West Rome Legendary Part 3 (Total War: Attila)

[@Yrridian]

(Appreciation post / channel update): First of all, wow, almost 30k subs and East Rome’s broken a million views. I genuinely appreciate each and every one of you, from the fans that comment about how hard they nutted 10 seconds after I upload, to the fans that trash-talk my army comps, to the fans that just quietly watch, and especially to that one guy in Switzerland who rewatched East Rome so much that the Swiss average view time was 140% of the video’s length. You guys and girls are the best. Making these videos is pretty much the only work I’ve ever enjoyed, so I’m going to try and make it actually pay, so I can justify spending more time on it. I’m applying to be a KZbin partner, so I can run ads and earn a few bucks that way, and I’ll be starting a Patreon sometime in the next month or two (I’ll announce it alongside an upload). Unfortunately this means I have to stop using copyrighted music, but fortunately the KZbin audio library has a pretty good range, including a ton of classical, so hopefully that won’t have a significant impact on quality. Finally, sorry about the lack of tutorial/strategy videos, I know I told at least a few people in comments they were coming soon. I’ve got the recording equipment and the gameplay footage, but ya boi’s got autism (yes actually) and is awkward as hell talking into a mic. Going to keep trying on that front but I can’t guarantee I’ll have something to upload soon. Apart from the usual memes, of course.

[@Tarranium]

Keep it up man, these are great!

[@aquinaslek1335]

We love you! Keep making these great videos! I really liked how to play as the lizardmen, really amazing work put into each video!

[@JohnThePlays]

''Ya bois got autism'' hol up. For real? Anywho don't matter. You got vids that makes me want to choke myself so I can't laugh anymore and that says something. Keep it up.

[@patricksandqvist6728]

Best of luck to ya mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@JRandCoKG]

I wish you best of luck!

[@josephficklen7393]

“To be continued” WELL WE’RE WAITING

[@reidf8506]

Still waiting...

[@reidf8506]

Defending against the 243rd Sassanid invasion while I wait...

[@Hugo-Kraak]

Getting blockaded by Ostrogoths while I wait

[@luketheunlucky7632]

Defeating Postvmvs and Palmyra while i wait

[@Eldarion-kd6rr]

Loading the onager while i wait...

[@SleepyPengu1n]

HE ATTAC HE PROTECC But most importantly HE BROVGHT THE ROMAN EMPIRE BAC

[@paulpatru8690]

That V in brovght makes yov a provd post roman world hvman being

[@amp8295]

NVT

[@stackk.113]

And heavy onager

[@peterongan9655]

Barbarian wants to know yovr location.

[@SwampGreen14]

Literally everyone: plays Three Kingdoms Yrridian :"Hold my heavy Onager"

[@legio1942]

Because normal people can't afford TW: Three Kingdoms

[@adamm2091]

@@legio1942 doesn't help it looks trashy anyway

[@nergalsmom]

Could afford 3k, could not afford new gaming rig :*(

[@legio1942]

Because I'm a student and my parents barely make 800$ a month?

[@johnyamahm1634]

Adam Miller why are you gay

[@plutarchvonpluto6439]

Attila: How many onagers do the Romans have? Hun Scout: *Yes.*

[@adolfo777nica]

Yes what?

[@fabiandonvil]

likely a reference to something. i'm thinking jojo

[@nathanjaynes5290]

@@adolfo777nica It's an expression. Meaning yeah there is a shitload of onagers.

[@gdbalck]

@@adolfo777nica aka all of them

[@playaboutpatforms2709]

proto

[@jeffantonson2304]

Those photoshops of the Onagers are absolutely hilarious. Best video to date. Keep them coming!

[@caspramio]

Not only hilarious, I almost let a tear (you know, the feeling of hope residing in one of the most unusual or not so numbered units... like the Spartans in the wars against Persia)

[@thuzan117]

please give a link to the Onagers

[@kucing_abu-abu8loon]

Burst my afternoon coffe when I see that for 1st time. No lie. I mean owning 2 onager is still OP, imagine 4 onager....

[@Crusaderkhan1]

“Onagers are siege equipment”

[@anhkhoanguyentran5130]

@@thuzan117 large onagers

[@knotten55]

The air was filled with smoke and Overture 1812

[@bp837]

And rocks from heavy onagers

[@Hanfgurkenhasser]

@@romitkumar6272 Tchaikovsky, no!

[@everydayuntilyoulikeit1501]

0:00 "1812 Overture, huh. Seems an odd choice." 1:35 "Ah, now it makes sense."

[@Anon-tq9gm]

Actual historian: The Western Roman Empire had too many internal conflicts, and enemies from all sides to fight against. It is highly unlikely they could’ve survived Me: what if they had more onagers Skilled historian: wait how does tha- Me: shows them this video

[@ferrancabezadevaca8899]

Did he change his name mid conversation.

[@Dress737]

They would have used them at themselves, cuz internal conflicts :)

[@phile1832]

*Heavy onagers ;)

[@brekezek]

The only best way to beat hordes of horse archers

[@cruzwindu777deffsff4]

There have been historical cases of certain leaders spamming certain type of troops and winning lol Like for example that British who brought almost only archers to a battle and won.

[@CComrade]

"The Final Victory may still be achieved!" "But how, my Emperor?" And that's why Heavy Onager's are still a staple in modern armies today

[@tosemja471]

True endsieg

[@EnlighthenedOne123]

Funnily enough, artillery still maintains to be the key factor in winning most of the battles even today.

[@fudger2224]

@@EnlighthenedOne123 Arty Gang 💪💪

[@benbenson4639]

yriddan uploaded? i am blessed by jupiter himself

[@Gala-yp8nx]

Ben Benson Ivpiter*

[@VRichardsn]

Heresy! Christianity is the official religion of the Empire!

[@bangbing6352]

Richardsen fuck Christianity!Glory to Jupiter!

[@VRichardsn]

@@bangbing6352 It is battle of the Frigidus River all over again!

[@KrissMithrazs86]

By Devs yov pagan!!!

[@someytuser4398]

Dude this is great. Make more!

[@FrimaN47]

Have waited a long time for this one. Solid edits, love it

[@lostandlonely2112]

last time i was this early the roman empire still existed

[@shinsenshogun900]

You sir are truly an Onager Lord Onager only when? 420th year of our artillery lord

[@VRichardsn]

Magister Ballistae

[@WhyTestify1]

Yrridian keep up the great work, another hilarious vid mate

[@amp8295]

By the Lord, our beloved Magister Equtium has returned! ALL HAIL THE LORD OF ONAGERS

[@BaronVonMott]

And God said "Let there be Onagers!" And the people rejoiced, for Artillery is King.

[@VRichardsn]

_God is on the side with the best artillery_ Napoleon Bonaparte

[@RebelHound]

your editing, music choice and play style are legendary

[@daevious_]

2:39-2:44 is by far the cruellest cliffhanger you could have possibly ended this on.

[@captainpoontah4888]

daevious i haven’t played the game but I assume that’s when Attila shows up?

[@mauricioaguilar7227]

@@captainpoontah4888 The Huns are pretty much a historical boss faction in the game, and if you are playing as the WR Attila is basically with his loads and loads of armies and multiple lives the first historical final boss in the series.

[@MattJunewski]

@@mauricioaguilar7227 well that sounds cool, guess that im going to buy TW: Attila and play as Western Roman Empire lol

[@mauricioaguilar7227]

@@MattJunewski Enjoy the pain! Don't call me if you end up hiding in Ravena like Honorius. ;)

[@MattJunewski]

@@mauricioaguilar7227 nah, I won't (probably) :D I always wanted to try out Western Roman Empire and save it from it's doom. Maybe I could try find a new way to play it without abandoning any (or only few) provinces lmao.

[@tomthestone1470]

Things are turning around boys

[@Yrridian]

Also before anyone asks, here’s my thoughts on Three Kingdoms, after about 10 hours of gameplay: -Battles are pretty arcade-y and I’m not a big fan, units seem to die really fast and the fights rarely reach 10 minutes, even during sieges. Records mode doesn’t seem to do much to change that either. The more I play them the less I hate them though, so maybe I'll come around on that. -The difference between Records and Romance is pretty minor in my opinion. I like the combat of both Warhammer and Attila, but regardless of the mode the combat here feels uncomfortably trapped between the two extremes. Heroes are a lot weaker and have a lot less abilities in Romance than in Warhammer, and combat in Records is a lot more fast-paced and less immersive than Attila, and I’d probably prefer them to be more distinct from one another. -Province management has a lot of good things going for it. Population is back and it’s actually a great mechanic here, and there’s a lot of building options and not always an obvious right answer of what to do. Still not as complex as province planning in Attila, but much better than Warhammer. -The reforms system is neat, though it’s pretty disappointing that only one faction has the ability to increase research rate. -CA please stop making every goddamn faction start the exact same way (one town, one army, mission to fight adjacent slightly worse army, then take their town to complete your province, then more quests basically dictating what to do for the next 10 or so turns). It’s the worst thing about Warhammer and it’s even worse here. -Army-building is cool, I like the way you end up with each arm of your force falling under a specific commander (red for shock cav, blue for archers etc). Someone please tell me how to move unit portraits though, I don’t want to have to re-recruit perfectly good soldiers because I accidentally bought them in a way where they’re diagonally aligned and I can’t shift-select them. -The whole aesthetic of the game is awesome, not much more to say there, it just looks good. -Shoutout to the Kong Rong campaign, where a full doom stack of “rebelling” peasants show up on turn 4 no matter what public order is like, and then immediately attack (and almost certainly capture, unless you were prepared for this to happen) your capital city, and then immediately regain the 1000 casualties I managed to inflict on them the next turn despite my forces needing like 6 turns to do the same. Real fuckin’ cool, I love that. -Despite all the negatives included above I'm still having fun for the most part. When I'm not playing as Kong Rong, at least. All in all there’s a lot done right, and the amount of things I thought were done wrong has been shrinking as I’ve played more. It threads the line between Warhammer and Attila (both of which I really like) in a sometimes unsatisfying way, but overall I’ll give it a cautious recommendation.

[@Yrridian]

btw I keep trying to post a channel update but it keeps getting deleted, so if you saw that appear and then disappear a few times that's why. Hopefully I can get it to stick soon.

[@FrimaN47]

At least you got to have trebuchets 😏

[@victuz]

So basically you're a tryharder 😂

[@VRichardsn]

Wait, combat is even faster than in Attila?

[@Jutschl]

i have waited for 6 months. absolutely worth the wait

[@marcl.1346]

It's honestly amazing that anybody has done this first of all but secondly that you managed to do it on this wholly unplayable game.

[@worstdayever2324]

Your editing is insanely good. Every single frame is art.

[@lyonvensa]

Who would win? A horde of cavalrymen that manages to threaten both West and East Rome that's the finest in the world back then? Or some Onagers

[@issaraserikhansri]

Rose are red Violets are blue It's been 1 year Give us part 4 now ffs

[@rebelfriend1818]

A year? Make that almost two

[@MrVile738]

I am consistently enamored by your videos, please never stop making more!

[@andrei-valentinsanda4281]

Yes, but can it launch 90 kg projectiles over 300 meters? I THINK NOT!

[@hamiamsandwitch6571]

A man of culture

[@tyrian_baal]

Andrei-Valentin Sanda But it can win a nearly impossible campaign:)

[@rebelfriend1818]

yes because trebuchets are catapults, and no its not funny just to repeatedly deny a clear fact

[@hamiamsandwitch6571]

@@rebelfriend1818 there not catapults they both use different forms to throw the projectiles

[@rebelfriend1818]

just in case you aren't joking, take a look at the first sentence here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet

[@zakattack1945]

Instant like, been waiting for this forever. For Rome!

[@amp8295]

ATTACK! FOR ROME!

[@jacko8030]

It’s so satisfying to retake Britain after having to abandon it

[@swaggydude117]

Holding it, is cooler xD

[@emperorkarlfranzprinceofal1465]

>419 AD he's just one turn from away the epic meme number

[@korkarnak2400]

Large onager is absolutely OP. Burn them, burn them ALL! But without it, honestly, we cannot defeat huns.

[@RebelHound]

papa got back

[@Illevium]

By far one of my favourite editors on KZbin. Some editors make funny videos, some make awesome ones. But you manage to do both!

[@ethanschenck9714]

1:35 was probably my favorite scene in all of your videos.

[@jakeg3733]

You know, those famous art pieces actually make a lot more sense when they're centered around Large Onagers

[@algutgeutschwin1511]

2:05 I was there serving vnder yovr command as the officer of the third Onager crew. The Hvns bvrned my home in Oivm and yov gave me the means to bvrn them alive on the field of battle. - Gothic Avxilia

[@VRichardsn]

Thank yov for yovr service.

[@erichunsaker4969]

Yrridian: **posts a video** Me: I've been looking forward to this.

[@francescovalentini2801]

When the epic part of the song start to play and the onager show up I was like, NO, I CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID THAT, I was laughing like I never done, thanks for that masterpiece

[@olyyan2675]

This channel is golden keep doing more

[@Yay4IamCute]

Who will win? Elite Shock Cavalry or one rock launcher boi

[@rares1966]

We need to keep Total War Attila alive. Your videos are proof of why we should.

[@zerosuitsamus2340]

Its already proved that Artilery Only is the best doctorin in Human History espically in Hoi4. And now Total War game have prove it again. Hail Artilery Only!

[@therealcancer48]

This is science!!

[@victor-eo5cb]

BANNERLORD WHEN?

[@Шакур-х5м]

If Tchaikovsky was alive, he would have told you:"BRAVO, my dear friend!THIS IS JUST INGENIOUS!!!".

[@moralhazard8652]

Careful Yrridian, being able to fend off a few nomad tribes does not make the heavy Onnager the superior siege engine!

[@jaronmalone3945]

Yep, huns are pushovers

[@VRichardsn]

Well, the counterweight trebuchet, able to launch a 90 kg projectile over 300 m hadn't been invented yet. It was the work (allegedly) of Alexios Comnenos.

[@Arbiter22J]

I love this song and I love this series

[@birrovirro]

You sir are a god

[@АлексейЧумак-л8ь]

Heavy onager is god. And he is lust humble prophet

[@TacSon]

The Eastern Roman Empire is like your dad that went to get the milk and never returned but somehow mysteriously showed up the moment he found out you won a lottery.

[@HanzGrozny]

Yrridian seeing the Huns be like Fetche lavache. His men: Qui?! Yrridian: Fetche lavache!

[@TheSunMoon]

The content and editing and the sound.. this is A-class work man!

[@markghostproductions3697]

The huns: "Time to sack!" Yrridian: "...." *looks at troops. Sees onagers.* "Come at me bro."

[@SpoonROoF]

The Introduction of the Heavy Onagers honestly gets me so hyped every time I watch it. Thank you so much for making this!

[@Cancoillotteman]

Feels good when the Empire climbs back from the brink ^^

[@Passonator11]

10/10 for understanding the musical symbolism of the overture and the art edits. You are truly a man of taste and culture.

[@mr.kobayashi9731]

Total War and Tchaikowsky... Thank you internet ! Best regards from France btw, youre videos are géniales ;)

[@Sven6345789]

As if Tschaikowsky-wrote the music for your video. Perfect work! Great!

[@Vlakc]

And here I thought I will never get to see part 3, love your videos man, good to know there are still people making great content based on Total War Attila, that game sure needs some love.

[@davevaderlp784]

The prophecies have foretold this mastapiece. 5.5/5 Better than Mario Bros. 2

[@clueless2001]

Classic Tchaikovsky, bombarding his enemy with heavy artillery while directing a sprawling military symphony

[@loveyuiz]

cant wait to see the Romans Yeeted a boulder at attila's face 3 times

[@VRichardsn]

Glorious. Simply glorious.

[@niko_catx8683]

Good Job With The Video Man

[@vanhohenheim9249]

Salve, viris. Your work is sublime, no other word for it.

[@parkerprotaskey6646]

Been waiting for part 4 for nearly a year... I know it will be worth it. Honestly wondering how he'll manage facing off with Attila

[@iainnuttall4860]

I love your videos and choice of music in particular.

Anyone still waiting for the part 4?

[@jackharrington6854]

This is now my favorite series on KZbin. Laughed so hard at pretty much every single one of your videos. Genuinely good humor. LOVE THIS

[@Sotasiiffi]

I love this, keep going man!

[@RosalegaFrumlegt]

Your videos are amazing. Please never stop making these.

[@_Beans_]

THE HVN KILLA IS BACK

[@leonardoabuawad6569]

the saddest thing in my life is the lack of continuation for this video

[@ParryHotter204]

Eastern Roman Emperor: “I don’t take orders from you!” Western Roman Emperor: *shows onagers* Eastern Roman Emperor: “Would you like french fries with that?”

[@BlacK40k]

Bringing a catapult to a bow fight

[@henrycallahan5272]

I have rewatched this so many times

[@TheSniperpal]

Well now I just want to watch v for vendetta again. But with onagers

[@Jarethenator]

There are very few channels that I can honestly say consistently create content that is beloved by all who watch it...This channel is one of those rare exceptions...

[@someytuser4398]

Can you do the sassanid empire next!

[@Yrridian]

They won't be next but I definitely want to do a Sassanids vid at some point. The idea of an all-elephant army is too tempting to pass up.

[@trots69]

This channel deserves so many more subs

[@batuhanselim5929]

so good

[@LevCallahan]

Ok after just two of these kinds of videos, I'm subscribing. This was one of the greatest things I've ever seen all year.

[@normadicsoilder]

When the lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard a voice saying “come”. I looked and behold a pale horse and he who sat upon it had the name death, and hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth to kill with sword and with famine and with heavy onager. - Revelation 6:7-8.

[@stefanstoyanov2126]

I never "like" but I have to make an exception on that one. You are my Tony Robbins!

[@samg7430]

Where is the classical art with onager merch? Asking... for a friend

[@dragonforks93]

This is a rollercoaster of emotions, love it!

[@CorenusYT]

This man is doing well. His late campaign is... * ends the video at the year 419 * Oh... not that late... * Attila, after the defeat of Huns : I shall make Huns great again! * * Romans : laugh in onagers *

[@sebastiannawara5943]

I've seen the Trebuchet montage like a dozen times now, it always cracks me up

[@nickh890]

Where’s part 4?

[@aaroncutting5379]

One of my favourite series on you tube, absolutely hilarious

[@ancaoraathasach]

This is fantastic. Superb work!

[@bullettime13]

Felt genuine joy when I saw those those catapults show up for a fight against the huns. It's time to get down to business. Love your vids man.

[@popper5556]

I thought im an expert in total war after hours of playing it, started the western rome campain yesterday, smashed my screen. I love this game.

[@raphaelponmaret8823]

I've waited for this ALL MY LIFE

[@adeptusshitpostes7639]

Attila:I have the hordes of the Steppes in my command.What do you have? WRE:Onagers.

[@Leeuwenwacht]

Brilliant edit, great music choice as well :D

[@sangay9361]

Came on YT and saw this... today is a good day

[@JioPilgrim]

Your new title is " MAGISTER ONAGRI "

[@FTWNorwayFTW]

A man subscribed and clicked bell for this art. A man has waited, he was not dissapointed.

[@Danielgil28893-x]

Attila: the Scourge of God West Roman Onagers: The Scourge of the Titans Please continue this!

[@veeryn9650]

So underrated! I wish more could be like you man. Great content, beautiful classical music, and edits to give it that extra touch. Keep being you Yrridian!