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Some minor cleanup to the guide. Thinking about re-running an early game Hard mode with a different faction (maybe a scenario other than Grand Campaign) in the latest version to provide fresh...

In regards to the Co-op version. Is Sparta given control of Athens instead of Macedon when the other player chooses to play as them? I ask because of the bug where Sparta cannot trade with other...

Lol it was more of a friendly jibe at a user named "Seleukos Nikator" not including Ptolemy Soter because history. And #9 asks about Ptolemy son of Seleukos, not Ptolemy son of Lagus (later Ptolemy...

This is awesome! You guys never fail to amaze. I noticed you left Ptolemy, son of Lagus, off the list despite him being one of Alexander's Somatophylaxes from the outset while Seleukos was not of...

It shouldn't be. The Macedonian army was of undeniably superior quality to that of the Persians (and every other culture on the map) in this time period. The population was able to support regular...

I haven't played either campaign in quite some time. That said, CiG is more challenging and fun because of the lack of navies. The AI is unfortunately terrible at using a navy but is rather good when...

That's an interesting idea of having timed reinforcements for even the player faction, could be a great sub-mod for those who want a more "battle focused" campaign. Something like the player needs to...

He had a general idea that the Persian Empire was enormous but he wouldn't have known just how expansive it was. Xenophon and Herodotus both write about India but Greeks didn't know how far away it...

Awesome! Conquering as the barbarians will be fun, and then defending the crumbling glorious civilization will also be a good alternate challenge later down the road a la FotE.

This is awesome, you guys never fail to amaze! The Achaemenids are a personal favorite of mine to read about, so I'm eager to see the undoubtedly brilliant treatment they get from the DeI team.

I think something like this would be incredibly difficult because of supply and army replenishment challenges. DeI does a phenomenal job at modeling the difficulty ancient peoples had in projecting...

Nice ideas, its always cool to see how others build armies. I tend to try and do historical runs, so what you call the "Gaugamela / Alexandrian" build I compose like this:

4x chalkaspides pikemen...

As an FYI, because it seems to be vastly overestimated in this forum, but Legendary difficulty only adds +7 Attack and +7 morale to the AI in battles (this is the same bonus the BAI gets on Very...

True, yet it seems that the main antagonists come from Alba Longa and their technology would not be nearly so primitive as the trailer makes it out to be; however, I understand why they may have done...

Looks interesting thanks for sharing, I'd never heard of this before and will definitely have to check it out. The costuming is clearly made overly primitive to emphasize the Twins upbringing in the...

Logistically supporting your army for 15 years in enemy territory is monumental. How you march around enemies, supply your men, avoid being entrapped etc. is nearly incomprehensible. That's the...

His victories were far from Pyrrhic. The three for which he is most remembered are the battles of the Trebia River, Lake Trasimene and Cannae. Each of these is a tactical brilliancy. Hannibal's...

Who would win in a single battle with those armies you mention? Alexander. Who do I consider the greater commander? Hannibal.

They both inherited an army and they each used it with exceptional...

Sparta was most definitely concerned with what the Macedonians were doing. Their famous “if” rebuttal was simple bluffing that they couldn’t back up and knew Philip wouldn’t want to waste his...

For a plausibly realistic expansion path as Sparta (or really any of the mainland Greeks) I would emulate Philip and Alexander. First you'll want to re-establish the dominance you once held over...

You want to expand more rapidly than you have done in those screenshots. I made a guide about playing small factions on Hard/Hard, and the sample campaign I used was Macedon. It will give you some...

I think it'd be a cool idea to have Labienus given more representation in the CiG campaign. The only image that regularly comes up for Titus Labienus is this one:...

For the Ambakaro units the appearance of the masks seems to be based on the "Unit Detail" graphics setting, and they appear on anything but Low so this seems fine. The Galatian Cleruch Bodyguards...

Using only the three DeI parts, Lusotanan units Ambakaro and Ambakaro Epones don't have their masks down when on the battle field. Screenshots
https://imgur.com/qZMTofk
https://imgur.com/epL9wrt

Bummer but I figured as much. And as to the confederation, c'est la vie. I had some vacant jobs in the mines for those people anyways :evil:

There may not be anything the team here can do about this, and its relatively minor, but somewhat annoying.

The scenario involves 2 player armies, 2 AI armies with one in a city and one just...

For the future Rise of the Republic overhaul, will you be starting Rome with their Servian style army or Camillan? I think it'd be interesting to have them start with the Servian army and then let...

Try and take out Bactria first. They have wealthy regions to help kickstart your economy. This also allows you to avoid early wars with the Seleucid's and their satrapies. Once you eliminate Bactria...

Playing with an army like the Mauryans or Suebi is my preference. The Roman/Hellenistic manner of fighting is good but quickly becomes a memorized algorithm to repeat all campaign. Horse archer...

You can get basically the same thing by playing VH/N, ticking on Realism mode, never pausing the game in a battle, and never manually saving the game (meaning you'll only have the auto-save from...

No emperor ever let part of his empire rebel without at least trying to bring them back into the fold. This is what happened in the eastern provinces: the Seleucids would face some hardship in the...

For spear vs cavalry: you want your spears to be stationary and in a formation if they have one. This allows them to brace against the charge thereby ending it quicker and then get into the dirty...

Kam hit the nail on the head. Once you begin to face armies of better quality troops the horse archers can no longer destroy them outright. Use them to weaken and fatigue the enemy (enemy archers...

I'd agree with Tiny. Republican Roman armies often won a battle in spite of their commander's blunders, not because of the commander's brilliance. Even Caesar was no exception to this rule, many of...

Cavalry could definitely charge massed infantry head on given the unit (man AND horse) were disciplined enough. The Battle of Hastings is the best example I can think of. Norman heavy cavalry charged...

What does the power balance between your two factions look like? If it's not at least 2/3 in your favor, try and get it to that point. IIRC, money plays a larger part in this calculation than...

Can’t. Wait. This submod is amazingly good for the 40-50 turns I was able to play it. One question: with the reworked battle system, will forts be less effective? They felt a bit too powerful in the...

I haven’t tried legendary since Kam reworked the battle stats, so this isn’t an up-to-date method. The legendary BAI bonus is only +7 for morale, attack and defense but because all stats are lower...

Siege their cities, blockade the ports and assassinate their ruler and/or destroy a couple armies with other high-rank generals. Since you gave yourself tons of money the power calculation should...

Searching the submod forum for "spqr" didn't return any results of the type you're asking for. It may not be possible to have 4 classes or families per faction in Rome 2.
However, Dresden did create...