Some handy campaign map overviews

[Totalwarzone]

Hello there,


After my complete faction list, mercenary list and ultimate faction overview, I return once again with some handy campaign map overviews made with the interactive campaign map. It gives you the feeling of were the major fighting will be, and what provinces you want to claim. Hope you find it usefull.


Resources Map


Normal Resources are shown in blue/gray, wonders are in red. This shows that the resources are very evenly stretched over the entire campaign map. However, wonders appear in certain concentrations. In the area of Egypt, Parthia and Greece are a lot of wonders which could provide great bonusses to the factions close by. This map also shows that Egypt has indeed a very good location, starting with 2 wonders, a lot of resources and another wonder nearby. I should say that in my opinion the barbarians near Gernany should deserve some more wonders.



Mercenary Map


This map shows the size of provinces which contain the same mercenaries. The colors are random, each blob shows a mercenary group. This gives us a good feeling of the number and locations of mercenary units. In my opinion the mercenaries are extremely well done in Rome 2.



War map


Every region colored in red is at war with another faction. This shows us were the action will start off most of the time. As you can see the barbarians are already in quit a lot of wars. In modern Germany and France, most of the faction start of at war. If we look at the east of the map things change drastically. There is almost no war at all in the beginning in Arabia and close to Parthia. Seems like we see Barbarian heads rolling first, easterlings will come next.



Alliances


This map shows all the regions that are allied with another. As you can see, not many factions start of with an ally, and if they do, it is most of the time a playable faction. We do have a lot of alliances in modern France and Spain. AN example is the alliance between the Helveti, the Nori and the Raeti which could cause some trouble to expanding players. Once again, in the east, there is not much going on. Most of the factions start out neutral or as vassals there. North Africa? Nothing at all.



Playable faction + Seleucid Empire with all their allies and vassals


This maps shows all the playable factions + the Seleucid Empire as one blob with all their vassals and alies. Shows how powerfull the Seleucids are...



Hope you enjoyed this and found anything usefull.


Martijn/Total War Zone
@Totalwar_zone

[Fishdawg]

Well done looks awesome +rep

[0ldboy]

Mr. totalwarzone your maps are getting me pumped for Rome2. Thanks fella!

[Barbarian Nobility]

Good work, +rep

[Totalwarzone]

Thanks guys. My real name is Martijn though. Totalwarzone sound a bit weird.

[Hunor]

thx! good work+rep !

[0ldboy]

Thanks guys. My real name is Martijn though. Totalwarzone sound a bit weird.

Really? I was sure it was your Christian name ;P

[GussieFinkNottle]

I would rep you but I already have too recently. Consider yourself to have received an honorary rep

[mrartist]

Nice work here, very helpful. I would rep you if I knew how.

[Anaxamander]

Awesome. This should help me plan my first few moves...

[Lord Tomyris]

Great work!

[BigHairyMelon]

Nice work +1

[Tenerife_Boy]

I need a map with all the factions, the playables and the non ones...Is there any map done around here already ??? I give +rep to whom that could help me

[BalrogOfMorgoth]

Thanks ! The cultural group map aka mercenaries is very interesting.

[Serkelet]

Looking at this map... It came to my mind this question: Was Stonehenge actually famous in the ancient world?

[Totalwarzone]

If I have to believe some websites the function of Stonehenge in Roman times isn't known. But people found things like Roman coins there, so the Romans were there.

[Serkelet]

If I have to believe some websites the function of Stonehenge in Roman times isn't known. But people found things like Roman coins there, so the Romans were there.

There's no doubt the romans were there. What I am asking is if the stonehenge was actually a famous site people spoke about along the ancient world, just as they were marveled by the Pyramids or the Colossus of Rhodes.

[JGL]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Hello there,


After my complete faction list, mercenary list and ultimate faction overview, I return once again with some handy campaign map overviews made with the interactive campaign map. It gives you the feeling of were the major fighting will be, and what provinces you want to claim. Hope you find it usefull.


Resources Map


Normal Resources are shown in blue/gray, wonders are in red. This shows that the resources are very evenly stretched over the entire campaign map. However, wonders appear in certain concentrations. In the area of Egypt, Parthia and Greece are a lot of wonders which could provide great bonusses to the factions close by. This map also shows that Egypt has indeed a very good location, starting with 2 wonders, a lot of resources and another wonder nearby. I should say that in my opinion the barbarians near Gernany should deserve some more wonders.



Mercenary Map


This map shows the size of provinces which contain the same mercenaries. The colors are random, each blob shows a mercenary group. This gives us a good feeling of the number and locations of mercenary units. In my opinion the mercenaries are extremely well done in Rome 2.



War map


Every region colored in red is at war with another faction. This shows us were the action will start off most of the time. As you can see the barbarians are already in quit a lot of wars. In modern Germany and France, most of the faction start of at war. If we look at the east of the map things change drastically. There is almost no war at all in the beginning in Arabia and close to Parthia. Seems like we see Barbarian heads rolling first, easterlings will come next.



Alliances


This map shows all the regions that are allied with another. As you can see, not many factions start of with an ally, and if they do, it is most of the time a playable faction. We do have a lot of alliances in modern France and Spain. AN example is the alliance between the Helveti, the Nori and the Raeti which could cause some trouble to expanding players. Once again, in the east, there is not much going on. Most of the factions start out neutral or as vassals there. North Africa? Nothing at all.



Playable faction + Seleucid Empire with all their allies and vassals


This maps shows all the playable factions + the Seleucid Empire as one blob with all their vassals and alies. Shows how powerfull the Seleucids are...



Hope you enjoyed this and found anything usefull.


Martijn/Total War Zone
@Totalwar_zone

Great work! Rep+ and welcome to the twcenter

[Totalwarzone]

It looks like I could be the first one who gets more rep then posts... lol. I don't care that much about rep though. THanks for the positive feedback all.

[familyguy1]

Hmm. I liked the Seleucid Empire part. It shows exactly why they did not make them a playable faction.