Okay enough complaints about Rome list what you like and why you want it

**Colovion** · 08-12-2004, 20:31

#1 Reason: Diplomacy.

I can't wait until I can have vassal states as well as powerful allies which will help me go to war as well as pay me to attack shared enemies.

#2 Reason: Graphics... self explanitory

#3 Reason: Easier to manage battles

The way that it's supposed to be much easier with the mouse clicks being more standard RTS style, how units can disengage much easier as well as supposedly being able to meld units in battle lines to make one solid line instead of a semi-solid line.

**Spartiate** · 08-12-2004, 21:56

I just WANT IT.I WANT IT NOWWWWWWWWWW.

Ahem............sorry.

1.3-d graphics.
2.Improved diplomacy/agent aspect of the game.
3.Marriages and alliances will MEAN more in this game and not be just a token gesture.
4.Spartans.
5.Modding kit..........it's gonna be fun.

**Sociopsychoactive** · 08-12-2004, 23:07

Well, many many little reasons, but I'll drum up a few decent ones.

1) The world is hundreds of little battlemaps, this will make for excelent tactics, for example the english (or rather the barbarians who would later become the english) always had great skill at choosing the battlefiled to favour them, not just with hills and ambushes.

2) The senate. The pope is annoying, yeah sure, but the senate is (I think) going to be more like a few GA style goals, and if you completely ignore them then you get rebelliosnes and stuff, like being excommnicated.

3) City battles. Siege or not, I want to ight in the city streets, set fire to market stalls and charge over a church with an elephant!

4) Predictably, ELEPHANTS! ME WANNA ELEPHANT!

5) Legions being able to lock sheilds into a proper phalanx and other such formations, I want to watch the puny enemies arrows bounce off our heads.

6) Being able to expand the area of control my cities/citadels cover. That works far better than provinces in my head, though I'm still not sure about borders, political and such.

7) Diplomacy, it will be nice to have some.

**CrackedAxe** · 08-13-2004, 01:02

Lets face it, it looks awesome, and what else is there in comparison? I for one am not going to let the anorak griping stop me from getting it, let them miss out if they want.

**Leet Eriksson** · 08-13-2004, 01:41

Well nothing is stopping me from getting the game on release day, though i take it this thread is some sort of wishlist? or listing what features rome has? either way....i'll list what i want and what i like.

What i like about the current form of Rome:

1.Single Player Map, that is, no more placing a stack of units and conquering the province, ability to place forts and outposts in strategic areas.

2.Graphics... terrain and the 2k poly units, nuff said ~:p

3.Better Diplomacy (hope the AI is good as well).

4.Animations, kinda over the top in some places from what i noticed in the trailers, preview videos and whatnot, but they are to my liking.

Wishlist(for future expansion):

1.Multiplayer Campaign!

2.Multiplayer Campiagn!

3.Multiplayer Campaign!

**Louis VI the Fat** · 08-13-2004, 01:57

Good thread!

This game will rule with an iron fist and we know it.

People should stop whining, nobody is going to get everything they wanted the way they wanted it, if only because our wishes are incompatible. Just mod and tweak it to your own preferences.

As for those 'fantasy' units - well, should they've filled 200 unit slots with just swords, spears and more swords? Of course not. They should've thrown in these dozen or so uncommon -but used in real warfare -units as they did.