Your way to play ''Rome:Total war''

[[ptx]]

Sometimes, EB is just retarded.

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[Christo]

Sometimes, EB is just retarded.

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 I remember that 

Also: is that the how to say.. celtic faction that starts on british isles you're playing?

Nice.

[[ptx]]

Yes, it's Casse. Have conquered the isles and most of north-west Europe.
Now at war with Rome in central/south France territory, fighting against superior numbers of somewhat superior troops and the entire region is fucking forests like this. Also, autocalc, even with odds like 2:1, gives me only crushing defeats. Basically, fucked.

[okiN]

Heh, I remember you telling me to suck it up when I complained about the shitty RTW autocalc. Who's laughing now?

As for the terrain and Roman issues, they're not so tough. Here's what I've been using to hold off constantly attacking numerically superior stacks of Roman elite troops. I originally had only one of them down there in Mediolanium, then I added one to Massalia after they started attacking there as well, and finally I added the third when I took Patavium. I still only use one of them at a time, but I rotate them around for retraining purposes. Meanwhile my main armies were taking indies in France etc and are now fighting the Germans.

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I fought through those same areas you're having trouble with now -- just don't fight in the forests. Fight only at cities. It's the easiest way to avoid the bullshit trees. When you DO have to fight in a forest (this should never be an important battle against a big enemy army), just put your troops in a group formation and move them around together, zoomed in. You can let them do most of the fighting on their own.

Also, get the reforms you nab. Just spam great markets, fortress temples and large cities.

[[ptx]]

I don't have a choice, i must fight them in the open, since they are blocking the way for my stacks to get to cities that are currently near undefended, as well as impeding any forward progress. And it doesn't seem like it is possible to get anything other than forest battles in the entire region, since i get the same, no matter if i fight near hills, on roads or whatever.

Heh, I remember you telling me to suck it up when I complained about the shitty RTW autocalc. Who's laughing now?

That is not what i said

[okiN]

First you tried to say it wasn't a big deal:

Well, nah, you can actually get better results than expected with autocalc in R:TW, especially when sieging something. Taking a walled city that has a general unit + some 2 regiments in it whilst losing just 50 troops (with huge unit sizes)? H'okay.

Then when I explained the exact thing you're complaining about now, you told me to just deal with it:

The price for lazyness.

Don't try to deny it! Your hubris is known!

Anyway, I'm sure there's some way for you to do it. Maybe just let them come to you first, then crush them when they siege your settlement. Or go around them and attack somewhere else. Whatever.

[[ptx]]

Well, their armies are blocking the way south, if i went around them, that would leave those armies free to go siege the regions i left behind.

And you were talking about autocalcing small and weak enemy forces, not fighting armies in forests, where it is impossible to fight them normally.

[Xelaris]

I am on a campaign with Carthage and i love these dudes, the only problem is the random crash. Most annoying after 5+ fight battles on map, i feel like throwing my computer out the window.
Do you guys get that?

[okiN]

Very much so. Just quicksave before and after every battle.

I also find there's some kind of correlation between loading saves and crashes. When you start the game and load up for the first time, you can probably play for quite a while without a crash, but if you reload and then keep playing, it somehow seems to become more likely to crash. At least that's what it feels like to me.

[JackieChan]

Nerf Eleutheroi plox

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[Xelaris]

you must of pissed them off really bad, i never seen that before

[[ptx]]

Errr, cheats? I don't think that is normally possible even, there is like 1-2 guardian armies over there, that respawn and defend those regions. Maybe they built in some easter egg for cheaters in that mod?

[JackieChan]

Errr, cheats? I don't think that is normally possible even, there is like 1-2 guardian armies over there, that respawn and defend those regions. Maybe they built in some easter egg for cheaters in that mod?

I used toggle_fow as you can see, auto_win for battles i won but CTD'ed right after, and also im using a mega mod pack for EB which contains a forcediplomacy mod. Dunno if it counts as cheats

[Oberyn]

Am I the only one who actually likes forest battles? The minimap is more than enough info to plan it out properly. Hiding half of your army in positions to flank or even surround as their entire retarded army heads straight for your general (the only unit that cannot hide) have been some of my most satisfying battles, tactics wise. Also most of the "barbarian" factions get big bonuses when fighting in forests.

[[ptx]]

Really? You can't even see anything on the screen apart from blurred out tree tops... Minimap is enough??? How do you order your troops to attack something you can't see?