About to play first mod

[Mulceber]

@Madoushi - be careful about taking any city on Sicily - the mod is set up so that you have a treaty with Carthage forbidding you from taking any cities on Sicily. If you attack Sicily, it will mean war with Carthage. I would advise letting your economy develop first before going there. Oh and maybe taking a few more cities to the north, like Bononia, Segesta, Patavium, Mediolanum (after you take it from the Aedui, they should accept a peace treaty pretty easily) and Massalia. Maybe even a couple cities in the Balkans as well, if they're controlled by Eleutheroi.

@Titus - The Romans couldn't have said it any better themselves. =D -M

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

@Madoushi - Yes, Cartharge might declare war if you attack Messana. But will they actually DO anything, other than sail around aimlessly in their pretty little toy boats and shout insults from the walls of Lilybaeum? I'd wouldn't worry about them - they're only sons of merchants, after all. If they actually find the courage to leave their own territory, a Roman army will soon send them packing.

[Madoushi]

Madoushi:

Remember, plebs are like rats. They are as common as rats, as annoying as rats, as stupid as rats, as filthy as rats, and - their only good points as far as war is concerned - they fight like rats and they breed like rats! No matter how many die, there will always be more where they came from. There will always be another army to recruit.

Greek cowards might whine about casualties and talk fearfully of so-called 'Pyrrhic victories' - but for a true Roman aristocrat there's no such thing. There is only victory! In fact, the harder-won the victory, the greater the glory!

Ah, but it takes time and money to raise a new army, and as a good Roman, I am also notoriously miserly when not spending wealth to secure elections!
Losing half a Legion may be one thing safe in Italy, with home just a season's march away, but to lose half a Legion in Gaul, where the only thing hairier than the land are its people!

Is it not better to be a coward in victory than a hero in defeat? :)

@Madoushi - be careful about taking any city on Sicily - the mod is set up so that you have a treaty with Carthage forbidding you from taking any cities on Sicily. If you attack Sicily, it will mean war with Carthage. I would advise letting your economy develop first before going there. Oh and maybe taking a few more cities to the north, like Bononia, Segesta, Patavium, Mediolanum (after you take it from the Aedui, they should accept a peace treaty pretty easily) and Massalia. Maybe even a couple cities in the Balkans as well, if they're controlled by Eleutheroi.


@Titus - The Romans couldn't have said it any better themselves. =D -M

Hrghsdfkdfhlkd, thanks for the heads up! That would have been a rude awakening and a half. Suddenly, northward looks more appealing! Mediolanum may be a tough nut to crack, however. That's where the Aedui are building their army. However, if they should attack the Arveni and leave their back gate unguarded... :)

[Matinius Brutus]

If Segstica and Dalminion are not taken by Epeiros or Macedonia - get these two. They are cash cows and will be of great help when you build mines there! The bad side of that is you will most probably very soon start a war with one of the above nations. But Roman have no fear- Roman caligae will stomp them easily! (The last sentence is a joke - the phalanx heavy Hellenes may prove very hard to beat).

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Ah, but it takes time and money to raise a new army, and as a good Roman, I am also notoriously miserly when not spending wealth to secure elections!
Losing half a Legion may be one thing safe in Italy, with home just a season's march away, but to lose half a Legion in Gaul, where the only thing hairier than the land are its people!

Is it not better to be a coward in victory than a hero in defeat? :)

Cautious strategy is all very well, but Roman consuls are only appointed for a one-year term. So that means the consul needs to win a battle or conquer a territory before the end of the year. Otherwise he gets no glory, and someone else gets appointed consul next year. The political annual cycle and desire for glory created an overwhelming desire for 'immediate victory' in Roman leaders.

[Subotan]

Hrghsdfkdfhlkd, thanks for the heads up! That would have been a rude awakening and a half. Suddenly, northward looks more appealing! Mediolanum may be a tough nut to crack, however. That's where the Aedui are building their army. However, if they should attack the Arveni and leave their back gate unguarded... :)

The Boii are pretty solid, so you'll need to prepare well to smash them. Also, when attacking the area that in vanilla was known as "Noricum", watch out. There's a 10 star general, with a fully gold chevroned army wandering about in that province, as well as a few others. This is to represent the difficulty of conquering the Helvetii, and the problems of fighting in mountainous terrain. If you do attack them, it is essential that you take the town that they are guarding in the same turn; otherwise, he will respawn, with a brand new army!

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Also, when attacking the area that in vanilla was known as "Noricum", watch out. There's a 10 star general, with a fully gold chevroned army wandering about in that province, as well as a few others. This is to represent the difficulty of conquering the Helvetii, and the problems of fighting in mountainous terrain. If you do attack them, it is essential that you take the town that they are guarding in the same turn; otherwise, he will respawn, with a brand new army!

I'd recommend Roman players to stay away from Noricum until after receiving the Marian Reforms. Besides, the Helvetii Elutheroi super-armies are a good buffer to protect Roman territory against enroachments by the Sweboz.