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Me too, after a few experiments I completely abandoned economic buildings except trading ports. I build a library and after that I only go for public order and food, in order to have lv4 towns...

Is there any advantage to client states instead of conquering them?

First of all, you have to remember that in order for a road to upgrade the settlements on both sides have to be sufficiently upgraded.

After From the Asylum's comment I looked on the map and came...

So it depends on every building level and not only the main settlement's.

Thanks, that explains a lot, +rep.

That's right, most of their units are bottom level, mobs etc.

I don't think that it should be used all the time, but at the beginning when you have to save for 2-3 turns to build a port and your...

Hi all,

Has anybody figured out what it takes to upgrade a road? It is mentioned that they are upgraded as a province develops, but that's too abstract.

I thought that they were upgraded...

Interesting, haven't though about that.

How much do you get every time? Does the amount decrease over time?

You can't effectively incite a revolt on a happy province, you can only speed up a revolt on an unhappy one.

Of course you can use a dignitary to spread your culture in combination with a champion...

The problem with the Romans is that you don't get any archers / slingers until later on, so at the beginning you feel underpowered.

In order to get alternative missile units build auxiliary...

Although it's speculative, I've had twice a general with 130+ gravitas (due to traits and household items) and my function's influence was ~25%. Their opponent's gravitas was about 40 combined. When...

Interesting. I always avoided a war with Carthage until well into the game since I was afraid that they and their client states will keep pestering me for quite a while. I will test it next time.
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When you declare war to Carthage, don't they use their fleet / armies to go after your defenseless settlements?

Sorry, it was a typo. I meant fire them. I stand corrected :thumbsup2

Mercenaries aren't worth it, they cost obscene amounts of money. The only time I seriously considered hiring them was to get...

Sorry, I forgot to write about Carthage. Although taking Lillybaeum through a revolt is OK (most of the time they revolt without any help), I wouldn't suggest declaring war at this point. You will...

That's normal at this stage in the game. You don't mention how much money you get each turn, I guess it's something like 100 or 1500? Also what's your difficulty level?

Your main problem is that...

Historically, the first time the Romans decided to build a sizable navy was during the First Punic War. In order to counter Carthage's superior tactics and experienced crews Roman tactics gave...

I think it goes back to the pool but it disappears if the pool is full.

To be honest I thought that the household feature was cool when I started playing the game, but after a while I lost...

An army of 19 archers or slingers can be a major annoyance or even deadly to any significantly smaller army, even if it's composed of elite units.

Same thing goes for transports vs actual fleets,...

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When I started playing TWR2, one of the most confusing parts was the new character system. In this guide I'll try to answer the questions that most troubled me. I don't have all the...

Just remember, you can build max level barracks and max level workshops in minor settlements. You can also build temples there, but they go up to lv3.

Training fields can only be built on province...

I build everywhere lv3 libraries, otherwise it's very hard to research the higher level techs. Lv4 libraries aren't a priority, they demand obscene amounts of food and by the time you can build them...

I have also encountered the bug with the gate way too many times, it's one of the reasons that I always carry a ballista with every army.

The CAI is the main reason that the game feels like no...

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The title is not a joke, something strange happened to me in a battle today; the AI made a move that was actually unpredictable and smart!

During a standard open field battle the...

When you kill the other faction you get a dialog asking you to start between Empire and Republic (when playing as Rome). As far as I know nothing changes, no matter what you choose.

I'm curious...

The Temple of Mars/Ares has a province-wide effect, as well as the workshops and the training fields.

You could create a solely military province (if it has three minor settlement) if you build...

While browsing the official forums I came across this link for the online encyclopedia:

http://dsi0fanyw80ls.cloudfront.net/en/home

And if anybody is interested here's a useful map for...

The champion's "passive" (the button at the bottom bar) gives a set amount of public order penalty each turn and it's free.

Apart from that every agent has a form of sabotage that gives...

No, it happens once and it's over.

I liked the mechanic, it is a pretty good scare. Especially when playing as Rome you get a taste of your own medicine by facing stacks of praetorians, which is...

I've only played as Rome, but here are some general rules and observations about the campaign battle AI.

Each of my armies has 6 heavy infantry, 2 cavalry and 5-6 velites.

First of all there...

I think it's random. Having too high or too low influence on the senate should help but not by much, and it may get more probable as time passes, but if you get civil world and you reload the...

Not exactly, but no one bothers to tell you that you can't build the same things on minor settlements and capital cities.

For example, if you right click a temple in a settlement you will see all...

I agree, it seems possible but the different bonuses make it very hard to find definitive patterns. For example, calculating whether a +10% to all buildings' wealth bonus is better than +20% to...

Sorry, I got it mixed up with temple of Mars. Temple of Mars lv 4 gives +2 recruitment capacity. In combination with the morale bonus is a no-brainer for a recruitment province.

After that the...

Hi, I started writing a reply but it got pretty big, so I posted it under a different thread here: ...

Thank you!

Thankfully I haven't encountered most bugs that people are complaining about and performance is acceptable, so I can actually play the game.

Hi all,

After playing for a while, I've come up with a few strategies. Rome 2 far more complicated in terms of empire/army management than previous games. Since it took me a while to came up with...