Let's Play Divide et Impera Ptolemy Campaign M/M

[BroskiDerpman]

Alright was testing some DeI multiplayer battles so I am posting this video late but hopefully you folks enjoy this. I will try my best to update this campaign frequently.
1080p should be ready soon. As always I am trying to improve my commentary.

[Latest Episode]

[Episode1]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Cj8...PrKpzM&index=1
[Episode2]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6hsiWS5Ic0&list=UUj_QyrxgUnB2HtGeFsRjoWA&index=3
[Episode3]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgPa...nB2HtGeFsRjoWA
[Episode4]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWnd...ature=youtu.be
[Episode5]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=JMa-JMa-6wqO4Uk

Enjoy!

[FlashHeart07]

Awesome. Glad you enjoy the mod. Though I have only done testing and cannot really take credit for the actual modding it is always a joy to see other people have so much fun. Cannot wait to actually play a proper campaign, especially after seeing this

[BroskiDerpman]

Thanks for the kind words, and yeah I am legitimately enjoying my campaign so far.

Need to annoy Dresden now about some custom battle unit costs. XD

[Cope]

Thanks for the kind words, and yeah I am legitimately enjoying my campaign so far.

Need to annoy Dresden now about some custom battle unit costs. XD

They are easy to change in PFM if you have that. Though whilst the task of physically changing the cost of units is easy enough, coming up with a fair price formula for god knows how many its is pretty hard!

[BroskiDerpman]

Yeah, that's very true. So if I edit the unit's stats there is no separation between custom battle and campaign?

[Dresden]

Next update I am reducing custom battle costs by 20%.

[KAM 2150]

Isn't it easier to just use more money in custom battle mode instead of reducing prices? ; D

[Dresden]

I was just doing it to match the in game costs but I have no idea about increasing the cash allotment, I don't really play custom battles often.

[BroskiDerpman]

I would say many of the horse archers units are rediculously cheap, especially the mercenary Scythian horse archers in custom battle. So far I'm most likely going to have to be more creative in terms of rules which isn't too bad either but I'll see what the team decides in terms of pricing and unit caps.

Especially in the case of the mercenary Scythian horse archers they cost cheaper than levy spears and are much more better.

Also cretans and rhodians in custom battle need adjustment too, they cost dirt cheap; 280 for a Cretan archer unit.

Currently so far my plan is for a rule set is to go a little tabletop Wargaming esque with faction dependent rules plus number of mercenary units limit per faction and stuff along the likes.

[KAM 2150]

Yes, merc units are using campaign cost, not custom battle cost. It it easy to fix

That is due to fact, then merc units cost 1/2 of regular cost they would have, but have two times bigger upkeep.

[Ritterlichvon86]

Yeah, all Mercs in Custom Battles are a no-brainer. You can buy Elephants as Roma for 1k and get 24 trunks?

If you play MP, try as a houserule "no Mercenary units".

[BroskiDerpman]

Yeah, I will definitely try that out though maybe I can just have small limits on mercenaries per faction as house rule, they're just so cheap. :,(

[nasher168]

Something I'd definitely suggest with your videos, since I had a look through and found it repeated in other ones: keep your intro 5 seconds or shorter! A 15-20 second intro doesn't add anything, since I've already read all the text in less than a second. By the 7 second mark, I was already mousing over the bar, looking for the point where it ends so I can get on with the video.

[BroskiDerpman]

I have kept it at 20 seconds due to several of my friends wanting me to keep it that way but I'll see if I can make a compromise with them and try to make 7 seconds sound good or just simply delete the intro.

[Dresden]

Woops I forgot to increase merc unit costs in custom battle My bad, will be fixed.

[Alu10]

Woops I forgot to increase merc unit costs in custom battle My bad, will be fixed.

there also is a building without a name: lv3 academy for saba

[BroskiDerpman]

Woops I forgot to increase merc unit costs in custom battle My bad, will be fixed.

Thank you very much Dresden! This will help me out a lot.

Edit: Episode 2 ETA 45min-60 min.

[BroskiDerpman]

Episode 2 is up, couldn't post here as I was away from my pc so sorry again for the delay. :'(



Direct link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6hs...vev1j4srod5z11

[BroskiDerpman]

Episode 3 is hope, sorry for the delay and I hope you folks enjoy.



Edit: Is there any news about replays being fixed that I may have accidently skimmed through devs? Answer would be appreaciated thanks in advanced. Current issue is that replays crash, a few of my friends also tried viewing replays and it wouldn't work.

[Dresden]

I also have no idea why replays crash. It happens in Constantine too. It is either the amount of overhauled changes or something to do with older startpos settings.