The Will of the Senate PBM - out of character thread IV

**Lucjan** · 09-11-2006, 15:54

Somewhat off topic, but I've been playing the Arthurian Total War mod, and I am very, very highly impressed with the diplomacy in it. I don't know what that team did, but they suggest playing on VH/VH, so I did, because that's how they structured the game to work best, and it is gorgeous.

I've got 5 years (same thing, 20 turns) under my belt in that as the britonic Goddodin kingdom, and in that time, on vh campaign setting, I've had 4 neighbors, 2 of which have been loyal allies and strong trade partners. One of which went to war with me briefly, I was highly outnumbered on the battlefield but managed to outmaneouver them, sacked their capital, burned everything to the ground, then abandoned it to them. When I offered them peace immediately afterwards, they accepted unconditionally. My other neighbor I'm warring with right now isn't quite beaten enough for me to actually want to request peace yet. I've taken the two towns on the way to their capital, upping my kingdom to seven towns now, and want to sack their capital too before offering a peace treaty.

If only rtr's vh diplomacy was that realistic.

**Dutch_guy** · 09-11-2006, 16:19

Originally Posted by Lucjan

Somewhat off topic, but I've been playing the Arthurian Total War mod, and I am very, very highly impressed with the diplomacy in it. I don't know what that team did, but they suggest playing on VH/VH, so I did, because that's how they structured the game to work best, and it is gorgeous.

I've got 5 years (same thing, 20 turns) under my belt in that as the britonic Goddodin kingdom, and in that time, on vh campaign setting, I've had 4 neighbors, 2 of which have been loyal allies and strong trade partners. One of which went to war with me briefly, I was highly outnumbered on the battlefield but managed to outmaneouver them, sacked their capital, burned everything to the ground, then abandoned it to them. When I offered them peace immediately afterwards, they accepted unconditionally. My other neighbor I'm warring with right now isn't quite beaten enough for me to actually want to request peace yet. I've taken the two towns on the way to their capital, upping my kingdom to seven towns now, and want to sack their capital too before offering a peace treaty.

If only rtr's vh diplomacy was that realistic.

Hmm how could they be able to change the diplomacy, isn't that hardcoded?

**Lucjan** · 09-11-2006, 17:21

I don't know how they did it, but somehow, someway, they managed to make the diplomacy actually work realistically.

**Mount Suribachi** · 09-11-2006, 19:27

GAH! Missed the voting session

Sorry about that. Mrs Suribachi on PC all last night, and we've been out all day today (went to Scarborough Castle, which includes the remains of a Roman signal tower, so I've at least done something Rome connected today

**Lucjan** · 09-11-2006, 20:04

That's ok, after all, the Republic is nothing without strong Roman families. lol

Besides, get him interested now and just imagine, in about ten years when Rome 2 comes out,

, we can have two suribachi senators.

**Mount Suribachi** · 09-11-2006, 21:13

Unless Postman Pat or Fireman Sam served in the legions, I doubt little Suribachi will be very interested just yet

**Lucjan** · 09-11-2006, 21:25

Ah, well...either way at least he's got noble intentions already. Do you have any idea what postmen get payed over here in America? You basically have to wait for one of them to die or move before you can get the job, and even then you have to try and beat out a couple hundred other applicants. Full time, full free government benefits, $17+ an hour.