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    Difficulty setting effects on Battle AI

    Hello all ,

    Can anyone tell me whether Battle AI gets any bonuses to attack relative to difficulty settings ? I had understood that they get a morale bonus and are more aggressive/prone to...
  2. Re: Vampiresbane's Guide to Gathering Religious Relics

    It's too bad but it seems as though Vampiresbane's map has disappeared ...
  3. Does the AI get buffed movement on Strategy Map ?

    Hello wise ones , does anyone know of any evidence to suggest that the AI gets buffs to their movement range specifically on the Strategy Map ?

    I've never seen anything personally to suggest this...
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    Re: Battle Dread and the Winning First Trait

    From Salisian's guide :

    "The way BattleChivalry and BattleDread work is that they are not antitraits,
    but instead, are handled by having each trigger for one check to make sure
    there are no...
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    Re: Guilds Not Triggering

    If you haven't , I'd recommend giving "A Guide for Guilds" by Legio a read :
    https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?377884-TW-Guide-A-Guide-for-Guilds

    Let me save you some time however...
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    Re: Mongols at the Gates!

    >All a sign that you may have played the game out too many turns.

    That seems like a very strange thing to say , considering you can't even go to the new world until well after this point .
  7. Re: Release: "HaHawk's Native Voices Mod" Ver. 1.0

    Just wanted to share a quick "thank you" to HaHawk for this mod . As a fan of the now lost Beiss 's Xenophonia , I am very greatful that you have taken up the mantle !
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    Alternative mod for Xenophonia fans

    Hi all ,

    Just thought it was worth sharing a link to this alternative to Xenophonia ( since the download links are long dead and even the creator couldn't resurrect them ) :

    "HaHawk's Native...
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    Re: Princesses, Spys, and Assassins, oh my!

    I tend to produce many diplomats . I like to where possible have at least one dip for each of my early allies . Later , one dip per nation . I try and play chivalrous so no spy or assassins ( I...
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    Re: Experience point hints-&-tips

    That's a good question - might mean some of the "bugged" slow attacking types like 2handers would become more viable .
  11. Re: How would you approach a slower start to a campaign?

    But , isn't the point of this thread that playing slow is a deliberate handicap to make the game more challenging because steamrolling the AI , once you've done it a few times , gets boring ? I mean...
  12. Re: Guide to using hidden resources for unit recruitment

    Sorry , what do you mean by "hidden resources" ?
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    Re: Ancilaries List and Guide(and extras)

    Very good .

    Well organized , I really like it . If I may say so , I hope the mods place this among the "Collection of M2TW Guides" .

    For many years, I've used this guide : ...
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    Re: Sherwood Archers vs. Retinue Longbowmen

    @ThePianist - To get guilds , you have to earn points towards them . With the Woodsmen's Guild , you need 100 points for the first level , plus 250 for the 2nd level . Recruiting archer units earn...
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    Re: General's movement point on ships.

    Commodus is correct, it's Salisian's guide . Something I think everyone should read through if you ever want to train for traits or understand their triggers . The one that always comes to mind is...
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    Re: General's movement point on ships.

    These are the only traits available to Admirals in M2TW :

    Admirals (mtgiv)

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    Competent Sailor (Sailor 1)- +1 Naval Command, gained after 1 point of Sailor
    Fine Officer (Sailor 2)- +2 Naval...
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    Re: Adoption request denied

    After you click to say yes to the adoption , you get a little message :

    http://i.imgur.com/QkKduIt.jpg


    EDIT : LOL That's right , not adopting him kills him - you bastard!
  18. Re: How would you approach a slower start to a campaign?

    Hi NorseThing ( sorry for the delay in my response ) , but yes it is an assumption . It's based on what Selv mentioned , namely that you cannot make alliances with the allies of your former enemies ,...
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    Re: Unbalanced forces

    Also , make sure you learn how to do a proper charge - you can't just run at an enemy esp. with horses in M2TW like you could in RTW .
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    Re: Adoption request denied

    No , the only cause of "failed adoption" is when you save and reload . I'm sure if you test this it will happen 100% of the time .

    I often wait until the end of the turn to decide whether I will...
  21. Re: How would you approach a slower start to a campaign?

    Play for high Reputation , high Chivalry . So , you have to maintain good Relations with even your enemies , sue for peace often , never start a war etc. ; Important - you can never destroy a Faction...
  22. Thread: Soon...

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    Re: Soon...

    All looking great !
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    Re: Soon...

    Depends on what kind of unit we're talking about here . Certainly the poorest of fighters would've had only a helmet .
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    Re: Medieval 3 no longer just a pipe dream?

    GOG even has a Steam-like platform now , with easy updates :) I love GOG

    EDIT: Called "GOG Galaxy" FYI .
  25. Thread: Soon...

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    Re: Soon...

    Remind me , are these already integrated into Titanium , or is this a side project ?
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    krazyfilmer123...

    krazyfilmer123 linked to the guide 5 ( 6? ) posts up , check it out .

    I'm a little ashamed to admit , I have a copy of this ( among others ) printed up , so I can read it on the can . :whistling...
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    Re: Do you adopt?

    I hope that's a typo , since , being aware of Salisian's guide , you should be aware that this is not true at all . The majority of traits are not heritable in any sense ( heritability here meaning...
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    Re: Do you adopt?

    You know , something a little macho , a little cool , a little extraordinary - for example , looking at England's list of family names , ones like "Blacke" , "Gryffin" , and "Heaven" stick out as...
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    Re: Do you adopt?

    I try and avoid adopting , keeping the bloodline pure is both a challenge and aesthetically interesting . There are three good guides on breeding and training that I think are worth reading , if you...
  30. Thread: Soon...

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    Re: Soon...

    Beautiful stuff , keep it comin' .
  31. Re: haven't played in 10 years.. i just did yesterday!

    If you want to be able to improve at taking on battles without Pausing , there is a middleground : If you hold Shift while Left-Clicking on the "+" and "-" signs in the HUD that control the Time...
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    Re: Campaign too easy

    First off , yes this game can be this easy even on VH/VH , esp. with the game's default "easy" faction England . Definitely explore other factions , they will be harder . So try Venice or the...
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    Re: Anybody use entirely gunpowder armies?

    You buried the lead brother .

    Check out this guide if you haven't before now :

    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?316825-TW-Guide-M2TW-How-to-Employ-Pikemen

    Pikes FTW
  34. Re: haven't played in 10 years.. i just did yesterday!

    Probably helps that ManyATrueNerd is doing a Let's Play on his channel .
  35. Re: Version 2 of the Medieval Total War 2 Settlements & Siege Guide has been completed!

    How's this ?

    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=4315

    Can you guys test that for me ?
  36. Re: Version 2 of the Medieval Total War 2 Settlements & Siege Guide has been completed!

    I still have a copy of the PDF is someone wants to clue me in on how to share this with all .
  37. Re: haven't played in 10 years.. i just did yesterday!

    Welcome back .
  38. Re: Dizzying array of trait/building modifications. What do they mean?

    Well , the good thing for you is that after so many years , much of the information in this deep game has been teased out . The guides Atthias linked to are invaluable .

    Below are a couple of...
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    Re: Custom-made sword Ancillaries - Suggestion for names anyone ?

    Well , Durandal and Cortana are names that are known to anyone who've played Bungie's Marathon and Halo series ( respectively ) - they're famous named swords used by two sidekicks to Charlemagne ....
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    Sticky: Re: Hello

    I believe you can find what you need here :

    http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?96588-Patches-M2TW-Update-1-5-1-3-amp-1-2-Download-Links
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