Returning after a long absence.

[Barkhorn1x]

Welcome back.

[Shahed]

Welcome back!

[Seamus Fermanagh]

Welcome back.

Auto-resolve is almost always -- any TW -- too deadly for my forces, even when I win.

Fight a battle and you can manage your people. Auto Calc it and your cream units demand the honor of leading the forlorn hope.

[YAKOBU]

Hi guys

Thanks for the comments.

Just a quick update.

I got a relatively new PC from Ebay and have now moved my son onto RTW 2 and he's quite happy not going back to MTW. He isn't really seeing the issues with it at the moment and is autoresolving on Easy. I'm playing the game and fighting the battles on Hard at the moment. Unsure whether it is patches or not but the battles definately last longer on Hard so give more time for manouvering. On Easy routs pretty much start as soon as contact is made.

Oddly although I really like the Roman period in Total War I tend to more play the medieval period when wargaming. I think this is because the Roman army tends to struggle in the ruleset I play whereas my Ottoman army was happily sweeping all before it.

Rob

[Myth]

Hi guys

Thanks for the comments.

Just a quick update.

I got a relatively new PC from Ebay and have now moved my son onto RTW 2 and he's quite happy not going back to MTW. He isn't really seeing the issues with it at the moment and is autoresolving on Easy. I'm playing the game and fighting the battles on Hard at the moment. Unsure whether it is patches or not but the battles definately last longer on Hard so give more time for manouvering. On Easy routs pretty much start as soon as contact is made.

Oddly although I really like the Roman period in Total War I tend to more play the medieval period when wargaming. I think this is because the Roman army tends to struggle in the ruleset I play whereas my Ottoman army was happily sweeping all before it.

Rob

Welcome back! What self-imposed rules do you carry over to Rome II? FYI I don't use mercs, and I'm currently dominating a Rome Legendary campaign with 130 autoresolved battles and only 10 lead ones.

[YAKOBU]

Hi Myth

I don't really use any self-imposed rules yet as I usually play until I conquer a couple of provinces and then start again once I get the next patch.

I have decided to restrict the use of war dogs, cavalry and artillery units as I found I won most battles without my foot troop getting many kills. Now I want my foot troops to get in and earn their bread. I also want to limit my legions to 10 units of hastati, principes, legionaries etc. I then want to recruit the additional troops in conquered regions through the auxiliary barracks.

I don't tend to use mercanaries much unless it is a special unit I want to try out.

Did I just contradict myself? LOL

Rob

[rickinator9]

If your son is not really interested in the battles but the conquering, you should take a look at Paradox games(Europa Universalis IV, Crusader Kings II). They are more about politics and conquering rather than taking part in the battles. EUIV and CKII should both have a demo version so he can take a look to see if it is fun.