Well... it would be nice video about what changed etc. But for now it will be in my head. "Eh, I feel like doing Total War videos again." Best kind of reason.
Well, I imagine a Carthage guide is already in the works… after all, how could you possibly resist talking about me! Theodekles! The greatest warrior of all!
Carthage should get archers, Numidia has them, so I took the liberty to add them to the game as well. Makes their roster slightly stronger, though let's be fair: in open confrontation Rome will smash Carthage just like they finally did in real life. To win, a player has to somewhat think outside the box, like Hannibal did. Infantry can hold the line against hastati for some time, but you have to make a play with elephants, the real work -horse- elephants of your army. Cavalry is there for better mobility and it's ok. Carthage in general just has plenty of modding potential, most of their army would be various mercenaries and real "Carthaginian" units would be deployed more sparingly.
You're back?! A couple days ago I checked and was saddened that you left two years ago... And then the great news came. Welcome back, lad! Good to see you around again.
The youngest retiree in history has returned. Our Prayers have been answered. 1st Jesus, 2nd Emperor Palpatine, 3rd God Melkor the magnificent returns. God Bless you and this great community that you have built attack and conquer.
Great to have you back making videos (though take breaks as you need to). When I first learned how to play the normally unplayable factions, Macedon were my first pick. How/when you get involved in the Rome vs Greece war is pivotal. And there’s always the danger that they just attack you or that you get backstabbed by Thrace or Dacia. Really interesting starting position with a brilliant army
Macedon has a pretty balanced army roster, too. It's not as extensive as say, the Seleucids who have a dizzying number of units. What you do have works well together for Hammer and Anvil tactics. You are correct in emphasizing the low tier cavalry. Most people when they see the Hellenic factions think it's all about the Pikes. While you CAN win by Pikes alone, but being too one dimensional leaves issues open about getting your pike line flanked or taking unnecessarily heavy losses from ranged attacks. The Greek Cavalry are good in screening against all but the heaviest of cavalry. The Tier 1 Light Lancer Cavalry have high charge value: Equivalent to Cataphracts, which means it's quite potent. But you can't charge and leave them in melee like you can Cataphracts. Catas have high armor, good attack, and even armour-piercing maces. Light Lancers have very poor defense, so you charge in, do the casualties, and get back out. Reform, do it again. The Light Lancers are very cheap in upkeep since they're Tier 1 units. I liked to have 3 of them in an army. I'd group them together to focus down and charge a single unit. It inflicts a lot of casualties on the charge. You also have to be aggressive with Macedon. I also agree with the southern push. You NEED to beat the Greek Cities ASAP to remove them as a threat, destabilizing your lines. You don't need Sparta pumping out more Spartan Hoplites. I also made an emphasis of taking Byzantium ASAP, too. It's initially Rebel held but the Thracians do try to take it. I want to take Byzantium to enrich myself as well as deny Thrace a great city. I don't care if I fight Thrace over it, they're going to war with me soon anyways, so I may as well cripple them by taking Byzantium. If you deny them that settlement, they get a lot easier to destroy. They won't have Byzantium spamming units against you. On Remastered, I secured Greece early and took Byzanitum. Except for Brutii held Appolonia, I had all of Greece under Macedonian control. It didn't take much longer to push northeast and beat Thrace. At this point, Greece is almost destroyed, Thrace is done. Get some ships together and send them off to take Rebel held Kydonia and Greek Cities held Rhodes. By this point, Greek Cities' holdings in Asia Minor and Syracuse were already overrun. So by taking Rhodes, that finishes off Greek Cities. Beat the Remastered Short Campaign victory conditions for Macedon very quickly. So quickly that I didn't get a Huge City when victory was achieved. I never trained Royal Pikemen nor Companion Cavalry when it was done. When I won I barely started getting the Tier 3 Pikemen units. Beat Short Campaign with Levy Pikemen and early tier Light Cavalry units.
Wow, this was an unexpected surprise to see in my feed when I got home from work. Really happy to see you putting out new TW (or any kind of) content. I actually originally found your channel during a difficult time in my life, and always found your voice nice to listen to back then no matter what the video was about. Here’s hoping you keep these guides (and more) coming! Crossing my fingers for more “Saving the A.I.” videos, though I know they’re pretty niche.
You can't just come back into my life and release a new video without saying a thing! Oh, this put such a smile on my face. Thank you for making my day, and welcome back, mate!
Watching this made my day! Am I the only one who found the audio very quiet? Regardless, I hope to see more from you, I have missed your content greatly
Serious props for discussing the starting generals and units first. A lot of other faction guides overlook this, but it's a big factor in how fast you can get your snowball going.
The TL;DR for Macedon's temples: Demeter: Growth, Farmland, Law, Experience (i.e. chevrons) Zeus: Law, Farmland, Experience, Missiles Artemis: Missiles, Law, Farmland Ares: Experience, Morale, Trade, Happiness These same effects also apply to the Alexander campaign although, due to the way that campaign plays out, it's less likely you'll get to make use of them in the long run. Oh, and welcome back, Melkor.
Might just have to boot up Rome again, this is a great guide so I definitely know what faction I'm playing next. You love to see the return after 3 years I love your videos so please keep making them!
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Welcome back. Missed you! You were right about so much.
Thanks - It's good to be back (although it is likely only temporary)
As for being right 😆 When am I ever wrong? 😆
@@MelkorGGwhy is it only temporary
LegendofTotalWar and Melkor? The Two GOATS Unite!
The world is healing, he returns
No pretentious "I'm back" video, just back into the old style of content. Based as fuck
Well... it would be nice video about what changed etc. But for now it will be in my head. "Eh, I feel like doing Total War videos again."
Best kind of reason.
Melkor gains trait ‘Back Baby!”
Melkor retinue expands “Relieved and overjoyed loyal subscriber”
Took melkor 3 years to get used to the grotesque new ui but alas, he returns 🎉
XD
All RUclips will be amazed with such a victory! The day is ours!
(Welcome back!)
The Return of the King
Fitting, considering the channel's name.
THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE. PLS DO NOT QUIT THIS TIME
Unfortunately the return cannot last forever, but I hope you can enjoy the moment for what it is.
@@MelkorGG anything will do lol 👍
Welcome back dude 🤘
Thanks 😃 (We'll see how long this run lasts 🤣)
@@MelkorGG do a numidia Guide bro🙏
Well, I imagine a Carthage guide is already in the works… after all, how could you possibly resist talking about me! Theodekles! The greatest warrior of all!
XD Literally the next one. I was writing about you, oh great Theodekles, just a couple of hours ago!
Carthage should get archers, Numidia has them, so I took the liberty to add them to the game as well. Makes their roster slightly stronger, though let's be fair: in open confrontation Rome will smash Carthage just like they finally did in real life. To win, a player has to somewhat think outside the box, like Hannibal did. Infantry can hold the line against hastati for some time, but you have to make a play with elephants, the real work -horse- elephants of your army. Cavalry is there for better mobility and it's ok. Carthage in general just has plenty of modding potential, most of their army would be various mercenaries and real "Carthaginian" units would be deployed more sparingly.
I'm high as hell and was staring at my RUclips home page for like 5 minutes thinking "Why does this say 38 minutes ago"
I never unsubscribed princep
just checked and I never did either
10:22 No wonder the plague happened every gameplay, I noticed it but I didn't realize it was a written event.
Thank you Melkor
The return of the king!
Our Pink Pyjama King Has Returned!
You're back?! A couple days ago I checked and was saddened that you left two years ago... And then the great news came. Welcome back, lad! Good to see you around again.
The man is back!
Praise be to the return of our one and only favorite dark lord!
Melkor himself finally returns
MELKOR’s lore deepens by the day. The ruler of RTW is back.
This day will be remembered forever 2 years & 4 months since your last video.
The youngest retiree in history has returned. Our Prayers have been answered. 1st Jesus, 2nd Emperor Palpatine, 3rd God Melkor the magnificent returns. God Bless you and this great community that you have built attack and conquer.
Great to have you back making videos (though take breaks as you need to).
When I first learned how to play the normally unplayable factions, Macedon were my first pick. How/when you get involved in the Rome vs Greece war is pivotal. And there’s always the danger that they just attack you or that you get backstabbed by Thrace or Dacia. Really interesting starting position with a brilliant army
Melkor has returned! Gods be praised!
And out of the shadows, HE returned! Welcoem back my Lord MELKOR!!! XD
when the world needed him the most
HE'S BACK! HE'S BAAAAACK! EMPEROR HAS RETURNED!!!!!
Macedon has a pretty balanced army roster, too. It's not as extensive as say, the Seleucids who have a dizzying number of units. What you do have works well together for Hammer and Anvil tactics.
You are correct in emphasizing the low tier cavalry. Most people when they see the Hellenic factions think it's all about the Pikes. While you CAN win by Pikes alone, but being too one dimensional leaves issues open about getting your pike line flanked or taking unnecessarily heavy losses from ranged attacks.
The Greek Cavalry are good in screening against all but the heaviest of cavalry. The Tier 1 Light Lancer Cavalry have high charge value: Equivalent to Cataphracts, which means it's quite potent. But you can't charge and leave them in melee like you can Cataphracts. Catas have high armor, good attack, and even armour-piercing maces. Light Lancers have very poor defense, so you charge in, do the casualties, and get back out. Reform, do it again.
The Light Lancers are very cheap in upkeep since they're Tier 1 units. I liked to have 3 of them in an army. I'd group them together to focus down and charge a single unit. It inflicts a lot of casualties on the charge.
You also have to be aggressive with Macedon. I also agree with the southern push. You NEED to beat the Greek Cities ASAP to remove them as a threat, destabilizing your lines. You don't need Sparta pumping out more Spartan Hoplites.
I also made an emphasis of taking Byzantium ASAP, too. It's initially Rebel held but the Thracians do try to take it. I want to take Byzantium to enrich myself as well as deny Thrace a great city. I don't care if I fight Thrace over it, they're going to war with me soon anyways, so I may as well cripple them by taking Byzantium. If you deny them that settlement, they get a lot easier to destroy. They won't have Byzantium spamming units against you.
On Remastered, I secured Greece early and took Byzanitum. Except for Brutii held Appolonia, I had all of Greece under Macedonian control. It didn't take much longer to push northeast and beat Thrace. At this point, Greece is almost destroyed, Thrace is done. Get some ships together and send them off to take Rebel held Kydonia and Greek Cities held Rhodes. By this point, Greek Cities' holdings in Asia Minor and Syracuse were already overrun. So by taking Rhodes, that finishes off Greek Cities.
Beat the Remastered Short Campaign victory conditions for Macedon very quickly. So quickly that I didn't get a Huge City when victory was achieved. I never trained Royal Pikemen nor Companion Cavalry when it was done. When I won I barely started getting the Tier 3 Pikemen units. Beat Short Campaign with Levy Pikemen and early tier Light Cavalry units.
You came back with such a new suave accent! Glad to see you back! Cheers
you know its gonna be a good day when melkor starts posting after 3 years
welcome back mate
Yoooo, this is a moment in history. The legend has returned.
Welcome back! I hope you are doing well!
Thanks, and yes - I am very well
I wake up and I find a Melkor video after years of a hiatus. I can already tell this is gonna be a great day
HE’S BACK
THE RETURN OF THE KING
nice, the final music always kicked in the memories of a classic melkor video. great to have it back
My man, i was just thinking of running a Macedonia campaign. Good to see you back.
OH MY GOD!!!! Look whose back!!! Is it the one and only, the Great Ruler of the mysterious Pink Pajamas cult?!!! Melkor my boy, I missed your voice!!!
The Cornith part made me giggle, because I remembered that now you do it on purpose. So good to have you again
Macedon really did deserve a video that took two years to make. Unsung hero of Rome 1.
Our lord has returned. Throw open the gates of Angband. The dark host marches!
Hallelujah!!! The legendary, Melkor has returned! 🫡
This is the happiest day of my life
The Return of the King right here.
And an informative guide as always.
Lord Melkor; I knew you would return! We're glad to have you back.
We are so back
The legend is here
Nikocado Avocado is not fat anymore and Melkor is back. What a year!!!
He is back. We don't have to rewatch your old content another 1000 times
The king is back when we needed him the most!!!!
My word the man has returned good to have you back my good sir
SO Great to have you back !! PLEASE STAY 🏰⚔️
You just restarted my Rome Total War craving!
Thanks for dropping by! Happy to see you! I hope it's all going great for you.
Welcome back, son of Rome
yooooo he's back, i missed you a lot Melkor
Welcome back! My favorite Rome Total War RUclipsr!
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You have returned to be granted audience once more! Upon your name is Melkor - the First RUclips Lord.
THE RETURN OF THE KING!
YES YOU'RE BACK!!! Love your vids man!!
WELCOME BACK :D
Welcome back m'lord, hope your stint at university is going/went well!
Welcome back!!! Now let´s crush the Roman Legion with the Macedon Phalanx :3
Welcome back, your baldness! Hope everything is good, glad to have you back!
Wow, this was an unexpected surprise to see in my feed when I got home from work. Really happy to see you putting out new TW (or any kind of) content.
I actually originally found your channel during a difficult time in my life, and always found your voice nice to listen to back then no matter what the video was about. Here’s hoping you keep these guides (and more) coming! Crossing my fingers for more “Saving the A.I.” videos, though I know they’re pretty niche.
The return of the fez at the end of the video too! Epic! 🥳
You can't just come back into my life and release a new video without saying a thing!
Oh, this put such a smile on my face.
Thank you for making my day, and welcome back, mate!
XD Yeah, the plan was to not acknowledge anything at all - for a laugh
i never thought id see this day
I’ve felt so incomplete since you (my favorite RUclipsr) left. Happy you’re back bro 😎
Return of the King
*The return of the king*
THE BOY IS BACK!!!
I subscribed to this channel after the creator quit, so it gladdens me to see that he's back!
The king is back ❤❤❤❤❤
Return of the king
glad to see you back!
Watching this made my day! Am I the only one who found the audio very quiet?
Regardless, I hope to see more from you, I have missed your content greatly
Good to see you again i missed your content
The king himself is back
nice to see you back.
Nikocado has returned to his old weight, Melkor has returned, what will happen next?
Welcome back friend of Rome
Serious props for discussing the starting generals and units first. A lot of other faction guides overlook this, but it's a big factor in how fast you can get your snowball going.
You got to be kidding me, i just yesterday looked at your channel if you came back
The TL;DR for Macedon's temples:
Demeter: Growth, Farmland, Law, Experience (i.e. chevrons)
Zeus: Law, Farmland, Experience, Missiles
Artemis: Missiles, Law, Farmland
Ares: Experience, Morale, Trade, Happiness
These same effects also apply to the Alexander campaign although, due to the way that campaign plays out, it's less likely you'll get to make use of them in the long run.
Oh, and welcome back, Melkor.
Oh my god the GOAT is back!!!!!
Great to see this here. Haven't seen your stuff for a while, very happy to see it.
Melkorius returns!
YES!
You two should collab
Bro, I missed you, man.
Ayyy welcome back my dude!
Welcome back bro❤
And he rise and shine, rested and ready to conquer the world.
Deus Melkorus Vult
(Lord Melkor wills it)
Welcome back my liege!
It is good to be back : )
THE KING HAS RETURNED!!!!
Wait, how is this possible? Best day in this whole year! Welcome back my dear!
alas he thy has returned!!
I'm so happy you are back.
I almost didn't believe my eyes WELCOME BACK!!!
I recently rewatched your roleplay Campaign videos, becaused I missed your content. Great to see you back!
Might just have to boot up Rome again, this is a great guide so I definitely know what faction I'm playing next. You love to see the return after 3 years I love your videos so please keep making them!
The king returned! ❤ So glad to have you back man. You have brought some light into my grim day. Thank you sincerely.
OMGGGG, Can't believe what I'm about to say.... MELKOR IS BACKKK!!!! 🥹🥹
This is the best day ever!!!! 😎✨