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I've had flashes of usefulness with artillery but I'm fundamentally a lazy player so I tend to force the enemy into defensive battles and then use earthworks and rear slops to nullify their...

Yeah, people forget that 60% of the training these troops got was bayonet practice. The Brits were famous for letting their troops fire their muskets a couple times a year. In a lot of armies they...

I actually don't disagree. I've abandoned artillery completely. With Russia my cavalry consist of the mounted Strelki who give garrison bonus and are cheap. The rest of the army is infantry. As much...

I bought it somewhere around 2004, installed it, started playing at about 2:30 in the afternoon and only noticed I was tired 12:00 noon the next day. I'd not gotten it to work after about 2009 until...

Nope, it not was necessary or desirable or a good idea. Attacking a country because of an organisation of 50 people you created is not justifiable. The cost to the US population of this wart on...

He was a Jewish preacher, what else was he going to be saying?

Oh Jesus existed, and did most of the things in the Gospels, and died on the cross around 33 AD. The miracles no, and coming back from the dead, no, but he was by all accounts a rather nice man. Its...

Jesus travelled with a group of people, including Jesus and "the 12" his apostles, while the others included women "who provided for them out of their own resources" including Mary Magdalene who...

One of the fundamental things wrong with the Hun lists is the format. They have the same mixture of melee and bow cav that everybody else has, but that really isn't practical. My reading is mostly...

Yeah, because humans are never desperate for friends and and always make clear and sensible choices in regards to them.

Its important to recognise that religion is often a culture as much as its a belief, where you can meet up with like minded people and celebrate your diversity - rather like the flat earth society or...

As you have all probably worked out, when a stack is brought to combat after fleeing there is no timer. I suspect this was removed for some reason or other by CA, but I want it back :) Any ideas on...

Yeah, I can see that. It makes no difference really to the player as they are still useful late game for running down foot bows and the like, its just the AI has no clue. With the way the morale...

Except he was not one of the Apostles.



The Ur-Nammu law code
http://realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Misc/Sumer/ur_nammu_law.htm

For a similar format to the physical 10 commandments...

Who says there isn't.

I've been experimenting with the Huns and trying to find a workable play style. The one thing that really sticks out is that the AI has no idea what to do with Horse archers. I've increased their...

I've had a few, probably 5 in about 50 hours of play. Nvidia Card. Back before I stopped using ATI cards I used to have terrible problems getting stable performance. Maybe try going back a driver and...

Well, both the Torah and the Gospels were written long after the event. The Gospels were written after Jesus was dead by people who had never met him, with Paul letters and Revelations likewise being...

For people who can count, and that understand the concept of natural selection, the universe is nothing but a beautiful accident. Everything is the product of chance, natural selection and survival...

I'm still trying to get to grips with the game mechanics. I've tried both Radious and the Dei mods and they are currently worse than the base game. Its really just building up a bit while hanging...

Public order is one of the simplest things to control in the game. Spend some time getting an idea of how to control it and you will be down to a rebellion once every few turns across your empirte at...

I've just moved from 1.69 to 1.7 and have noticed an issue with musketry. Infantry in the game now only fire their front ranks. Even after fire by rank this contin ues with line and mlitia. I've...

I like them as well. They are out of the way and have a great starting position, plus lots of interesting opponents.

They are the default infantry unit of the nomadic cultures and they are unusually bad.

Is it possible to give them the same cost and profile as hillmen? As they are now they get run down by any...

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?619632-Amazons-Total-War-II-mod

Best to post in in the release thread for that mod.

At the moment Pontus does not get pikes, just levy pikes and bronze shield pikes.

Muster field - levy pikes
lvl 2 - Pontus swords
lvl 3 - thureos spears
lvl 4 - bronze shield pikes.

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I'm using your 18 version of the eastern armies and I'm not seeing the updated carians. Everything else is correct, but I still have shiny blue Carians.

I think it comes down to the buggers be so pervasive. Obama can't do anything without it being televised around the world. The US government feels the need to have an opinion and policy on...

So your saying that a company with this many staff can stay in business by making a game that sells 200,00 copies every year or two? Reality may not mean much to you as you sit there in your mum's...

Well we remember from Rome I the sappers digging the whole tunnel in the 20 minutes the battle lasted. CA is not excessively tied to historical accuracy.

As far as burning down gates, its...

The economy and diplomacy. The comments are hysterical and its actually pretty easy to spot who is likely to give you a treaty and who is likely to stab you when you're not looking. And people keep...

I have been curious as to sales and how credible the 2 million copies on pre-order was.



This is the last week.
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Can some just make the damn things smaller

Works, I only get the generic encyclopaedia entry rather than a stat card. It would be nice to know what they do.

Yep, the Gauls invented them, there are very old (beyond 800 BC) galic sites with Pila style heads. They are probably responsible for them making it to Spain and northern Italy where they were picked...

I've no idea if I've missed a technical reason why it can't be done, but the unit cards in the HUD take up far to much room as is. Half the physical size should still be fine to see, but only take up...

Well my cata generally kill about 500 slingers a game, so they pay for themselves. They should be effective against everything. They didn't need shields because their armour was complete and they...

Well the AI has the same problem. Once I got used to 3, 6 was a luxury :) Radious' mod increased the number to 6 initially and you get more when you get to the first level of empire. You do not need...

Well I played all of the major mods for Empire and the standout was "The rights of Man". It made every other mod look childish. With that mod I made it to 1799 with only 100,000 gold at most,...