HOW TO GET STARTED - Total War Rome 2

[@TwistedAlphonso1]

I don't even need this but I watched this from the beginning to end.

[@thatbluemiata9008]

Daxts

[@thatbluemiata9008]

This one and shogun are by far the ones I’m best at

[@My0wnmedia2025]

Well done you!

[@mgkillergamer]

I watched this while downloading the game

[@goodjudge8447]

Me too 😅

[@ryanschmidt3319]

Something to keep in mind is the aggressive balance cautious stance also responds to your army composition. A more ranged composition favors cautious and a more melee composition for favors aggressive.

[@josephagundez5336]

I bought Rome 2 when it first came out and it was honestly unplayable. So much hard crashing, glitching, wonky animation, and save file corruptions that I finally had enough. I uninstalled and didn't touch it for nearly four years. When Empire Divided and Rise of the Republic were released, I decided to give it another shot and I couldn't believe I was playing the same game with how much it changed. Rome 2 is now one of my favorite games of the series.

[@intrapersonaI]

i remember reading about that experience on steam reviews etc when it launched way back when and it ruined my first impression with these games and i didnt get hooked on them until last year. crazy how much a launch can impact just a potential fan

[@izzzybriggzy7754]

This was my experience to, I was 15 when it came out and can clearly remember the game crashing all the time, saves would vaish or be unplayable and same thing I stopped until Covid lockdowns I re installed it gave it a go and just about haven’t stopped playing since

[@Maesterful]

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I've poured hundreds of hours on Rome 1 & Atilla and still think Rome 2 is definitely the best in terms of performance gameplay and atmosphere

[@steelixian1705]

As some one who hasnt really played much total war games, Even though I own a handfull ( darn sales ) I think Rome 2 is the once I do seem to enjoy the most.

[@yeiji4315]

true, i was a hardcore Rome 1 fan before but after actually trying out Rome 2, ive grown to it, and its as fun as Rome 1. nostalgia really makes you biased.

[@MazzBCD]

Atilla and Rome 2 are pretty neck and neck for me. I find myself playing more Atilla because of the various amounts of tribes you can play in Europe. Too much fun.

[@Sevatar_VIIIth]

I've played a lot of Rome 1 and Medieval 2, those two will always be my favorite TW games. But after playing these older TWs I started wanting a graphically updated historical TW so now I'm on Rome 2 and although it has issues I'm having fun so far.

[@Xandreecuh]

@@Sevatar_VIIIthbro imagine medieval 2 but with Rome ii graphics and animations

[@KasumiRINA]

5:55 If you're a completionist, the Prologue Campaign also gives an achievement so another reason to play it first, if second part breaks on reload, just restart from chapter 2. It will still count. This multi-part prologue reminds me of Empire where the opening section is establishing a colony, fighting French, and then the British for US Independence. Really cool they have a small, streamlined historical campaign for tutorial.

[@arkad6329]

Rome 2 got so much hate at launch. But I have nothing but fond memories with Rome 2.

[@takamikeigo53]

Same, it was my first total war game and I’ve always loved it. I’ve stopped caring about public opinions, people are always different. You be you

[@TTarps]

It had so many optimisation problems, graphical problems, ai was absolutely garbage + the whole dlc on release meme. The game also looked nothing like the trailers they'd shown off. It's still the worst game release I've experienced.

[@arkad6329]

@@TTarps ok. You are in your right to be bitter about a game from a decade ago.

[@Madmagic]

My absolute favorite total war i just can't get enough of it

[@Madmagic]

@@TTarps it's one of the worst ever crazily enough

[@Suave121]

Hey Heir I used to watch you a metric ton in high school 9 years ago. Loved your Medieval battles, and I loved your Shogun 2 Rage quit videos. Glad to see you are still doing grinding my man.

[@HardBassManiac]

Me who has +3000 hours into rome2: hmm interesting video

[@jamessauls7533]

Thank you so much, awhile back I told you I had just bought Total War for the first time and this guide helps tremendously lol, I needed this

[@sungodrah]

Excellent Heir ! really nice starter tutorial.haven't played this game lately.need to get back ,but Warhammer you know..lol

[@skymagruder5270]

I’ve owned this game and all the DLC for a few years but never got past the first 30 mins. Maybe now is finally the time

[@Knight7562]

still one of the best games i love it and it covers nearly 1000 years of history

[@DarthBalrogTV]

Looking the intro of this video I've notice that in the background map of Europa there is a mistake. The name of two islands in front of Italy are reversed! Sardinia should be the one bigger in the south, Corsica should be the one smaller in the north. :)

[@jota_3332]

its actually the name of the province, corsica and sardinia. in game they'll have different names on the settlements.

[@anthonychojvang]

*600 Hours In* Yes I am going to watch this beginning to end

[@channelcapablanca866]

I had actually just started rome 2 like a couple weeks before you posted this and the main difficulty I had was with the older hotkeys not matching up to attila. I did see your old video but it was hard to remember everything in the thick of battle when you have habits from the other tws because the vods were kinda long

[@scorpiontdalpha9799]

Challenge for your playthrough : Subjugate all hellenic factions as a hellenic faction

[@Tabletopbattle]

Excellent help for a beginner, thank you!

[@Zoltan722]

This video helped me a lot. Thank you!

[@1999driftwood]

thanks for making this video, it helped me get started today on the game.

[@aussiesoldier0177]

Thank you so much for this video, very well explained....I've played TW games since the original Shogun and have had Rome 2 on my Steam account since 2013 but haven't played it in years, I decided to have another go tonight and I remembered why I spent so many years playing the original Rome. I've subbed and look forward to watching more of your videos

[@HeirofCarthage]

Glad I could help! This game is still a lot of fun even all these years later.

[@TwistedAlphonso1]

"Lady Tanit! Bless ourrr jurrrrney."

[@eddieharrison6406]

I want a Rome 2 campaign now!!

[@sayain6584]

Damn man I haven’t watch you for the past 5 years your voice is still goated

[@InformationTechnology-sl2hy]

Thanks for the guide

[@tigsik3128]

I just bought it i love total war . So thanks for this.

[@MarkPharaoh]

Might pick this up as I’m tired of my Rome1 Remaster crashing on me nearly every turn

[@elkingoh4543]

as a Shogun 2 and Medieval 2 players that will playing Rome 2, I see this absolute win

[@Joker-yw9hl]

I'd still be game to watch some Rome 2 online battles as there are still some interesting match-ups out there to be enjoyed again. Sparta v Athens, Seleucid v Egypt, Rome v Carthage etc etc. I'm a slut for an interesting match-up

[@daifuco]

This is an excellent introduction to the game. Thanks a lot. The game is a bit obscure. Your video helps so much.

[@puffdaddy_77]

Really helpful guide. thanks

[@skraaaaz]

Funny when you were mentioning those hardware specs. That was what i was gaming with back in 2006 xD.

[@AmericanTrucker89]

Year 2022 i just started playing and its such a great game 🎮

[@xk1390]

Very clear and useful presentation, thank you!

[@Chinnnnuz]

Aww, this game. 🔥 I AM NOW IN LOVE WITH THIS GAME! just a few mods make it perfect in my opinion. Slower movement. Dust particles. Small projectile trails. Longer battles. Shieldwall. Auto resolve fix. 12 turns per year. No enemy agents and I am the happiest gamer alive right about now I swear! Ha 1000 hours in il be ready for multiplayer 😂 Great vid btw. Sub. I had 1200 principes and triorii against 3000 Etruscan spears man. We secured the very top of a hill and done shield war into a square. Oh, it was so epic! Made it just in time! Had to send equities and Levites to stall them but they didn't last two seconds 😂 Aww, those men fought so bravely. Stay fresh throughout the whole fight while the whole of the enemy's army was exhausted! But they just wouldn't rout. 😔 All 1200 died but only 800 Etruscans remained. 😬 I've sent a detachment to seek revenge coming from the south. They will be there soon... He'll have a soldier's burial. I'm currently in the garden finishing my cigarette then il be back to secure the future of Rome. This game is outstanding.

[@YaotlEhecatl]

Bro, great video, thanks for all the info

[@felipeduenas2968]

Looks awesome sounds cool

[@captainkielbasa5471]

thanks. felt in over my head coming from empire

[@sushanalone]

9:09 Heir I think, battle difficulty can be set inside batle screen when i n battles in Rome 2 not initial settings from main menu.

[@patrickdoyle9369]

Did all that was said here in this video,, played for 7 hours and cannot win or get by the 3rd stage, even when my army get to the circle they all get wiped out... these are to many buttons to click on and the player cannot learn even on easy mode whats happening.... 7 hours of trying to do one mission has put me off from playing this game for good..

[@calimerohnir3311]

Things to know: -scythed chariots are basically human lawnmowers and will shred anything -Syrian mercenary elephants are the best in the game -House of Cornelia is utterly broken and lets you muster auxiliary armies basically for free -AI is too dumb to properly use missile cav: they will waste their ammo on shielded infantry and don't know how to keep out of range of foot missile units -don't worry about party loyalty: you can cheese the politic minigames -don't bother about navies: the AI almost never builds any and they're pretty useless -don't bother about siege weapons: they don't scale with unit size and their only purpose (sieges) is rendered moot since the AI almost always sally out on the same turn -you can stack speed buffs on the campaign map to a pretty insane degree -it's usually more economical (not to mention faster) to disband an army and recruit it again elsewhere than to have it cross the map (especially since you can regain military traditions) -client states and satrapies will betray you: don't bother

[@iroh9816]

pog

[@evanfiend]

Politic minigames? Siege weapons, like ballista(e), don't really help in regular battles? Speed buffs? I'm really confused about the "Politics" system, any help on it?

[@calimerohnir3311]

@@evanfiend -the senate intrigue is basically a useless money sink. The best way to gather influence is to only recruit generals from your family. When a leader from another house becomes too influent, make him a general and have him killed in battle. Repeat the process until the new house leader is sufficiently weak and obedient: the diplomatic penalty is basically negligible when compared to a political assassination (not to mention free) -Siege weapons are indeed useless in regular battles and beside that I think they also slow you down on the campaign map (but don't quote me on that, I'm not 100% sure) -speed buffs come from both your general skill tree, your army traditions and your embedded heroes + deployed heroes: focus all 4 on campaign map speed and you'll zoom through the map in a couple turns (the speed bonuses from the "cursus honorum" are negligible though and way too expensive to be worth it: don't bother) about the "Politics" system: keep all senators on your side. and ignore everything else (except maybe stats buffs for your heir. If you find that worthwhile then disband your generals before they die of old age: they'll return as politicians: If you've used them they should have completed at least one skill tree and have enough points to unlock at last a few stat boosting actions)

[@evanfiend]

@@calimerohnir3311 Thank you for the sage advice. You've made it clear that I can pretty much roleplay as some power-hungry dude from back then. Thank you so much for your time and effort!

[@Miisaja2301]

can we set things to auto manage so we wont be stress for focusing on upgrading buildings and stuff?

[@manilyncutamoracormanes752]

hello can u teach how to change this russian setting to english setting

[@flamziro5628]

i have a question that how do you heal units after battles ?????????????????????????

[@fleshinterface]

nicely done, very helpful!

[@tannonheld5386]

"Get on with it!"

[@brre8673]

Me with my hundreds of hours in Rome 2: Interesting...

[@jansandman6983]

thanks for the guide :)

[@greatgraham]

Great job on this video

[@celestialinfinity]

On the topic of how total war games run, I run total war: Shogun 2 on high graphics with Intel UHD, 7.77 usable gigs of ram and a 10th gen core i5. This is likely due to UHD allowing you to use extra ram as Vram

[@barryallenporter8127]

I can’t for the life of me figure out how to play this game anymore. Do i have fucking alzheimers or something? I can’t even beat the Etruscans and Carthage anymore. No matter what I do, Carthage declares war on Turn 2 and I can’t even begin to deal with the Etruscans before Carthage stomps my shit in.

[@supawetdough8974]

It might be your difficulty/you provoking Carthage. You should send your army with some mercs and attack the etruscans and don’t side with Syracuse in the beginning because neutral cause you’ll kill them before your family leader dies

[@KasumiRINA]

You mentioned these games requiring good PC, and this video is only 3 years old... so I have an old computer 4th generation Intel CPU, Haswell, 4770, and 1060 GPU, and Rome 2 and Troy run with no issues on high graphics. They're not new games but yeah, any half-decent computer from last 10 years or so should run most Total War games fine. ALSO, newer ones have better performance than OG Rome 1 and first Medieval because those games aren't optimized for HD resolutions, so YES ROME 2 RUNS BETTER THAN ROME 1. On netbooks at this point, as you said.

[@tomcxd9906]

goated tutorial

[@artlegendary9627]

Yo can we automanage everything?

[@iTzDannnyBoi]

how can you see which countries are at war with each other?

[@HeirofCarthage]

You should be able to see in the diplomacy screen I think. Should list their allies and factions they are at war with.

[@iTzDannnyBoi]

@@HeirofCarthage thank you found it!

[@VL1975]

This game is still so damn good. Probably my favorite TW game.

[@senshibat8920]

Recommend many normal unmodded campaigns. to get your feel for the Empire. before going any darthmods.

[@boughtagun2088]

Very cool heir!

[@smokinfree5555]

This took me back to the very 1st time I played the Prologue campaign after installing the Emperor Edition, which was pretty awesome I have to say :) I am somewhat embarrassed to admit something however in that I still haven't worked out how to rename armies. Any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated (hides face in shame) lol

[@ezechielelupo6233]

You can rename armies in the army details section (where you choose traditions): click on the name string you find there, then you can modify it

[@iammorpheus7345]

Lol i cant seem to make it throught the dan prologue

[@grymdark5439]

Uh ... what? You do realize the prologue is actually broken correct? Due to the years of patching and feature additions the prologue straight up breaks. I've never been able to complete it due to massive bugs. I actually had to check the forums where multiple people said the same thing. Be warned new people, the game has been fixed yes, but the tutorial has been left to rot.

[@KasumiRINA]

I did finish it in 2024, but I had to restart multiple times. 1st was on me, I accidentally pressed wrong button and replayed battle instead of continuing, 2nd is when game crashed I had to restart it, 3rd was when after autosave reload I was able to recruit high tier troops... I filled my army and could not recruit the one unit they want you to click on in next turn. So I restarted form chapter 2. Then I had AI take my city with a stack because my main army went on sea as tutorial called. You can manipulate them tho and it's a bit random where they go, but overall there's nothing stopping you from finishing the prologue campaign apart from obviously trying to break them or bad luck with computer attacking your main cities when you can't field many armies (they do tell you to recruit a second).

[@corngreaterthanwheat]

I am getting my balls kicked in at the prologue. Thank you!

[@HeirofCarthage]

Well keep at it! Sometimes we learn best when we fail and try again :) Hope you figure it out.

[@servantofthelord8147]

Thank you :)

[@marconjakecanonoy]

Is this PC? And what PC is being use in this game? Or what console?

[@jimlthor]

It's PC. Doesn't need to be a very good one for this game

[@8123scooter]

Yessssssssssssss Rome 2 is the bomb

[@goprojoe8943]

What about starting on extreme? is it fair ai?

[@Wraithington9912]

I’ve been playing total war for 15 years why am I watching this

[@robertsullivan4172]

Hey. I got a question. I tried playing the proluoge campaign on emperors edition and I hit a wall on like the first city battle. My army just seemed completely outmatched. I read somewhere the prolouge campaign is literally impossible to beat now because of all the updates. Is this true?

[@KasumiRINA]

It's not. Because of updates a lot of stuff is broken but I can confirm that in 2024 you can clear the prologue campaign without knowing what to do outside of general. Which first city battle, the one before you see the map? Just follow what it says and cross the river, you'll win. There's more fights with samnites later and most of them aren't mandatory, I think you just got bad luck and they had bigger armies, I had them lured to near my city while my army in ships was attacking their near-empty town. There's a lot of randomness in it so you might face a full stack when I had just a garrison. I had to restart twice due to bugs so yeah the prologue campaign IS broken but not unbeatable.

[@nathanpandre6731]

is there any money cheats for the campaign

[@austinballard3818]

How do you rename units and characters

[@johngifts8688]

I'm downloading now my setup is stuck at 54% for a half an hour is that normal

[@brainlezperson1716]

Gotta love more likes than views

[@svlla_terrenvs]

How to get started, shift+delete > enter > install age of empires

[@damianfairchild7082]

How do you get more units for multiplayer like if I got the factions how do I play with a more variety of units

[@lorinrusu5893]

I stopped the video to make a joke about min 24:00 something, where on "Forces" the spy has an eyecon.

[@JohnDoe-ne4kg]

Anyone know why I'm sometimes not able to recruit forces? For example I've got a small army sitting on a town with plenty of money and the right buildings to raise troops but the button is greyed out? Also how does recruiting work across different provinces/towns, do you need a new Field of Mars/Shipwright etc to raise units in each province? Or is it global or per town?

[@xbrosice2466]

Yo I use a touch screen Pc but my game crashes for no reason at all, I have the lowest graphics and I run it on a 1280x720 pixel and it still crashes in the campaign. It doesn't crash on battles but on campaigns it does.

[@darkinpresser]

the issue i have is that them guides that CA have made for beginner players don't really give you much in terms of useful info.. like come on are we saying that most beginner players are not sure how to move the camera and how to command units... i feel like CA made the beginner guides for the people who work for Game Media instead of making the guides for Gamers... now i know its abit unfair to judge this based on the fact i have been playing since Rome 1 but i do have to ask who are the guides targeting...

[@HeirofCarthage]

They may have made it to help media. It is always a big part of a game launch getting media to play it and talk about it.

[@KasumiRINA]

What makes you think media people would be less familiar with strategy games than middle aged people who would be interesting in a historical game? Like target audience for beginner tutorials are people whose idea of computer games is Bejeweled and Facebook farms, maybe Plants and Zombies at the time of Rome 2's launch.

[@darkinpresser]

@@KasumiRINA Its because most people who work in the game media don't really play many video games and most of the time they have people who don't really play RTS games review games like Total War so the beginner guides really feel like they are made for the Media people instead of Gamers.. even 3 years ago they had people review games and play games that have never played RTS games before but they also apply no common sense to how they play. its like them console guides that teach you how to move the character and how to jump very basic things that any Gamer would figure out in seconds.

[@esclavodelsistema9783]

I cant believe I watched this, I used to be a God in Rome 1 TW

[@looming_]

Thank alot for this vid. The chaos campaign in warhammer ain't for me(multiplayer is nice tho). Bought Rome 2 for campaign only :)

[@SkSafowan]

To Skip all the Unnecessary Talk, Start Here ->4:48

[@itshenry8977]

I love Massilia but i got some mods to enrich my experience since The units are scarse

[@pocketstom]

Not me still waiting for beginners guide part 4

[@HeirofCarthage]

What beginner stuff do you still need help with :) I might be able to make something.

[@pocketstom]

@@HeirofCarthage the more I think about it the more personal/faction specific it probably is, and this is super rambly so sorry. But I don't get a lot of time to play, and in the same way as your battle formations explained which are and aren't worth using, it'd be great to get an idea of what building trees, research trees, hero abilities etc. Are worth investing in early, if at all, without having to trial and error them all? Or if there are certain ways to make certain stances or strategies work better? For instance I completely mismanaged my first attempt at a campaign, lost a fight on two sides trying to take a settlement before someone showed me that if you besiege, then retreat when the enemy sallies out, you can then fight the army without the garrison or just stop them recruiting until reinforcements arrive, which I probably wouldn't have figured out on my own, but makes perfect sense. Things that are I guess second nature to experienced players that new players might not realise work, that aren't just "turn the battle difficulty down"

[@ΑντιρρησιαςΣυνειδησης-τ1υ]

Well i just downloaded today. Its a hard game i must say

[@Hyster1calWatch5r22]

I keep forgetting that the game is old, no wonder I can only see 3g of Ram hahaha

[@redjacc7581]

i dont like when u have multiple armies and a general dies and you have no idea what the army composition is and all you get is a choice of the type of bodyguard unit, i want to see the army who general died!! so i can choose a bodyguard unit appropriate to that army.

[@Telamonian]

You can always replace it later lol

[@techquad1151]

ty xD

[@javierrosario6372]

What pc can get to run this?

[@iroh9816]

a low end gaming pc will be able to run rome 2 as its quite well optimized and one of the older titles my pc specs are CPU - Ryzen 5 3600 GPU - 1050 ti RAM - 8gb DDR4 3200mhz and no u don't need a cpu on my lvl at all cause for rome 2 its more than needed

[@fischgesicht7836]

As a tip for everyone mmoga offers rome 2 for 6,99

[@joeroganpodfantasy42]

Don't do the grand campaign if you starting , its not enjoyable it gets very tedious and if you are new you gonna be turned off by it, the 1 turn per year makes it super annoying , how big the campaign is makes every end turn a pain , its overwhelming trying to learn everything and also dealing with all that, if you see the list of campaigns they are actually ranked from longest "grand campaign" to shortest "wrath of sparta" , do wrath of sparta cesar hannibal at the gates or my favourite cesar in gaul, cesar in gaul is when the devs realised all the mistakes they had made in the grand campaign and refined it

[@KasumiRINA]

People say Caesar in Gaul is one of the hardest campaigns to play, so not beginner friendly. Original campaign as Iceni, Egypt or Rome is generally seen as easy modes that aren't too confusing.

[@crispymattastic]

Only thing that's kept me from buying this is the ridiculous price.

[@firsttracks4767]

Download Reshade as well

[@ruiptaurus33]

the game is 32 bit. So only uses 3.6 ram

[@Khetsisal33]

i found people online who spent like six HOURS doing the prologue campaign, i spent 30 minutes watching this video and slashed and burned by way through it in ten minutes afterwards. sieged the samnite capital with a mercenary army

[@KasumiRINA]

I accidentally pressed replay battle instead of continue after tutorial fight THEN after two times winning it, my game crashed on campaign map, then I reloaded autosave and it let me hire legionnaires, so I did... which made campaign softlock during later turn when you need to hire one more unit... Looking it up, many people had that and just suggested to skip tutorial campaign altogether as it was always broken. So anyway, we're two hours in at this point thanks to restarting like thrice, and I figure out you cannot hire armies without a general. Which is how reinforcements worked in all other Total War games before. So after I march to take the city on the sea the city we got earlier got overran. It also has a tons of new mechanics like tech development, expanding cities letting squalor in, and other mechanics that would stump even a veteran Total War player. So overall I clocked indeed about 6-7 hours on Steam with only tutorial campaign, a few custom battles and one historical finished, all without starting the grand campaign. I did install a few mods to test so there's that. And this is me as someone who played these games since first Shogun. Tutorial campaign is pretty bad, especially compared to simple, straight to the point tutorials of Medieval 1, 2 and Rome 1... there's really no excuses for that, and they didn't even update it to tell you control points aren't a thing anymore. Someone whose first big strategy game is Rome 2 will spend more time to finish it, even if they avoid the bugs I ran into.

[@olliecherpuzi5045]

I'm here because I lost the tutorial....

[@cage7777]

I yell at anyone and everyone who plays on easy

[@CrazyGaming-ig6qq]

How to get started is easy. The problem is how to stop. Please help me... just... one... more... turn

[@zackzebedi561]

The only reason to buy Rome 2 is to play Divide Et Impera

[@rext87able]

STEP 1, PICK THE VANILLA DONT PLAY IT STEP 2, DOWNLOAD THE DIVITE ET IMPERA MOD STEP 3, ENJOY YOU WELCOME Also Rome 2 has had a butch of updates and it is quite a graphically enhanced game with everything on ultra. I also believe in order for you to get the best ancient era feels this game gives it defenetly needs to be played on ultra, which will require warhammer 2 specs so much more on the high end. Also the DEI mod will push the game to its limits and for that your gonna want a decent cpu and a well of graphics card with 16gb ram

[@teemuvesala9575]

Divide et impera is over rated. There's some serious balance issues in that mod. The units are well made and many things are definitely better than in vanilla, but on my opinion it makes every faction too balanced to the point they all feel very much the same to play. Not to mention some cavalry having 200 men while cataprachts having just 120 men and costing more, and losing to the cheaper 200 men cavalry unit just cause they have less unit models... Its extremely dumb and I found that very irritating from the very start.

[@rext87able]

@@teemuvesala9575 yeah i defentely hear what you are saying i i found that out as well when i played as the Seleucid empire. What you do have to remember though is that faction which i think you were talking about gets super heavy shock cav and war elephants from turn 1 basically. As the Seleucid your not supposed to counter with a 200 man cav detachment thats not the point your cav is anti inf. You use your inf which you have plenty of plus archers to heal with it. Its all about the different gameplay loop instead of rome wins every battle and this unit is better so it wins.

[@teemuvesala9575]

@@rext87able Sure but the truth is in reality cataprachts decimated other cavalry on the charge. Their only weakness was the fact they were slower other cavalry, so they couldn't run away and obviously fast horse skirmishers would easily kill them if not supported as cataprachts could never catch them.

[@rext87able]

@@teemuvesala9575 oh yeah 100 percent skirmish cav slap hard tricky fuckers

[@kevinp5325]

@@teemuvesala9575 For Rome 2 (and DEI), cavalry are not really meant to serve as the all-purpose unit smasher that you find in other TW titles. Arguably, this is somewhat related to the underlying warscape engine, but it's also reasonable to assume that the Dev's (for both Vanilla and DEI) understood that the cavalry of antiquity was very much a supporting force for the main army components: infantry. There were a bunch of societal and technological advancements that ultimately turned cavalry into the dangerous juggernauts that we came to recognize in the Dark Ages and early medieval period. But in the time of Alexander and Roman generals, cavalry was best used to engage enemy skirmishers, raid baggage trains, harass flanks and exploit gaps created by infantry maneuvers. IMO, cavalry in Rome 2 works just fine so long as you keep the above context in mind: go after enemy weak spots, engage weaker enemy cav or hammer enemy infantry that are fixed by your own infantry. Charging straight into prepared enemy infantry or comparable cavalry won't be a pretty fight and should be avoided if possible.

[@danielecatania9631]

Yeah the fact that there is 50€ to pay to have the full package still bothers me. 30,I get it, but 50? I hate this business model

[@zrize101]

There’s no point getting everything at once. You’re not gonna play every faction and every campaign at the same time. Just get the base game, that’s at least 80 hours of content based on some arbitrary conclusion I just made.

[@danielecatania9631]

@@zrize101 I don't know you may have a point. Still, I wouldn't like playing the game knowing I'm missing something that's still out there, so I'd rather not play it at all. I know it may sound unreasonable, but up until now that's how I feel

[@teemuvesala9575]

@@danielecatania9631 This business model allows them to make better games. It's just a fact.

[@danielecatania9631]

@@teemuvesala9575 I'm not sure about that. I mean, as much as Heir says, things have surely improved over the years, but still

[@teemuvesala9575]

@@danielecatania9631 You're missing out on a great game over quite frankly stupid principle. Your call. I mean base game itself is enough to enjoy the game.

[@backpackninja9012]

Are we talkin about how to do shit on bull shit upgrade