Top 5 Total War Army Recruitment

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  • @VikkturrGaming
    @VikkturrGaming 4 года назад +964

    Legend, how about doing a Top 5 Doom Stacks in TW games?
    Edit: Thanks for all of the Likes! Hopefully Legend can make a video of this!

    • @SmashingSnow
      @SmashingSnow 4 года назад +21

      Yes do this

    • @sarnem5330
      @sarnem5330 4 года назад +2

      What he said

    • @theovertaker40
      @theovertaker40 4 года назад +5

      i was just coming here to say this. still going to. volume...

    • @juanluispenategomez4065
      @juanluispenategomez4065 4 года назад +22

      Place 1: necrofex
      Place 2: necrofex
      Place 3: necrofex
      Place 4: necrofex
      Place 5: peasants

    • @laoscuridad9275
      @laoscuridad9275 4 года назад +1

      that would be great!

  • @djmustang000
    @djmustang000 4 года назад +97

    I would add, that has far as i know (been playing since Rome 1), only Medieval 2 had unit "uniform" change based on the level of the armorer of the city/castle, which to me, is still the best feature EVER in a Total War.

    • @mrra4651
      @mrra4651 4 года назад +13

      Absolutely. It is amazing when you compare the early spear militia, which are basically peasants with pointy sticks to the late game spear militia with their long spears and heavy mail

    • @maximusd26
      @maximusd26 Год назад

      yessir

  • @CharterForGaming
    @CharterForGaming 4 года назад +426

    Top 5 Campaign packs (Wrath of Sparta, The Last Roman, etc)

    • @adder09
      @adder09 4 года назад +1

      This

    • @Kuddochan
      @Kuddochan 4 года назад +19

      Didn't he include stuff like that in the top 5 DLC video last year?

    • @MrHappyface198
      @MrHappyface198 4 года назад +6

      He already did that. He did the 5 best and worst i think

    • @joeromano7902
      @joeromano7902 4 года назад

      WowTholyn Yes there has been some could content added.

    • @nurk1468
      @nurk1468 4 года назад

      Warpath is absolutely the best campaing in any past and future total wars

  • @brabhamF1
    @brabhamF1 4 года назад +532

    Top 5 Ice Creams to eat while playing Total War!

    • @Quicksilver_Cookie
      @Quicksilver_Cookie 4 года назад +26

      It's salted caramel :) It's sweet when you're doing well, and salty when all your archers get run over by a flanking cavalry.

    • @astartesteadious3756
      @astartesteadious3756 4 года назад +8

      Mines gotta be Neapolitan ice cream, the name reminds me of Napoleon which gives me great strength to defeat thy enemies.

    • @emperorlokire7648
      @emperorlokire7648 4 года назад

      Who am I? Vanilla with m&ms in it.

    • @CommanderDaynad
      @CommanderDaynad 4 года назад +6

      Who am I? Ben & Jerry’s Cookie Dough Ice Cream

    • @Rumpelstilzchen123
      @Rumpelstilzchen123 4 года назад

      It´s Stracciatella for sure.

  • @user-xl7qg8pj3x
    @user-xl7qg8pj3x 4 года назад +278

    Top 5 Artillery already

    • @IIIJG52
      @IIIJG52 4 года назад

      yes please

    • @asinglelemanrussbattletank2351
      @asinglelemanrussbattletank2351 4 года назад +16

      Why? We all know that superior wood cannons are all you need for arty

    • @mattmills2167
      @mattmills2167 4 года назад +2

      We already know Puckle Guns are the best units in any TW game

    • @slinkerdeer
      @slinkerdeer 4 года назад +1

      I would say the best artillery is mortar from warhammer, that shit is deadly to attacking siege armies

    • @cadendugger8994
      @cadendugger8994 4 года назад +1

      Goblobber, Goblobber, Goblobber, Goblobber, aannnd... Goblobber

  • @gregball6069
    @gregball6069 4 года назад +486

    Top 5 worst battlefield mechanics. There's nothing worse than when the AI attacks and you cant see anything due to the FOG! or the map is full of trees, etc..

    • @thepuppelpuppel4175
      @thepuppelpuppel4175 4 года назад +20

      Fighting skirm. armies in rome 2

    • @mercurianrepublic5943
      @mercurianrepublic5943 4 года назад +1

      especially in medieval 2

    • @Momo14198
      @Momo14198 4 года назад +24

      @Jah P I really like Forest Battles, especially in Attila. When I fight as a barbarian faction you really have that immerison when ambushing romans.

    • @slinkerdeer
      @slinkerdeer 4 года назад +31

      How about it medieval 2 where you might get a HUGE mountain that automatically makes the faction at the bottom end lose for obvious reasons

    • @kill4monney213
      @kill4monney213 4 года назад +9

      Number 1 has to be the flag capture points in pitched battles when Rome 2 initially released... like what in the name of fuck were they thinking

  • @TheDirtysouthfan
    @TheDirtysouthfan 4 года назад +176

    Haven't seen the full video yet, but I'm guessing Medieval 2 is number 1.

    • @legio1942
      @legio1942 4 года назад +15

      Of course, Legend has to wank off Medieval 2.

    • @TheDirtysouthfan
      @TheDirtysouthfan 4 года назад +8

      @@legio1942 I think when it comes to recruitment it's great, however when it comes to replenishment it's the worst in the series and the least forgiving to new players. Having to march your best units all the way back to your nearest huge city with a barracks, or the nearest citadel with the right stables, is tedious and boring.

    • @mermaidman7069
      @mermaidman7069 4 года назад +17

      @@TheDirtysouthfan thats the point, in real life you could not recruit or replenish knight units from a village or town. You needed to go back to a major city or citadel to replenish your men or hire mercenaries on your way to your target.

    • @legio1942
      @legio1942 4 года назад +19

      @@mermaidman7069 No, you would not, they would ask for reinforcements, and the towns would send them. You are not seriously thinking armies stop in every village and town for reinforcements, do you?

    • @stefan1360
      @stefan1360 4 года назад +4

      @@mermaidman7069 Medieval's replenishment system made no fucking sense. Marching an entire army back to a town to replenish units? Being into your own territory is enough since reinforcement used to get sent to an army.

  • @BENJAMOSAURUS
    @BENJAMOSAURUS 4 года назад +374

    Top 5 general speeches.

    • @TotalWarGameplay
      @TotalWarGameplay 4 года назад +34

      Rome Total war and Medieval 2 Total War .

    • @Nikitazay
      @Nikitazay 4 года назад +10

      For Sigmar, The Empire, and The Warhammer!

    • @Fenniks-
      @Fenniks- 4 года назад +56

      I love this one form Medieval 2 "it is said that that the French are better lovers then they are fighters. This is true lads ask any goat, pig and any other farmyard animal"-English speech

    • @Tomezilla514
      @Tomezilla514 4 года назад +4

      THE MOON PEOPLE!!!

    • @podcastler
      @podcastler 4 года назад +4

      What's to worry you men? When courage and manliness were handed out by God's angels...our foes were last in line!

  • @TheSurvivalVis
    @TheSurvivalVis 4 года назад +131

    Top 5 Identity Crisis Units. Basically the units that feel like they're meant for a specific role but they're very poor at it compared to other units for the same or lesser cost. This idea comes from the Razordons added to TW; WH2. They feel like worse Salamanders but aren't cheaper so lack an identity to be used. There have to be other units out there like them in the TW franchise too.

    • @kill4monney213
      @kill4monney213 4 года назад +9

      The War Wagons are probably going to be on the list, especially considering this is the Empire who have access to pistoliers, and outriders.

    • @Vincent_Quak
      @Vincent_Quak 4 года назад +6

      Attila is littered with them. My current playthrough with the Alamans and their Chnodomar’s Raiders are a case in point. The only reason I can think off to choose the Raiders over Germanic Mounted Brigands is 13 missile vs 6 missiles. But the price is 925 vs 475, so you pay 450 for 7 additional missiles. What the hell? Why not just buy 2 Mounted Brigands instead of 1 Raiders? Also: Germanic Pikes vs Levy, the only thing Pikes have going for them is Shield Defence being 30 instead of 18 and being able to Pike Wall. it is supposed to be this defensive entry-level unit and yet it is worse than spears unless someone is stupid enough to run straight into them before easily scattering them with ranged units, since their morale and missile defence is woeful. And dont even get me started on the Taifali Cavalry and Gothic Falxmen...

    • @chryasor9254
      @chryasor9254 4 года назад +13

      Yari samurai, for their cost worse anti-cav than yari Ashigaru, not as good for anti-infantry as their sword counterpart in the katana samurai, and their sprint ability does kinda help with opportunistic charges and running people down but light cav does that better

    • @kill4monney213
      @kill4monney213 4 года назад +2

      @@chryasor9254 How about we take it up a level with the Bulletproof samurai for the Date? Basically uparmored, but slower Yari samurai meant to be resistant to ranged units, you know, the thing that you can already get with Naginata samurai....

    • @chryasor9254
      @chryasor9254 4 года назад +1

      @@kill4monney213 oh, true. I think the big issue with them us that you can only have 4, if you could have more they would be a good upgrade of the naginata samurai

  • @hothoploink1509
    @hothoploink1509 4 года назад +110

    And this is one of the main reasons why Medieval 2 is still the best. It feels impactful to destroy an army or to lose a few elite archers to cavalry when you weren't paying attention. It could seriously screw up your plans. The later total wars seemed to be getting worse and worse in this regard, I destroy an army, look, theres another one just like it. Add to that the lack of diversity in units in Three Kingdoms and I was bored out of my mind in 2-3 hours. It's just the same turn after turn.
    The recruitment system from Medieval 2, the replenishment system from the later games coupled with factions (or just the regions they inhabit) having wildly different units in looks and stats and I'm happy. Add economy and diplomacy systems that get the right balance between actually meaningful but not overcomplicated and I might have a new favourite.
    But I doubt it'll happen. Total War appears to be going the way of Michael Bay - a few explosions here and there are nice but the later Transformers movies hurt my brain so much I stopped watching. Stop dumbing everything down!

    • @theshadowling1
      @theshadowling1 4 года назад +14

      If you play it modded, with stuff like Stainless Steel, or Third Age, that impact gets even bigger. Nothing hurts more than loosing your flamethrower troops as the Byzantines early, or in Third Age, having a unit of Trolls, or Swan Knights get cut/shot down. The time and effort it is going to be to recruit new units, then have them travel to the front lines means you actually might not want to commit your elite armies to major battles, you may want to throw a more expendable army in first to soften the enemy up, and maybe take down a few key units, such as spearmen or a unit of powerful archers, before sending in your elite army.

    • @hothoploink1509
      @hothoploink1509 4 года назад +5

      @@theshadowling1 I play both of those mods :D
      I absolutely love that aspect of the battles where you hold back your elites because they cannot be replaced, and you only throw them into the fray when necessary or to mop up. Sometimes fighting a battle against a full stack of Mordor and not using my elite heavy dwarves even once :D
      That's another problem with the newer games. The newer maps look nice but how many mods had their own strategy maps since Shogun 2?

    • @blasty137
      @blasty137 4 года назад

      @@hothoploink1509 Have you played the original Medieval Total War? M2TW's recruitment system is ridiculously dumbed down compared to it.

    • @PoorManatee6197
      @PoorManatee6197 4 года назад +3

      @theshadowling1 i recenty played a gondor campaign in third age and losing the starting fountain guard and ithilien rangers was so painfull. And when i finally unlocked the gondor infantry and spearmen i treated them like fucking gold because they were the only ones i could get in a lot of turns. Also at one point i had to use some archer militia as infantry because i lost almost all my infantry in one giant battle and i wasn't able to recruit more.
      I beated mordor and harad eventually though, easily the best and funniest campaign i have ever had in any total war. Much better than actual games were "oh, i just lost a dragon, well, i will recruit 5 more".

    • @alessandrocoletta7039
      @alessandrocoletta7039 4 года назад +1

      Warhammer 2 is the most replayable and diverse total war game ever

  • @felixandersen3815
    @felixandersen3815 4 года назад +94

    Top 5 garrison systems
    Seems to be a lot of different opinions on that one
    Personally I like medieval 2 and Rome 2 DEIs system the most

    • @alphaluda
      @alphaluda 4 года назад +1

      Felix Andersen Great idea! Seems interesting!!

    • @TheDrumstickEmpire
      @TheDrumstickEmpire 4 года назад +2

      Felix Andersen sorry Felix, you don’t get a like, I only like the top ten comments!!! XD jk it’s a good suggestion I’ll give you a like tip!!!

    • @felixandersen3815
      @felixandersen3815 4 года назад +1

      Thanks guys!

    • @Smaugogo2b
      @Smaugogo2b 4 года назад +1

      I dont renember they were a garnison system in med 2

    • @JuggernautSPQR
      @JuggernautSPQR 4 года назад +4

      @@Smaugogo2b there isn't any, you recruit an army to garison your city or castle, and I'm fine with that.
      Edit : in m2tw a certain number units garrisoned in cities don't pay upkeep so there's that.

  • @MrOliverdunn
    @MrOliverdunn 4 года назад +70

    Top five art styles? In terms of UI, unit design, animations, campaign versus battlefield design etc

    • @Manny444a
      @Manny444a 4 года назад +7

      Oliver Dunn Shogun 2 would be number 1.

    • @alphaluda
      @alphaluda 4 года назад +1

      Oliver Dunn nice idea! And yeah, shogun 2 would be number one ^^

  • @jamesgast6228
    @jamesgast6228 4 года назад +20

    Happy anniversary legend and mrs. Legend. I hope you enjoy your day off and each other this day.

  • @MrMaro1995
    @MrMaro1995 4 года назад +41

    Top 5 doomstacks in TW history

  • @iamplay797
    @iamplay797 4 года назад +45

    man..i wish they would redo medieval 2,such a great time period for a total war game

    • @pfclex6737
      @pfclex6737 4 года назад +8

      If they did I’d want them to do the 4 turns equals one year deal

    • @TheDrethen
      @TheDrethen 4 года назад +23

      TOTAL WAR: Medieval 3. PREORDER NOW and get the Scotland Kingdom Pack with 12 original unit types and 9 unique buildings.

    • @legio1942
      @legio1942 4 года назад

      Worst time period for Total War.

    • @chryasor9254
      @chryasor9254 4 года назад +10

      @@legio1942 why? It allows for a lot of different playstyles with tthe different cultures at the time, wonderful escalation with armour and weapons getting better overtime all the way to the invention of the cannon, as well as both massive, medium and small size campaign maps.
      If its done well, its an amazing time period, just because it covers so much, from the dark ages to early reinassance.
      If done poorly, its the next majorly "Eh" total war game to come out, like 3K

    • @21Arrozito
      @21Arrozito 4 года назад +3

      We need to face the reality that there will never be any more good total war games. M3 would be terrible, it'd be too arcadey like the later total wars, and it'd be chopped up and over monetized, it'd be too "cinematic" you just have guys locked in 1v1 kill animations all over the battlefield.

  • @Tiberius207
    @Tiberius207 4 года назад +7

    Always felt like army recruitment has been one of the most important aspects of Total War games that always seems overlooked and streamlined. It's the main reason why I consider Tomb Kangs to be the best designed faction in TW:WH2.

  • @IrishPennant0311
    @IrishPennant0311 4 года назад +7

    “Coming in at Number One comes to Medieval 2 Total War” - Legend, Every Top 5 Video.

    • @Hybrid980
      @Hybrid980 4 года назад +1

      Well we can't very well change reality, can we?

  • @PhillyPhanVinny
    @PhillyPhanVinny 4 года назад +5

    Top 5 periods you'd most like to see a new historical Total War game set in.

  • @connor2964
    @connor2964 4 года назад +157

    That description seems off

  • @InfiniteLegoWorks
    @InfiniteLegoWorks 4 года назад +5

    Holy hell I was genuinely concerned with that last one
    "Wait, how the hell did that beat Medieva- Op, never mind"

  • @malekiththeeternityking5433
    @malekiththeeternityking5433 4 года назад +134

    Top five attractive lords in TWW2
    (Sigvald better be number 1)

    • @sevthegamer8976
      @sevthegamer8976 4 года назад +33

      You misspelled Lord Skrolk

    • @rolewicz8891
      @rolewicz8891 4 года назад +30

      @@sevthegamer8976 And you misspelled our thiccness king Lord Mazdamundi

    • @oskarpalus2846
      @oskarpalus2846 4 года назад +8

      @@rolewicz8891 you obviously meant Throgg

    • @Snipergod1024
      @Snipergod1024 4 года назад +11

      @@rolewicz8891 Karl Franz would intervene, but he must see to his men. Plural.

    • @Scientist118
      @Scientist118 4 года назад +12

      The German General from Medieval II would like a word with y'all Bohemian peasants.

  • @handles4days69
    @handles4days69 4 года назад +2

    A mix of diplomacy system from Shogun 2 and the recruitment system from Medieval 2, and the general battles from 3 Kingdoms, and the agency system from Med 2 and Shogun 2 would be perfection.

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 4 года назад

      I personaly dislike 3 kingdoms general battles. I would replace that with the ppulation system from rome 1.

  • @andrewcheyne5061
    @andrewcheyne5061 4 года назад

    Great video as always!
    For the next Top 5 - how about the Top 5 Most Versatile Factions? So factions who have a really flexible roster of units, so that no matter who they end up fighting they can build an army which is well-suited to it and aren't stuck with just a handful of viable battlefield tactics. So stuff like the WRE in Attila, whose units are near-universally garbage but who can always bring the right kind of garbage to counter whoever they're fighting.

  • @williamcameron3307
    @williamcameron3307 4 года назад +1

    Total war Brittania had a great recruitment system imo, happy to see it mentioned.

  • @stalhandske9649
    @stalhandske9649 4 года назад

    A great video with some nice argument for unit pool and its balancing effect in gameplay.
    How about a top 5 video of morale systems throughout the series?
    I was genuinely surprised when I had a go with Medieval 1 some time ago - man the morale matters in that game. If your army is routed you can still rally your units to have another go and try to take advantage of enemy spreading its forces too thin in pursuit. The battle maps were often so large that the battle would commonly then degenerate into smaller fights where victory hangs on a sword's edge.
    The game has admittedly dated, especially the battle controls feel clunky after playing newer titles, but its morale system stands the test of time.
    "If only those 21 feudal men-at-arms would have lasted a minute longer my neigh-exhausted royal knights could have saved the day..." :P

  • @jamesbernadette6216
    @jamesbernadette6216 4 года назад +2

    Top 5 historical eras/regions you personally would like to see in future titles and what kind of features from previous games you would implement that would suit them the best.
    Can include revisits (like Medieval III or Napoleon 2) if you can detail what you'd add, change or remove from the preceding title(s).
    edit: and you can always go through your older lists to see if any of them might need revisiting in general.

  • @johnmcmanus2447
    @johnmcmanus2447 4 года назад

    Hope you and the missus had a great anniversary, bud! Congratulations!

  • @gemmeliusgrammaticus2509
    @gemmeliusgrammaticus2509 4 года назад

    I’m glad you included Thrones of Britannia on this list!

  • @edharkness
    @edharkness 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 eras/franchises/historical sagas that they could use for an exciting new TW game.

  • @AngelCanseco1
    @AngelCanseco1 4 года назад

    Think for me the best personally is the one for Europa barborum for rtw, had a great system that made it so that you could only get your local units at home provinces and were made to recruit native units in far away places depending on what system you used for those provinces.

  • @MrWheelman82
    @MrWheelman82 4 года назад +1

    I actually like the fact that you need to bring back units to replenish them in medieval 2, at least in Third Age: DAC, the fact that you need to retreat your armies once in a while really add depth and challenge to it, and it makes you value your elite units while still keeping a reason to recruit militia and other lower-tier units.

  • @Omoplataha
    @Omoplataha 4 года назад +12

    Top 5 unique units in Total War. What is the best unit that single (or maybe two) Nations can recruit.

    • @icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851
      @icedwhitechocolatemochafra9851 4 года назад

      Evocati cohort in twr2.

    • @henreyeraser3402
      @henreyeraser3402 4 года назад +1

      Urban colhort in rome 1 (if we count the 3 playable and 1 nonplyable roman factions as 1 (literally 1 unit difference and slightly different temple buildings))

    • @Vincent_Quak
      @Vincent_Quak 4 года назад +1

      Poison Archers in Attila. I once killed 1500 troops with just a single unit of those, they’re simply insane.

    • @godlovesyou1995
      @godlovesyou1995 4 года назад

      @@Vincent_Quak what faction is that? Hun?

    • @matthiasstolker5899
      @matthiasstolker5899 4 года назад +2

      @@godlovesyou1995 slacvic faction DLC if I recall correctly

  • @firilockz
    @firilockz 4 года назад +6

    You got me there with 3K for a split second, i was like O-O !

  • @lb1781
    @lb1781 4 года назад +8

    Top 5 most historicly acurate nations/factions in total war games...

  • @noehirschi1367
    @noehirschi1367 4 года назад +14

    You could do the top 5 bests and worses economic systems in a total war game Or the top 5 bests and worses building systems.

    • @hernandogaribaldi8627
      @hernandogaribaldi8627 4 года назад

      Building systems are easy. Rome 2 and beyond: Utterly trash. Shogun 2 and previous: Quality system.

  • @MadManzZz123
    @MadManzZz123 4 года назад

    You got me in the first half (of your joke). Playing m2tw since 2006, still waiting a similiar total war game make you feel involved.

  • @SimplyAzrail1
    @SimplyAzrail1 4 года назад +4

    Also amazing about MedII is that you see upgrades like armor and weapons on units, while those upgrades also make early game units more viable in the lategame.

  • @stormrunner4081
    @stormrunner4081 4 года назад

    This is an incredibly interesting topic who thought that something so basic unit recruitment could be so varied across one series

  • @emperorlokire7648
    @emperorlokire7648 4 года назад

    I don’t know why you get me every single time with the bait and switch number one mentions. Not that I’m complaining.

  • @Brutik5
    @Brutik5 4 года назад

    I just played Medieval 2 and I must say you are totally right, this system is amazing and fixes population depletion from Rome 1, I played Europa Barbarorum 2 also. It allows you get you elite units but only in small numbers and allows for interesting armies, that mixed with really hard replenishment reallly makes this stand out as you usually just won't recruit another stack but replenish old one, so you can't really spam elite units and I love that. To be honest, now when I tried out this "hardscore" replenish system I just love it... (I am new to Rome 1 and Medieval 2) automatic replenishment is so lame compared to that.
    I really want put importance on that replenish system, because it goes hand in hand with recruitment system. Thanks to this you won't eventually end up with full 1 type army (unless you don't fight any battles or take any losses) which if you don't abuse the AI, is really not possible.

  • @seijurohikko6382
    @seijurohikko6382 4 года назад

    i don't remember every top 5 you did, so maybe i will say some that you already covered, but i thought about
    top 5/10 most common mistakes from players in campaign or battle (and why this is mistakes, and i have one exemple for that, the public order management on legendary difficulty for exemple, like fix the public order asap seems to be a good idea, but it is not because revolts are a very powerfull and easy way to farm xp for your lords, heroes and troops, wich makes you very fast stronger, instead of getting xp the hard way on IA with full stacks and cheats through the roof... or over extend too early etc etc, basically all the avoidable mistakes that feeds all the sydc content)
    top 5/10 most balanced armies (i mean i remember a video about doomstacks, but if i remember well it was only spamming one insanely good unit, not a mix, for exemple i find for dark elves, one lord, 1 fire / shadow sorcerer, 1 matriarch and eventually 1 assassin for lord / hero sniping, 4 har ganeth executionners for bonus vs infantry, 4 black guards naggarond vs large, 4-5 shadows with 2h weapons and 4 black dragons to be very efficient, but i admit i don't play on legendary)
    top 5/10 builds for legendary lords, i mean all skill points invested in a lvl 40 lord, to take the most benefits from him/her and the army that will be used
    i don't have any more ideas at the moment, but i think the most common mistakes is the one that have the most potential, if it has not been done already. keep up the good work mate!

  • @darth0tator
    @darth0tator 4 года назад

    I never even knew that i loved the recruitment system in Med 2 until i saw this comparisons :D I hope CA does a Medieval 3 soon

  • @kill4monney213
    @kill4monney213 4 года назад

    Top 5 legendary lord mounts maybe? Doesn't have to be a unique mount like Deathclaw for Franz, but something that really boosts the lords combat effectiveness like Wulfric's mammoth.

  • @kapitankapital6580
    @kapitankapital6580 4 года назад

    Rome I and Medieval II mixed would be great, you recruit based on buildings and unit limits, but also draw from the population. Perhaps they could also add a resources system. Rather than requiring say a military camp and a smith to recruit heavy spearmen, those secondary buildings allow for the generation of certain materials that are required for recruiting those units. This would allow for you to decide whether you want to have a building that creates military resources or civic resources, and allow for settlements with natural abundance to be more valuable, also resulting in the geography affecting the sort of armies that you are able to recruit. This would have been an especially useful mechanic for Three Kingdoms, where armies all use more or less the same units but it would allow for a closer approximation of the historical unit variety.

    • @angquangnguyenthac2833
      @angquangnguyenthac2833 3 года назад

      Honestly, 3 kingdoms would be best used with something like RTW system, since that type of system is perfect for the Asian kingdoms as it fits with the historical structure of those kingdom. M2 isn't gonna work well.

  • @NCO-yx9vv
    @NCO-yx9vv 4 года назад

    Cool idea to just expand on this video alone do a top 5 recruitment system and mechanics on Total War WH2, as you mention there are so many in the game already that are different and unique.

  • @patrickb6862
    @patrickb6862 4 года назад

    top pre-made (historical) battles and top best tactical battles (systems idk how to say this well)

  • @IcedBroom
    @IcedBroom 4 года назад

    Top 5 hidden legendary quest items for legendary lords in Warhammer :). Basically they are quest items that have been made by CA/Devs but they for some reason didn't put in a quest battle and instead just hid them in the game. You have to trigger something in order to start the quest. ItalianSparatacus made a short video on it so he can explain it better then me. But I am just giving you a idea for a top 5 video.

  • @stikkybizzle7951
    @stikkybizzle7951 4 года назад

    Great video as always @legendoftotalwar but ah man at 3:30 that music makes me itch to pick up Rome 1 again, or at least Rome 2 with music mod....

  • @AfshinR.Laroudi
    @AfshinR.Laroudi 4 года назад

    top 5 thumbnails that you are really proud of them!

  • @jakobschoning7355
    @jakobschoning7355 4 года назад

    Yeah Medievals System is so great! It just makes you care about your troops so much more if they for example are an elite unit that you only have very little of these.
    I dont really play Med2 any more exept DaC but in that mod it is even more visible!

  • @tintaco3894
    @tintaco3894 4 года назад

    Top 5 Total War Strongest Late Game Factions (or early game, up to you): this is about what faction can win based on its early game overal situation (economy, armies, etc) or its late game situation

  • @SexGravy
    @SexGravy 4 года назад +5

    Top 5 Quest Battles (Because you've already done the historical ones)

  • @Arcanus02
    @Arcanus02 4 года назад

    Top 5 (and Flop 5) units in a Total War game. To elaborate: how much a late game unit (e.g.: Black Dragon for Dark Elves in TWW2 or Venetian Heavy Infantry for Venice in Med2) impacts on the game both into battles (for raw strength, resilience and utility) and into strategic maps (for things like recruitment cost or upkeep).
    It can also be based on a game in particular (e.g.: top 5 for TWW2, top 5 for Med2) or even include mods (e.g.: Third Age for Med2).

  • @kielweiss3606
    @kielweiss3606 4 года назад

    I don't mind 3Ks recruitment system because I think a modified version would be a cool idea for a potential Med 3: generals/lords are assigned a title for a province (like in Med 1) and can only recruit troops into their retinue from the province they are title to. Good video though, Thrones was so bad I never really paid attention to how good/bad the recruitment was, a combination of Thrones and Med 2 recruitment with Rome 1 population would be cool.

  • @TheTimostemos
    @TheTimostemos 4 года назад

    Another great recruitmentsystem is the one of the DeI mod for Rome 2 with divides the population in 3 or 4 groups and which each unit will be taken from another populationgroup (elite units from the aristocrats, foreign units from the barbaroi,...). Which makes it impossible to recruit your cultural units directly in new conquered land. Love the realism!

  • @briankearney5994
    @briankearney5994 4 года назад

    Amazing thumbnail or cover, w/e. Hopefully we’ll see some hybrid system with thrones and me:tw 2.

  • @Titanic_Tuna
    @Titanic_Tuna 4 года назад

    I agree with you on Thrones of Brittania, I really like it from a campaign stand point but I don't enjoy in the long term, often it just feels like it delays major battles in the early game.

  • @umaristamov2809
    @umaristamov2809 4 года назад +10

    Bring back mod review you used to get shit loads of views on them and there are a lot of new mods coming out all the time and u could probably do a top 5 total war mods as well

  • @miguel2188
    @miguel2188 4 года назад

    Hi Legend. i agree with medieval total war II has the best recruitment system, maybe just for more deep, put in the population restriction. But also i miss the replenishment system, it make you think in a lot of stuff like, resuplies lines, planning offensive seasons and defensive seasons, concentrate armies and pull back generals to replenish. having and army on the other side of the world from your core holdings, in full strenght after a couple of turns of a pyrrhic victory is not really inmersive. Keep the good work.

  • @Osvath97
    @Osvath97 4 года назад

    Maybe top 5 niche units? Like units that are amazingly useful but only if you use them with specific heavy micro/very specific tactics/in heavy synergy with other units.

  • @SuperCrumpets
    @SuperCrumpets 4 года назад

    top 5 subtle details/mechanics that improve gameplay the most.
    eg i really like rome1s population mechanic because of the fact that recruiting costs population.
    it means spamming units mindlessly hurts your economy in a bigger way than just upkeep cost and rewards skill since every soldier you save can be disbanded and the pop returned to the city.
    I just wish it was balanced in a way where it mattered abit more while having less pop growth and each pop giving alot more money.

  • @Balut3
    @Balut3 4 года назад

    I don't think you did it already, but a Top 5 rites in TW:WH2 could be an idea for the future

  • @michaelc3441
    @michaelc3441 4 года назад

    I have never felt such disappointment and betrayal followed by such an intense "ha, fuckin knew it" moment than at 10:10

  • @ceyris372
    @ceyris372 4 года назад

    Top 5 Units with performance differances depending on wether you use autoresolve or fight them yourself.

  • @kooliedoodlies
    @kooliedoodlies 4 года назад

    Dude the ntw3 mod for napoleon total war would be a a great addition I know it’s a mod but the system pretty much is based solely of historical units so you will have army’s made of historical units it’s great

  • @FaithfulOfBrigantia
    @FaithfulOfBrigantia 4 года назад

    The Medieval 2 System (At least in Stainless Steel: Titanium, (who even plays vanilla anymore?)) Is really immersive when it comes to playing a small faction, because no matter how good you are with money and and combat, the long timers to recruit units really give you the feeling of being running out of manpower, and having to scrap the barrel, thus giving you a reason to train weaker units and have peasant levies making up the bulk of your army even by the mid game instead of just spamming the strongest bois available and steamrolling everyone.

    • @gronndar
      @gronndar 4 года назад

      That and recruting certain units take longer than 1 turn. Bunch byzantium units take like 3-4 turns, but they are worth it.

  • @lovrosedej7655
    @lovrosedej7655 4 года назад

    Top 5 unique campaigns? Based on campaign features, maybe diversity of enemies you encounter near your starting position?

  • @TheMagicalPinata
    @TheMagicalPinata 4 года назад

    I am actually kind of surprised they didn't implement the Warhammer fantasy limits for army building from the tabletop to the game. Would make tier I and II units have a roll, as well as unlocking 'core' troops based on the general

  • @davidlieberman1381
    @davidlieberman1381 4 года назад

    Top 5 ways to make your campaign more interesting (Like doing This Is Total War challenge)

  • @andrewj3372
    @andrewj3372 4 года назад

    Top five armies / stacks that you would want to recruited into. Health, wellness, casualties, lord attitude, who knows what else

  • @tromedlovdrolmai
    @tromedlovdrolmai 4 года назад +1

    The other thing about rome Total wars system, while only 1 unit could be trained at a time, up to 9 could be retained at the same time

  • @faceoctopus4571
    @faceoctopus4571 4 года назад

    I think you should have mentioned province specialization in shogun 2. Things like smithing can influence where you recruit your units.

  • @pierre-mariecaulliez6285
    @pierre-mariecaulliez6285 4 года назад

    An idea for recruitment : you can hire units normally, or you can hire AT THE SAME COST the same units at half strength and no veterancy, but it takes one less turn...
    Either you hire a competent, well trained army, or you need troops NOW ! And pick whoever showed up at the booth ;7

  • @lordmaur180
    @lordmaur180 4 года назад

    I agree with the medieval 2 being the best, it makes losing units acutally mattering, in rome 2 and the newer ones i just didnt care in losing one or 2 units because you can get them back too easily and it is so easy to spam, hope they revisit the idea of limiting recruitment caps and timers agian, expecially for historical games

  • @14vindex
    @14vindex 4 года назад

    You could always rank the legendary Lord's from best to worse for each race in Warhammer. It's not a top 5, but seems like it's be easy enough for you and people seem to like seeing that type of thing

  • @Vendraz
    @Vendraz 4 года назад +8

    Yesssssssssssssss, best TW channel ever

  • @waterape1185
    @waterape1185 4 года назад

    What about the top 5 game mechanics that you would like medieval 3 to inherit from the total war games published so far?

  • @Achillez098
    @Achillez098 4 года назад

    Thank you Legend, I am so happy someone is finally talking about the ATROCIOUS recruiting system in Total War 3 Kingdoms. That problem, combined with the tiny ass UI and font, is the reason I uninstalled the game after merely 26 hours of playing, these two problems just kill the experience for me. Medieval 2 is damn near perfect in every way, which is why I have over 500 hours of playtime, and I still play it time to time.

  • @mada09
    @mada09 4 года назад

    That Rome 1 music.. So good!

  • @Corhal09
    @Corhal09 4 года назад +2

    Top 5 Save your disaster campaigns

  • @DeadLikeMeJ
    @DeadLikeMeJ 4 года назад +6

    Honorable mention : "People of Rome" mod for Rome II (which was integrated to DEI) . Best recruitment system in Total War ever !
    * Basically 4 classes that both impact what the player can recruit and his income (economy from types of buildings).
    * The population builds up depends on buildings and recruitment of those units depends on the buildings available.
    * Lower tier or unique local troops can be foreign but proper troops need higher tier of population.
    * Replenishment is based the population as well so the player needs to care for his good troops and not auto resolve his way to victory
    * Counters spam armies , counters instant replenishment, encourages smart player , gives more depth to building chains , losing settlements have a cost, home regions as recruitment platforms for high quality armies.
    * And all of this is combined with research !
    the only problem is that CA is a bit retarded and didn't see this mod and said - hmm lets integrate it cause even modders do better than we do and because its a mod things don't work perfectly (population resets after losing settlements/gaining even for one turn).

  • @centurio5270
    @centurio5270 4 года назад

    I wanted to unleash pure rage, when I didn't see M2 on 1 st place (just kidding, was slightly dissapointed), I'm really thinking it's really well developed recruitment system (they could add turning population into military as Legend mentioned). But, if you're playing SS mod for M2 this is really coming brilliant, because you also gain access to local troops, you need to wait more to replenish your troops pool and that way you're beginning to value these troops. For example, I can remember that you can train tampliers almost immediatly, if you build their dwelling for 1000 gold in 1 turn. BUT, you need to wait 12 turns to get another, so you need to take care of these elite unit.

  • @Kilen_BE
    @Kilen_BE 4 года назад

    Top5 mods u must play with to improve your experience in any total war (darthmod for NTW & ETW make these both TW comeback at the top of all TWs, despite vanilla versions was highly disappointing, both deserve a place in top5 imo)

  • @suckadoesstuff7095
    @suckadoesstuff7095 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 hardest campaign victory conditions recommendation economic victory in Total War: Rome II

  • @DangerousDaveGaming
    @DangerousDaveGaming 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 best mechanics in a total war game
    e.g; trading territory, marriage, etc

  • @phigu198
    @phigu198 4 года назад

    I probably liked ToBs recruitment most of all. It was hamstrung by a lack of actual population and that you could recruit anywhere and not just in lands you have held onto for a while already, but the idea was fantastic. I guess it is the overall theme of ToB, to have some really cool ideas that just werent thought all the way through. It was genuinely a game I was disappointed by, unlike 3k, where we all knew where it was heading.

  • @enigmaticvaran6597
    @enigmaticvaran6597 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 desired locations for future fantasy titles, potential candidates including Lord of The Rings, Elder Scrolls, and Game of Thrones.

    • @matthiuskoenig3378
      @matthiuskoenig3378 4 года назад

      the lord of the rings and a song of ice and fire have minitures games like warhammer to work from. the lord of the rings also has army discriptions for different types of units in the appendixes.
      Confrontation_(Rackham) (Aarklash), forgotten realms (DnD),
      Iron Kingdoms (warmachine and hordes), Kings of War. are also prime targets

  • @joeclay9683
    @joeclay9683 4 года назад

    you could do top 5 lists for every game as i feel that you are just getting 1 of each thing from each game

  • @Quicksilver_Cookie
    @Quicksilver_Cookie 4 года назад +2

    I hope they're going to make Medieval 3 at some point. It was my favorite historical setting for TW game. Greatest possible variety of units, tactics, diplomacy. At least potentially.

    • @godlovesyou1995
      @godlovesyou1995 4 года назад

      Yes i just want the same with better graphics, larger map, technologies and Attila style family tree system.

    • @houndofculann1793
      @houndofculann1793 4 года назад

      @@godlovesyou1995 why would you want the same cultural/army content when there's a very large amount of improvement to be done there as well?

  • @Julian-ol9vk
    @Julian-ol9vk 4 года назад

    I play tw for the battles.
    Is thrones worth just for the battles?

  • @pooriariahi2909
    @pooriariahi2909 4 года назад +2

    Could you imagine installing thrones of Britannia again before this video!?

  • @hypnobear7908
    @hypnobear7908 4 года назад

    I did not find a Top 5 Doomstack video, would there be one?

  • @vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
    @vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv 4 года назад

    Top 5 Features LegendofTotalWar has changed his position on.
    It's been confusing and perversely interesting to see how you've evolved on auto-replenishment.

  • @ShanieLP
    @ShanieLP 4 года назад

    i totally agree with your Top 5 list.

  • @gamingwithcurrybear4361
    @gamingwithcurrybear4361 4 года назад +1

    LOTW: Legend of total war here
    Subtitles: I jumped on a wall here. 😂

  • @AnthroTsuneon
    @AnthroTsuneon 4 года назад

    Halloween: Top 5 frightening disaster campaigns so far

  • @henreyeraser3402
    @henreyeraser3402 4 года назад +1

    Top 5 toughest Hunic/Mongolian factions
    They're in these games: Shogun 1 (Expansion), Medieval 1, Rome 1 (Expansion), Medieval 2, and Attila.
    Can't remember if there's one in Rome 2.

    • @henreyeraser3402
      @henreyeraser3402 4 года назад +1

      @an nice Same here, but I haven't played the additional campaigns yet, only GC.

  • @jonharper8963
    @jonharper8963 4 года назад

    That thumbnail is awesome

  • @neimenovani7256
    @neimenovani7256 2 года назад

    How do i set huge unit scale in med 2?

  • @umayyadball4126
    @umayyadball4126 4 года назад

    I was a little surprised Rome 2 and/or Attila didn't make the list.