Rome II General Info Thread

[Taser]

To be honest they always seem to get below average skilled players to play, they never get someone who really is good at it to test the AI. It would be really nice to see a top total war player play against this "all new AI" to put it through its paces rather then getting people who make silly mistakes to play and be "The AI is really good its really testing my abilities!" When they just keep making silly mistakes and doing silly things.

I'll admit I'm not the best player out there by far but he made very simple mistakes like ignoring his cav and squandering his chance to use them effectively as well, placing his army in a bad spot to where he had to maneuver in order to hit the army coming at him since they were on his flank, sending troops out too far from his front lines, sending units out to die (italian swordsmen) for no real gain... I just didn't understand his thinking.

However hes trying to show off stuff and etc so some leniency is allowed. Just seems strange that they didn't have someone that truly could challenge the AI ... unless they didn't want to truly stress the AI in the fight..

[Hunter_the_Honourable]

I'll admit I'm not the best player out there by far but he made very simple mistakes like ignoring his cav and squandering his chance to use them effectively as well, placing his army in a bad spot to where he had to maneuver in order to hit the army coming at him since they were on his flank, sending troops out too far from his front lines, sending units out to die (italian swordsmen) for no real gain... I just didn't understand his thinking.

However hes trying to show off stuff and etc so some leniency is allowed. Just seems strange that they didn't have someone that truly could challenge the AI ... unless they didn't want to truly stress the AI in the fight..

True, I guess if they did have a very skilled player put the AI through its paces and the AI couldn't cope that wouldn't do them any favors. Even so it would be nice if they at-least got someone to play who didn't make silly mistakes, every video I've seen apart from the teutoburg forest one the people they got to play seemed to just make obvious mistakes and I find it really irritating. It still looks like a good TW game though, better then shogun 2 at-least.

[Lt_Anders]

http://forum.meleegaming.com/total-war-series/rome-ii-announced!/msg834229/#msg834229

I believe in one of those videos(maybe the second 1) the guy actually was competent in his strategy.

[Hunter_the_Honourable]

On the Total war forums I found someone had posted about what's currently known for the multiplayer

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/72305-What-we-know-about-Multiplayer-so-far-%28Recap-and-Opinion%29

for everyone who doesn't have a TW account the key points were.

Overview
-Rome 2 will be dropping Shogun 2's online system
-No more veteran forces
-No more Avatar conquest
-No more unlock able units and ability cards

Also this guy done a review on what's known about the multiplayer here. Its a 4 part thing his done, this is only part 1.

EDIT: I just found this little thing. http://maps.totalwar.com/

[Leesin]

Yes they are doing away with all of those multiplayer features and going back to classic multiplayer, why? because they're making the "MMORTS" Total War: Arena which is going to involve all of those elements, so the people who enjoy the classic competitive battles will be happy and those of us who also enjoy the rpg qualities of Shogun 2's avatar mode will get that stuff in Total War: Arena. I enjoy both so all good IMO.

[okiN]

I reckon it's also because it would have taken a lot of work to adapt the Shogun 2 multiplayer formula to the various Rome 2 rosters that are all different from one another.

[Weren]

If you preorder from here you can shake roughly 12 euros off the price.

[Adamar]

Done it on steam just a few hours ago...

[Hunter_the_Honourable]

I hated shogun 2 multiplayer, the match making always put me against level 10s when i just started playing. The avatar campaign was a pain in the ass because peoples generals became the most OP unit, more so if they had everything in his fighting ability and put stuff into being a HA, that shit was just annoying.


I'm glad they got rid of the shogun 2 online system, thing was a unbalanced as hell especially before they started limiting units, I mean a whole army of vet bow warrior monks with vet warrior monks maybe with 1-2 units of cav was just stupidly OP.

[Bulzur]

If you preorder from here you can shake roughly 12 euros off the price.

Thanks for the link.
I always wondered if i should buy it already or not, but guess i'll take it at a -22%, with Greek DLC, and a possible 15 bucks for their MMO.

[Ganner]

Anyone use that site yet?

Bought it and it says its supposed to be a steam key but it hasn't given me one. Will i be getting one on release day?

[Bulzur]

First time i used it. And since it's a pre-order, i have absolutely no idea how it works. I received a pretty long order code, wich is not a steam key.
I guess we'll get the steam key when it's out, but then how do they know it's a pre-order... i just have no idea.

[Molly]

Anyone use that site yet?

Bought it and it says its supposed to be a steam key but it hasn't given me one. Will i be getting one on release day?

That is usually how key seller work on pre-order.
You pay them, you get the key on release date, maybe 1 day earlier but that's not likely.

First time i used it. And since it's a pre-order, i have absolutely no idea how it works. I received a pretty long order code, wich is not a steam key.
I guess we'll get the steam key when it's out, but then how do they know it's a pre-order... i just have no idea.

The key defines the software package you'll get. So, depending on the key, you'll get the pre-order bonus.
In my experience, most key seller state that they expect the key to be a pre-order one but don't promise it. I can't remember any game that came without the pre-order bonus on my pre-orders I made.


The 2 shops I use regularly and never had issues with (for people interested):

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http://www.cjs-cdkeys.com/
http://www.g2play.net/store/

[Bulzur]

Thanks for clarifying that benkei.

To think that when Rome II goes out, i'll be working my ass off for my internship report. Won't be free before the end of September...

[Casimir]

I'm moving to the Netherlands on the 1st of September, but God dammit i will find time to play Rome 2.