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    Re: Patch 10 in public beta

    Oh oh oh... Can I play too?

    Let's see... I know how this one goes, I just have to get the phrasing right.

    *ahem*

    "I never experience that in my game."

    How did I do?
  2. Re: One of Rob's Bartholomew's Statements (rebuttal)

    Listening doesn't mean squat. It only means... listening. Like listening to music. It is the acting part that people should focus on, as listening is a 100% free action.
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    Re: Fighting to the Death

    And look at how the Greek stance helped at Cynoscephalae. The romans were unaware of it's significance and kept on killing until someone higher up noticed and told them. That was a matter of luck....
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    Re: Any way to disable the spotlight?

    Night sieges might become a horror though. Imagine 160 of those buffed up torches flaring at the same time at a gate... Nuclear blast!
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    Re: Any way to disable the spotlight?

    "This is the ROME 2 Police Department! Lay down your spears, swords and shields, and put your hands in the air. We have you surrounded! Don't even think of doing a high speed chase with the horses!...
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    Re: Lack of Ranged Units Kils this Game

    Yes, the sword was never the primary weapon, I did not say that, but it went from being a personal weapon to being the soul of the warrior. It rose sharply in cultural value after the Mongol...
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    Re: Escape the warscape

    Visually yes, but someone managed to remove all the fancy fight animations and left the troops with only simple swings. Well suddenly troops did gang up on enemies. But it looked quite poor and there...
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    Poll: Re: Will you play Total War arena after Rome 2?

    So many responses, only 20 votes... Interesting.

    By the way: Nope, won't play it most probably. Not out of principle though.
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    Re: silencio

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK_y4 ;)



    You are right to an extent at least. I know for a fact at least one hardline fan (with a critical sense) who was very active here for two months,...
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    Re: A very unexpected sales statistic

    Obviously not. But there are always a few... shall we call them 'misguided'... people who says things without knowing what the actual consequences of said statement (if true) would be.
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    Re: Lack of Ranged Units Kils this Game

    Quite. Or rather it isn't the whole truth. :)

    The Japanese did use shields (and onehanded straight swords) in the Heian period, and before presumably. Then it seems the Yamato (classical Japanese)...
  12. Re: The myths and reality of Steam generally not refunding games - also belongs to Rome 2

    X Rebirth was at least for the first couple of weeks somewhat inconsistent. Some people got their refunds (several having already had the 'one time refund') while others did not stating various...
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    Re: I miss opening speeches!!!!!! :(

    There is a truth to the speeches of the previous games getting tiresome after a while. I won't deny that I probably skipped 90% of all speeches. However I pretty much always listened to a guy who had...
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    Re: Patch plans and what's left to fix?

    Indeed.
    How long will CA keep up actual patching. We don't know. My personal expectation is that there will be a few more patches, probably fewer than 4, and then they will sit back for half a year...
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    Re: Rome 2 humour thread

    Would have been enough though, Troy isn't a provincial capital.
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    Re: Thing you didnt know about pikemen

    Ah the Kensai. Send an army to beat him and lose, well not really but he could eat a lot of guys, send a single unit of archers and he dies.

    I seem to remember that back in Rome 1 and Med 2 pike...
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    Sticky: Re: Total War: Rome II - Pictures & Videos Thread

    Sadly your thread got merged with the big pictures & videos thread. I wonder why when Sane was allowed his own thread. Maybe you should ask the staff, I'm sure they can provide you with a reason.
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    Poll: Re: TWC's Rome 2 Total War Rating Score

    Take note that I didn't call it average. Correct, average means the combined numbers' value, or something to that effect (I'm sure the definition is worded differently). But 5 is the middle of the...
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    Re: Rome 2 humour thread

    Every day I come here for a few cheap laughs. And it delivers almost every day.

    Thank you guys.
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    Poll: Re: TWC's Rome 2 Total War Rating Score

    That's how the 'professionals' do it. It didn't start like that though. It used to be a regular 0-10 or 100 rating like everything else in a rational world. But somewhere around the turn of the...
  21. Re: Australia's premium gaming magazine PC Powerplay rates ROME II with mark 4, which was unheard of for TW series until now!!..

    Warscape won't be replaced right away.

    Rome 2 was the logical title to make the transition. It was a huge project with more money and a much expanded potential (in the timeframe etc). And the time...
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    Re: Sane Critique, Why Rome 2 Failed

    When you have hacked up enough lung, make that lung do the work. Profit! :thumbsup2
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    Re: So CA what's about patch 8 & 9

    "We are aware a lot of our fans have been asking for work to be done on the AI, and let me assure you, you have been heard. We don't want anyone to feel that we don't listen."
    "But will you actually...
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    Re: Language speaking of units

    He did. Same voice for every Catholic nation. But he spoke with a heavy English accent. It was cute in a sense, and worked ok since a medieval commander could hardly be expected to be good at Latin...
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    Re: Total War: Rome II Caesar In Gaul Announcement

    Actually children went into puberty a lot later than now. So a 12 year old would look more like a 10 year old now. But yes, past 30 years they would most likely look a fair bit older than we do these...
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    Re: DLC Rome II - "Caesar in Gaul" ("Caesar in Gaul")

    Rome/Caesar, Arverni, Suebi and Nervii (they were a Belgae tribe).
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    Re: DLC Rome II - "Caesar in Gaul" ("Caesar in Gaul")

    The Nervii, Belgic tribe. You can hear the dude talk about them. Also that first word in the faction selection screen that looks like HepB-double-reverse-N actually spells out Nervii (same number of...
  28. Re: Intentionally false advertising - How far will you go for Rome 2 ? - recreated

    I think you are forgetting that James Russel literally did say the game would look way better. http://youtu.be/EaDlihIqPws?t=9m4s
    It is hard to argue that he is talking about theoretical situations...
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    Re: How many hours have you put in to the game?

    38 hours.

    Most of those while I was trying to convince myself that I was actually having fun. It is interesting how long you can lie to yourself when you don't want the reality to be true. But a...
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    Re: 50% off on Steam

    Heh, just had a thought, maybe we should have a Pre-orderers Anonymous meeting?

    "Hi, my name is Kraxis and I'm a Pre-orderer."
    *crowd* "Hi Kraxis"
    "I was a fool. I knew I shouldn't have, but...
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    Re: Rome 2 humour thread

    "MEN! BYPASS THE DEFENDERS!" *turn to advisor* "Just make sure they know nothing of the parachute I keep for these occasions."
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    Re: Sane Critique, Why Rome 2 Failed

    I suppose the cold got the better of our 'sane' friend this week. ;)

    Next week?
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    Re: Steam Review Rome 2

    The rumour prior to the release was that SEGA was pushing the release up because of the twin debacles of Colonial Marines and Company of Heroes 2, so SEGA needed an injection of revenue in the third...
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    Re: when Total war Rome 2 have graphic like this?

    The best puns are accidental puns.
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    Re: Sane Critique, Why Rome 2 Failed

    I have to second this. It was pretty low.
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    Re: Rome 2 humour thread

    :laughter:

    That's just priceless! Paradox managed to pre-joke Rome 2.
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    Re: Sane Critique, Why Rome 2 Failed

    Heh... Good compilation. It is interesting to see the things wrong with the game listed like this, and then explained well. To an extent I didn't even know it was that bad... And we have the entire...
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    Re: Rome 2 humour thread

    OMG guys, the last page or so has been filled with

    http://etwaru.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/awesome_sauce_by_goblinworkshop-d61aykm.jpg
  39. Re: Torches NEED to go away. It is confusing the ai. Climbs up and climbs down to use torches...

    The entire idea of torches burning even wooden gates is simply stupid.

    The gates have provisions for boiling oil to pour down. That can as easily be used with water to douse any torch that might...
  40. Re: Boycott Faction DLC until game completed/fixed.

    Calling for a boycott is simply not going to do anything. Those that are disgusted won't be buying any DLC regardless, and those that like the game still have obviously not been convinced by two and...
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