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Man, I would love to randomly send an army to conquer some ridiculously out of the way place. Maybe both of the Crimean settlements or even all of Britain before Gaul has been controlled. It would be very fun, challenging, and risking failure and death. I can't imagine how anyone could possibly get the authority to get that passed in the Senate though.Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
Rome will stand by its allies surely ? So let's go get some allies !Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCow
For Britian you will need some serious firepower, a mere legion won't do. They have 20K guys waiting on the beaches.
Nothing wrong with role-playing Varus. :surrender:Quote:
Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds
Do I understand you correctly, are you volunteering for a suicide mission? Well, when I'm in charge, every mission is a suicide mission! :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCow
Hell, that last one almost was. 46% casualties before the Chirugeon did his work.
Just a note that the report has been updated with the day's activities. It's merely an edit, so you could miss it.
I've got a spice merchant in my retinue, and I've been pondering how I can get the Senate to back my ambitions to control the silk road - Roman provinces all the way from Asia Minor to the Indian Ocean! :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCow
Certainly as time goes on, a Pompey Magnus here, a Julius Caeser there would make things more interesting. Maybe even a Crassus ~;)
Mission number one: Troy! Romulus is supposed to be descended from Trojans, after all. That would be great, unless of course the Selucids or Egyptians have it.
But what's wrong with starting a war here or there, eh?
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By the way, Tincow, you could change it from one Roman for five Greeks to SIX greeks.
And econ, in the senate deliberations topic, you just put 'will of the senate', without the 'the will of the senate' :tongue:
I enabled RTR mod, and when I try to lunch it, it crashes after reaching the loading screen.. Any thoughts?Quote:
Originally Posted by econ21
Did you delete the map.rwm files ?
From where ?? From the new folder created in MODS folder, or in the original system files.
Not sure how that mod-swapper works. Delete all the map.rwm on your computer then (use the windows search thingie), no exceptions.
When you start a new campaing a new map.rwm file will be created (a 'correct' one), so don't look suprised if it reappears.
Als turn on the show_err option when starting. As in RomeTW.exe -show_err.
EDIT : Also, move your old saves to another storage folder. RTW always loads the last save when it loads.
Just a note to congratulate FLYdude on his First Consul reports. It is really good as a participant to be given regular updates like this - hearing about the large Macedonian army menacing us when it happens is so much better than hearing about it long after the event.
Also, good job on the battle report, TinCow. I really like how in RTR the AI can provide a good scrap. I recently went back to vanilla, playing Alexander and then Carthage, and I was shocked at how quickly the AI folds - it seems to rout within seconds of meeting your line. In RTR, it is so much more satisfying.
BTW, have we reduced the number of slingers on the Massila ford - 4 is just unsporting and against the historical armies houserule?
Yesterday was playing my H/VH campaign and was getting ready to roll up the last full strength Gaul army. The battle was in full swing and I was wondering where the Gaul King was hiding out, when suddenly out of the woods BEHIND my lines rides the Gaul King leading about 200 heavy cavalry in full charge :viking:
I won, but I lost quite a few men :laugh4:
Sometimes, just sometimes, the AI pulls a beauty. Teach me for underestimating the AI.
By the way, anyone figure out yet how to turn your Legate with 20 years of military service into a Praetor ?
EDIT : now 2.5 slingers left at Massilia
Fighting 'civilized' factions is not remotely like fighting barbarian factions. Even regular hoplites have decent armor and their tight formation and high morale make them fight nearly to the death unless you shock them into a rout. Since all enemy general seem to get a command bonus that the player doesn't, that usually means that after a long combat, you can break them by removing the general's bonus (by removing the general) and by cavalry charges. Chain routs continue to work well too.Quote:
Also, good job on the battle report, TinCow. I really like how in RTR the AI can provide a good scrap. I recently went back to vanilla, playing Alexander and then Carthage, and I was shocked at how quickly the AI folds - it seems to rout within seconds of meeting your line. In RTR, it is so much more satisfying.
That said, none of these will work unless the enemy has already been under prolonged pressure or are horribly outnumbered. The shock of a charge and/or general's death usually isn't enough to drop them down into a rout unless they're already a few notches down.
RTR did a great job with the battles. Even if we still win all the time, the battles are much longer.
Yep. Move him into a city so that he loses the Legate trait (becomes Former Legate). Then move him out onto an infantry unit. As long as he has an army banner of some kind (if he has none, a Field Army should appear after one turn) then he will become a Praetor. Keep in mind though that there are a limited number of Praetor positions. You get one Praetor for every 10 provinces (rounded up I think). If one of your guys won't acquire the trait for some reason, check to see how many territories you have and how many Praetors already exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds
Could someone upload a picture of the world map with FoW off or tell me if Troas (should have the capital of Pergamum) is Greek/Macedonian please? If it's not called Pergamum, just look for the settlement on the other side of the Bosphorus, part of modern day Turkey. It controls the entrance to the Bosphorus from the Mediterranean.
Cheers
It's bound to be the Ptolemaic empire (Egypt).
In Spring 264, it was controlled by Seleucia. There are no Greek or Macedonian provinces outside of the Balkans. Nearly all of Asia Minor is controlled by Seleucia with a few Ptolomaic possessions on the coasts. I can't see any differences between now and the 265 map in the Library.
TYVM.
I guess I shouldn't propose a motion to annex it just yet, should I?
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Our fleet would never get there alive :~)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius
Just had my entire fleet annihalated during my abortive invasion of Palma in my own campaign. Those Cartheginians are a tough nut to crack on H/VH. Luckily I managed to get my men of safely in Spain.
Thanks TinCow, finally got Tiberius Coruncanius into a Praetor, and Lucius Aemilius, while still a Legate has made it to Infantry Commander of Genius. He got himself surrounded in Spain and had to fight his way out, which really knocked up a lot of heroic victories.
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I seem to be building lots and lots of temples, it seems to be the fastest and quickest way to supress unrest. Only after I've build all the shrines do I start to build occupations and so on.
Which is great for role play purposes ~;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds
Seems like I'm not alone then. ~:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Death the destroyer of worlds
I looked through the historical events that occur in-game and there's not much that would give us an excuse to make some crazy expedition. It would also have to be somewhat reasonable for the people proposing it. For example, I'm sure I could come up with an in-character reason for attempting an expedition to Scandanavia or Britain, but I don't think I'd be able to stump for a Bactrian objective given my current character.
Too bad our resident insane family member doesn't post much. He could come up with all kinds of interesting things!
The best way to create a 'reason' is for us to make as many alliances as possible. When one nation declares war we are bound to get involved and be forced to send an expeditonary force to satisy Roman honour :2thumbsup:
The Romans were always interfering in local wars. They really understood 'balance of power' and 'realpolitik'.
That was an absolutely brilliant battle report, Tincow. I gotta think of more unusual situations to send you into.
It seems your avatar has grown old, TinCow. ~;) You're gonna need to change your posting avatar as well I think.
TinCow, I think you'll have to upload it yourself if you want to update the avatar, since the old ones aren't choices.
By the way, can't I give a reason? I am a gladiatoral fan after all, and some exotic re-enactments of our Trojan forebears with lousy enslaved Greeks would definitely be interesting to my character ~;)
Very entertaining TinCow, it seems your nickname the Orater is well deserved.
By the way, is it possible to upload an avatar ? I thought I had to wait untill I posted 600 times so I could select it from the avatar library. If so, could someone please describe how it is done ?
EDIT : Also, how do you make the character sheet appear without recruitement windows covering half the traits and ancilliaries ?
Rhyming words with Preatoria is hard.
Put the guy on a ship or in a fort and then view him. When I update all of the characters in the library, I just piled them all out of their cities and build forts everywhere to save on photoshop time.Quote:
EDIT : Also, how do you make the character sheet appear without recruitement windows covering half the traits and ancilliaries ?
Can I be a general now? My charcater, Sextus Antio, is getting boring. I'm willing to take whatever's available.
OK, I'll have a look at the latest savegame and see if we've gotten any new generals. Do you want to stay in the Upper House or have you managed to install the mod?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ignoramus