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    The Naked Rambler Member Roka's Avatar
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    Default ideas for an AAR

    have been considering doing an AAR for a while now, and i'm really just looking to see what the people of the forum would most like to see

    any ideas other than the four im currently pondering would be greatly appreciated

    so far im thinking either:

    a romani AAR: i have played and enjoyed many romani campaigns on various versions of EB but havent started one on 1.2 yet

    a ptolemaioi AAR: never played the ptolies and i dont see many ptolie AARs out there

    a casse AAR: had a moderately succesful casse campaign on version 1.1 and as with the ptolies dont see many casse AARs about

    a Kart-hadast AAR: same reason as the ptolies really

    so i ask you, what would you rather see?

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    Casse for me please. Never seen one before.

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    i'm leaning towards casse myself, however casse campaigns tend to take a long time to get going as you start off neutral to your surrounding independent tribes and as soon as oyu go to war with one, you go to war with them all.

    this leads to really aggressive AI from the rest of the tribes on the isles of tin, which means you are now in financial hardships.

    a period of maybe 5-6 years might be required purely building up the infrastructure in an attempt to be able to support any armies you are recruiting for the subjugation of the rest of britain

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    Voted for Casse.

    You can always play ahead to the future and only then write about what happened. Let's say you can put all of the infrastructure building in one chapter even if it took you 20 years to get there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Silence Hunter View Post
    Voted for Casse.

    You can always play ahead to the future and only then write about what happened. Let's say you can put all of the infrastructure building in one chapter even if it took you 20 years to get there.
    yeah that's what i was considering doing, i just mean that it's rather boring and tedious for me to play up until the point were I am ready for aggressive expansionist behaviour

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    its the ptolies for me, for the same reason you wrote
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    Quote Originally Posted by SwissBarbar View Post
    its the ptolies for me, for the same reason you wrote
    i've actually managed to persuade myself that a casse campagin would be a pain in the neck, and now thinking more along the lines of the ptolies, as i like the phalanx combat.

    however whatever the majority decision is on here i will go for

    unless it's decided that i should go makedonia, as i'm a good bit through my makedonian campaign and i don't want to start again to be perfectly honest

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    I voted Casse but I think that you should play a faction you like. If you don't like what you are doing then it's likely you will abandon the AAR.

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    Quote Originally Posted by julius_caesar_the_first View Post
    I voted Casse but I think that you should play a faction you like. If you don't like what you are doing then it's likely you will abandon the AAR.
    you have a point there, it's not that i don't enjoy playing the casse, i do, it's just that it takes a while to get really started

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    I'd say Casse and start about five to ten years into the campaign. I enjoy "barbarian" AARs--they suit my writing style. Good luck, and I'll be following as time permits.
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    Read my Aedui AAR-"Across the Waters: A Story of the Migration"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Theodotos I View Post
    I'd say Casse and start about five to ten years into the campaign. I enjoy "barbarian" AARs--they suit my writing style. Good luck, and I'll be following as time permits.
    thanks for responding, i have actually ran into an obstacle as my R:TW disk is now cracked and i'll need to wait until payday to get a new one

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    Default Re: ideas for an AAR

    Saba. Has a Saba AAR ever been done?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Subotan View Post
    Saba. Has a Saba AAR ever been done?
    https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=95402

    Indeed there has, and a rather good one it was.

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    Default Re: ideas for an AAR

    It depends. I happen to be quite demanding when it comes to AARs, meaning I like to see that the writer has at least some decent of the history of the faction he has chosen. So it depends on how well you know a faction.

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    I voted for casse but i think saba would be good 2. Never seen 1 before.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnhughthom View Post
    https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=95402

    Indeed there has, and a rather good one it was.
    *Tear*

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    got my new rome cd through today so the first chapter will be up sometime this week

    looks like it will be the casse

    anyone know of any good programs for taking screenshots?

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