MTW after RTW

[Morindin]

That would be a sad indictment of RTW if true. [Although, to be honest, I don't think I have played even one campaign of MTW solo to the bitter end, as I tended to lose interest when my faction became clearly the strongest.] I wonder if you have tried any PBMs in the throne room? They are what really gave MTW added life for me - maybe you should sign up for one of the RTW ones?

Well its more to do with the fact that Im not really interested in many of the other factions apart from Rome (from a gameplay perspective). Barbarian factions are incredably uninteresting. Some of the non-barbarian factions might be worth playing, Carthage might be fun. We shall see though.

RTW PBE might be fun, but you cant really play the reign of your faction leader due to him being too long. Thats another thing, your faction leader doesnt seem to have the same impact as MTW. A low influence leader REALLY made a difference, whereas RTW everyone hates me anyway, and my faction leaders influence only seemed to impact the Senate rather than other factions. If your a hugely powerful Roman juggernaught you expect some people to bow to your will, but the diplomacy in RTW everyone treats me like im a 1 province nobody right until my armies burn their capital to the ground.

Im playing a MTW PBE right now with some friends who dont have RTW yet - yes its quite a blast. I might have a go at playing RTW PBE, right now my second long RTW campaign Im playing with heaps of mods to the game (Im trying 0.3 kill speed +4 morale, tweaked the ships, and battles are great!).

Oh yes Im having a lot of fun playing RTW alright. Its just after a while the bugs/unmodable design features really start to get you down and make you think 'what could have been'.

My major problem with my first campaign as the Julii was that you ended up fighting hundreds of barbarians that were basically only different colours, with the exception of conquering Greece/Macedonia. I also got sick of endless snow covered maps, and I couldnt really expand down into more "interesting" territory (and worthy foes) due to the other factions controlling it, and the fact they were just too far away.
Also as time goes on the Senate missions become more of a drag than anything, they're unrealistic and I pretty much ignored 90% of them towards the end of the game. At the beginning of the game they're great however.
Fighting the Romans was definately interesting and fun, apart from the fact they had pre-marius troops when I had stacks of Urban Cohorts. :)