Parthia, in Rome Total War, is far too overpowered. Here is why... Discord: / discord Twitter: / melkor83677456 Enjoy : )
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@MelkorGG3 жыл бұрын
PARTHIA IS OP!
@electriclegend63903 жыл бұрын
Umm... you sure?
@briishpatriot21573 жыл бұрын
@@electriclegend6390 heretic
@electriclegend63903 жыл бұрын
I mean any faction with horse archers are op so I guess ur correct
@gertoise3 жыл бұрын
bullshit hahaha
@CesarBarca3 жыл бұрын
And no cheats or mods involved XD
@Vatzbalerg3 жыл бұрын
Eastern Infantry: What is my purpose? Player: You push battering rams. Eastern Infantry: Oh my god.
@Darek_B523 жыл бұрын
I'm crying, I'm laughing so hard at this.
@ghnanrohit302910 ай бұрын
Push seige towers too
@nikolozgillesАй бұрын
Cannon/arrow fodder
@JudgeEomer3 жыл бұрын
Anyone hating on Parthia is salty they can't micromanage cavalry.
@NotlostMcTwitchyrat3 жыл бұрын
nah, they just played Scythia for the horse archers, and Armenia gets cataphracts and good/decent infantry
@kairngodofbelligerence61633 жыл бұрын
NGL, I'm new to Rome 1, only recently got it, but knew to unlock factions via files, and... They're my only campaign right now, I own Russia and most of the Middle east, and my eastern infantry in my main army are so experienced that they're actually good... Oh and six horse archers
@holysmokes67093 жыл бұрын
Horse archers are so op in campaign I steamrolled everyone as scythia.
@kairngodofbelligerence61633 жыл бұрын
@@holysmokes6709 I was playing it just now, fought a Roman army, it was big and professional, mine had experience, two silver chevrons and a silver attack buff make horse archers(particularly the Persian ones I was using) Op, they melted Principes and Triarri ez
@holysmokes67093 жыл бұрын
@@kairngodofbelligerence6163 take a single unit of horses ( as many single units as you have patience for and harass enemy units with it. Just retreat when you are out of ammo... Their forces will be devastated
@josemoreno12453 жыл бұрын
Everybody gangsta until pink pajama men mount their horses
@UselessEdit53 жыл бұрын
Something's not quite right with those Zoroastrian temple stats lol
@blakehill53243 жыл бұрын
50% public order boost lol
@rachard3 жыл бұрын
bruh
@kanalisationerstellen2 жыл бұрын
i actually improved all building stats in the game, because it is way to hard to maintain an empire, even if they have everything
@artinrahideh1229 Жыл бұрын
Weird is that Parthians were mostly Mithraist
@matin955410 күн бұрын
@@artinrahideh1229Yes, before the appearance of Zoroaster, but after that they turned to Zoroastrian religion
@ke-mob6343 жыл бұрын
Weird. Parthia was quite passive during that AI only campaign.
@azarlgor3 жыл бұрын
They are giving other factions a false sense of security.
@misanthropicservitorofmars2116Ай бұрын
They’re usually pretty passive when I play. I don’t think they’ve ever declared war on me lol
@andrewp82843 жыл бұрын
Chad eastern infantry vs virgin legionaires
@user-xq5dv3so9z3 жыл бұрын
no one expects the pink pyjamas !
@hammer37213 жыл бұрын
Parthian Horsearchers: Wipe out 80% of the units. Cataphracts: Wipe out the last 20% of the units. CHANGE MY MIND !
@joevenespineli63893 жыл бұрын
Mostly cause thats your only recruitable cav for most of the game, cataphracts are rare.
@nicsamazingpinballchannel76883 жыл бұрын
@@joevenespineli6389 Cataphracts are easy to get and recruit. A half-stack Persian Cav + half-stack Catas with a War Elephant or two thrown in? Pure terror. Don't even need the Camel Catas. By the time you get them, you'll already own half the map!
@joevenespineli63893 жыл бұрын
@@nicsamazingpinballchannel7688 By late game maybe when you get a decent income and territory, that or I'm just real shit at the game if I can only afford to field such an army when I conquer the east.
@hammer37213 жыл бұрын
@@joevenespineli6389 Maybe it is because of the lack in variety, but it is undeniable that horse archers are OP, especially in the Middle East Region.
@nicsamazingpinballchannel76883 жыл бұрын
@@hammer3721 Yep... just spam HA"s then PC's, build the cataphract tree, done. No need to mess with infantry whatsoever except for occasional mercs and town garrisons. Persian Cavalry in sufficient numbers can go toe-to-toe with any other horse archer unit. Even Armenia's cataphract HA's aren't as impervious as they seem, and they're slow as hell. Kind of a "worst of both worlds" unit neither optimal at skirmishing nor fighting. Even with a limited unit selection, Parthia is a lot of fun because no other HA faction has elite HA"s, cataphracts, and elephants in one single roster. Seleucia has catas and elephants, but no HA's and only average archers so it is forced to play a ground game. Armenia has the catas and HA"s but they are crappy ones - slow cataphract HA's instead of elephants... bad trade. Infantry is weak. Pontus has weaker catas (no AP) and no HA's. Good infantry though, if not Seleucia quality. Scythia has no catas, no elephants, weak infantry. It's all HA, all the time, with unfortunate Barbarian tech tree. Egypt could be strong with walls of spears and Pharaoh's Bowmen, but they won't do it. Easily crushed by HA spam. Nothing else left to oppose Parthia. :)
@ghastlyghandi43013 жыл бұрын
I long for a historical game to have a genuinely good desert faction.
@OriginalDraguza3 жыл бұрын
*cough* egypt *cough*
@ghastlyghandi43013 жыл бұрын
@@OriginalDraguza Egypt isn’t good, they’re just annoying.
@OriginalDraguza3 жыл бұрын
@@ghastlyghandi4301 you have to see lugotorix then
@aaronlockley92073 жыл бұрын
I kinda agree....I hate chariots, and Phalanx gets old after 40 hours of gameplay in the same campaign lol
@_boney3 жыл бұрын
rome 2 kush and saba
@maxomat43193 жыл бұрын
Have you added another decimal to the pyjama guys stats?
@MelkorGG3 жыл бұрын
;)
@Cheese-qk1ft3 жыл бұрын
@@MelkorGG OFC you didn't, you added 5 decimals!
@Twillight12343 жыл бұрын
With all that giant unit stacks everywhere I suspect be reduced gold cost and upkeep to 1
@MrRiccars3 жыл бұрын
In that AI only I've never seen Rome do so poorly or Greece do so well.
@PAJ_L20012 жыл бұрын
I have never seen Parthians beat Egyptians
@kanalisationerstellen2 жыл бұрын
he changed some stats xD
@Callsign_Prophet Жыл бұрын
Did you not see how parthia had units covering the entire map like carpet lmao. The power of changing some numbers around
@snowisthebestweather3 жыл бұрын
I love that Thrace's final settlement was in central Europe.
@kingjimmycraftofcalderonia20173 жыл бұрын
I haven’t watched this video yet, but I had a strange feeling that those pajama men had something under their pjs.
@WayOutGaming3 жыл бұрын
I saw the pajama man and thought this was a meme video. After watching and reading some of the comments I'm still not sure if it's a meme video or not.
@kanalisationerstellen2 жыл бұрын
it is xD
@pyrrhusthegreat21033 жыл бұрын
So, if you sell pink pajamas, I too will be powerfull ?
@ke-mob6343 жыл бұрын
Yes
@23Revan843 жыл бұрын
Can you teach me this power?
@jubjub153 жыл бұрын
Now I want some Parthian merch
@stygian80493 жыл бұрын
You'll be a sandy boi, not too much of increase in power, but at least you can push rams now
@trygveplaustrum46343 жыл бұрын
*OP = Over Pajama-ed*
@berendkiezelsteen3 жыл бұрын
Those eastern infantry had to have been maxed out to stand up to spatan hoplites. When I use them (w/o general) they run upon engagement.
@frisianmouve4 ай бұрын
Rome total war is easily moddable. In this case he probably changed the eastern spearmen stats to be godlike in the file export_descr_unit
@jamesnincross3 жыл бұрын
That title alone made me burst out laughing.
@duncan75933 жыл бұрын
did i just watch a unit of eastern infantry route two units of spartan hoplites on a bridge battle?
@flopus73 жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm super confused what mod this is? My pj bois def couldn't do that
@michaelhenry65253 жыл бұрын
@@flopus7 he used a boost to think they can win
@Callsign_Prophet Жыл бұрын
@@flopus7 nah they just had level 1000 experience
@gfmhwhcefaijr71213 жыл бұрын
Yo I forgot about that banger soundtrack. Dude was goin CRAZY with the flute.
@jubjub153 жыл бұрын
His flute was on fire!
@ethanwhitney61683 жыл бұрын
Anyone know the name of that song?
@gfmhwhcefaijr71213 жыл бұрын
@@ethanwhitney6168 no, but look up Rome total war music. It’s definitely in the first game.
@LionLadTV3 жыл бұрын
@@gfmhwhcefaijr7121 barbarian Victory
@Aiden-og6ty3 жыл бұрын
How could you not even reference camel cataphracts the most op parthian unit of all
@TheAnon033 жыл бұрын
My greatest campaign victories were as Parthia.
@blasty1373 жыл бұрын
If you're new to TW playing as Parthia is hard as hell. If you're a veteran it's pretty much the strongest faction.
@keizervanenerc51803 жыл бұрын
Parthia made all their uniforms pinky-purple and then someone informed them they ran out of money. That's why they don't have any armor on their infantry.
@willotter45033 жыл бұрын
They don’t need to though; they are so skilled with the wicker shield that armour is irrelevant.
@sergianofabroomes13763 жыл бұрын
0:24 XDDD Melkor, I love you!
@joshuapilling36413 жыл бұрын
Never stop posting.
@laziezt49733 жыл бұрын
Pontus really do be just chillin
@brotherhoodofsteeld.c.chap19173 жыл бұрын
You’re funny man
@Ugh7183 жыл бұрын
But I have business in arstotzka I come back with right papers
@Yoderification3 жыл бұрын
OK, what kind of mod do you have on that made all Roman's and Egypt so passive because I would love to nerf them in some of my games
@sejonwatson55323 жыл бұрын
love this channel
@MelkorGG3 жыл бұрын
So do I : )
@stiffyo60683 жыл бұрын
Parthia is normally always one of the first factions to get knocked out in my games
@HistoricalWeapons3 жыл бұрын
How can you mention Parthia and not mention horse archers? Unacceptable
@adhdlama24033 жыл бұрын
3:24 I wonder who won that battle, hmmmm
@noraandersson78223 жыл бұрын
Those Parthian cavalry though... Sauce on a plate!
@dwarfbard62263 жыл бұрын
You play Parthia when your Total War balls drop. Full stacks filled with horse archers. They gain XP like crazy because they dont die and kill a lot of shit from a distance and can just run over running enemies. You play them when you realize that: enemy units dont get shield defense benefit other than from the front and left and that the units that get surrounded rout really, really easily. Egypt/Seleucids/Pontus keep sending deathstacks that obliterate infantry with phalanx spears and spammy chariots. Horse archers hardcounter both.
@nicsamazingpinballchannel76883 жыл бұрын
Top-tier Persian Cavalry at that, which is easy to recruit anywhere. They fight well, decent armor, and have long distance arrows too. Can obliterate regular HA"s. Scythia has no defense against a PC + Cata stack... just charge with catas and rain down supporting fire behind them. All dead. Just keep the catas away from those head hunting maidens! I loved playing Parthia. They are HELLACIOUSLY strong... just ram down everything and shoot anyone who flees. Even max-tier Marian Rome has no chance. None.
@HeyHeyHayden3 жыл бұрын
I love how you cut away from that phalanx vs cataphract fight before the cataphracts routed
@WandererOfWorlds03 жыл бұрын
Really nice demonstration. Did you remove the roman's protection from being conquered in some way?
@waldo34482 жыл бұрын
spamming the purple dudes is the way, mordor style
@vicious28023 жыл бұрын
You realise that you will need to do a parthia campaign soon because of your own videos, right?
@Dargesh8903 жыл бұрын
Eastern infantry only challenge
@SimonAshworthWood3 жыл бұрын
The pink colour can deceive newcomers to Rome MP battles, making them assume Parthia is weak. 😁
@thomasduchesnay47143 жыл бұрын
When i play the Parthans i take only cavalry for the battles (Persan cavalry and cataprhacts) and one unit éléphants for the smals towns because the infantry is very bad il take just it for thé garnison in the city with archers, sorry for my english.
@killthecensors583 жыл бұрын
The only normal part of that AI only campaign was the Seleucids dying instantly (I question whether they were are there sometimes)
@Xenophlanes3 жыл бұрын
I wanna see some more random AI wars!
@Dargesh8903 жыл бұрын
Eastern infantry only challenge!
@petarniciforovic65433 жыл бұрын
What is this kind of ... AI campaign? I really wanna do that in Rome I or Rome II
@Randomstuffs2613 жыл бұрын
5:26 *SILK ROAD INTENSIFIES*
@wesdoggg13 жыл бұрын
is the song used during the ai time lapse from stronghold crusader?
@MelkorGG3 жыл бұрын
Nope, both from the game Rome TW. 1st one, I cannot remember, 2nd is Barbarian Victory, I think.
@nateh2543 жыл бұрын
Could you make another AI only campaign for Medieval 2, where it’s only the Mongols and Timurids both spawning at turn 1? Or if you already made, just point me to it’s direction!
@slayer19978 Жыл бұрын
Parthians should get immortals which were the heavy infantry of the persians that wielded bows spears and axes
@Sagar_Patelv283 жыл бұрын
Parthian Heavy Horse archers, And Armored Cataphracts are absoulute beast
@nickwhite8003 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the world renowned Pinky-Purple men. All will be washed away by the unrelenting Ribena tide.
@shastasilverchairsg3 жыл бұрын
Parthia will always be "pink pajama boi faction" in my heart...
@_boney3 жыл бұрын
having money as pathia and go for mecenaries
@pierre-marcvaughan18753 жыл бұрын
How come Egypt didn't do it's usual conquer Seleucid and such?
@pattap25833 жыл бұрын
The Briton thing looked like the French empire
@will72543 жыл бұрын
It's all fun and games until your horse archers start engaging in friendly fire.
@mattwetherille65393 жыл бұрын
what the fuck was that time-lapse, that shit was wild
@Scurge2373 жыл бұрын
Usually Its Egypt that wipes out the eastern factions but you do see some crazy shit sometimes from the AI. Like getting the option to become nuetral with the rebels faction. The Senate conquering things. That happened once. They took sardinia and all the places the Julii take. Or some how the Selucids survive the onslaught and beat Egypt parthia Armenia etc
@jorgeserna84113 жыл бұрын
But most of the times Britains are the most OP. They always reach Italy within 15 turns. Annoying af.
@Scurge2373 жыл бұрын
@@jorgeserna8411 I did a scipii campaign a few weeks ago and they took gaul and spain Julii took germania. Somehow late late into the game. The spanish faction was still around and was able to take like half of spain from the britons lol
@ukaszzawadka26783 жыл бұрын
They remind me Timurids from Medieval II. A distant power far in the East, with war elephants, heavy cavalry and perfect horse archers. They really can conquer the World!
@shadowdeslaar3 жыл бұрын
So i have trouble installing The Bronze Age mod. Microsoft says they don’t support the mod or somthing. I made an account too. Still nothing.
@coconuthead49233 жыл бұрын
Pink PJ lads are SWEETER THAN WATER
@zubrifikusummuk3 жыл бұрын
fact: u only know where he got his name from if u have read the sylmarils
@fabianustertius64603 жыл бұрын
I love the memes
@jakelaslo70303 жыл бұрын
Really good video, BUT... Spain is more OP than Parthia! And I'll tell you why. At the beginning you start out with great generals and great garrisons in your settlements, you can use the whole garrison to unite the entire peninsula in less than 10 turns if you so choose! The Iberian peninsula has three mines in total (Osca, Carthago Nova and Asturica), and the few of the best units Scutaru-Naked Fanatics-Round&Long shield cavalry are cheap to maintain making Spain on par if not better than Parthia in terms of money! Many parts of Spain gives your armies an advantage when it comes to defence, it takes a few turns for an army to reach Asturica, armies have to go through mountains to get to Osca or Numantia, the only issue is the south and east coast where Carthage and the Romans can drop off their armies. But if you have a decent navy that should keep you relatively safe. Spain also has some of the best mercenaries in the game, you don't need to recruit any missile units while you have a steady supply of the far superior balaeric singers and before you can train Scutarii you can also hire Spanish mercenaries which are also cheap to maintain! As long as you avoid recruiting Town Militia-Iberian Infantry-Slingers-Skirmishers your armies should be good enough to defeat any enemy! Also, those poor units are really expensive to maintain so screw them! Another hidden op feature is the option to build 5 tiers of the temple of Epona, which will grant 5 xp points for your armies! So you have two OP options, to train Naked Fanatics-Bull warriors in your Barbaric minor cities or to train OP Long Shields and Scutarii in your captured huge cities! And... Bull warriors, nuff said. They are demi-gods!
@derektai37583 жыл бұрын
I remember playign a campaign where my armies were 100% composed of cataphracts and mounted archers. I bribed enemy generals all the way from Syria to Spain
@rexdelta33673 жыл бұрын
Parthia: *drops* "I'm gay."
@aibattlegrounds5963 жыл бұрын
Purple bois go wild
@ods122083 жыл бұрын
Pog
@amirdhn42703 жыл бұрын
Long love parthia❤
@tenchimuyo693 жыл бұрын
Parthia's civilization seems great, but the AI seldom thrives because AI only is autoresolve only and autoresolve favors heavy infantry... in other words... the Romans.
@kanalisationerstellen2 жыл бұрын
and chariots!
@belakovacs93813 жыл бұрын
50% public order with Zoroastra? How to did this? Please tell me.
@cobrazax11 ай бұрын
why the temple has 10 times more happiness bonus??
@htgh7293 жыл бұрын
when I think of Parthia, I think of: *Pajama* *Soldiers*
@beermaster33593 жыл бұрын
Pink pyjama bois supreme power in the east
@anonymussicarius88993 жыл бұрын
Did anyone played with Parthias stats again? XD
@saguntum-iberian-greekkons70143 жыл бұрын
Candy men 🍭 minions! 😳
@BlueRazor693 жыл бұрын
Is your accent part of a bit you’re doing?
@Dogwatergames895 Жыл бұрын
This feels really weird seeing Rome getting destroyed by the Gauls in the begging and Greece absolutely going ham the map looked foreign to me to be honest
@nicsamazingpinballchannel76883 жыл бұрын
Seriously, no joke. Parthia is one of the "monster factions"... probably second only to Seleucia all things considered. Monster factions: Seleucia, Parthia, Egypt, Germania You got Persian Cavalry which can fight well and shoot long range missiles. Cataphracts with massive charge, huge armor, and AP maces. War elephants... nuff said. They are the ONLY faction with this triple punch offense. Just hire the footsoldier mercs you need and shoot/smash everything in your way. It's ridiculous how easy it is to dominate any faction. Rome, even at top tier, CANNOT STOP an elite Parthian army. Urbans? Ha! Cataphract charge + elephants = all dead. Persian Cavalry mops up the fleeing remainder... and they won't get far. Parthia was one of the easiest campaigns of all. Just stomps the absolute shite out of everyone. Easy peasy.
@reybladen30683 жыл бұрын
In my play throughs, Parthia is always destroyed early game by egypt
@Tom-sd2vi3 жыл бұрын
Parthia Pink pyjama people
@michaelterrencefernandezli66882 жыл бұрын
*Pink Pajamas men*
@funky_monk_24203 жыл бұрын
Crassus be like
@tptallen4498 Жыл бұрын
The one thing that is never talked about is how freaking hard it is initially. Tax isnt helpful, you get placed into debt too quickly. Aside from that, horse archer OP
@interestinglife9343 жыл бұрын
Parthia can be really good if you manually fight all battles. If you use auto resolve you will lose every battle
@matthewneuendorf57633 жыл бұрын
Armenia has Cataphracts, but it also has Cataphract Archers.
@dfedorovich50643 жыл бұрын
Do you realize you are creating a pejama men cult? Oh and when r u doing parthia campaign?
@MelkorGG3 жыл бұрын
I'll add it to the list of cults I have already started XD Parthia is too easy for a lets play :)
@Molltove3 жыл бұрын
Do things that increase happiness due to law actually reduce corruption?
@ampattic3 жыл бұрын
yes un-ironically the law temples are in fact the best law lowers corruption and raises pub order
@Molltove3 жыл бұрын
@@ampattic this is why I love the older total wars I've played hundreads of hours of RTW and never knew this
@danielr35873 жыл бұрын
play Parthia next k
@RocketHarry8653 жыл бұрын
I wonder what if the Rome total map was larger
@Twillight12343 жыл бұрын
There are lots of mods, some good are described by melkor
@tf26643 жыл бұрын
Pink bois
@yjaeger36053 жыл бұрын
No, Melkor. Having a pink pajama is not ''op'', it's called ''swag''
@torgomaghanyan76334 ай бұрын
Someone buffed parthia as f
@jacquiball44973 жыл бұрын
Lol horse archers
@user-im9fq6xc5x3 жыл бұрын
Cheap spearman spam is op. Cheap doesnt mean bad
@LotsOfThoughts3 жыл бұрын
They’re so wealthy but at the same time they can only afford pajamas for their troops.
@UnironicMonarchist3 жыл бұрын
That's why they are rich.
@lukacvitkovic85503 жыл бұрын
This is the kind of shitpost I come here for :D
@F0KYT693 жыл бұрын
I love this game but can't play due to it's incompatibility with windows 10 😥
@serlistogiette41683 жыл бұрын
Eh? It doesn't work for you?
@rouymalic44633 жыл бұрын
You know why it was OP? Well it was led by Papa Franku I himself