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1) When you build a Western culture colony, it doesn't replace the Eastern culture colony. But when your new colony is ready it will increase the influence of your own culture and bring certain...

Yeah, at first I tried my best to like Rome Total War II, but it just doesn't give me a right kind of feeling, especially a campaign map with oversized settlements was disappointing. On the other...

I think you need to combine improvements in settlements with expansion. Conquering new settlements e.g., from Rebels and other Factions give you more money to maintain armies and improve settlements....

As you know the campaing starts around 280 BC, and for historical reasons some Factions may have a strong enemies in the very beginning of the game. For instance the Romans has to deal with Pyrrhos...

I agree with you. The campaign map has been one of the biggest disappointments in Rome 2.
I don't get the feeling that I would be building an ancient Empire, especially with those huge settlements...

Here are some screenshots about my recent but very long Carthaginian campaign. These pictures were taken from the latest phase when I recruited roughly 6 full armies for the decisive war between...

I agree with those who feel that cities are just too big for a campaign map. There seems to be far less open field battles in Rome 2, and it is very common to attack to a settlement without walls. I...

These are some of my favourite points in this original list. I like the old retraining system because then you have to take care better your own troops and think about the casultiies, not just...

To me, one of the biggest disappointments in Rome 2 has been a campaign map. The settlements look like there are too big for a map, and a very common type of a battle happens in a town without walls....

For a comparison here is a campaign map of Extended Greek Mod (XGM) http://www.twcenter.net/wiki/Extended_Greek_Mod

http://imageshack.us/a/img20/5186/xgmmap.jpg

As you can see there are no...

I've got my pre-ordered copy of Rome II on Tuesday, but I haven't got much time to play proper campaigns yet. I guess it takes some time to adjust to new game mechanics and interface like how to...

Some updated news about Rome II.

Pontus will be available free in content update from release day.

The Greek States Culture Pack - Athens, Sparta & Epirus will be available free with...

I think the Carthaginians were good at farming as well as trading. There was for instance a famous agricultural writer named Mago (not the same person as Hannibal´s brother)....

I´ve been rethinking about those 2 possible new settlements at the Black Sea coast from Bithynia to Colchis. Then the situation would look something like this:

Nicomedia (Bithynia) - HERACLEA...

When I played my latest Roman campaign with XGM 5.1.2, my main problem against the Gauls wasn´t so much the rebellions but very persistent and large plague just before I was planning to expand to...

I´ve been thinking about those possible map changes. If there´s a plan to have more settlements on the Black Sea coast, then Trapezus (present Trabzon) could be a good choice....

How about the possibility to make certain settlements more anxious and powerful to rebel than the average settlements? I was thinking something like the Maccabees versus the Seleucids even if that...

Here´s some comments about those various Faction ideas.

If and when we gave up both the Ptolemaic and the Seleucid Rebel Factions then those Sabaens could represent the new kind of southern...

I think I agree with the role of Carthaginian Rebels because if they were just "regular" Rebels then there wouldn´t be a same kind of need to watch your back in the early game. In my recent campaign...

I think there´s a certain "vicous circle" between the large armies and the expansion of your empire. Passive armies just take money and active armies also bring money to your empire and your building...

One of the first thing I liked about the XGM was that big map and more settlements (e.g. Aleria in Corsica), Rome as one Faction instead of three families, the Ptolemies instead of Egypt etc. In the...

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"I had something simmilar in my roman campaign. Captured the balearic islands and the population of Bochoris was just over 400 citizens. They weren't quite happy and...

Allright, that new version sounds great! No more wanderings in Sahara and more muscles for the Carthagians. I think the Punic Wars in the future will be as hard as they should be...:thumbsup2
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If I remembered it right then the Senate slot would be still available for some other Faction. I think the best place to use it would be somewhere between Scythia, Macedonia and Adriatic Sea. Then...

Good to see that your Thracians got sober enough to start their quest for the WORLD DOMINATION...:capn argh:


Luc.

Good to see that those test games are mostly given the right kind of results.

Here´s some comments and ideas that I have played in my mind lately. One possible way to strengthen Carthaginians...

There seems to be a little problem with Carthaginian Auxialiary Barracks especially with Numidian Peltasts. As a Roman player I can recruit Desert Infantry, Desert Camel Warriors and Numidian Cavalry...

I have used the game settings VH/H in this Roman campaign and those Western colonies haven´t caused me same kind of troubles anywhere else except in Carthago. I have built Western colonies in Genua,...

In my Roman campaign those Iberians made two shameless naval invasions in Sardinia and I had only some local town watches there. So I needed to send a proper army there from a Roman Africa and it...

I think the new map makes lot of sense especially the way the AI Factions seem to work sometimes. For instance if I am playing the Roman side, I don´t want take that kind of extra advantage that the...

In my recent Roman campaign I had to dealt with rather nasty revolt that happened in a Roman controlled Carthago around 257 BC.

I have managed to conquered Carthago rather easily because for some...

I meant those "hairy monsters" as a general term for the Barbarians. I think some of those RTW battle speeches included that word.

According to my knowledge the Romans prefer to shave their...

Even if I am a friend of Rome, I guess it could be refreshing to see how those "hairy monsters" :moptop: do their best to take over the civilized world...:innocent:...


Luc.

Some time ago I started a new Roman campaign with the latest XGM version (5.1.2) and it works very well, no bugs or other problems found. One strange thing was that the Carthaginians as an AI Faction...

I was wondering if you are using the option of the reduced bonuses for the AI Factions? That should affect at least the quantity of the enemy armies and perhaps the campaign difficulty level could...

I played recently rather tough campaign with the Seleucids and I achieved one of my strangest victories. As you can guess all my neighbouring Factions seem to want a little piece of my Empire and I...

Hey, that´s a good story.

Bactria may have the great future...:thumbsup2

Just remember to watch out for the Parthian cavalry...:tough:


Luc.

Some time ago when I played a Seleucid campaign I had rather hard times in the East. The Parthians and the Bactrians (as the Seleucid Rebels) made an alliance and my poor Sparabara troops couldn´t do...

I have played a highly successful Parthian campaign and I have started to like those Parthian Horse Archers and Persian Cavalry, because they are so cheap and efficient against any enemies....

I have also checked recently the Europa Barbarorum map and there were some good ideas like the Sabaens Faction in southern Arabia and the Red Sea Channel to connect two seas. I think Dime has made a...