Today we begin the Imperial Campaign as the Greek Cities on Very Hard/ Very Hard difficulty!
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@wimvanuytven78583 жыл бұрын
Lugatorix in other videos: make sure you are not fighting a war on all sides of your empire at the same time. Also Lugatorix: at war with the Romans, Carthage, Macedon, Seleucids and Pontus after 4 turns.
@atreuskronos44745 жыл бұрын
I’m about to play the campaign while watching this for advice and learn how to use Greece. Thanks for the video
@lugotorix61735 жыл бұрын
Good luck with your campaign, its a really fun faction to play as
@atreuskronos44745 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yeah I’m a big fan of Ancient Greece. Thanks again for the good video
@NobleKorhedron4 жыл бұрын
@@lugotorix6173 You forgot to mention Rhodes/Rhodos in the intro.
@PhlilipeAlves3 жыл бұрын
They have the armored hoplites, with archers and heavy onagers they are practically indestructible. I'm starting a new campaign, let's see... I have played in H/H, and it's almost easy.
@htoosaw9012 Жыл бұрын
If you are outnumbered by the enemy best option is to form a square or a triangle formation.
@kormkor63906 жыл бұрын
When using the General's Bodyguard as shock cavalry, and as Greek you really have no other options, I highly recommend using the general's Rally ability just before the charge impact happens. This stops the general himself and nullifies the risk of him dying upon impact, which happens rarely, but when it does it sure sucks seeing your best commander dismounted by charging against Militia Hoplites' backs. :p
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
ah yes I've heard of that before actually, I should really do it more. I've recorded a bit ahead on this series, but I'll definitely start doing that from now on!
@willnash79074 жыл бұрын
@@lugotorix6173 Remember to always charge from the right and pivot to the left in order to secure a good position for your general as well.
@Leon-oc4em3 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that the general stopped for a second to rally. Thanks.
@GINAAKI16 жыл бұрын
First episode and it is already interesting to watch.Can't wait for more
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
partanu moldovanu Glad you're enjoying it!
@PhlilipeAlves3 жыл бұрын
I really tried to play in VH/VH but I always loose. The battles are quite impossible to win and making money is almost the same. And I love playing with greeks. Edit 1: I started a campaign VH/VH with Greeks, not easy at all, I have the brutii and Macedonia against me in Sparta. Great!!! Let's see... Edit 2: 26 turns, 14 regions, almost no money and all battles in land are victories. I attacked first the Scpii instead of Carthaginians, it pays well, heroic battle. Then Brutii erased, but Pontus and Seleucids give me a hard time. Macedonia almost on the brake, but they still have some troops... Sicily mine, Greece too, but in Asia Minor, 2 setlements only and lots of battles against militia hoplites, 😡 Thanks for these videos!
@Schyderap4 жыл бұрын
I recently started a Greek campaign in RTW and realised that you've made a huge mistake in first moves. You can get away with it on medium but on VH/VH you need to start with attacking Macedon and killing them as soon as possible. You can start expanding only after securing the greek peninsula which will make a center of your country and will bring tons of cash after each turn. Your mistake was opening doors for an attack from Brutii, Scypii, Macedon, Pontus and Seleucids at the same time which is difficult to repell on VH/VH.
@0lintana4 жыл бұрын
When you just hold your ground, an attack at turn 3 with the extra money you gained by trade, you can make it easier t hold positions, and especially taking over ground!! First off start with the Macadons, to the rebels, infiltrate the Brutii's and take the Italian island, when you have this, that island is goin to become you're biggest front boost!!
@aretiredsubberl7036 Жыл бұрын
I think he tends to play way too aggressive at the start. When hearing him attacking the Carthaginians in Sicily, I was like "wut?"
@CrimsonCavalierGaming4 жыл бұрын
I love your commentary style. Really entertaining.
@lugotorix61734 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot man
@arazeth55626 жыл бұрын
YASSS!! Finally it is here! The thing with the difficulty very hard is, that your militia hoplites are like peasants and their militia hoplites are like armoured hoplites on normal difficulty... good luck!
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
Arazeth Yeah I've definitely noticed that the Militia hoplites are pretty useless on this difficulty
@mrarduino29774 жыл бұрын
Just a FYI, sadly slingers fire in a direct line, they will hit what ever is in front of them, they can not aim over the heads of freindly forces like archers can
@zaatas4 жыл бұрын
I watched a few of these, and have some advice for anyone doing their first Greek campaign. Always keep 1-2 units of cavalry in your army. Even if their stats were all 1 and they had 1 morale they would still worth it for chasing down routing enemies, it can mean the difference of walking into an undefended city, or having to fight them later somewhere else. Luckily even the worst cav are nowhere near this bad so they can still be invaluable for their mobility by screening ranged units or using them as a hammer against an anvil. A few territories north of byzantium is the perfect recruiting place for horse archers and heavy chargers if having quality is a huge priority for you. Cav also tend to get the most experience, as capturing routers is a great source of it. So after a few battles, those crap cav are now actually half decent with a few chevrons. Don't worry about Anatolia at the start if you aren't that good or save scumming, just reinforce the garrison if you are worried about losing the settlement or just let Pontus take it, usually they will ignore the greek city there for awhile anyways. You should focus on mainland greece, and sicily at the start of the campaign because the Bruti and Scipi will be your main antagonist. Start building a barracks in Sparta and Syracuse on turn one, after they get city barracks build the nike temple line, and after that build towards the blacksmith line. You can have elites hoplites by turn five, and a few turns later experienced and upgraded ones shortly after. Always recruit cretan archers when they pop up. With these two units and a couple cav you have the strongest early army possible. Corinth, and Athens should be your first targets. Athens is the best money making town in the game, and you shouldn't enslave the pop there for a shit settlement. They are greek culture so just occupying is ideal. Build up the ports and roads, don't worry about military buildings. That's what Sparta and Syracuse are for, they are the military pumps and should always be producing units, the rest of your cities can focus on making money. Militia hoplites and peasants are fine for public order units. When your empire gets larger, you can upgrade the borders with city barracks and have retraining centers. Sicily should be your next target after capturing a few cities in mainland greece. You'll probably still be fighting macedon and probably the green roman faction. That's fine, just keep pumping out elite hoplites. They should more than handle their advances. When Syracuse has a decent stack move out and take out the blue romans. They will constantly send reinforcements from Capua, so the sooner the better. I usually push them off Sicily around turn one or two because I'm good at cheesing the AI, but if you have to wait for elite hoplites don't worry. Retrain and push out carthage. You can now use this army to push into africa, or southern italy. I'd recommend taking out the green romans and squashing the last blue roman city. Just defend southern italy until you feel comfortable pushing Rome. When you have killed these two roman factions it's pretty much easy street. Red will constantly send armies to push you out, but they are easy to defend against, much easier than the constant armies green and blue would have been sending. Once Macedon is gone, and the two roman factions are out, you should be making decent coin, have two decent stacks of elite hoplites. You can pretty much advance in any direction- I usually go after the remaining romans with one stack, and go the route of alexander with the other. This is just a general tip for any faction, but always try to protect your most experienced units, IE, if you have take a town send in the green units first. After the fight funnel the experienced troops into the beaten down ones, and retrain the experienced unit. You'll keep the the same experience for the main unit, but the other units will gain a couple chevrons. Its cheesy but damn its effective, like printing chevrons. You can bug this process by loading a save though, so make sure to always do it at the end of a turn, because if you load a game it oftens retrains them with low experienced troops for some reason. If you have to reload a game, just make sure to cancel the retraining and do it over again, it seems to fix this issue.
@sji4521 Жыл бұрын
So interesting to watch others play Rome: Total War. Have played this game since its release, sporadically now, but I do come back to it from time to time as I do still enjoy the original. The Greek Cities are probably my favourite faction, closely followed by the House of Julii. Hoplites are such formidable troops, if used wisely. Some tips that I consistently use which have been successful: • At the outset, raise taxes to ‘Very High Tax Rate’ in each settlement. The campaign won’t last long if you run out of money. I keep the tax rate as high as the populace allows. • Build shrines/temples to Nike as this adds an experience bonus to troops trained there, which improves as temples are built. • Capture Athens as soon as possible (as Lugotorix did). • Focus on recruiting Hoplites and Armoured Hoplites before attacking any factions. Take a defensive, rather than aggressive posture, at the beginning of the campaign. This will give you time to build your armies, and enable you to defend your settlements if and when attacked. • Use spies to monitor what other factions are doing. If they’re taking an interest in your settlement, it will give you time to prepare for an attack. • Be patient and bide your time. Focus on building several armies where your settlements are situated. • Build fleets (Biremes initially, then Triremes when available). Your ports will be blockaded by various factions, which will cut off trade and income. You need to keep these trade routes open to ensure regular income. • Build mines (where available). Regular income obviously! • Keep an eye on Egypt! They will attack your settlements in Asia Minor (Modern day Turkey). • Have fun!
@vr94014 жыл бұрын
Started a new campaign yesterday in hard. Scipiis never accepted trade rights, I just abandonned sicily and went with my ship to athens, fought early the macedonians and it’s looking good atm. Also sent some diplomats to collect trade rights everywhere and ally with selucids to buy some time.
@drakengarfinkel31336 жыл бұрын
Nice! Great episode, btw!
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
Draken Garfinkel Thanks man
@gordonchard62436 күн бұрын
If you ever fancy a return to RTW, Parthia I've discovered is a great campaign to do. If done correctly it's like playing with Scythia but much more civilised.
@thesmithenheimer90263 жыл бұрын
I like the Greek cities, however I really struggle using phalanxes on the open field. I look forward to learning how to use them.
@ChawpProphet2 жыл бұрын
I struggle with the standard front as flanks can be very hard to defend with weak javs or cavalry. I recommend creating a hexagon or circle with the phalanx troops then keep enough cav together to route heavier cav or general cav that may try to chase them off. Or keep your cav in the middle and they can rushing in to route the enemy troops that are breaking your circle/hexagon formation.
@jaredvh70344 жыл бұрын
I play Greek alot, on Very hard on both, just garrison, cities and use hops at their full effect.
@janisliepins79026 жыл бұрын
The time has come!!!
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
Janis Liepins It has indeed!
@jeffreyallan13703 жыл бұрын
On VH/VH I focused on the Brutii first. Reinforced Appolonia destroyed siege armies. Crossed into Italy destroyed the Brutii. Destroyed scipii on Sicily. Gained naval superiority in seas around Italy. Attacked by Carthage. Seized the rest of Sicily. Meanwhile left Macedon to take Athens and expand north. Eventually took rebel settlements on Crete and Anatolia. Now I'm in a dominant position against Carthage and remaining Roman factions. The Julian's have moved South to retake my Italian settlements but I've got a full and half stack in settlements while I expand against Carthage in the Mediterranean and north Africa.
@muddy50453 ай бұрын
I love those series
@davidquezada506 жыл бұрын
Continue this on the iPod
@thirteenohnein49033 жыл бұрын
well actually i really enjoy watching entire greek cities campaign, coz it feels like a serial, jeez , anyway please Do the Rome total war Remastered Greek cities Campaign!, I am waiting!!
@Imwalkinghere246 жыл бұрын
YEEEEESSS MA BOIII
@giannistheofanopoulos3 жыл бұрын
Siege Corinth on turn 1, using spy to open gates, is mandatory, Spartan army is a lot stronger and you don't let him recruit.
@0lintana4 жыл бұрын
There is a mod to add, that fixed almost everything from the units bugs!! And it get's much more direct gameplay while using the mod!! Its somewhere on the website of Moddb!!
@atreuskronos44745 жыл бұрын
Question for ya... do you prefer Rome total war or medieval total war? I feel like there is more diversity in troops in Rome total war
@lugotorix61735 жыл бұрын
Atreus Kronos I think both games a great to be honest. But I do prefer Rome total war for a variety of reasons. Like you said, there is a greater troop diversity, but also I enjoy the look of Rome more (more colourful in my opinion) and I have a bias towards it because it was my first total war game
@Zamalshkay6 жыл бұрын
Finally
@mrblackandwhite51045 жыл бұрын
I left Syracuse, and took Sidon and Salamis instead, war in the east, as it's away from the Romans.
@DiogoSantosFootball6 жыл бұрын
Great.Bon keep going
@noteimporta28804 жыл бұрын
Do you think we can give thermon to Macedonia and let them fight the brutii at start? Focus on Syracuse? I am playing autosave only on all factions and it's really really difficult and I lose very fast with 1 bad decision.
@colmoe6 жыл бұрын
Can you do a Rebel faction overview?
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
Yeah I can! I'm focusing on the M2TW guides at the moment, but after that i'll do it (should be relatively soon)
@elih97004 жыл бұрын
Spam cav, you never lose.
@executeorder65594 жыл бұрын
I’d it just me or does no one upload total waar
@sheppeyislandproductions14725 жыл бұрын
‘Geeza’
@patriziodefazi46916 жыл бұрын
Just maybe a stupid question. Why don't you play in huge unit scale?
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
Patrizio De Fazi Its mainly because my laptop couldn't handle it. Battles can sometimes get up to four thousands troops on the field if both armies are strong, and there's no way my laptop could handle that
@patriziodefazi46916 жыл бұрын
@@lugotorix6173 by the way, your way to play is absolutely awesome. I never thought to steal Apollonia to the Brutii (Valerii in italian)
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I would like to take credit but maybe taking Apollonia wasn't the best idea ever...
@DarkestWinterNight3 жыл бұрын
love this!!!!
@KIM-JONG-UN-845 жыл бұрын
I always have trouble with happyness in my cities any advice? Im on a greek campaign i own greece and almost all of Italy. And everyone is angry
@thedrno49015 жыл бұрын
rezoukas1 just let them revolt then put the sword to them and the rest left fall in line
@noehirschi13673 жыл бұрын
recruit peasants in mass and send them die against pirates
@KTporsche5 жыл бұрын
Calvary is trash but if you use them to flank the enemy it doesn't matter
@htoosaw9012 Жыл бұрын
Maybe you could do a Remastered version when u can.
@swiftelbow27436 жыл бұрын
You sound a little like many a true nerd
@lugotorix61736 жыл бұрын
Swift Elbow I've been watching Many a True Nerd for a few years, so he's probably influenced me quite a lot...
@footballforlife26435 жыл бұрын
👌👌 i hope u do other serie for carthage and egypt and and britain and numidia / thrace and seleuced Of course after this serie end
@lugotorix61735 жыл бұрын
That's quite a few series haha, but sure I'd like to feature all those factions at some point
@paulusrafaelis43375 жыл бұрын
Hey i need help, this games lags af and i have medieval 2 and It dosent lag that much. Help
@carboncrafter7936 жыл бұрын
MOAR!!!
@VibiusJulius2 жыл бұрын
I want to meet with you, come to Turkey!
@miltiadistsounellis50923 жыл бұрын
Try to defend brutii only with your naval.
@jamesmoon56325 жыл бұрын
👍🏽
@aidenh46816 жыл бұрын
Yay
@toradora14393 жыл бұрын
Thats why I hate Slingers in RTW 1. They fixed the arch of the rock in RTW 2, but that game is trash by comparison.
@noehirschi13673 жыл бұрын
i think slings projectile in rtw2 are just reskinned arrow so technically they did not fixed the arch :P
@paulrasmussen89535 жыл бұрын
Too aggressive for my tastes
@PwnZombie4 жыл бұрын
When surrounded on all sides, turtling will get you killed