Post Patch 3 campaign battle "fishiness"
Since patch 3, I've noticed something annoying. Small factions will recruit a 20 unit army and park it in their city. Combined with the local garrison, this gives them a 30-35 unit force against my army. However, against larger factions, its much easier as either its just the garrison or a field army. Rarely is it a double stack
anyone else notice this?
Re: Post Patch 3 campaign battle "fishiness"
It might be because of the "King's Purse" - a fixed amount of money each faction gets every turn. This causes small factions to be proportionally stronger, because they can use all that money to fortify their 1-2 settlements. Purpose is gameplay balance, to make smaller factions last longer instead of everything lumping together in a couple of huge empires very quickly.
Not sure if the King's Purse is in Rome 2, but it sounds like it from what you describe.
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Re: Post Patch 3 campaign battle "fishiness"
That makes sense, SirRobin. With the all factions mod, any single city faction will immediately be producing more than enough money per turn to field a 20 unit army, even with nothing but a level 1 city and level 1 farm.
Re: Post Patch 3 campaign battle "fishiness"
If you feel your stack is overwhelmed there: just bring another stack of yours
The AI defending a settlement is so passive though that it is rarely a problem. Just bring slingers and machine-gun the defenders down...
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Re: Post Patch 3 campaign battle "fishiness"
Small independent states would have disproportionately sized defensive armed forces historically.
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