Hi Dimebag, Zarax and others,
I'm back after a holiday. I'm coming to the end of a version 3_Final game playing as Scipii. I haven't yet tried any of the 4.xx series, but I'm looking forward to it.
I only ever took one of the Roman factions to the end of the game a few times in the old 3-family game.
Got a few questions for ya:
1) Is it inevitable in the Senate/3-family game that there must be a civil war in every game? I'm up to about AD 8 now with only the Brits and Seleucids remaining aside from the Romans, and still no civil war. No family is popular with the Senate, but neither is any popular enough with the people. For example, the Brutii have 1 Senate popularity point (out of 10), and 7 (out of 10) people popularity points, but no civil war.
2) What year does the 3-family game officially end?
3) Is there some way to have 3_Final and the latest 4.xx series version of the mod running side by side on the same install of RTW 1.6? I want to be able to play both of them :-)
I'm really enjoying my campaign. I captured Rhodes and then got a toehold in Asia Minor. But the Seleucids eventually took the whole of Africa from me, and now attack me in Asia Minor every turn with full stack or near full stack armies. Every army they send contains elephants; some armies have contained as many as *6 units* of armoured elephants! They have slowly pushed me back. I've been producing javelin throwers like the Devil!
Re. someone's comments on Hypaspists, yes those in RTR are almost invincible and will stand up to charges in the rear from cav without routing, for example. They can beat virtually any infantry unit in the game. Those in XGM I find much more realistic (as well as the Roman legionaries compared to the super-morale ones in RTR).
I'm pleased to see the continuing progress of XGM - keep up the good work guys!
Cheers, Germanicus 91