Rome II General Info Thread

[Taser]

I guess he meant, he recommends it, if you've played the previous games mostly just on normal difficulty.

Maybe.

Is it because he thinks its harder above normal difficulty than the older games? I dunno. Just seems weird to have that as his recommendation. I would think if its harder then that's a good thing..

[[ptx]]

No, it's the opposite, R2 is easier. Hence the recommendation, because veteran players of higher difficulty levels are the ones that are the most disappointed.

[Taser]

No, it's the opposite, R2 is easier. Hence the recommendation, because veteran players of higher difficulty levels are the ones that are the most disappointed.

Ahh well then.. That is disappointing.

That makes me sad.

[Banok]

ptx has it right. basically the TW game I enjoyed most was shogun2 on legendary, rome2 even after 7 patches is not nearly as difficult (unmodded anyway).

[Butan]

The BAI is getting there though. I recommend you keep watch, I'm having very difficult battles in my games. Open field and unwalled settlements only though, walled settlements AI still often bugged.
Now if I dont have as much quantity/quality than my AI enemy, I can only guarantee a valiant defeat at best, if I dont have a brilliant tactic up my sleeve.
The CAI is still doing random things sometimes, but its getting there too. The worst CAI problem atm is the "transport navies" constant cruising problem, and the locked diplomacy relationship perma-wars.

[Lizard_man]

Haven't touched this game in over a month...

[Weren]

IMHO the game's in a much better condition now. With patch 7 and few mods like Divide Et Impere, GEM, TTT, Special effects enhancement and ROME II: Total war camera, I am actually having a lot of fun and challenge. It seems one of the patches or mods fixed my performance as well, I can now easily get solid 40 fps in massive battles with all settings on high. I've also had battles take up to 40 minutes thanks to Divide Et Impera. 

EDIT: New expansion coming out on the 12th of this month, It'll be 15 euros and contains a new campaign(Ceasar in Gaul), 3 new playable factions, seasons, new units and bunch of other stuff.

[Banok]

yeah not sure what I think about expac yet, was a bit of a surprise. probably wont be buying it tho even if it is decent.

[Butan]

That mini-campaign DLC comes in at a lame timing    obviously exploiting the Christmas tendency to lose your money on broken pieces of shit.

Also, having the TW logo on a product available to pre-order is definitely a big no-no for me from now on.


For those that wants to peruse, here is the steam link to the last announced DLC : http://store.steampowered.com/app/261050/

[Tom Cruise]

So Im curious on what mods everyone else is using. Start posting all your shit!

I use:
Radious Total War conversion mod
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=185988641

Better Blood and textures for blood and gore DLC
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=192112624

GEM Graphic enhancement mod 4.1
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187199741

Four Turns per year
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=186949908

Ancient Colors by Epaminondas
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=189874766

[Weren]

Mine:

Total War: Rome II Camera mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=188195987

Special effects enhancement mod:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=193968352

Hellbent's Traits, Talents and Toadies:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=186899616

Divide Et Impera:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197748499
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=197751573

And GEM, but you already linked it.

[Tom Cruise]

I have the Traits mod but I'm not using it because I don't understand it. There are so many traits and upgrades I would put on someone and they would have no values to them at all, just some quote. No +2 authority or 5% exp gain for infantry or anything like that, so I wouldn't know what the hell that trait does, if its even doing anything.

[Butan]

Your talks would better fit here : http://forum.melee.org/total-war-series/rome-ii-mod-thread/

But I will gladly repost!

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[Banok]

backtria out. seem insanely easy. bleh

[Tore]

I'm playing as rome and enemies have like 10 agents in each of my cities
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