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Glad to hear it! And definitely, world conquest is a fun target after having done the campaign already. Any specific tactics you plan on using to beat Germania? I've haven't tried Thrace yet actually. I do plan on doing another campaign here sometime, with a non-Roman faction. Playing as a 'barbarian' nation requires a different approach so would be interesting. I'll keep Thrace in mind.

@@CZ-Gaming For Germania, I have 2 full armies pushing in so for now, capture as many towns as I can before they are able to shift forces from the east. I’m just seeing groups of only 3 to 4 units so I’m assuming their main forces are to the east. I’m making a number of spies to try and find their main groups. I want to start building up my troops on the Italian boot to be ready for the civil war. I want 3 armies. I usually have 4 to 5 cavalry, 3 archer and the rest infantry units. Thrace was fun to play. They have a mix of barbarian units and phalanx type units.

Sounds like a plan! May Mars favor you ;)

Great tip! Trapping on the bridge is indeed the next part of the plan. Pikes can imagine are great at holding the fort. I’ll swap some units around to optimize the defense there.

Yess this took me a while to realize it existed but massively helpful so far. With units selected, it’s holding Alt whilst dragging to move it. If you want to rotate as well, it’s Alt + Ctrl.

Glad you enjoyed the episode!

Not really haha, at this point I think both sides knew how this was going to end ;)

We have fun with it ;) can definitely recommend. Check out the playlist if you want to be sure!

I plan to ;) Thanks for tuning again.

Time for the Roman classic of attack is the best defence..

Good to hear you got it! Which faction did you end up going with for your campaign? Generals as infantry is an interesting one as well. Rome 2 gave the choice, definitely less likely to die as infantry. Suppose cavalry is good though in case the battle goes south and they need to run ;)

@@CZ-Gaming Yes, as cavalry they could run away but rarely did, as they died on kamikaze attacks. I am playing as Rome. On this Realism mod you first have to conquer the Etruscans, Samnites and Boii, and also deal with the Greeks and Pyrrhus and his nasty army. Then, you can't walk into Sicily without incurring a war with Carthage, so, you have to build up for that, too. By limiting myself to fighting solely with Roman legions and Italian Socii troops, I feel it gives a more realistic version of Rome's difficulties. I still recruit German and Gallic horse when they are available as mercs, and I'll be buying Iberian mercs when I get there, too. My first run-through was just too easy using the mercs that are TOO available. After a while, Rome has so much money that it was just easier to by mercs when far from home. If you have any thoughts/suggestions on Iron Man rules, I'd like to hear them.

Alright, Roma Victor! Hope you’ll do well.

Thanks for tuning in! Glad to hear you’re enjoying the series. Hope to see you soon again.

Appreciate the tip. I haven’t done much with mods yet, early experiences had too many bugs for me.. I checked this one out though, looks massive and well respected indeed! Would take me a year of videos to finish the campaign though ;) perhaps I’ll do one with narrower campaign victory conditions to curate an earlier end.

Appreciated! Awesome, thank you. I’ll keep that in mind next time. Not sure if I’m comfortable giving legatus AI control of a prized legion haha. I suppose having them on standby to replenish main lines 1 by 1 if needed is also valuable. Hope you enjoyed the episode overall and thanks for tuning in again!

Hi there! Thanks for dropping by again. Early battles definitely are not going to win any prizes haha. Ranged attacks are indeed vital, relying a lot more on this in the more recent battles. Got one battle where we even do most of the city assault with our ranged units as they didn't want to sally out :) Appreciate your thoughts, will keep in mind.

Thanks for tuning in! Hope you enjoyed the episode. Appreciate your thoughts on it, good points. For the forts, I appreciate that some are indeed not best place if seeing it from a defensive point. To be honest, some I really just put there to buy myself an extra turn and time to intervene in case of an enemy push. Whilst some are indeed good use to staff with a defensive army to hold! Yeah you're right on the archers not getting their shot off. In the earlier episodes I always had them behind the infantry with that same thought indeed. I ran into the issue there that they tended to get one shot off, but became hard to use as soon as infantry lines clashed (friendly fire danger). I'll have a thought on this one, perhaps swing them around to the sides when lines clash could give them a better angle. Really appreciate your thoughts and hope to see you on the next one!

Good eye! Would have been better indeed. Getting better with formations as the series progresses but I’ll keep it in mind. Thanks for tuning in and hope you enjoyed the episode overall!

Fair assessment. Went over the footage a few times after the episode and true indeed. I'll keep an eye on it in future engagements. Probably worth having some fallback units behind the line to step in right? Either way, thanks for tuning in. Hope you're enjoying the series!

Will try ;)

I'm afraid AI has always been and continues to be one of the challenges in Total War games haha. To be fair, probably also the hardest part to code into the game for the developers. I'm not a CS expert myself, but I imagine it might be complex. Are you happy with their progress on the AI front in newer titles?

@@CZ-Gaming I started playing TW games with the original Shogun, long ago. The last TW game I got was Shogun II. I quit playing after the Rome II disaster. I was disgusted listening to their spokesman touting all the wonderful improvements they had made. It took them a year to make it at all playable! And they had switched to a new battle mechanic that caused every fight to turn into blobs. They threw away everything good. I didn't waste any more money on them. I know a lot of people are playing things like Warhammer, and they like it, but my allegiance to the games ended at Rome II. I only play the older games now, such as Napoleon and Shogun. I'm watching to see if the Remastered Rome is worth trying, though I can't find the right mods for it, yet.

The battles definitely didn't end up well in Rome II haha. It's been a while since launch that I actually played it though, so I'll probably give it another for a campaign on here later. At least we'll always have the older titles to get back to!

Think I'm good for now but let's see! I'll keep your name in mind.

Ah well, lessons are learned the hard way ;)

Appreciate you following along with the series, hope you’re enjoying them! It is a big minus of this game. I feel that they make everyone weak in the beginning to ease the player into it and allow building up one’s empire. But at the starting date, the likes of Carthage should already be powerhouses. Increasing the difficulty I find just allows the AI to cheese the mechanics, so I’m afraid it’s just a structural issue :(

Careful approach haha, appreciate that took a while. Previous Carthage assault flashbacks kicked in ;) I do want to build up the smaller cities indeed. I personally always felt that large, other cultured settlements tend to be quite hard to appease at first, so then sometimes I exterminate to squash some opposition. Egyptian cities are a prime example of that in this game!

Fair point, soon as I’ve got separate cavalry built up I’ll use the general more on the main battle front. From what I know the wives’ main motivation stemmed from them having settled and caring for their partners and of course kids. I’ll have to check if they were actually better off in the Roman society!

Think the game would allow it, but unless I’m fully ready to move into Gaul I’ll stay behind the alps ;) As for the Darth Mod I’m not sure. First time I actually invested in a set up that runs games properly, so I never got to experience mods before! Darth Mod one you’d recommend?

@@CZ-Gaming There are many gamers who won't play a Total War game without Darth Mod. It's that good.

Great! Who wouldn’t enjoy the Romans right. The last episodes were without the historical context to boost progress on the map. Scheduled to be picked up in the future episodes.

Welcome Thomas! Very unfortunate indeed haha. Since you liked the original one, I’d say the remastered version would definitely be one to try. Hopefully the episodes are helpful in your decision!

Thank you! And true indeed, it adds to the charm and gives us a nice challenge for our next steps.