Extended Cultures Discussion

[Zarax]

XC 4 1.012 is available: http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcfi...4%20v1.012.exe

It contains fixes for the bugs reported lately.

[Total Roach]

XC 4 1.012 is available: http://www.wmwiki.com/hosted/cv/xcfi...4%20v1.012.exe

It contains fixes for the bugs reported lately.

Save compatible ?

[Zarax]

AFAIK yes

[Total Roach]

Oh, well, how likely am I to get any of the bugs you just fixed if I stick with my 4 1.011 campaign, it's going well, and I'm not feeling lucky today ?

[Zarax]

Well, unless you're playing sarmatia or galatians you shouldn't have problems.

[Total Roach]

Well, unless you're playing sarmatia or galatians you shouldn't have problems.

Ok, thanks

May try later on

[Spartan 666]

Thanks for keeping up the great work! Can't wait for a beta or something like that of XC 5...

[Zarax]

We're currently in pre-alpha phase, we still need quite a bit of work before releasing anything remotely playable.

[Total Roach]

Thanks for keeping up the great work! Can't wait for a beta or something like that of XC 5...

2nd that

Although am loving the current version so not in any real hurry

[SRACon17]

just tried out extended cultures. i just wanna ask, why do some cities have negative income? and what is the proper way to start off a campaign as any of the factions with a negative overall starting income like gcs and rome? i started a campaign with the greek city states and now i'm just about to defeat macedon, but i played it on medium/medium, so i don't know if the starting strategy i did would work on higher difficulties. any advice?

[SRACon17]

i have another question, in the installer, what exactly does the option "Carthaginian Senate" do?

[Zarax]

XC economy is not the easiest to manage, I suggest you give a read to a few tutorials: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=358518

That said, the basics to succeed in XC are:

- Focus on your economy
- Use the cheapest army possible to do the job
- Make sure your faction leader is a good manager

Going harder than medium is not suggested until you have some experience, winning an XC campaign is not an easy feat.

The carthaginian senate gives senate missions to Carthage and swaps the roman rebels for the carthaginian senate in Carthago.

[SRACon17]

thanks, i'll read the tutorials and try a harder difficulty, as it wasn't that difficult to steamroll macedon in my current campaign, especially with my master assasin


the carthaginian senate option doesn't affect the other factions? also i noticed that when i enabled the carthaginian senate option, the julius caesar alternate campaign disappeared, but when i removed it and reinstalled, it's there again. is that normal

[GeoHitmanGR]

thanks, i'll read the tutorials and try a harder difficulty, as it wasn't that difficult to steamroll macedon in my current campaign, especially with my master assasin


the carthaginian senate option doesn't affect the other factions? also i noticed that when i enabled the carthaginian senate option, the julius caesar alternate campaign disappeared, but when i removed it and reinstalled, it's there again. is that normal

Nice choice. Assassins are especially effective against small kingdoms like Macedon or Pontus, but not so much against bigger empires like Ptolemaic or Seleucid.

Carthaginian Senate converts Roman rebels to Carthaginian senate faction, and as such, Caesar campaign which relies heavily on the roman rebels is not playable.

[Zarax]

Also, difficulty tends to ramp up later on in the campaign, big empires can crumble as easily as small ones in XC.

[AmirKhan]

Nice choice. Assassins are especially effective against small kingdoms like Macedon or Pontus, but not so much against bigger empires like Ptolemaic or Seleucid.

It's the other way around in my campaigns.

Factions with s h i t load of family members tend to be less protective for assassins.
While Macedon cities are very hard to get a spy in it, like 20% chance or so, even skilled ones

[GeoHitmanGR]

It's the other way around in my campaigns.

Factions with s h i t load of family members tend to be less protective for assassins.
While Macedon cities are very hard to get a spy in it, like 20% chance or so, even skilled ones

Actually it's more about the replenishment rate, rather than the actual percentages. The lower the number of territories, means less Family members are ready to be recruited (marriages, adoptions, MotH, age), plus the FMs are grouped in a relatively small area, in other words, easy prey . So it often comes down to a single region (ungoverned regions seem quite prone to XC increased unrest) with a FL and possibly a FH (not if you have a gooood assassin) which can easily fall to battle, die of old age, or take him with a longshot assassination.

On the other hand, while it MAY be relatively easier to kill FMs of bigger empires, will not make a big difference in the long run, as FMs can be as easily recruited as slain.


P.S If you have an unnaturally low chance to infiltrate a city, try sending a spy exactly right to it, and send an assassin to check if it is a spy den. If it's not its probably a really paranoid governor and you cannot do much, if it is indeed a spy den, I trust you know what to do.

[AmirKhan]

It's all good philosophy, but in practice it does the same thing I told, at least in my campaigns

[GeoHitmanGR]

It's all good philosophy, but in practice it does the same thing I told, at least in my campaigns

After all, it's just a matter of taste, easy assassination that do not count much, or more difficult that do.

[Restlessspirit4]

Zarax I installed XC converter.What does it actually do?