Romans seem over powered...

[Galactus[-X-]]

The romans seem overpowered, no matter what faction I play they quickly invade France and Germany. Crushing the Guals in short order. Playing as the Britons I invaded Europe and met named legions in 262 BC. They easily overpowered my armies and drove me off the continent. This was on m/m, I love a challenge but my units were shredded by legioniares, a full cohort was 250 troops while chosen swordsman were 160, this I belive needs to be looked into.

[Revan The Great]

The issue is First Cohorts, which Romans will tend to spam.

[Dooz]

How are named legions possible by 262 B.C.? I'm currently playing the Romans so I'm curious what the conditions are for the reforms, or if that was just the case as an AI boost or something.

[Hader]

Yeah, how did you meet named legions in 262? Even if they got an imperial palace by now the reforms are set to happen around 220. Are you sure they were named legions, the Imperial or Republican ones gained after the reforms?

[_]Blackfire[_]

whoaaa yea i just built my first imperial palace around 240 bc and i still havent got the reforms yet.. personally i love the romans in this mod pre marius units arent near as dominant as the are in previous mods.. they seem very balanced.. GREAT mod lusted

[Werner]

Yeah, how did you meet named legions in 262? Even if they got an imperial palace by now the reforms are set to happen around 220. Are you sure they were named legions, the Imperial or Republican ones gained after the reforms?

In 1.5 the only requirement for the reforms is an Imperial Palace in Italy, except Rome, if you can get an Imperial Palace in 275BC, the reforms will happen in 275BC.

[Dooz]

In 1.5 the only requirement for the reforms is an Imperial Palace in Italy, except Rome, if you can get an Imperial Palace in 275BC, the reforms will happen in 275BC.

Ah, interesting. So I guess the AI had some sort of boost to build a lot of buildilngs, fast. Although that's sort of odd considering it was on m/m. Are there mod-specific AI boosts Lusted?

[Lusted]

Nope. The romans will not get the marian reforms that quickly. And the romans are not overpowered. In many of my campaigns they get wiped out by Epirus, make sure you are playing the latest version of my mod, and i recommned playing it on hard or very hard campaign difficult as that is what the campaign has been balanced for.

[Dooz]

Nope. The romans will not get the marian reforms that quickly. And the romans are not overpowered. In many of my campaigns they get wiped out by Epirus, make sure you are playing the latest version of my mod, and i recommned playing it on hard or very hard campaign difficult as that is what the campaign has been balanced for.

How has it been balanced for those settings? What are the specifics? AI bonuses and such, and what exactly does it change from medium? Are these things mod-specific or hardcoded?

[Siddyus]

Nope. The romans will not get the marian reforms that quickly. And the romans are not overpowered. In many of my campaigns they get wiped out by Epirus, make sure you are playing the latest version of my mod, and i recommned playing it on hard or very hard campaign difficult as that is what the campaign has been balanced for.

lol, in VH/VH, My legionary forces always get themselves wiped out or be weakened to the point they cant fight anymore. The Gauls are very tough I must say especially when they use their warcry option.

[Azhriaz]

Nope. The romans will not get the marian reforms that quickly. And the romans are not overpowered. In many of my campaigns they get wiped out by Epirus, make sure you are playing the latest version of my mod, and i recommned playing it on hard or very hard campaign difficult as that is what the campaign has been balanced for.

Just today I downloaded this really great mod (always loved mundus magnus, and new units, etc are awesome), and startet playing the Romans on VH/VH. The first thing I recognized was Pirrhus with his absolutely stunning force! Luckily, the first try to get an alliance with Epirus was a phenomenal success! *dancing*

As far as I could experience the different roman and enemy units, I'm also quite impressed of what a good balancing work the mod seems to be.

[Gavmundo]

Nope. The romans will not get the marian reforms that quickly. And the romans are not overpowered. In many of my campaigns they get wiped out by Epirus, make sure you are playing the latest version of my mod, and i recommned playing it on hard or very hard campaign difficult as that is what the campaign has been balanced for.

This is right because I'm playing as Epirus and took three cities of them in no time. I decided I didn't want them to be wiped out so made peace for 10k which I'll probably regret if they can get the reforms very quickly

Funniest thing is on bringing the Romans to their knees I then had real problems dealing with two small Rebel armies in Sicily. I expect I'm used to other mods and it seems to me you get a lot more casualties in this game (and i'm thinking the ai is getting more morale bonus' than normal as the enemy was fighting to its last man before breaking). I fought this rebel army twice and we had similar strength armies but I lost a lot more casualties but when I auto generated the result my army ended up winning. I was happy nethertheless as I had a mod that actually looks like it could be a testing time on the battlefront!

Thank you, but do not thank me for the balance, i use basically the normal RTw 1.5 stats, but with every unit given 15 extra morale, and some extra tweaks.

Aha that explains it

Well the ai gets bonuses of money on hard, and even more on very hard, and it is nearly impossible to get an allinace on very hard. The money the ai starts with is designed to make it build up quickly and expand, but expand slowly, so it does not just sit there and do nothing, but does not also expand too quickly. The changes are mod specific, but take advantage of hardcoded settings.

One more thing do all factions start with a lot of money? I noticed as Epirus I started with about 70k or is it just supposed to be the AI factions?

[Lusted]

Well the ai gets bonuses of money on hard, and even more on very hard, and it is nearly impossible to get an allinace on very hard. The money the ai starts with is designed to make it build up quickly and expand, but expand slowly, so it does not just sit there and do nothing, but does not also expand too quickly. The changes are mod specific, but take advantage of hardcoded settings.

[Galactus[-X-]]

I see I am going to have to post a screen shot. Romans in my Brit capaign marian reforms by 265ish bc, no one was more shocked then me to fight cohorts

[Lusted]

Thank you, but do not thank me for the balance, i use basically the normal RTw 1.5 stats, but with every unit given 15 extra morale, and some extra tweaks.

[Galactus[-X-]]

My campaign as the Brits took a completely odd twist. The Iberians have crushed gual and Rome and Rome is now basically been pushed into what would be Poland! Germany has 1 city, I am giving up my Brit campaign becuase Sqaulor is to much of a hinderance.

[Siddyus]

My campaign as the Brits took a completely odd twist. The Iberians have crushed gual and Rome and Rome is now basically been pushed into what would be Poland! Germany has 1 city, I am giving up my Brit campaign becuase Sqaulor is to much of a hinderance.

lol, thats odd. Anyway, before you flush your brit campaign can you take a screenshot of your campaign map as the brits? I want to see the Roman Empire being cut off from their beloved peninsula.

[Revan The Great]

All factions start with a huge amount of money. In a way, it reflects how many countries would have huge reserves of cash, just you have to make sure you don't spend it all, and that you keep it that way.

[Gavmundo]

Easier said than done! It's like being given a free credit card with a 70k limit