Anybody else think Rome 2 will be musical regions?

**Lord Cornwallis** · June 16, 2013, 04:06 PM

With 3/4 of the regions not requiring a siege to capture them I really hope CA has buffed up the garrisons other wise it will be region swap galore. I would much rather see stable Ai expansion than large tracks of land being swapped left and right and minor factions (factions without siege-able regions) being killed off in droves.

Now when I say garrisons should be buffed I mean at least double compared to what they were in Shogun 2. Even in Shogun 2 you had some crazy land swaps, hopefully the Ai will make survival and protecting their capital regions a priority before marching off in a random direction and not looking back.

Another thing I would like to see is the entire garrison assist with the defense of the city even if there is a full army defending as well. For example if there is a stack 20 units defending the capital and the garrison for the capital is 10 units there should be a total of 30 units defending the capital. So if the attacker has 2 full stacks you will have a 40 unit vs 30 unit siege battle. Controlling upto 40 units is going to be a sham just like it was in Shogun 2 if the defenders don’t get their full garrisons as reinforcements.

**He111** · June 16, 2013, 04:10 PM

Liking this suggestion.
Always disliked how Kyoto had like 15 Garrisson Units, but when a Fullstack was inside it the whole garrsion of 15 Units somehow dissapeared.

**EgyptianNecrophiliac** · June 16, 2013, 04:12 PM

What does musical regions mean?

vvv

ah, I see.

**Lord Cornwallis** · June 16, 2013, 04:18 PM

It's a silly game.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_chairs

**jtfjtfjtf** · June 16, 2013, 04:19 PM

With the no sieges and 1tpy there's definitely going to be a lot of taking and losing cities really quickly.

**DogSoldierSPQR** · June 16, 2013, 05:19 PM

I do believe CA are doing something different with garrisons this time around. There's no way they would leave it the same. Especially with the fact we have a limit on armies. Something has got to give with these garrisons.

Personally, I would love it if a full garrison spawned as soon as the city was besieged because if you think about it, when a siege started, every able-bodied male would sack the armoury and form up in defence. Bigger population, bigger garrison? Who knows...

**RGA** · June 16, 2013, 05:45 PM

Perhaps it would be like NTW, where a big city can easily scramble 10 units of militia.

**Romans** · June 16, 2013, 05:49 PM

I don't think we will hear more music than before.

**Stingray1399** · June 16, 2013, 05:57 PM

I am looking forward to the music.

That aside, I do look forward to regions swapping hands. I do, however, want swapped regions to be capable of being defended. I'm not sure how it would be possible, but makeshift defenses would be nice.

**Mamertine** · June 16, 2013, 06:02 PM

I was thinking that earlier, but actually do trust CA in this aspect. There will be army limits so the AI cannot spam and there probably will be a respectable amount of a garrison in each city, on top of any other units in the area. I like the idea of a bigger garrison for a bigger population. And they all shouldn't be peasants, but should all be lower tiered.