New info on sparta and post releasr dlc prices

[quadalpha]

Interesting. This is the first time slavery is represented in a TW game, right?

[Arjos]

In the game this is represented by a bonus Sparta receives that ensures slaves are less likely to revolt than those of other factions. These elements mean that while the odds are stacked against Sparta, they do have the advantage of a stable home territory and powerbase, however small, to work from.

Which is hilarious, because Lakonia's inability to expand or campaign too far away was exactly due to the fear and instability at home of especially the Messenian Helots XD
Still Theban Hegemony changed most of that, sure there still were slaves in Lakonia, but nothing comparable to Classical Greece. Actually what happened in the game's timeframe was an emancipation of classes in Sparta, with distribution of land to increase the military manpower, in an attempt to compete with the superpowers of the time.

When that failed, Sparta experienced something of a renaissance, reverting to their Archaic love for arts and focusing on commerce. But whatcha gonna do: Spartans be stereotypes :P

[The Outsider]

Interesting. This is the first time slavery is represented in a TW game, right?

Well in this manner yes but since the original rome, they have been in the game as a trade resource.

[The Stranger]

Interesting. This is the first time slavery is represented in a TW game, right?

nah you could enslave in RTW for sure, and I think also in MTW as muslims, though im not sure on that.

[The Outsider]

nah you could enslave in RTW for sure, and I think also in MTW as muslims, though im not sure on that.

Yes mate you are right. There was enslavement in the original MTW but i beleive it was for the captured rebels, the troops of other nations were either ransomed automatically or executed, thoughvi cant remember if it was exclusive to any factions.

[The Stranger]

mtw was such an epic game, makes me want to play it again. but it crashes on windows 7 :S

[The Outsider]

mtw was such an epic game, makes me want to play it again. but it crashes on windows 7 :S

Yes it was my first total war game and boy i loved it. So it crushes on windows 7 huh? I was foolish enough to get a windows 8 and it doesnt work at all. What a shame..

[quadalpha]

Yes it was my first total war game and boy i loved it. So it crushes on windows 7 huh? I was foolish enough to get a windows 8 and it doesnt work at all. What a shame..

Try a virtual machine?

[The Outsider]

How so? I dont even know what that is. Can you please explain a bit more? Is it like an emulator?

[Splenyi]

Interesting. This is the first time slavery is represented in a TW game, right?

It looks like it. Rome 2 better be as good as it's suppose to be, there's been a pretty big hype about it all.