bronson8601
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I'm all about achievements, so I began by playing the Huns on Settler difficulty to give me a sense of the scenario layout, geography, opponents, etc.
Needless to say it was easy. I played it straight through, losing only one unit, I think, and that was near the end when I didn't care anymore and just wanted to run out the few turns.
At the start of the scenario, I set my sole city to build a Stable to gain extra production and leaving it undefended, sent my entire force southwest to attack the Goths. In retrospect, I wish I'd gone for The Heroic Epic because you'll begin capturing a lot of cities quickly and you'll never be able to get it at any other time than the beginning. Somebody else will have to determine if it's feasible at the very outset or if that would take too long and necessitate delaying your first attack.
The first city (Olbia) fell easily granting two Battering Rams. They were invaluable for the remainder of the scenario given that they could take down city defenses incredibly quickly, though they are very vulnerable to melee units. Horsemen were the only other melee units capable of conquering a city, so I nursed the Rams along, upgrading them as I went, protecting them, and they proved a great help. Any other melee units were inpractical since my capital was so remote.
Time wasn't an issue, so don't rush, but pick off the units carefully. Your Horse Archers will inflict 90% of the damage in this scenario so I suggest getting Medic upgrades for your Horsemen to decrease downtime after taking a city. Pursue either Accuracy III or Barrage III for each Horse Archer to unlock Logistics (double attack) as fast as possible. After that, I tended to choose March (heal automatically every turn), and then Range (+1).
As far as capital/conquered city production goes, I'd aim for cultural choices to unlock the Wily Veterans (+100% experience) and Destiny's Army (+50% combat strength for military units with an adjacent military unit) social policy choices. Once you have those, you'll roll over everything quickly.
I didn't even take the time to finish the Goths or anyone else. Strangely, once I took out a few cities, all opponents whether the Goths, Eastern Rome, or Western Rome tended to leave me alone and made no effort to retake cities. Therefore, though I built a few Composite Bowmen for garrison purposes, they were almost entirely unneeded. Constantinople was encroached on by a tiny force and I was able to hold it off easily. Perhaps the AI was occupied elsewhere. I don't know.
I took Obia, Tyras, and then the capital Arheimar from the Goths before swinging south to attack Eastern Rome. I took Adrianople without difficulty. You can speed this up by embarking some units but watch out for a naval unit off Constantinople. I was able lure it in range and kill it with Horse Archers. After Adrianople fell, Constantinople fell quickly and I swung west after Western Rome. Rome is helpfully visible already which gives you your point to aim for.
I finished off the scenario by mopping up additional cities, but it was largely a waste of time since the game was already won and I gained little benefit. With separate armies, I pushed south to conquer Syracuse and Nicopolis, west as far as Massilia, and north as far as Tiel, but again, I could have just saved myself the effort after taking Rome and just passed, passed, passed until the time elapsed.
Doing this unlocked the following achievements for me:
Et tu, Brute Win the Fall of Rome scenario
Turks, Shmurks! Capture Constantinople in the Fall of Rome scenario
Double KO Capture both Rome and Constantinople in the Fall of Rome scenario
I expect I'll be pursuing the much harder achievements soon.
I'd like your thoughts, advice, etc.
so you consider beating the scenario on settler an achivement? do you also consider it a big feat to wake up every morning?
I consider obtaining every achievement in the game an achievement (w/o the aid of someone else's saved game), and that's what I'm working towards. I've got 197/227 at present, and if doing the absolute minimum required to gain one lessens me in your eyes, I think I can live with that.
A person can get the entire Mediterranean Sea. Persia is easy to find then. 6 horsemen can be bought ...I'm struggling with this one even on Settler. Anybody completed it yet, and if so, how? The Sassanids, I know, are due south of the Huns all the way in the southeast corner of the map. The Celts, of course, are all the way in the northwest with all of Europe and Asia between them. Don't forget this scenario has only 70 turns.
A person can get the entire Mediterranean Sea. Persia is easy to find then. 6 horsemen can be bought ...
Thanks. Have you actually done that? I would thought it would take too long to sail all the way around Europe, but I'll give it a try.
You know, these achievements are not meant to be easy...
You know, these achievements are not meant to be easy...
Yep. Also tried it on settler like the party I was responding to. Drive to the beaches on the south of France ASAP.Thanks. Have you actually done that? I would thought it would take too long to sail all the way around Europe, but I'll give it a try.
Yep. Also tried it on settler like the party I was responding to. Drive to the beaches on the south of France ASAP.