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I forgot to change from Atilla to RomeII in the menu. I feel kinda stupid right now. It works fine when I do that.

There is nothing to see here ;-)

Excellent! That was it - on my pc the steam directory is not under "Games\". I was sure I checked that... Thank you for the swift help!

I'll try that later today - thanks.

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Ok, I've tried using "debug" in the command line (I suspect that is what you wanted). I get this text back:

TEST Error
TEST Header
TEST normal...

Hi Ronin

I've used your tool many times to have some fun with TW. I now have a win10 pc, and reinstalled to play with Atilla. Only I can't get it to work :( I hope you can help me.

I get a...

Why not just play on a lower difficulty and not resorting to cheese? ;-)

I like the principle - the same method Hannibal himself used (kinda).

I would find it hard to bring 8 velites in a full stack in the late game. If you come up against a quality stack, there simply...

True, there are techs that reduce corruption.

Also check the generals - some of them (or their Wives!) can have corruption traits. I believe "ambitious wife" is +5% for instance. You can try to...

Sounds like you have a good game going :) As said above it's all about having fun.

In this game you get no points for being the good guy, so I would consider betraying Syracuse to get full control...

In vanilla they are placed under the greek states. I don't know DEI.

All true. If you want that town back you have to either backstab your ally or incite a revolt and be ready to take it back after the rebels take it. This could hurt your relations with your ally...

You shoot them. Preferably with ballista ships. I have destroyed full stacks with fleets of 4 ballista ships and 4 raiding ships. I believe, that the transport ships are very poor compared to regular...

I'll just add, that I have Sebidee's unit mods installed, and they make every faction much more interesting. It does kinda even out the differences between factions though, so you can play more or...

Pikemen have long spears that keep opponents away, hoplites can't go into the same phalanx formation, so they have to let the enemy into melee range. Instead they have a strong defensive formation,...

Epirus is a fight for your life in the first many turns. If you like that, then their roster is quite nice.
The major downside to Sparta is the lack of trade. So you have to either relocate and...

Thank you for the tips. I have always been a huge fan of pikemen, and the tactics you describe work like a charm (most of the time). A city with lots of chokepoints is a wonderful place to be for a...

Good for you :)

I have had reinforcements from the sea, that I couldn't put ashore. I won the battle anyway, but would have been very annoyed if it had cost me the win.

Either there should always be enough...

The major purpose of missile ships is to divert enemy ships from your catapults, while they do the killing. At least that is how I fight naval battles. I usually split the navy 50/50 missile/arty.
...

I like to have 3 skirmishers (slingers or good bowmen if I can get them), 2 cav (for chasing routers and enemy skirmishers off), 2 spears (aux hoplites or aux infantry) to chase off flanking cav and...

I also make do with the basic workshop - range seems to be the most important factor, and the damage is probably mostly relevant when attacking buildings anyway. I think you need a better...

I like to have a couple of ballistas in most legions. Aside from making the enemy come to you, it also enables you to fire back at enemy artillery (especially barbarians, who apparently love...

This is actually a good reason to try turtling - just to see those late units shine.

It is often too hard to stop ceasing opportunities though, and suddenly you find yourself fighting wars with...

For most campaigns I find, that cultural differences are the main problem when trying to keep order. So prioritize the temples that give order and culture conversion, and use statesmen to improve...

I can understand being very disappointed in Rome II - I was too. But I do feel that the game we have today is fine (yes - I got most DLC, when they came on sale).

I have no problem with "magical...

I have a mod limiting all factions to 1 veteran, spy and emissary. This way you can't make all your armies veterans, and you have to choose where to put him. Also no agent spam from the AI :)

I recomend it. I especially love the "Fall Of The Samurai" DLC, and play that far more than Shogun 2 itself. Both games are great though.

I'm probably going to wait until I see the communitys reaction to the two. I'm mostly interested in Attila though.

I do like to have some infantry in the boats to take coastal settlements without a garrison as mentioned above.

I do think, that the untaxing of military provinces to save food is a bug. It makes no sense, that the citizens stop eating because you stop taxing them.

It does make it possible to make a really...

At least I think it should be a warning on the diplomacy screen, if you do something that will cost you reliability.

I'd like to keep the dignitaries out of the army (to make place for a champion), and that should be possible too when the army has the two upkeep-reducing traditions.

carthage bonus -25%
army:...

Yes - I just tried it myself, army traditions, general skills and tech combined can reduce 700+ gold upkeep nobles to free troops. Especially combined with Carthages 25% discount.

Now you just...

How on earth do you get the upkeep so low? It looks like you can make the greatest army ever with those elite mercs. Those noble horse start out costing over 700 in upkeep iirc.

oops - just saw...

Laughed out loud at this - not practical in the office ;-)

I like that the rebels don't get 20 magic stacks like in RS2 (IIRC), and maybe it's understandable that they don't recruit a lot more, but still it seems wrong that not a single new legion was...

I think I have forgiven them already. I think the game is pretty good now.

You could argue that it took too long to get that way, but that was why I didn't buy the game before it came on sale :)

Well done! This massive weakening should have brought you to the brink of destruction, with other factions also jumping at the chance to finish you off. I hope it was a hard fight, and that the...

I got 3 dlc (greeks, pirates and nomads) at the last sale - I think it cost me 10 euro total, so no biggie. My point is -wait for a sale :)

They don't offer much though, but fun to see the extra...

It's not true - it works very well. I suspect a troll.