RTV - Rome Total Victory (actually Sparta)

[Deathkorpsman]

Well my campaign didn't come down as close to the wire as I thought it would, but the timing was still pretty tight in relation to the overall game. I was able to capture the final few Carthaginian holdout towns in 36BC, sealing the fate of the Mediterranean and continental Europe as a Spartan hegemony.


Here are some screenshots of the last handful of turns, as well as the final tallies and stats.

This is Carthage's last attempt at prolonging the inevitable. These two stacks were their last effective field forces and my rearguard troops were able to stymie them while my hardened vanguard performed amphibious landings throughout the Carthaginian interior.

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Carthage foolishly forted up with the last of their random troops in the Carthaginian interior in these two towns. Starving them out was a necessary step on the path of truth, justice, freedom, and turning everyone who isn't a Spartan into helots.

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My final adversary destroyed. Ah the sweet taste of victory!

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Sparta's campaign stats. In the Strategos' defense, most of those losses were random units getting caught out alone with no chance of victory. They will be remembered.

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This is what Sparta's finances looked like on the final turn. As anyone can see, trade is almost nonexistent by this point in the game. Farming and general taxes are the only money makers really after about 3/4's into the game. So stock up on anything that assists farming early, it will help you immensely in the long run.

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Overall ranking.

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Military Strength.

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Production

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Territorial Holdings and growth.

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[Stath's]

Congratulations!!

[prima legio]

good job

[Mausolos of Caria]

Woow, you have done it, congrats! How long did the campaign go (in real- time)?

Now only one thing is left to say::sparta:

[Maurits]

Awesome mate! Congratulations for being the first to complete an RTR VII campaign!

[Deathkorpsman]

Woow, you have done it, congrats! How long did the campaign go (in real- time)?

Now only one thing is left to say::sparta:

I've been playing this campaign for about two months straight, as near as I can figure. It might have been a little longer than that, but not by much. I was logging probably something like 20 hours a week, on average. So 160 hours-ish, give or take. As it was the first campaign I'd really sat down to play all the way through, I was also spending plenty of time goofing around with stuff and reading the history descriptions, so if I were to do it again it would probably go much faster. The campaign was also on normal difficulty, in case anyone is curious.

@everyone else - Thanks a ton! It was loads of fun and I learned a LOT about being successful with this mod. I'm actually writing up a few guides with things I found to be helpful, which I might post here at some point.

Thanks to all the devs who were helping me out with technical issues throughout the campaign. There wasn't anything I can think of that made it unplayable, but there were certainly things that got fixed that made the game more enjoyable. Great job with this mod guys!

Now to choose my next faction...

[Maurits]

Maybe you could try to challenge yourself by trying to survive as the Massyli or the Illyrians?

[Deathkorpsman]

Maybe you could try to challenge yourself by trying to survive as the Massyli or the Illyrians?

The Massyli? I don't know why they are even a full faction. Those poor guys can't help but get stomped flat by Carthage by like the 10th year of the game.

The Illyrians might be an option. Their faction units are still pretty awful, but at least they are useful for certain things. Either one would certainly be a challenge.

[Mausolos of Caria]

I've been playing this campaign for about two months straight, as near as I can figure. It might have been a little longer than that, but not by much. I was logging probably something like 20 hours a week, on average. So 160 hours-ish, give or take. As it was the first campaign I'd really sat down to play all the way through, I was also spending plenty of time goofing around with stuff and reading the history descriptions, so if I were to do it again it would probably go much faster. The campaign was also on normal difficulty, in case anyone is curious.

That's no problem, I also always play on normal, Maurits recommends it as the most balanced for RTR VII anyway (@ Maurits don't you? )

But wow, that's about the time I imagined it must take. According to steam that's the time I spent with Napoleon, Shogun 2 and FotS together But I had a similar long campaign with RTR 6 because RTR is brilliant. Well done to world domination, again, though, something I never achieved on any mod

[Maurits]

I do, although CC recommends H/H for a more challenged but still fairly balanced experience. I still use normal, though, for VII that's difficult enough imo. I like to win

[Mausolos of Caria]

I do, although CC recommends H/H for a more challenged but still fairly balanced experience. I still use normal, though, for VII that's difficult enough imo. I like to win

Yeah, exactly I don't want to play games because they are so hard, but because they are fun. And I like historical reality

@Deathkorpsman Epiros is indeed very interesting, good luck with them I have also played a campaign with them and recommend you to watch all your borders carefully. With so many bordering nations, you have a lot of potential enemies, and you know they they will turn into enemies with the RTW diplomacy

[Caesar Augustus]

Congrats dude!

[Hannibal Baca]

First one to dominate whole map in RTR VII Congrats .

[Deathkorpsman]

I've decided to go with the Epirotes in my new campaign, as they are one of the few factions I haven't even done the intro stuff with yet. I've played around with most of the others at least a few turns worth just to see what they have going on. The Dynasty of Aikides is in a very interesting position, straddling three of the most developed and hotly contested areas of the map. I'll either be able to expand early at a much faster rate than I did with Sparta, or I'll over-extend and have my head handed to me in a basket. Either way, it should be fun. I'm going to have to unlearn fighting battles without Spartan quality troops at my beck and call, as well as a heavy focus on Phalanxes, but I should be able to manage. I also played my last campaign with unit size set to large. This time around I'll give huge a try. Hopefully my computer will be able to handle it.

Thanks again everyone for all the cheers! I was really excited about that finish and was really glad I didn't run out the clock before I could do it. That victory had a great sense of accomplishment.

[Hannibal Baca]

Good Luck Deathkorpsman hope to see your new campaign soon.

[Finn]

Congrats Deathkorpsman! That's quite an achievement

[Pat89]

Don't want to spoil it, but is that a rebel region in the top right?

Well done regardless though

[Deathkorpsman]

Don't want to spoil it, but is that a rebel region in the top right?

Well done regardless though

My initial reaction was incredulity, but I double checked to make sure because you had me worried. I'd hate to make the bold claim that I'd conquered the map if it was inaccurate. Thankfully for me....

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It is just one of the unconquerable regions. I also found out why the Barbarian Tribes were still showing as a living faction, while I was looking around with FoW off. Way to give me a scare!

[Caligula Caesar]

You could use the script to teleport your armies to get those settlements, if you really want them

[Pat89]

I appologise if you now have health issues because of that