Medieval 2: Total War - A Total Classic

Medieval 2: Total War is the utterly classic sequel to Rome: Total War, but now it's 1,000 years later, and a lot has changed in Europe since our last adventure...
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[@jasontitanomachy]

On the subject of dread: I was running a campaign as England, years ago, and the continental war with France went so badly that at my lowest point my only continental holding was Bruges. France marched on the castle with a massive army of crossbowmen, but I had two units of cav (including my general) and was able get them out of the gates ahead of the crossbowmen and launch several devastating charges. Victory for us. After the victory I attempted to ransom several important people back to France, but they refused me and they were executed. So my general picked up two skulls worth of dread and I figured, why not just go with it? He repelled half a dozen French assaults and executed everyone he captured. I eventually maxed out his dread and his mere proximity on the battlefield would cause enemy units to waver. He led the campaign to retake the continental holdings and essentially wiped France off the map.

[@Omega4Productions]

Now THAT is a turn around.

[@hi14993]

@@Omega4Productionsin my experience chivalry is good for defense and city growth and dread is good for attack and public order

[@afds5770]

@@justanotheruser8179 racist white supremasist

[@mikeycowell142]

@@afds5770 how was @William Mycroft racist ? God Save the Queen is a patriotic thing to say,

[@aaronlockley9207]

I love when TW games go like this!

[@Thundahgolem]

"Rome Total War is one of my favourite games" "Here's how Medieval II is much better in every way"

[@electriclegend6390]

because nostalgia my friend,Nostalgia

[@sciuresci1403]

Your favorite game doesn't have to be the best one... I enjoy rome 2 most despite it's flaws and I played RTW's demo from a CD when it came out.

[@Ducky1033]

well fallout 3 is my favourite fallout but fallout new vegas is the best

[@Ugh718]

@@sciuresci1403 U played a rtw demo from a cd?Pfff.U peasant lol.I still play rtw1 to this day XD,and I have the full version.

[@Johnysevens]

@@Ugh718 and I have rtw 1 on my phone, what's your point and how are you cool?

[@OceanHedgehog]

19 minutes in and Jon's forgotten the word "dreaded". This is why I love this channel.

[@adammullarkey4996]

Or "dreadful."

[@therexbellator]

@@adammullarkey4996 I was dying listening to him trying to dig up a word like 'dreadful' - so much for the English knowing English 🤭

[@SRosenberg203]

@@therexbellator Hah yeah that was the first thing I thought of too

[@therexbellator]

@@SRosenberg203 haha in retrospect my comment seems meaner than intended. I was trying to paraphrase the line from the movie Snatch where Cousin Avi's like "you English invented the f'in language you should use it" (or something like that). Glad someone appreciated my humor though! 😂

[@Drybones898]

Jon: This is Arhus Me: in the middle of the street.

[@multimeter2859]

Lol me too!

[@justinkroboth360]

Beautiful. Immediately started singing it. :D

[@MrTomFung]

Arhus should not be a city, it should be a castle and a keep.

[@soulsearcher9620]

Ourhaus!

[@soulsearcher9620]

@@hypnosive *Ourhaus

[@atreides213]

The only reason we ain't as strong as the bloody archer's is 'cause you're givin' 'em all the good armor! What do those gits need it for? All they do is sit back and shoot their fancy arrows. I swear, we mercenaries get no bloody respect.

[@PHANTOMCOWGIRL]

But you have a proper mail hauberk under your tunic.

[@robwright1286]

@@PHANTOMCOWGIRL Tell that to Christensen, took an arrow to the knee. Never walked again 🙄

[@ShackleYT]

i know i'm late, but would you rather your bowmen be as squishy as the other guy's? just imagine the shock and horror of the enemy footman when they charge into the archers, only to hear a "clink" as he slashes at their armor.

[@RobinSongRobin]

"Just give me a game with a map of Europe to march armies around and I'll be content." -- Hitler, probably.

[@superaids3849]

if only we had total war back then maybe ww2 wouldn't of happened

[@tommerker8063]

ck2 is a viable candidate for this too ;)

[@movement2contact]

Well, USA has all of them today, yet they keep doing empire shit anyway...

[@Baba-yv6ml]

@BONESAW IS READY Prussian deathstack vs two Russian deathstacks

[@GooseGumlizzard]

Or Napoleon.

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

The rebel city you mentioned in Spain is Zaragoza, and a nice little tidbit is that the general inside it is actually El Cid, the legendary Spanish hero. It's just a nice bit of attention to detail that was characteristic of Creative Assembly back in the day.

[@ohhellyeah2878]

*Valencia

[@ryans5192]

Oceans rise, empires fall, Steve the Governor lives through it all! (Probably need a new pic tho....)

[@toymationstudios8613]

Steve we will rule the world

[@thattotalwarguy7911]

dude wth you changed your name

[@tiberiusbrutus942]

Fun Fact: Danes are Dragonborns and can actually use the Thu'um. Their favorite shout? Denmarked for Death.

[@ChrisM2507]

Best comment ever!

[@tr66scarface15]

We Danes actually sent the great dragon H'rald that Spurius Victor slew in Bostra, the swamp men however, were Russia's work.

[@Tp_hedgelinghog]

I'm a Dane, and he speaks truth!

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Prince Charles hey I was here first please change your name

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Prince Charles but I was on Rome longer please change. I was Lentulus and deserve the name

[@Taolan8472]

"The pen is mightier than the sword" Maybe, Maybe. Maxim 58: "The pen is mightiest when writing orders for swords."

[@mickeymalone7577]

Last time I was this early the brutii had the biggest empire on the thrace of the earth.

[@SeanNaut]

I thought we had gotten rid of the last thraces of those puns.

[@prycenewberg3976]

They have simply been Romin' far and wide waiting for another France to disThrace us once again.

[@elliot6584]

thank you

[@roguegamer9351]

Jon I believe the correct term is "dreadful"

[@Exantius9]

RogueGamer I think it's more like "dreaded", dreadful means more like terrible/bad. Or maybe you knew that already and meant it as a joke? :P

[@rossjames8839]

Or "Dreaded"

[@AladinThePaladin]

Its a title in the game, and you can become dreadful in the game. The mongol generals have so much dread they make your troops break up just by showing up lol.

[@Exantius9]

Aladin Lizalo They sure will... Imo Jon is wasting his time making his generals Chivalrous because Dread is so much better, but against thr Mongolian bastards Chivalrous generals are a lifesaver

[@davidtogi5878]

Exantius9 i always made my war commander as dreadfull as i can without any logical reasons since it sounds badass ☺

[@kingwilliamtheconqueror5642]

IT BEGINS

[@kingcharlesthecrusader2146]

So it does...

[@MisterB303-d7r]

Behold king Henry the second the true king of England and Europe

[@THEMONKEYWITHNOSOUL]

I bet you thought he was going to pick England didn't you?

[@kingwilliamtheconqueror5642]

JON IS A TRAITOR, AND HIS FORCES OF DANISH HEATHENRY SHALL NEVER TAKE GLORIOUS ENGLAND -that was the intention, yes, but I take this as an opportunity to have some fun roleplaying-

[@SilverSoulxd]

No,now it ends.

[@HaixThePro]

AFTER A WEEK OF CONSTANT REFRESHING...

[@jimathiey2281]

yer the settlement in Spain is Valencia, and it has El Cid the legendary Spanish champion with a mixed spanish and moorish army. a glorious touch

[@canadian__ninja]

The city Jon refers to in Spain is Valencia, held by El Cid. Which is a really lovely touch. Loved seeing that.

[@TheMrBenny123]

"I'm gonna show you what a really good princess can do" -MATN

[@attackofthehog]

I can't believe it's already been 6 years! I remember when Jon started this series, I caught onto it when there were only 2-3 episodes out, and I eagerly waited every week for the next episode! Looking forward to watching it through again! ❤️

[@lordoflosttime]

I also got a MATN Total War itch.

[@williamslater-vf5ym]

I watch this series and the rome series once a year. Jon is entertaining.

[@JaiAlaiJedi]

I like the passion and excitement in his voice as he explains the mechanics of the game. One of the reason's I just started Rome: Total War. It was a game I haven't played before, and it genuinely looked interesting. Watching him show off the game and explain things excitedly made it fun to watch his playthrough. I'm really excited for Thursdays episode.

[@julianusthekiller3562]

Yes I did it all * Evil Laugh*

[@donovanthompson9013]

19:27 "Dreadful" perhaps is the word you're looking for.

[@mobiussp]

Thank you so much for doing this series! I've been searching for a good Medieval 2: Total War Let's Play/Tutorial for a while now, and cannot seem to find one. This video has already taught me more about how this game works than most of the other vids I've come across, and your style of narrating is excellent.

[@williamslater-vf5ym]

Jon is a great narrator. Ive watched others play and they are just a chore to listen to.

[@IchHassePasswoerter]

Petition to rename Hamburg into McDonalds.

[@Fao1st]

Lol

[@swissarmyknight2203]

I remember playing England. I tried to take Wales only to realise that they had a bigger army than me and actual walls:(

[@madboy9xx]

So glad it's finally here! Don't know if Jon knows about it already but one of my favourite features in this game is the fact that the armour upgrades that you give your troops actually changes how the unit looks on the battlefield. It's so cool.

[@thepope8213]

We shall bring Denmark to its glory! Worship me, I am the Pope!

[@adelaide2511]

Move over Pope, respect your elder deities!

[@thepope8213]

Hel Lokisdottir What elders do you speak of?

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

The Pope I've seen what you do in your spare time!

[@legosimonify]

wait are you the guy who started the crusades with Charlemagne?

[@ConscriptDavid]

Yeah, me too. -wait, are you me?-

[@weaselweasel6601]

I can't change my name for 90 days, shit.

[@weaselweasel6601]

Wait, I have another account....

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Weasel Weasel I just got in my time machine and created my account

[@thepope8213]

Boarbaque I'm the Pope now.

[@thepope8213]

IntelForce 123 If your suggesting you are Weasel Weasel's new account, stop lying. First the Senate, now I'm the motherfucking Pope!

[@kingwilliamtheconqueror5642]

-create a brand account, then name it whatever you want-

[@dionysiosofbabylon7039]

Well, I have a new toga and a new helmet... and I suppose I can't die in the intro to this one... as I'm already dead, as are everyone else. Just a shame that whole "man love being okay" thing died when I did.

[@jamesmnaylor]

I've waited all week for this.

[@theoryofmarcus9065]

I may not be royalty but I will be KING OF THE SEA! When my enemies see me coming, I shall say this, 'We have the longships but you have the long faces! HA'

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

Admiral Jon And I shall be your eyes!

[@publiusthehandsome2314]

good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. I'm Admiral Jon, and this is ManyATrueLongBoat

[@theoryofmarcus9065]

You have my thanks Kolbein, ale for you when next we meet!

[@andremartins7601]

They no longer loot and raid, they are much more civilized, now they colonize and conquer....its diferent bro

[@UncannySwan]

I'm genuinely really excited for this! Denmark made me say "NICE" and the fact that I've played about 30 minutes of this game means I won't be annoyed like I was with RTW when you made horrific mistakes like losing an entire unit of Roman Cavalry to Equites. AVE DENMARK!

[@oskaraltman]

As a Dane it hurts to hear you pronounce Århus.

[@sharkofjoy]

We were spoiled by hearing him pronounce Latin and Greek names properly in the last series. There was clearly going to be a price to pay, and it's hearing him try to pronounce the Danish language.

[@callemec]

As your friendly Swedish neighbor, In all honesty...no one can pronounce you language. Its gibberish ;)

[@ChaosToRule]

Swedish is way worse and also just a bunch of incomprehensible sounds.

[@LeArquebus]

Oarhus would be better

[@callemec]

Since when does not a hard intake of air perfectly replaces a whole sentence!

[@lennybower7157]

They're the only faction.. there's only two factions.. there are three, three factions.. I rather expected you to just follow this up by saying, "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Friends Rom- I mean Peasants WELCOME to Medieval II Total War!

[@tr66scarface15]

Admiral Jon is a much better choice, I recommend getting a screenshot of Jon from his first video and putting a captains hat on it.

[@kingcharlesthecrusader2146]

Great, I am glad we could reach an understanding. You truly are the greatest Admiral of the Danish fleet

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Prince Charles thank you

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

King Knud I put a Viking hat. It seemed more appropriate

[@PaulZeroSolis]

+Admiral Jon That's not MATN Jon in your profile pic. That's a human. MATN Jon is an egg carton.

[@tompartridge8024]

Jon I was expecting Scotland when you said the only country not conquered by romans and watched the rise and fall.

[@Stardog081]

Glad to be part of your channel thank you for truly covering total war the way it should be covered - much thanks from Germany

[@cassiuscorpulentus7784]

I've been dripping in anticipation for this.

[@publiusthehandsome2314]

I'll get the mop...

[@Zeenix2]

Oh god

[@oxus72]

To anyone interested, Århus/Aarhus is pronounced similar to "oar-who's" but with a softer French r sound. I thought it might have had a "boathouse" connotation but it's instead derived from an old viking name, Aros, for river mouth, which remains in use in Faroe language and gives name to a number of towns across Scandinavia.

[@Unifarts]

Listening to you mispronouncing everything remotely Danish is absolutely hilarious. Who knew I lived in OURHOUSE

[@854CHJ]

The moment Jon brought up the fact that Egypt had returned made me imagine the ghost of Julianus Vatinius descending from space and then going to the Holy Roman Empire and insulting the faction leader.

[@holycrusader9158]

*_"Screw the pope, and his damn crusades!"_* _-I, a frustrated templar_

[@NDRonin1401]

You're understating/estimating the importance of city units. Militia are just for garrison, that's right, but if you keep your armouring facility maxed out for city size, your spearmen become war beasts. With the advantage that you can retrain them everywhere and don't have to run back to a castle every time their unit numbers get low. Retrain, never merge, and you can win your campaign without castle infantry.

[@NDRonin1401]

Imo the 2 most important building chains are farms and city armouring. Keeping both maxed out is key. M2TW no longer has the squalor problems that ruined huge cities in RTW. Using armoured city units and only recruiting cavalry and bowmen in castles will save you a fortune in expensive castle infantry.

[@dinosaur4714]

In the middle of the street, Ourhaus

[@shemp_official]

Ourhaus in the middle of denmark Ourhaus in the middle of our... Ourhaus it has a crowd, Theres always something happening and its usually quite loud (Because theyre vikings)

[@casperkaalund7048]

I watched this video to get a feeling of what Medieval 2: Total War is, because I considered buying it. I immediately bought the game when you chose Denmark, where I am from, and said Ourhous. Well, close enough. Great video, tho I am 8 months late.

[@TheAvidian]

I started this same campaign. My spy died entering the first castle, my faction leader then died randomly, 3 turns in, SOMEHOW! Then about 10 turns later my new faction heir gets assassinated and 2 generals either went rebel or joined another faction, not sure which, lost visibility of the area they were in and generic “traitors” notification

[@publiusthehandsome2314]

well well, let the games begin

[@laurasavage8925]

i'm gone for only 1000 years and my Empire is gone

[@tabbythematncat3611]

-Cue stupid nerdy humans freaking out. Feed me, Jon!- Meow.

[@CaptainDecimus]

Are you and war pig Going to form an alliance?

[@tabbythematncat3611]

-Me and that filthy creature? Get back to Rome you disrespectful knave!- Meow.

[@throwaway588]

-The very thought of befriending a feline animal is sickening.- oink

[@tiberiusbrutus942]

I ship it.

[@Tigercup9]

Tiberius Brutus xD

[@SerOtter]

I really appreciate how you explain and compare certain things to Rome total war, because that’s the only total war game I’ve ever played since I don’t have a pc, so it helps a lot to understand what’s going on, thank you.

[@Gilhelmi]

Congratulations on creating electronic crack.

[@TomorrowWeLive]

This was my first ever Total War. I was a kid, I had no idea how to play, I played on Easy and I autoresolved every battle except the tutorial. But goddamn if those weren't some of the best hours of my life...

[@jerankorak7997]

Dread is actually incredibly powerful, possibly even overpowered. Generals with very high Dread ratings can basically cause whole enemy armies to rout on sight, especially if they don't have decently Chivalrous generals to counteract the effect. It's true they're bad in towns, but you can easily have a few dedicated warmongers on hand to lead your armies in the field and never bring them near administrative centers.

[@williamslater-vf5ym]

I agree, Dread is actually great when it gets really high. I had a byzantine general once that enemies refused to fight. They would break immediately and he could just run them down. Best general I ever had...except against the mongols. I hate the mongols in this game so much.

[@aspacelex]

Unforgivable Creative didn't title the game Mediaval Twotal War.

[@wu1ming9shi]

Did you know that the generals voice actually changes depending on the dread/chivalry level? edit: nevermind...

[@bene8168]

Over 70 episodes, one hour ish each, this is going to be one HECK of a binge watch

[@mistahsusan2650]

Benedictus Anindityo he’s not even at turn 140 so far too!

[@mbchudno]

Danes are one of the easiest campaigns. On the level with England. I mean, once you take Hamburg, Stockholm and Oslo, you have 4 VERY SOLID cities completely protected by 1 castle with very little chance of invasion. Unlike most catholic factions, your cities can train decent cav after you build cathedrals so you can just stick to cities for most of the territory and you will be swimming in money. Once developed, Stockholm is one of the highest income cities in the world too. If you want real challenge, try faction like Russia or Turkey who has to deal with huge invasions, holy crusades...etc. Like while Russia has lots of land to expand, their land only has few cities, many are 2-3 turns distance from each other which also tiny and undeveloped. So you will have to control huge territory that bring you very little income and requires lots of investment. Even Italian factions are more fun as you will have complete mess of wars due to being located in the center of competing empires. Also, try to do migration campaign, as in, take a faction like Denmark and migrate it to Egypt :) Campaigns like that are the most fun i ever had with the game. Last time i moved Russia to Iberia, it was glorious. Love that game though, good luck with your playthrough.

[@1kvolt1978]

Ottomans actually is also a pretty easy campaign. Strong unit roster, only two quite weak enemies nearby and lots of good settlements to take. Pillaging Egypt and Byzantine gives huge cash bonus early on. But middle and late game can be fun with Crusades and Mongols at the same time =).

[@RainmakerXBooty]

Russia is just masochistic to play. They get jumped by the Mongols pretty hard on top of their cities taking way too long to develop. Just not worth the trouble

[@GordonBennett1]

Always struggled to complete these games. Just found this playthrough. Enjoying it immensely, thank you for explaining all the little details :).

[@Al3xtheMeh]

I clicked on this video harder than how badly the Egyptians fell to Julianus Vatinius

[@BillCorpLtd]

you can tell Jon is excited, he hardly takes a breath while talking in the whole video

[@peterh3943]

YEEES! Thanks another good series and you play as my home country

[@Geekman333]

I've just spent around four weeks watching the entire Rome Total War series and thoroughly enjoyed it. Looking forward to this.

[@peterh3943]

by changeing the the name of Aarhus you pronounsed it even better Great job

[@Dukeyforthewin]

As excited as I am for this series, that first battle was a painful reminder of how slow Jon is with this game

[@notbob9865]

Hi Jon, Thanks for making great videos!

[@publiusthehandsome2314]

Ave, true to Notbob!

[@StellariumSound]

Jon, I swear man. You cannot keep taking over my life like this.

[@Dan-km7yp]

Oh Jon, how you spoil us.

[@NDRonin1401]

If you're trying to stay friends with HRE, stay away from Hamburg, that's always a target for them. Take Magdeburg and develop that as your main castle. It starts out smaller but building the farm tree will fix that. Also, you want to take Oslo early and convert it to city, no need for a castle that far north. The longer you leave it as a rebel castle, the smaller it will be when you eventually take it and need it to be productive.

[@Jukrates]

*Arhus* is pronounced like this: *Ar* is like pirate "arrrrr" but with soft "r", and *hus* is like "jews" but it starts with the letter "h". I'm finnish but I'm studying swedish and all scandinavian languages sound same.

[@mbb1489]

Actually it's more Or-hoose, the name of the city is Århus/Aarhus (Aa = Å)

[@googleistdoof6656]

It's comforting to see that you too keep having trouble with giving the right orders to the right/wrong units.

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

First person to guess which Roman I was gets to not be crucified (that was a hint)

[@adelaide2511]

Oh please Lentulus, you're not at all discreet. Though neither am I.

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Hel Lokisdottir is that Cassius? Or is it Marcus!

[@adelaide2511]

Neither I'm afraid, not nearly as popular!

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Hel Lokisdottir ummmmm let me guess uh Publius the Handsome? If that is incorrect give me a hint

[@adelaide2511]

Pfft, I wish I had the wit of Publius or Marcus though I was indeed a friend of the Senate!

[@San_D._Beard]

To Jon's point about rebels having legitimate forces, there is nothing I love more in a game than enemies that aren't in a hurry to die

[@danieltanirverdov4838]

After watching Kingdom of Heaven I installed this and led England on a magnificent crusade to Jerusalem.

[@robwright1286]

Sick

[@jackiechain8380]

A few things I have always done with this game is to only build brothels for scouts and to then delete the brothels once you have the amount of scouts you need. Brothels and their building chains roll a chance for your generals and family members to get "Social Drinker" and the proceeding traits. Also, it's best to only put taxes on very high when completing buildings like mines, ports, markets, and roads. This allows you to focus on growth of the cities, which raises your population and benefits your economy in the long run. Also, this gives positive economic traits such as good farmer (bonus to pop), good taxman (bonus to income), and good miner (bonus to mining). You can also get stuff like architect retinues and good builder traits, which grant cheaper buildings. I'd also love to see a Third Age: Total War mod playthrough! Seeing you play a faction like Gondor would be epic! In the end, it's up to you though. I am excited for this LP!

[@devoidofvoltz2562]

For the glory of Admiral Jon! A pity he will never discover America.

[@stevethearcher8008]

His ancestors probably already did...

[@CaptainDecimus]

Yeah I'm decently inclined to believe Admiral Jon is related to Leif Erikson.

[@Zonk420]

DEUS VULT

[@OneJazzyBoye]

AVE MARIA!

[@dascorncakes1151]

Ad victoriam?

[@JFGraham26]

King Knud Ave, true to Caesar.

[@johneckman5357]

What do you want profligate

[@roykennedy]

you might not get this but why let a little blank get in the way of a good crusade

[@graysteve8610]

I did a little hop of joy at the reveal of what faction you are playing as.

[@Not_A_Cop-e7h]

I hope that we're gonna be seeing some generals down in the comments

[@tiberiusbrutus942]

James: "I'd love to see some generals in the comments" Tiberius: **hold my beer**

[@1967sluggy]

James Studholme They're already here. I've seen prince Charles already.

[@chocolateskull6239]

I feel like there isn't actually going to be enough Generals to go around for a looong time...

[@MisterB303-d7r]

I'm not sure if I'm in the game yet but Jon doesn't seem to care about the space time continuum

[@jesse.mp3247]

merchants are so good when you head neat Jerusalem because level 1 merchants might make 150 a turn and fully trained make around 750 florins

[@brodygray1880]

ITS HERE!!!

[@nessesaryschoolthing]

I can't wait for an end card to be be made out of the Brutii campaign. There were so many great moments to remember.

[@GHilliECK]

What fabulous new characters will enter our comment section?

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

GHilliE Who knows?

[@Calvert1212]

Kolbein of Holmr Get back with your watch, Hans. What in God's name are you doing in the gatehouse...

[@Calvert1212]

pretend my name is Hamburg Rebel Captain Guy

[@USSCYT]

Chad Calvert Then change it

[@thomasnixon8686]

Good to have you back, Jon. Even though it's only been a week :P

[@luxtenebrisproductions6593]

Finally!

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Stevius Flagpole even in this new life I will get you!

[@adelaide2511]

I know, I've been waiting all week for this!

[@luxtenebrisproductions6593]

Prince Charles Lentulus? Is that you old friend?

[@theghostofadmiraljon8999]

Stevius Flagpole yes my former self died in Alesia I AM REBORN

[@tr66scarface15]

Come on man, this episode has been up less than 3 hours and most of the names are already taken, i've been King Knud since April 23 when Jon announced he was playing Denmark since the starting names are always the same.

[@quinnwasson2399]

I had no idea who you were gonna play. So excited for the Danish conquest!

[@Adam-g01]

Actually dread for morale is superior to chivalry. Mathematticaly it's better for the enemy to lose morale than for your troops to gain morale as you lose less men, while chivalry really just helps in defense when you're vastly outnumbered as for offense, it doesn't matter if your troops have more morale as that just makes it harder for them to rout, while if the enemy has lower morale it's shorter. Basically it's good for governors to have chivalry and for generals to have dread so when choosing generals and governors, get dreads as generals and chivalrous as governors

[@mistahsusan2650]

Adam Gawlowski unless you’re fighting the mongols, in which case you want your men to last as long as possible against the (very often) high dread generals.

[@icecoldmeat4046]

I swear watching your videos cures my sadness sometimes man.

[@UndrState]

M2TW Greatest game of all time .

[@kristiannicholson5893]

I really really thought you were leading up to a Russian campaign in your RTW epilogue, leaving young Gnaeus in the north all by himself to found a dynasty.

[@Falli110]

Taking all bets for how long it will take people to start Role Playing the generals in this too now.

[@codybrooks4136]

Falli110 2 hours

[@tr66scarface15]

Too early

[@thepope8213]

Falli110 Took me 30 seconds

[@nolongeraperson]

Someone already had an account made a few days ago because they knew who the starting generals would be :P

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

Why not just the generals dear sir a spy is instrumental in the game of European intrigue (and opening gates, I'm also skilled in that regard).

[@Omnipotentmonkey]

Jon: "You can rename the cities" Me, who's been playing this game for over a decade: "WHAT?!"

[@sakesaurus]

Comment Section! Prepare your fake accounts! We Jarls and Konungs now boys!

[@nikolozgilles]

i think here's why princesses never show up again after the beginning of the game; princesses only show up when an unmarried daughter of your family becomes old enough, but very often people betrothe them while they're young to new generals from "Candidate for Adoption" event. i think i was playing as sicily and kept my princess for a while before she died in a freaking earthquake while trying to get to the byzantine empire

[@toddhoward5719]

WHO THE HELL IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD DISLIKE THIS?

[@nolongeraperson]

The French.

[@Narphin]

This is the best way to wrap up a night before starting the work week! Thank you Jon!!

[@garrettscherer2750]

MATN you should try/play a game called Hearts Of Iron 4, you can move troops around a map Of Europe

[@Kaarl_Mills]

One thing Jon you really really REALLY should do actually breaks one of the rules of Rome: Build and upgrade Farms whenever possible! Because the Black Plague is inevitable for any faction, therefore, when it hits and wipes out your population (ergo your tax base) you need to bounce back as fast and smoothly as possible

[@Toby704]

Dreadful? I don't think it's dreddy Jon

[@Jorduan100]

I've been playing RomeTW2 through the weekend. After watching this for an hour I immediately re-installed Medieval 2!! thanks for the inspiration.

[@dingusdean1905]

It won't be the same until the roleplayers come in.

[@thepope8213]

Cole Taylor I'm here.

[@tiberiusbrutus942]

BOO! Monotheism sucks! Pantheons FTW!

[@tr66scarface15]

Who?

[@adelaide2511]

Aye to that!

[@KitchenSinkSoup]

Who's roleplaying?