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  1. Re: Medieval Kingdoms Total War: "Byzantine Empire" HIGH and LATE ERA units

    I believe the tier 1 units are in Nicea and Trebizond's rosters because at campaign start Constantinople is held by the Latins. Once one of them retakes Constantinople they'll get renamed to...
  2. Re: Medieval Kingdoms Total War: "Byzantine Empire" HIGH and LATE ERA units

    My apologies, I realized should be posting in this thread. Thank you for the amazing work. Any plans for tier 2 and 3 Kontaratoi?
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    Re: Medieval Kingdoms Total War: Empire of Nicaea

    Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you. Any chance of getting tier 2 and 3 versions of the Kontaratoi?
  4. Re: Gustave's carthaginian shields (Updated 12/10/2013 : compatibility with Patch 4)

    Thank you for these great shields. Any chance you could upload a version to Steam's Workshop?
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    Re: Early/Late Libyan Infantry

    I like the idea of toning down the Libyan Infantry but when I load it with Radious, Muster Field loses Carthaginian Hoplites too. Is that intentional?
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    Sticky: [Tool] Re: Mod Manager

    I get the blank page with V3, but V2 is working.
  7. Re: Aeimnestus Ancient Naval Warfare & Realistic Combat mod

    Thank you! Was hoping someone would start tweaking the naval side of things. :thumbsup2
  8. Re: Balance and Money per turn (full stacks every turn)

    I've run into this issue with my latest campaign as the Byz.

    I am a slow player who likes to build up my economy and military slowly. This was a mistake with LTC 2.0 vs Venice. They are down to...
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    Re: Are you leaving TWC?

    How odd, please link to where ever you will be posting about your mod Lusted.

    Okay so this news to me. Anyone have a link to where its talked about or is it on the front page I never visit?
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    Re: Mon Dieu, but this game works!

    LTC is great.:thumbsup2

    I had my doubts about removing unit recruitment from walls but it really works to improve the game.:smile:

    As far as having all siege engine stacks, I have not run...
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    Re: Lands to Conquer v2.0 Bugs

    Anyone else playing as the Byzantines?

    I got the wierdest audio message last night.

    Had been playing for about two dozen turns and the first "Crusade" was declared on Jerusalem.

    The next...
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    Re: thank u lusted

    I was bored with vanilla and took a break for a few weeks.

    Loaded up this mod and it has been excellent so far. It makes the game fun again.

    Thanks Lusted:thumbsup2
  13. Re: An example of how misleading stats in M2Tw are

    Hoping to mod myself and was also perplexed over the stats not seeming to really indicate the combat effectiveness of a unit.

    So it appears the animation speed has a massive affect on how good...
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    Re: Born Into The Purple

    Standing Alone

    By 1095 the situation had changed dramatically for Byzantium. Venice was no longer an immediate threat after their defeat at Gorni Golem and Hungary’s entry into the war on the...
  15. Re: something very very STRANGE I FOUND IN THE CAMPAIGN FOLDER...

    There are various pieces of RTW left in MTW2. Some of its been disabled and some of it is being used.

    It was the same way with MTW havin bits of STW in it. Remember the Geisha pictures?

    Its...
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    Re: M2TW has the cheapest ENDING ever.

    I would rather have unique faction introduction videos than a better ending video. I was awfully disappointed when I started a different faction and discovered, Hey! That's the same video!:thumbsdow ...
  17. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    IIRC one of the MTW mods, maybe the WesMod (?), had the Inn allow merc units to be purchased like regular units instead of waiting for them to be available in the recruitment screen. When combined...
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    Re: WOW! AI is pretty impressive

    True, a lot of it does depend on each players' style of playing and preferences of course.

    I am a pretty defensive and slow player who prefers to give the AI, and myself, time to build up so I can...
  19. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    Above the spearmen you have the dismounted units and thats it IIRC. There is a nice guide with some good stuff from Quillan here http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=72055 that goes into...
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    Re: WOW! AI is pretty impressive

    While I have had WTF? moments with M2TW's campaign and battle AI they are a lot fewer than RTW's pre and post patches or BI's.

    Example:

    Last night handed me my worst defeat yet. I am playing on...
  21. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    I wish Venice would leave me alone but everytime I am at war with them within the first ten turns or so it seems.:crying:

    Really want to go toe to toe with the Turks but keep getting stuck...
  22. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    Actually I have only taken Smyrna and Rhodes so far.:( I had planned to go after Trebizond too but got into a war with Venice instead. Many turns and a very humbling defeat later I have besieged...
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    Re: Born Into The Purple

    Venetian Wars
    Most of our knowledge of these turbulent years comes from the Emperor's daughter Anna Comnenus. A very intelligent woman she wrote extensively on the empire and especially about her...
  24. Re: Hardest battle I have ever fought

    I am trying to write an AAR so I want good battle pics. Well it turns out I have been exploiting the Passive AI bug more than I even realized. Playing as the Byz so my stacks are usually heavy on...
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    Born Into The Purple

    Born Into The Purple
    Chronicles of the Byzantine Empire

    Byzantium, the descendant of the ancient Roman Empire, had faced great peril before. Invasions and civil wars were common events throughout...
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    Re: Mtw2: post your videos

    Nice vid.:thumbsup2
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    Re: AI generals in the field turn rebel??!

    I have never had Generals go rebel but I have seen plenty of Captain led stacks, both mine and other factions, decide they look better in grey.:yes:

    I think it is a nice feature because it helps...
  28. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    :laughter:

    Quit spamming.:thumbsup2

    I won't be able to add anything until after tonight and the big fight with those Venetian stacks.

    I am curious if any Byz players have managed to not...
  29. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    The faction starting vids are a pretty big disappointment for me. They all seem to be the same with different lines and occasional shield emblem only.:disgust: Not happy about that.:thumbsdow
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  30. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    I have never managed to get a cardinal as the Byz. I didn't even realize the one I had was one.:doh:
  31. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    I have a feeling that Byzantium will look very different once some mods get done with it, especially MA and MTR.:yes: Well it will if we ever manage to figure out how to change the models.:(

    I...
  32. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    It is my great hope that we will be able to alter or even create unit models within a few months. Once we can actually unpak/pak the files, hopefully by November's end, I expect a lot of re-balancing...
  33. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    Byzantine Spearmen are a little better than spear militia IIRC. They are like the first spear units that you can build in Catholic Faction castles. In MTW Byzantine Infantry were a staple of Byz...
  34. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    Plan to finally start my AAR tonight after the wife and kids are in bed. Any particular pics you want?
  35. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    Arguably all of Byzantium's wars were crusades. They also did assist a couple of the crusades so at least being able to join a crusade is a reasonable expectation gameplay-wise.

    It is one of their...
  36. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    This is something I have really noticed.:(

    When I play other factions the Byz vs Turk is usually the first war to start. However when I play the Byz, Venice and then Hungary are my first wars and...
  37. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    My settings:

    Shader is version two, Battle and Camp Res is 1280x960, AA is x4, Texture Filtering is x16, Unit Detail is highest, Building Vegetation Effects Grass and Texture Quality is High,...
  38. Thread: Byzantium

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    Re: Byzantium

    Here are some pictures from my Byzantium campaigns.

    Venetian Troubles;)

    http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/6258/0000zv4.th.jpg
    http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/3782/0001oo1.th.jpg...
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    Re: Post your empire

    Yep I used the toggle command for that pic. I don't play with it on because it kind of ruins the fun if you always know what's coming.



    Yeah I was disappointed when I saw that. While it is an...
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    Re: Post your empire

    Here is mine so far.

    Mind you I am a pretty defensive player so I don't expand fast. Turns changed to .50 and displaying as years. Setting is Hard/Very Hard. :thumbsup2
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