Total War: Rome II - Page 88

On October 18 2013 09:25 xDaunt wrote:

I have offered my entire treasury of 100k+, and they still refuse.

On October 19 2013 06:04 xDaunt wrote:
Seleucids definitely are something different. You'll be at war with pretty much everyone within a few turns. It's not all too dissimilar from playing the Western Roman Empire in Rome:BI, but the fall is not quite as extreme.

The unit roster is powerful, but takes a lot of time to unlock. Unlike other factions, your cavalry and infantry units require separate buildings and tech paths. Like Macedon, tier 3 infantry are easy enough to get, giving you access to thorax pikemen and royal peltasts -- both of which can get the job done. Tier 4 infantry (silver shield units) are at the end of the tech tree. Interestingly, Tier 4 cavalry is pretty easy to get techwise (only 5 techs away), which gives you some pretty awesome shit.

On October 19 2013 01:28 Jockmcplop wrote:
Patch 5 is live.
Seleucids are here, as is steam workshop.

I'm a bit disappointed with the patch itself to be honest, given that they released a statement that they are moving away from performance fixes after this one. I still can't get over 30 FPS

Still its good that they are giving modders more support.

On October 20 2013 09:06 cLAN.Anax wrote:
Ahhh, I see the use of the launcher now.... There's a button underneath "Friends Online" that lets you determine what mods you want on and off, like there was for Shogun II.

On October 20 2013 10:25 qotsager wrote:


yeah my "resume campaign" button still doesn't exist though. i'm afraid i'm doing it wrong.

On October 20 2013 07:44 xDaunt wrote:
So I think that Patch 5 has basically fixed the game, at least as it applies to the single player campaign. The AI is much smarter and more aggressive on the strategic map. It techs properly and doesn't just build shit units anymore. I'm seeing a lot of tier 3 armies in my current Seleucid campaign (even before I had a tier 3 army), which has been a lot of fun. I'm not sure why it is rated as "moderate" difficulty, because the early game is quite challenging. You'll be at war on 3 fronts within the first 10 turns. If you aren't good at managing your phalanxes, you are going to have a really bad time. On the bright side, the Seleucids in Rome 2 play exactly like the Seleucids in Rome 1 once you hit Tier 3/4 and get cataphracts into your army. This means that you will have a god-tier hammer and anvil army that can envelop and crush forces that are 2-3x your size. Hellenic cataphracts are awesome. If you want to be Alexander the Great and destroy hordes of Persian and Eastern troops, the Seleucids are for you.

On a side note, it could be that the Eastern factions are better developed than some of the Western barbarians.

On October 20 2013 12:15 andrewlt wrote:


The annoying thing with one of the latest patches is how aggressive the AI is with its agents now. It pretty much undid all the improvements in AI turn length. At the end game with only a few factions left, turn lengths are back to 1-2 minutes because of all the agents. It may just be me, but fast animation is sometimes broken with certain AI agent actions taking way too long to resolve. And the game doesn't zoom in on that agent on occasion, leading me to think that the game hanged.

On October 20 2013 12:30 cLAN.Anax wrote:


Ever since Medieval 2, this has been a problem for me. Princesses in M2 and Geishas in Shogun 2 in particular bog the turn-rate down substantially. I won't even be able to tell what they're doing because they do an animation, but there's usually no visual effect cuing me that an action has occurred.

On October 20 2013 15:28 andrewlt wrote:


Sometimes I spot the agent at the edge of the screen doing its animation in slow motion. Hitting spacebar doesn't speed it up. Then there's the indecision that slows down the turn-rate even more.