some of the Generals and Faction Leaders are real triumphs, and its a waste to end up just a greyed out face on a family tree.
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Originally Posted by bedlam28
Second that....give every royal family a mausoleum, where you can read things like "Victor of bla", "Defender of blabla" and things like that....
That would be a great addition indeed! I would certainly love it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Subedei
The only problem right now is how to implement that. Does anyone know of any mod that does this? Or is this even possible?
My best general was "Theages the cold-hearted"...formerly "the-mighty" with him, i conquered the italian pininsula, sicily, and most of the greeks. He had superiopr attacker and defender, and his command was in the roof. I was playing the carthaginians...but that was deleted about 6 months ago.
he died in his late fifties of a plauge in athens~:(
im gonna look into that...hopefully i dont have to edit...gulp...the triggersQuote:
Originally Posted by Seedexodus
on second thought, i dont even know where to begin lokking...maybe you should ask a moderator.
mausoleums etc....awesome ideas. Even some famous quotes.
about the crossed swords, it would be great if you could right click them to bring up the recorded battle. All "great battles" should be recorded and available fro reveiw at those crossed swords or in the hypothetical mausoleums.
It is no joke that some Romans built magnificent family mausoleums, pseudo-museums.
Examples:
Mausoleum of emperor Hadrian
Mausoleum of Augustus
Good images and more detailed information on both as well as other Roman mausoleums
Mausoleums as building types? As in "faction mausoleum"?
Well I'd love to see that, since I actually don't want to lose my Marcus the Mighty with 10 command stars and 10 influence.
I agree with you that the heroic battles should contain more information, like the unit quantity before and after the battle. Bringing up the whole recorded battle would take too much space I think. Seeing that there are lots of heroic battle sites on my campaign map
In my current game as the greeks, i now have Dionsios the Navigator. I think he was called that because his ship won against overwhelming odds. He gets a 5 star command bonus in naval battles. He was formerly Dionsios the Conquerer, mighty, coldhearted, handsome, ect. He has ten of command, management, and influence...beat part is...hes only in his late 30s!
i can prove it to you when i can take a screen shot without getting a plain black picture. i checked it out in the layers feature, and evidently its only taking the backround image.
https://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l...Great/0005.jpg
Evidently i spelled his name wrong in the last post...but alas, here is my greatest general, conqueror of the italian pininsula and sicily.
and since the image turned out so well, ill show you the rest of his traits
https://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l...Great/0003.jpg
https://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l...Great/0004.jpg
a question i just have to ask. how is there the spartan gaurd guy and triarii, pharoahs bowmen, and horsearchers for what, the greeks? just wondering if this is a specific mod, or if you did it in your free time?
nvm, i read your signiture thing, and now see where they come from.
Wow that's a great general, consider yourself lucky since it's hard to get all 3 to 10. I always have 2 to 10 and 1 to 4/5 (mostly management) if I'm lucky.
Now that's a great character!
Oh no my Marcus the Mighty died at the age of 55.. I expected him to live longer. Too bad there aren't any mausoleums
Alexander the Cold-hearted:
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He conquered all of Asia Minor, and parts of Scythia.
He had the titles the Conqueror, the Butcher, the Might, and now the Cold-hearted.
btw, does anyone know if it's possible to change the age of a living family member?
aggg! I installed the patch, and im unable to use Dionsyios the Navigator...
@Roy- that's one heck of a character you've got there!
@Motep- how can you not use him? Is he the only family member that you're unable to use? Or is it that your saved game did not work with the patch? If it's the latter, I also had the same problem back then. I downloaded 1.2 and it crashed my game so I had to buy BI(a good investment by itself, nevertheless) and settle only for v1.3.