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Well, at least this will give me time to prepare a decent manifesto.
You are right of course, but I got used to waiting for your regular post in the in character thread before acting. My 'real' life is very hectic and I tend to forget the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
Cute idea about the triumvate, but I wonder if we could have agreed on the number of sides of a square :laugh4: This would probably have sparked the first PBeM civil war :laugh4:
I had it all worked out. You would have been assigned Gaul and TinCow Greece, I would have been the spider in the web in Roma. You could have taken on the Iberians with the Consular I Army and TinCow could have fought the Macedonians and the Greeks with, say, 2 units of Italian spearmen :eyebrows: .Quote:
Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds
It seems that am the only one who voted NO to all the motions except the last.. Feels lonely here ~:(
Very funny econ21 :laugh4:
In the frantic debates in the senate my OOC motions seem to have been overlooked :
Motion OOC 1 : Acting consuls that have been awarded a triumph will be awarded with the Roman Hero trait. If they already posses this trait, the Hero trait will be increased to National Hero. If they already posses that trait, the trait will be increased to Legendary Hero.
Motion OOC 2 : As a reward for his great role playing Augustus Verginius is awarded with the trait 'Despises Trouser-wearers', to accentuate his hatred for the barbarians.
Your thoughts, gentlemen and ladies ?
EDIT : x-dANGEr, I voted no to at least one motion, I believe. So you're not completely alone ~;)
I definitely like the idea of making 'triumphs' mean something concrete. Traits are the perfect way of doing this. The hero line is certainly a possibility on this one that could be used, but I would prefer a trait that is less likely to already be earned by the player. As it is, all first consuls end up campaigning a great deal and all campaigning generals end up with at least the first level of the hero trait. I'll take a look through the trait list and see if I see anything else that could work.
Skimming through the traits, the only two possibilities seem to be the hero and the vanquisher lines of traits. I would think the latter slightly more appropriate (EB have a trait that gives give +3 influence for a triumph) but I guess many people who get a triumph will hit the influence cap. Maybe give the recipient the choice of either of these? (Either the basic trait or to the next level if the general already has started along this line).
I've no objection to TinCow getting that anti-trouser trait if he wants it, although the paranoid Quintus is not sure Verginius actually hates smelly barbarians, as opposed to pretending to hate them, so he can get Senate approval to plunder all their cities. ~;)
We should remember to propose TinCow a triumph in the interim session.
Traits : The vanquisher line of traits is much easier to get than the hero line of traits. It is easy to become a Local or Popular Hero, but reaching Roman Hero is very hard to get, and those beyond require countless heroic victories to get (I only had one Legendary Hero once in dozens of campaigns, and Roman Hero's were very rare. In contrast to this I've seen hundreds of Great Vanquishers and Conquerors). See the Miniguide to your Generals command trait increasing for an analysis of how hard to get some traits are.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
Trouser trait : You know you want it, TinCow :laugh4:
Triumph : Definitely, my mistake for proposing it too late, but then again, I'm not the only senator here, aren't I ? I felt it would be a bit 'inappropriate' for Lucius to be the one to propose the triumph considering his fierce opposition.
Hate to be a pain and go off topic, but can I direct you to: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...05#post1182605
Where I have some technical questions. If I get them resolved I can start looking at taking part in this game actively, and I just know that TinCow and/or Econ21 will know the answers!
:2thumbsup:
Sorry, Braden - I don't know anything about Nvidia graphics cards and RTW. I use an Radeon 9800 PRO and according to Beirut, who has the same card, it runs all the latest games adequately, which fits my observation.
Just a warning to PBMers: it is best not to visit the RTR forums right now. They were hacked and although back up running, my anti-virus went crazy yesterday detecting trojans etc and the same today. Other people here are reporting the same experience.
Hiya Braden,
Been a long time since I checked out the recent cards, but I vaguely recall that the Nvidia 256Mb 6600LE performed badly, especially with RTW. Then again, I might be completely wrong. I got a GeForce 9600 myself, which performs quite well, but is on the lower end of performance I'd want. I recommend checking the offical RTW forum's rech support section. There is the info you need. I didn't have time to look today, but perhaps tomorrow.
Hackers of RTR forums should be throw of the Tarpeian Rock in my opinon. It was working again yesterday, but it crashed again today.
On a positive note, the current dutch goverment, which I greatly disliked, has fallen today and I am getting lots of inspiration for the senate debates :laugh4:
The 6600LE will slow down on max settings on Huge unit size. That said, it will play the game perfectly decently with nice graphics.
Nice to see you've made a quick start on the First Consul reports, FLYdude. :2thumbsup:
I've got a feeling the Macedonians will pounce on Antigonea if given half the chance. We have to autoresolve if it is not held by a Lower House member, although I would be very cautious about leaving a Lower House member in an unwalled border settlement with a small army.
Maybe Verginius's army being nearby will deter the Macedonians since we are not at war with them. Strong border forces tended to deterr war in earlier Total War games. But in RTW, at least when war comes, in my experience the AI is positively foolhardy in the kind of battles it is willing to risk. It could be much improved if it were programmed not to attack unless it has a clear edge.
Thanks for the Info regarding technical stuff. I’ve been forced to post here as this is the ONLY total war related website I can access from work.
I have yet to get a net connection at home so can’t visit the .com or the .org’s home page etc.
The 6600LE is currently sold out just about everywhere, and I can understand why – its cheap. I can’t quite get my head around why it should perform so badly on Rome as the 6600 chipset is Nvidia’s “flagship” of late. I can only assume its the rest of the card that lets it down somewhat.
For those who’ve not visited the Tech section here – I have two games I play (will play), Rome and eventually RTR and World of Warcraft.
This is what I use my PC almost exclusively for so need upgrades for these really, with a main focus on Rome and RTR as any “slowdown” etc on WoW is more likely due to bandwidth than PC issues these days.
Back on Topic (again, apologies for a fast hijack), I don’t know how you managed it FlyDude! So fast and well presented. Macedon is sure to launch an attack with both those armies in a season or two and its certain we’ll not get any alliances with anyone due to the poor diplomatic AI – though for IC reasons we have to keep trying.
I can see the Republic owning the Balkans and perhaps even touching Asia-Minor and Thrace within three Consulships!
Well, the 6800 256 definitely performs very well on pretty much everything out there and it's only a little over $100 USD. It won't hold up to next-gen games, but no card in that price range will. I personally don't plan on upgrading from my 6800 until Crysis comes out. MTW2 should run perfectly find on it.
Ooopppss...forgot to mention, I'm limited to only AGPx8 cabable cards as my motherboard has not PCI-E slots....which is a real shame as I've just found a 6600GT for only £58.99!!
Come on everyone, cut the video card talk.
It is time for some debate!
Still want to encourage Econ21 to drop Quintus as an Avatar during this Consulship.
What's everyones opinion on that? Its not my idea but I seem to have been the only one to support it so far.
I'm going to try and push the Republic in to some serious conflict with Greece and Macedon in the next two consulships myself - we could do with some more "desperate" battles like Apolloina (sp) to help excite the game up at bit.
I feel that econ21 should be the judge of that himself. (By the way, in my own campaign he passed away at just 61 ! So much for his hale and hearthy trait).Quote:
Originally Posted by Braden
Shall we say that if an avatar is over 60 years old you are allowed to ask for a new one and make the 'old geezer' a governor somewhere ?
I believe the modal age for senior citizenship is 65 ~;)
Good idea TinCow, how about an in-game ruling:
Any player of the Lower House who’s Avatar has reached the age of 65 can request a replacement Avatar to use. Such Avatars will be allocated as the Youngest active Avatar available.
…..how does that sound?
I'll hold on to Quintus. I've had a very good crack at the whip and the life cycle we have got going with avatars (under 30, people putting in the time to get to legate before assuming an independent command; 60+ people retiring to be governors) seems a good way of sharing the gameplay out among Lower House members.
As the Republic grows, I think we can find more opportunities for Apollonia type missions and hence more chances for Lower House members to get some of the action. Looking at the history of Rome, they often did seem to have their fingers in many different pies. In one RTR Rome campaign, I sent a spoiling expedition to Asia Minor as the Seleucids were getting to strong. Campaigning that far from home, with huge disloyal settlements, was challenging. We could also think of idiosyncratic missions - an expedition to the Crimea to recruit Samartian auxiliaries, for example. Or a march down the silk road to control the trade there etc. I like DDWs idea of getting into entangling alliances to justify such interventions, although we may have to bite the bullet in terms of what we have to pay to get alliances.
I am going to assign Gnaeus Hordeonius to Silver Rusher in the Upper House for the time being. I know there are other Upper House members more senior, but they have not posted much and Silver Rusher seems to be our most active participant without an avatar. If he wants to run for First Consul soon, maybe he can trade Gnaeus for Tricky_Lady's avatar as discussed. However, I would like him to install the mod and successfully load up a savegame first before I make that trade (I want to avoid the kind of delays etc that have frustrated other PBMs).
Woo, thanks econ21
Gnaeus Hordeonius has just fought his first battle alongside Lucius Aemilius at the river crossing at Massilia.
River crossing at Massilia? More Gauls no doubt. If they weren't Gauls then this is serious.
By the way, about the seniority issue. Can we have a rule where if they don't post for say, a week after getting their avatar (or voting for first consul or motions) newer, more active members take priority for the avatar? I think it's quite unfair if a new guy can't get one and someone else got an avatar years ago but doesn't post.
More Gauls, don't worry, we didn't lose a signle trooper and killed over 400 of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Silver Rusher
I will leave the distribution of avatars to econ21's digression.
OOops!
Apperantly, I don't have the needed space on my PC (Am back home :D ) to make 2 copies of RTW. So, where is that mod switcher tool that I can use?
Thanks.
I believe the mod swapper is here, but I've never used it:
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=34559