Everything you missed from info dump (from TW forums)

[Raikou]

All credit goes to Tybad1 on the official forums. Alot of nice info he's provided us !!!

"Hey everybody,

Just got done watching one of the previews for Rome 2 and thought I'd compile some screenshots, so here you go:

BUILDINGS:



UNITS(apologies if some of these have already been posted):



GENERAL MENU(plus some skills):





ARMY MENU(plus a single army tradition):



EMPIRE MANAGEMENT MENU:


TECHNOLOGIES:






NOTE: These all come from a video on the German site Gamestar. I'll link it below:"

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/total-...0,3025923.html



Thanks to Setrus
































For some reason I can't post the rest so here is the link to the original postings: http://forums.totalwar.com/showthrea...t-GALORE/page4

[Sharpe]

Neat! I like this, you can see that the garrisons will be pretty sizable - these two have seven and six units respectively.

[BunnyPoopCereal]

Neat! I like this, you can see that the garrisons will be pretty sizable - these two have seven and six units respectively.

yeah, increasing the number of garrison units is only a good thing and prevents players from blitzing.

[Arcani 4 Ever]

yeah, increasing the number of garrison units is only a good thing and prevents players from blitzing.

Not only players. It also prevents important AI factions to get destroyed on the first turns.

I remember the Garrison Mod on Shogun 2 actually made the survivability of the Oda and Tokugawa actually possible.

[familyguy1]

Fantastic! So a Defensive Alliance and a Military Alliance? Nice. Not necessarily a Vassal system.

Principes have less armour than Triarii, is this because the latter are spearmen?

[Sharpe]

Fantastic! So a Defensive Alliance and a Military Alliance? Nice. Not necessarily a Vassal system.

Principes have less armour than Triarii, is this because the latter are spearmen?

Triarii, especially in the earlier era of the Roman military were the among wealthiest troops and thus had the best equipment available. And they were Spearmen.

[familyguy1]

Triarii, especially in the earlier era of the Roman military were the among wealthiest troops and thus had the best equipment available. And they were Spearmen.

Ah ok that make sense. When do the Principes come into the pictures? After Marius or was there some form of them before?

[Sharpe]

Ah ok that make sense. When do the Principes come into the pictures? After Marius or was there some form of them before?

I'm no expert but I think the Principes were upper-mid tier soldiers, having some experience and wealth so placing them above Hastati in the order of battle but below the Triarii. All pre-Marian I think, being Camillian and subsequently Polybian.

[Coxy]

Triarii, especially in the earlier era of the Roman military were the among wealthiest troops and thus had the best equipment available. And they were Spearmen.

Did they throw their spears like the hastati throw javelins etc? And was the army composition more based on hastati etc or triarii? Thanks

[tomux7]

Did they throw their spears like the hastati throw javelins etc? And was the army composition more based on hastati etc or triarii? Thanks

Romans mainly fought in three lines as far as I know. Until Marian reforms these were made up of Velites (skirmsihers) which harassed enemies to provoke a charge or just weaken them, if enemy got too close they retreated and left Hastati (first line of the three) to deal with enemies, these were most inexperienced and poorest soldiers. If they couldn't handle the enemy they retreated to Principes- more experienced and richer soldiers and if even Principes couldn't handle the enemy they retreated behind Triarii most experienced and richest soldiers, lower in numbers, which depending on situation fought the enemy and broke them or covered retreat of the rest of the army. Hastati and Principes did most of the job as far as I know.
Triarii carried Hasta spears which were not used for throwing. Originally Hastati and Triarii used them but by the time of second punic war only Trarii carried them.
But yeah, give a shot at Wikipedia, it has some more info about it.

[Lord Tomyris]

Did they throw their spears like the hastati throw javelins etc? And was the army composition more based on hastati etc or triarii? Thanks

No, they would sit kneeling with their spears facing the enemy until required to join the fray; the vast majority of the infantry were hastati (the youngest men, usually armoured with just a chest plate) and principes (a little older, often armoured with mail coats). Meanwhile, the poorest Romans served as skirmishers (such as the velites, men clad in wolf-skin caps and armed with javelins), slingers etc.

[sabaku_no_gaara]

Did they throw their spears like the hastati throw javelins etc? And was the army composition more based on hastati etc or triarii? Thanks

The Romans would deploy in a checkerboard formation like the 5 on a dice.

The Hastati formed the front line and where the youngest soldiers if things would go bad for them, they could retreat between the ranks of the Principes and Principes and Hastati would fight (Principes where slightly older soldiers with better equipment) and if even that line would be in trouble all would retreat to the Triari who where the oldest soldiers the veterans with the best equipment, if it came to the Triarii the romans would fight like a hoplite phalanx. A saying in Rome "It has come to the Triari" ment that the situation was dire.

Before all this, the Velites would skirmish with the enemy

I emulated this fighting style a lot in Rome I and EB, it was lots of fun

[Raikou]

I'm gonna scream like a girl when you can have 40 unit garrisons

[[N2]Kami]

Hastati
Principes
Triarii.
And they said Triarii is the last line of defense, the last hope a the region.

[Jokern]

This looks awesome, thanks! But the last screeenshots are not visible

[panzerschreck]

yes, after the battering ram, not visible...

[tomux7]

Awesome, but I also can't see last 12 pictures.

[panzerschreck]

it makes me dream of gladiators ingame...

[freakkriek]

THX a lot wouldn't have the discipline to find those things myself

[PlPs]

Wow, looks fantastic. but isn't armor points too much? 119 armour for Triarii