[TUTORIAL] How to play with all factions in Rome Total War - Nitram15's tutorial
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Chieftain
Maybe in vanilla. That's not how I roll. IRL, the Ptolies had much less of a unit production infrastructure than the Seleucids and certainly less than the Romans.
Yes, that is true.
btw: Who is your favourite Roman House?
Option 1) House of Julii
Option 2) House of Brutii
Option 3) House of Scipii
Option 4) I like all!
Option 5) I hate all!
Option 6) Don't know.
In my opinion it is Option 3)
btw: Who is your favourite Roman House?
Option 1) House of Julii
Option 2) House of Brutii
Option 3) House of Scipii
Option 4) I like all!
Option 5) I hate all!
Option 6) Don't know.
In my opinion it is Option 3)
LightSpectra
me autem minui
Julii are the most fun, although they're the easiest; because Brutii have to battle phalanx armies, which are boring, and the Scipii have to battle horse cavalry, which are tedious and boring. The Julii mostly battle Gauls, Hispanians and Germanic tribes, which are pitifully easy but nevertheless a bit more exciting than the aforementioned since you can at least come up with fun strategies on those battles where you're outnumbered >3:1.
On Normal battles the barbarian cowards rout as soon as they hit my legion's shields. On Hard I have little doubt I would be destroyed
Thus, I prefer to play as the Brutii, because Phalanx armies require tactics if you don't want to lose all your men!
Thus, I prefer to play as the Brutii, because Phalanx armies require tactics if you don't want to lose all your men!
LightSpectra
me autem minui
The only strategy required for phalanx armies is to reproduce Cynoscephalae by outmaneuvering them. Thus it's generally more a matter of micromanagement than tactics.
Though in vanilla, post-Marian legions can defeat everything short of Spartans in frontal assaults, so...
Though in vanilla, post-Marian legions can defeat everything short of Spartans in frontal assaults, so...
(that is important especially in the rest of the game)
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I prefer a single united Roman Republic/Empire.
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me autem minui
As it should be. The families system is a grossly inaccurate but nevertheless creative way to simulate the Triumvirate and the Roman Civil War.
Unrelated, but I tried playing Rome: Total Realism, and that utterly kicked my ass. Rome starts off with a severe budget deficit, even with maximum taxation, and a full Pyrrhic stack in Naples that includes elephants. I think I'm fairly good at the Total War series but that just overwhelmed me.
Unrelated, but I tried playing Rome: Total Realism, and that utterly kicked my ass. Rome starts off with a severe budget deficit, even with maximum taxation, and a full Pyrrhic stack in Naples that includes elephants. I think I'm fairly good at the Total War series but that just overwhelmed me.
Quinn_Inuit
Chieftain
Which version of RTR did you play?
Honestly, I enjoy commanding phalanx armies, even against the Romans. The trick is to keep your line in two sections and have a reserve you can run up the middle. I've noticed that the AI tends to split its army in half to flank me, at which point I simply pivot my flanks and use my more mobile infantry (usually thureophoroi, Galatians, Cyrtians, or some other reasonably well-armed locals) to cover the ends. Here's an early version of that strategy I uploaded awhile back:
The trick is to follow Alexander's lead and have some heavy cavalry on hand. If the Diadochi had kept their heavy cavalry arms in better condition, Rome might've had more trouble with them. A good heavy cavalry arm can exploit any attempts to flank you by defeating the enemy cavalry in detail and then steamrolling their infantry. (I like to keep some hypaspists around, too, since they can fight off any enemy cavalry while my main group is gone.)
Otherwise, I, too, prefer a united Rome. The three house idea was intriguing, but just not historically accurate. Here's my favorite method for using the Polybian-era checkerboard formation while still maintaining tactical flexibility:
I find that works pretty well.
(N.B.: All of this is with Sinhuet's AI formations, slightly modified by me and a couple of other people {Darth's are nice, too.}. The normal AI couldn't find its way out of a paper bag with radar and a native guide.)
Honestly, I enjoy commanding phalanx armies, even against the Romans. The trick is to keep your line in two sections and have a reserve you can run up the middle. I've noticed that the AI tends to split its army in half to flank me, at which point I simply pivot my flanks and use my more mobile infantry (usually thureophoroi, Galatians, Cyrtians, or some other reasonably well-armed locals) to cover the ends. Here's an early version of that strategy I uploaded awhile back:
The trick is to follow Alexander's lead and have some heavy cavalry on hand. If the Diadochi had kept their heavy cavalry arms in better condition, Rome might've had more trouble with them. A good heavy cavalry arm can exploit any attempts to flank you by defeating the enemy cavalry in detail and then steamrolling their infantry. (I like to keep some hypaspists around, too, since they can fight off any enemy cavalry while my main group is gone.)
Otherwise, I, too, prefer a united Rome. The three house idea was intriguing, but just not historically accurate. Here's my favorite method for using the Polybian-era checkerboard formation while still maintaining tactical flexibility:
I find that works pretty well.
(N.B.: All of this is with Sinhuet's AI formations, slightly modified by me and a couple of other people {Darth's are nice, too.}. The normal AI couldn't find its way out of a paper bag with radar and a native guide.)