Speeches and commentary

**Mouzafphaerre** · 10-29-2005, 05:29

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Do the pre-battle speeches have any gameplay value? On troops' morale etc? If not, I'd like to know how to turn them off since I believe there's none left that I haven't heard.

Also, how can I turn off the stupid commentary? This is not a darned soccer game mind you...

One last thing; can I get rid of the genius Marcus reminding "Seej iqwipmınt ootometikılee diployd foo yuu" before each and every assault without turning off the already law advice? (Victoria turns me on.

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**econ21** · 10-29-2005, 12:09

I suspect you have to turn off both Marcus and Victoria when setting the advice level at the start of a campaign. In my preferences.txt file I have
"ADVISOR_VERBOSITY:0" so I assume you can adjust that during the game.

The battle speeches, I just press start immediately to override them. I don't think they affect morale.

In BI, I actually miss the more verbose RTW Roman speeches - in BI you get a couple of sentences only - and I like to hear them before an epic battle.

I don't know if it is changed for BI, but I was rather shocked at how good some of Marcus's advice was during my first BI campaign. He told me to put my archers on the left of the bridge, so they hit the unshielded sides of the enemy crossing it. Nice one, Marcus!

**Mouzafphaerre** · 10-29-2005, 13:07

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Marcus did surprise me a couple of times indeed. When I cannot decide which temple to build, I ask Victoria.

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**Mouzafphaerre** · 10-29-2005, 13:09

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Oh what about the commentator? That idiot nagging you with "your general was so stupid that he's now feeding carion birds" when the poor fellow actually fallen by an accidental spear after depleting or routing stacks of enemy?
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