I've always liked the medium spear unit for the Belgae, they get javelins, have decent armor, (probably have speed 3 but I haven't played with them since the update) good flexibility, and later on...
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I've always liked the medium spear unit for the Belgae, they get javelins, have decent armor, (probably have speed 3 but I haven't played with them since the update) good flexibility, and later on...
I had my heir that I was grooming for Macedon die while taking Rome. 8 casualties out of a 225 unit hypaspist from garrison slingers from extreme range, and he was the unlucky recipient of one...
I noticed some units that I thought had pike phalanx formation actually had hoplite, and can run while in formation, like the royal pikes of Macedon. Is that because they have 3 speed instead of the...
I'm no hoplite expert, but what I do is have them hold ground and toggle phalanx as the enemy is about to meet lines. I don't initially issue an attack because as long as they're not getting hit in...
Yeah I started a Macedon campaign after my Pergamon failed (trade partners made too many enemies for me!) and have a main force of 4 bronze pikes, 2 royal, 2 spartan hoplites protecting them, 4...
I try to maximize the bonuses present from each settlement in a province, giving preference to either industrial, agricultural, or trade potential. Each settlement has individual bonuses, but...
I had bandit events happen 3 times in about 5 turns, where I lost out on tens of thousands of income, so I don't ignore it anymore. Dignitaries have two lines that reduce it and the philosophy techs...
Indeed, I fully intend to! But I don't have the barracks level for that yet and wanted to see how their pike units fared against some of the barbarians around me (mostly the Odrysians because they...
I find with barbarian factions I typically have 5-6 heavy spear units to make up the front line, 4 sword/axe units (2 in reserve, 2 on a flank) and some light/med spears that operate independently...
I'm curious how others use pikes, as I don't often and have mixed results where sometimes they do superbly and other times they get 10 kills and take 50 casualties. In Rome 1 I used to create a 5...
I've never really tried but my concern would be when they're separated from Rome 2 being Rome 2 and randomly trolling you. I prefer to have balanced armies, with emphasis on one thing but not pure. ...
Hmm, strange. I haven't encountered this. Try using your skirmishers if they have no active targets or they've depleted ammunition. They're faster than everything else besides other skirmishers. ...
I found him! For some reason I can only apply it to the champion. I tried with all the generals and other agents.
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Thanks for the suggestions! I've managed to secure two provinces now (cavalry + skirmishers helped me break the attrition with my neighbor), one industrial focused, and the other agriculture. I...
Had my household expand for a general but the unit card is nowhere to be found. Same turn, I removed what he had (public order/culture $) to see if it would refresh the list but no dice. Here are...
I recently reinstalled Rome 2 and DEI after having not played for at least a year, and it's a whole lot different than I remember! I started a Getae campaign, and managed to take the two settlements...
Started a campaign with Jan. 19th patch, got to turn 85 and we keep having it crash. Initially it was on the Arevaci turn for me (Celtiberian Confederation for him). We updated to the Feb. 1st...
That was fast! Thanks for looking into the issue and making adjustments. I'm excited to see how they perform once I get stable internet back.
Interesting. I've used them against Carthage, Epiros, Arverni, and a lot of rebels; all to about the same effect. I deploy them when Hastati falter, or if Hastati are up against a superior unit,...
Playing as Rome, early I noticed Principes only have 4 attack whereas every other comparable unit (as far as upkeep goes) has 8+. I tried them in several battles to see if they were still...
I wanted to lend some thoughts on the current implementation of pikes. I'm about 120 turns into a Seleucid campaign, and up to this point I've used all the pikes available, up to bronze shields. I...
Playing a co-op with my buddy and he's able to recruit Thorax Swordsmen as Hayasdan with a tier 3 barracks before we got to the Thureos reforms, let alone Thorakitai. He also was able to recruit...
That's exactly how it should be, it's good to see that people can--and are willing to--adapt. Elite units were way too common in the previous versions, something I--and many others--voiced concerns...
Right, so I wanted to lend my thoughts on the Getae campaign. I've finally got a good one rolling on H/N after several attempts that resulted in failure by around the 100th turn. Initially I went...
Is there any plan to implement law buildings (ie: Elder's Hall/Basilica/Bouleuterion/Temples) that give bonuses to public order and corruption reduction? I think it would be neat to add that to...
Thanks for that. I thought the Ardaei army was quite absurd given the time I encountered it, and the nature of them being almost all noble spears/elite swords. I couldn't find an earlier save with...
Standard as far as i know. Grand campaign.
Here are some screenies:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=487670485
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I started a Getae campaign H/N and notice a lot of the factions around me field ridiculously expensive elite units. About 20 turns in the Ardaei were fielding nothing but noble spears and elite...
I started a campaign as the Suebi and I cannot recruit units at all. I tried to search for this, but found nothing. There are no buildings in horde mode that show recruitable troops, as well as...
I disagree to an extent. I know they were outdated, but I do not think they were ineffective against professional armies. Caesar's encounters with the chariot seems to have left quite an impression...
Cool, keep us posted if you will. I'm interested to hear of your results.
Appreciated. I feel you on over-crediting them, I don't expect them to smash into much and do well since that isn't their primary role. But I would like them to be able to help break a flank once...
I've been playing the Nervii campaign since their overhaul and I've got to say I'm really disappointed with their chariots. I had a unit of noble chariots slam into the rear of spear townsfolk that...
I'm playing as the Saxons, and wanted to weigh in on the range of their Geoguth Skirmishers (and skirmishers in general). I don't know if their ranges have been edited, but the unit behavior seems...
Cool! I'm guessing the specific changes will be in the next patch notes?
Yeah, basically his method is to crush everything in the field, and then siege the settlement down. I haven't played a nomad faction, so I don't know if they can spec into enemy hold out reduction,...
Are these units supposed to be available so early to this faction? They have 70+ armor, 70+ charge, 60+ morale, high melee attack and defense, etc. I started a co-op campaign as Baktria with my...
Javelin units are some of my favorite in the game. I love good peltast units with cavalry support. I generally have 3-4 units depending on who's army it is. I put them on one flank (usually it's...
I see Carthage do quite well in most of my campaigns. In my current Getae campaign they have all of Italy, half of Iberia, and southern France. My previous campaign as Macedon they beat up on the...
I never give other families any elite units, so that when civil war breaks out, my family's army/navy will stomp theirs. But basically, I keep my main family in what I deem the most important area...