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They're just east of Italy, they should be fighting against the Brutii, it you go south of Germany/south-east of Gaul you should find yourself in Peloponnesia with some Macedonian phalanx/cavalry armies to fight.
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Yeah, those vicars made a few of what should have been terminal errors. I was thinking it would be good to have another team playing the barbarians.
I'm just getting to grips with the campaign at the moment. I keep taking an army out of a city, then losing it to a revolt a couple of turns later. I might start again, as I'm pretty banged up and a long way from help. Annoyingly, some barbarians have blockaded my capital's docks and the game crashes whenever I fight them off. I'll try it with the 1.1 patch later.
I haven't ventured online yet, but I'm really bad at RTSs in general. I had a go on Dawn of War the other day and got a royal spanking. My starting position was in the middle of a river, and I got attacked on two fronts before any of my allies could reach me.
I'm just getting to grips with the campaign at the moment. I keep taking an army out of a city, then losing it to a revolt a couple of turns later. I might start again, as I'm pretty banged up and a long way from help. Annoyingly, some barbarians have blockaded my capital's docks and the game crashes whenever I fight them off. I'll try it with the 1.1 patch later.
I haven't ventured online yet, but I'm really bad at RTSs in general. I had a go on Dawn of War the other day and got a royal spanking. My starting position was in the middle of a river, and I got attacked on two fronts before any of my allies could reach me.
Q. Why do Communists drink herbal tea?
A. Because proper tea is theft.
A. Because proper tea is theft.
Egypt, Seleucids, Carthage, Parthia, Gaul, Germania, Britons and the Greek Cities are all playable.
SPQR, Macedon, Pontus, Armenia, Dacia, Scythia, Spain, Thrace and Numidia are unplayable.
If you finish the Roman campaign (even the short campaign will do it) it'll unlock all the playable ones for you. Otherwise you have to personally eliminate individual factions to unlock them.
SPQR, Macedon, Pontus, Armenia, Dacia, Scythia, Spain, Thrace and Numidia are unplayable.
If you finish the Roman campaign (even the short campaign will do it) it'll unlock all the playable ones for you. Otherwise you have to personally eliminate individual factions to unlock them.
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Nav, military presence seems to ba a major factor in public order. A city with no soldiers is always unhappy; you need at least a few good units in there to keep it. That's why bargaining for cities is a risk - I bought two Thracian cities, and they come without a garrison. One of them lasted long enough to build some Town Watch, the other rebelled after a single turn, and I never got it back (was busy with Dacia, and Scythians got there first).
I actually had three units of town guard, a light infantry regiment and a general in there and they still kicked me out. The problem was that I was put under too much time pressure by the senate and so left on a mission before I was ready. Having read up on the game I now know that the senate will sometimes deliberately overstretch you so that every now and then you'll fail and be weakened. I'm gonna ignore them and consolidate for a bit.
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Yeah, Got it. Damn, the earlier ones were brilliant, but this one makes them look rubbish.
Worth the wait.
So, I just want to be clear on this, if you complete any imperial campaign, it unlocks the other playable faction for you to choose from?
And do the ships work the same way that they did in Medieval? i.e. you have to have a ship in each "zone" of the sea in order to transport armies etc?
Damn, far too little sleep last night.
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Worth the wait.
So, I just want to be clear on this, if you complete any imperial campaign, it unlocks the other playable faction for you to choose from?
And do the ships work the same way that they did in Medieval? i.e. you have to have a ship in each "zone" of the sea in order to transport armies etc?
Damn, far too little sleep last night.

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