RTW NEEDS SOME HEAVY PATCHING NAO!

[Kensai Of Carthage]

Man, I totally lose my will to play Rome:Total War, due to it's unbalanced and unhistorical factions/troops
Romans can beat almost anything, Gauls can't beat anyone, praetorian cavs are overpowered
Horse archers are in this game
Missiles can't do anything, but to stand and get cavalry charged
Also, they need to get rid of that stupid gamespy thingy, so I wont need to be isolated in GameRanger
Praetorians are expensive, but seriously? They pown the friggen out of everyone
My PC is too bad for Shogun 2:Total War and I'm so angry about it >=/
CA, you make some great games, but please think about balancing next time (and historical-ism too)

[Kensai Of Carthage]

Also, I don't want to install any mods, because I'm a pure online player

[Chris Death]

a) - romans overpowered -> start to play with the right money settings (forget those 1 000 000k battles)

b) - missiles are the key to victory

c) - horse archers ??? do you mean they rock or they suck?

d) - gamespy issue - i don't understand what's the problem here - it's not that you need to install
it or register an account at gamespy - just go into the lobby straight from ingame

e) - praetorians - they rock if you let them rock

f) - bad pc - don't blame CA or anyone else than yourself for that (maybe your parents - dunno)

g) - balancing next time + historical correctness - you have to make a decision here for a or b
either balanced or historical correct - those two won't go together

h) - don't get even more angry when you realize that there won't be any more patches for RTW
This train has left the station long time ago

:edit - forgot to talk about your second post (there's an edit button btw)

i) - what makes you feel that multiplayer and mods don't go in one?
Europa Barbarorum or RS II are being played online aswell.

~S~ CD

[Kensai Of Carthage]

a) - romans overpowered -> start to play with the right money settings (forget those 1 000 000k battles)

b) - missiles are the key to victory

c) - horse archers ??? do you mean they rock or they suck?

d) - gamespy issue - i don't understand what's the problem here - it's not that you need to install
it or register an account at gamespy - just go into the lobby straight from ingame

e) - praetorians - they rock if you let them rock

f) - bad pc - don't blame CA or anyone else than yourself for that (maybe your parents - dunno)

g) - balancing next time + historical correctness - you have to make a decision here for a or b
either balanced or historical correct - those two won't go together

h) - don't get even more angry when you realize that there won't be any more patches for RTW
This train has left the station long time ago

~S~ CD

a)Ummm, what's the right money level? LOL
b)Yep, you're right, but I'm very bad @ skirmishing
c)Horse archers are really bad, due to it's low missile attack
d)My internet is craptasticly crappy
e)These mamaa cavs destroy my pikes even on head-on >=/
f)Bad pc, because I'm too lazy to save my money on new pc
g)I could make new rules >

[Magic_8_Ball]

a)Ummm, what's the right money level? LOL
b)Yep, you're right, but I'm very bad @ skirmishing
c)Horse archers are really bad, due to it's low missile attack
d)My internet is craptasticly crappy
e)These mamaa cavs destroy my pikes even on head-on >=/
f)Bad pc, because I'm too lazy to save my money on new pc
g)I could make new rules >

a) 15k Normal Scale is pretty standard if you want a decent amount of faction diversity. 31k Large is second-most played, but the Romans get a little strong there.
b) K.
c) Horse archers own. Use cantabrian circle and you can take out a large portion of an enemy's archer force with them.
d) K.
e) You're doing something wrong. Praets can't kill pikes head on.
f) K.
g) K.

[Kensai Of Carthage]

a) 15k Normal Scale is pretty standard if you want a decent amount of faction diversity. 31k Large is second-most played, but the Romans get a little strong there.
b) K.
c) Horse archers own. Use cantabrian circle and you can take out a large portion of an enemy's archer force with them.
d) K.
e) You're doing something wrong. Praets can't kill pikes head on.
f) K.
g) K.

First of all, I mostly get powned by Romans in 15K, because I'm not in the mood all the friggen time
My horse archers aint do crap, because they tire out soon
Praetorian cavs CAN kill pikes, only when in wedge formation, BUT they can't kill top-quality pikes
BUT, I found a solution, by sorrounding these mamafukkrappes with my levy pownage pikemen
AAAAND, I still can't think about the new rules thingy, can someone help me? =D

[Magic_8_Ball]

First of all, I mostly get powned by Romans in 15K, because I'm not in the mood all the friggen time
My horse archers aint do crap, because they tire out soon
Praetorian cavs CAN kill pikes, only when in wedge formation, BUT they can't kill top-quality pikes
BUT, I found a solution, by sorrounding these mamafukkrappes with my levy pownage pikemen
AAAAND, I still can't think about the new rules thingy, can someone help me? =D

So play when you're in the mood?
So use them effectively? Two horse archers should be able to take out at least 2 1/2 archer units and expend quite a lot of ammo if you keep them alive.
I'm pretty sure a nonupped royal can beat a g/g praetorian head on. Standard is actually better vs pikes. Don't let them get surrounded and you're fine.

[TheFoolOnTheHill]

do you play cwb ot twpl

[Lancy]

Kensai, plenty of things kill the Romans at 15k.

For instance, Egypt/Brit chariots will butcher the Roman cavalry, then u can just surround and shoot the romans to death. Scythes will do the same but are riskier.

Or cataphracts will beat praetorians in melee, then u can just flank them to death. Make sure you hold the alt button when attacking with the cats so they take out their mace (cuts defense stats in half or some such).

[Chris Death]

You need to hit the praets with the one end of the pikes where there are no soldiers

It looks like you've read something about some kind of cav being able to charge a phalanx
head on and now you're blaming every single mistake that has happened onto that.

Remember - even for Catas it's not wise to rely on charging pikes head on - it's not that
this is gonna make the day for everyone in every situation - nobody would start a battle
that way except some of those who you see loosing against that famous youtube guy.

~S~ CD

[|Sith| Max]

Man, I totally lose my will to play Rome:Total War, due to it's unbalanced and unhistorical factions/troops
Romans can beat almost anything, Gauls can't beat anyone, praetorian cavs are overpowered
Horse archers are in this game
Missiles can't do anything, but to stand and get cavalry charged
Also, they need to get rid of that stupid gamespy thingy, so I wont need to be isolated in GameRanger
Praetorians are expensive, but seriously? They pown the friggen out of everyone
My PC is too bad for Shogun 2:Total War and I'm so angry about it >=/
CA, you make some great games, but please think about balancing next time (and historical-ism too)

Romans are the of almost every faction located east of Greece, Horse archers are so overpowered that their limit is 2 in multiplayer, Praet Cav gets roundhoused by catas, chariots, maidens and if controlled properly companion/light lancer swarms, Missiles are strong enough to make Egypt one of the more hated factions in the game. Your post is so full of that i'd suspect you are a troll account.

[Kensai Of Carthage]

t i'd suspect you are a troll account.

Yep, you're absolutely right =P
+I don't need any help right now, because I found out, that charge-through is great against urban cohorts too =D
+Praetorian cavs aint so tough, when I use my light cav horde
Chariots aint so overpowered, because I found out, that their arch nemesis are...Peasants, yep, you heard it, peasants, because they can intercept charge, routing chariots instantly (Don't know about large scale, but it works on normal scale)

[avesta]

LOL
this guy needs serious practice.

Why don't you read some threads on these forums for tips/advice, and listen to what the pros say.
Also, joining a clan will help immensely.

[Kensai Of Carthage]

Also, joining a clan will help immensely.

I joined HoS, but still my biggest enemy is my bad mood and my mom, which never shuts the hell up, so yeah
I finally got over by those urban/praetorian spams and these pesky chazes, by decreasing the funds to 10k, not 15k, because the opponent can't upgrade his units very well, or he can't build a normal army, only because most people are used to 15k >=D
And also, building missile core can obliterate nearly everything
GameRanger seems decent, to play in, but I'm about to get a new internet cable, to speed things a bit, so I could play in GameSpy >=D

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

And also, building missile core can obliterate nearly everything

It's more like the cavalry is the core, but okay...

[Maiar93]

Funny to see only Sith posting here anymore

First to come, last to survive...

-the Sith clan

[Magic_8_Ball]

Funny to see only Sith posting here anymore

First to come, last to survive...

-the Sith clan

Sith are hardly on the lobbies now. =/