Would anyone here watch a playthrough of Rome trying to play as closely to its historical chronological conquests/armies?

[MoraleBooster]

Yay or nay?

I am also thinking about the tone set for the play-through;

I really dislike how most playthroughs at the moment exist of 1~2 hour long video without any cuts and edits, using cheese armies (full stack rorarii) with the sole purpose of playing is to win as efficiently as possible, while I think it's much more enjoyable to use roleplay to justify certain army compositions. I'm not saying it's not fun to roflstomp the game with cheese, but I would like to bring a challenge in the play-through by playing more "accurately" and forcing myself to capture certain settlements, declaring war and making peace etc.
Using hastati/principes/triarii and having them reshuffle during battle, deploying Latin cavalry on the right flank and Alae cavalry on the left etc etc.

[curro123]

Yay

[diday]

I always start with the conviction I will follow through and play historically.
I always fail because it is too tempting to get this little cute province just sitting here undefended come on look at it I want it it's mine it should be mine anyway in 50 years come to daddy.

So yeah I will watch this.
I'm curious about how to manage the legions. Do you disband them when you know there's no conflict for the next few years?

[Falco]

Yay or nay?

I absolutely would.

[Fluke]

Add me to the list, Yay.

Here's a handy online tool to track your progress. I use this often:

http://geacron.com/home-en/?z=6&x=10...=GeaCron698137

[MoraleBooster]

That's nice ^^ @diday I think I will do that if a legion is very far away from another frontier, not sure yet.

I dont think I can be 100% accurate with conquering territory according to the correct time however, as expanding according to the correct territory will be hard enough as it is

[airborne guy]

So what is it going to be? When?

[Fredz]

Yes but that depends on the quality of the historical understanding of Rome's mid-late Republican era which then moves into the post Marian era which is better documented. The stuff I've tried to find is patchy at best.

[Fredz]

Add me to the list, Yay.

Here's a handy online tool to track your progress. I use this often:

http://geacron.com/home-en/?z=6&x=10...=GeaCron698137

Holy crap that's an amazing tool! Did not know this existed! Trackable geographical evolution of empires over time is something i've always wanted!

[Jake Armitage]

surely yes
feel free to join the dei discord channel if you wanna "advertise" the videos and reach more public
https://discord.gg/Wez6GSY

[MoraleBooster]

@Jake Armitage
Thanks! Will definitely join, although I havent figured out how to change my nickname yet on the server...

@Airborne guy I'm still setting up some stuff in the background like how I want the videos to be, what boring parts to skip etc. I dont just want to record ALL of the playthrough and make it a 5 hour long video which is not fun to watch.

I am also thinking about the tone set for the play-through;

I really dislike how most playthroughs at the moment exist of 1~2 hour long video without any cuts and edits, using cheese armies (full stack rorarii) with the sole purpose of playing is to win as efficiently as possible, while I think it's much more enjoyable to use roleplay to justify certain army compositions. I'm not saying it's not fun to roflstomp the game with cheese, but I would like to bring a challenge in the play-through by playing more "accurately" and forcing myself to capture certain settlements, declaring war and making peace etc.
Using hastati/principes/triarii and having them reshuffle during battle, deploying Latin cavalry on the right flank and Alae cavalry on the left etc etc.

[Antiokhos Euergetes]

I believe I would enjoy that. I do take my historically accurate role play seriously. Perhaps a little too seriously sometimes, I need a PhD to think my next move

[H-Khan]

I use mainly this in my Rome1&2 campaigns, shame it ain't up anymore; https://web.archive.org/web/20171122...rep-index.html