@@afau1nonit depends a lot on where you are. You can stack a ton of buffs to food production in Mesopotamia and the Nile. On the other hand Greece and Anatolia make much more wood, Cyprus only produces bronze, Nubia has a ton of gold settlements, etc.
I have been playing Total War since the Rome 1 days and this is the first game since Attila to suck me in! Loving it! Thanks for the tutorial, it helped make some things more clear for my Babylon playthrough :) Just became King of the Universe after the former one died. Everyone hates me and invaders are everywhere haha. It's a blast! Wish me luck!
Christ how beautiful Dynasties looks i play mostly Rome 2 DEI and this is breathtaking by visuals,music, thank you for tutorial i buying Dynasties, and you have a Sub
I hope some guys get the game. Played for arround 20 hours now. My Charakter gets old. He united the tribes in the east. His beard gets grey. My Son will take the torch and take the throne from assyria. Maybe my grand child will take the nile. For the first time in arround 10 years I'm really immersed in a total war game. Lethality is a game changer for me. But I'm also using the slower battles mod.
Is the slower battles mod worth it? I have a hard time zooming in and enjoying the spectacle of battles because I stress about constantly giving commands. This might be what I need
13 days late, but you have convinced me to finally purchase Pharoah and i gotta say thanks! Awesome tutorial as always and love the content as always. Glad to see the channel grow so much over the years amigo. Cheers sir!
Great video, I have been looking for an in-depth tutorial for all the different mechanics in Pharaoh Dynasties! This was an excellent explanation of all of them and the best out there! Hope you do more content on Pharaoh!
I got this game for Dynasties, damn, after playing things like Warhammer and recently Shogun2, these systems gave me quite the whiplash, mostly the vastly different UI menus. But this tutorial has helped me a little in understanding some of the more intricate nuances of this brave new world to. I'm sure I'll need a lot more practice campaigns to get it all learned and accepted, but this video helped immensely
the administration burden mechanic seems counter productive? you literally cant field more than 2 full stack armies without crippling your economy. How are you supposed to defend your lands in the late game with 2 armies? Ive had this issue in every playthrough so far
I don't know if you can answer these 2 questions, but in a total war saga troy, is there a shoreline near that hill that the outer wall of Troy connects to? And can armies in troy march up hills?@@AndysTake
Excelente el tutorial lo disfruté. Actualmente estoy jugando con Ramsés en Egipto y la verdad es que he estado a punto de dar la campaña por perdida, pero he seguido y tomo un respiro y luego otra vez quiero dejar la campaña y así voy. La verdad es que las mecánicas y la profundidad del juego lo hizo muy muy muy interesante y es difícil no engancharse con él.
Does TW: Pharaoh Dynasties affect the authenticity and/or flow of the tutorial campaign where you play as Ramesses? What I'm asking is, does the tutorial still play the way it was intended in vanilla Pharaoh to learn the mechanics of the game, or would it be better to just play an actual campaign? Note: I have not played Pharaoh or Pharaoh Dynasties at all. I know that generally when developers or modders overhaul a game, like NTW3 for Total War: Napoleon for example, playing through the tutorial gets kind of broken, because it's not the same game anymore.
So, it always confused me a bit with Pharaoh that melee attack can't be increased by your general, yet Melee Defense/charge can. I read through the Wiki a bit to try to learn the Game and the ingame Wiki clearly states "Presence increases melee Attack and morale at milestone points", yet it only increases morale. A bug?
Hey Andy! can you tell me why the AI wants to donate me if I do Legitimacy Support all its points? I don't understand, I lose immersiveness, why would they want to donate it to me since they used it as a means for civil war? It doesn't make sense...
I do random diplomacy here and there and ended up becoming the pharaoh lmao. Does anyone know why if you demand enough legitimacy that the deal would just be positive? Like some AI don't even want to become the Pharaoh or faction leader lol
Is it me or in every save almost every faction even across the map declares war at turn 5. I tried other settings and factions yet it keeps happening. ALSO outposts are annoying more than ever. Every time a random 1 general without army goes into your terretory and raze everything yet marches away out of reach lol
Loving the game but I'm having alot of Desyncs with co op campaigns and crashes to desktop, is this game going to get a patch? Just doesn't run great all the time on my PC
Hey Andy (or somebody else) can you tell me why you have legitimacy -2 at minute 40:35? I have the same with my current amenese campaign despite the fact i build a lot of buildings to gain legitimacy and win battle it is always -3 or 4 i thought it was a bug.
Some legitimacy is temporary and that -2 is just that temporary legitimacy decaying over time. For example, legitimacy gained through battles is temporary and I think so is legitimacy from diplomacy
@wardzer yeay thats what i thought, but im now turn 60, and it's never went in a + or equalise i have all the -3 or 4 because of battles. What i try to say if you see what sources gives a + and only batlles give -3 decay then its weird (in my opinion) its all the time -3
@@KingofRome24 I don't think there are any sources of +legitimacy over time so you will probably only see a negative number there or 0 if you haven't gotten any temporary bonuses lately (legitimacy you get in the court is also temporary mind you)
Which major faction would you recommend for beginners? I heard that the difficulty rating is not accurate and some "easy" factions like Ramesses are actually hard.
I agree with Frank about Amenmesse, you start in a relatively good location with secured flanks after taking out only a few regions, you very quickly get in control of a ton of excellent gold producing provinces, and you have access to the best archer units in the entire game. Even the very early on Kushite bow mercenaries are spectacular for very early game, and are even viable all the way up into mid-late once they hit rank 9, and they're EXTREMELY forgiving in terms of resource upkeep. Once you discover "Set" as a god, if you decide to worship Set, the shrines add +3 ammunition on recruitment, so you can build 4 Set shrines in a recruitment focused province and have archers with +12 arrows for the rest of the game, it's nuts what you can do with top tier missile infantry with 35+ arrows over the course of a battle.
@@nobblkpraetorian5623 playing as troy seems to be very easy as you start as the wanax of the aegean already and you get 3 generals at start (priam, hector , and paris) with a very robust roster while agamemnon is also pretty great so yeah go ahead
I am disappointed still that they have not carried over a simple coop turn function like they had in Shogun 2. Being unable to do any of the rich economic and dynasty features on the off turn makes for very slow multiplayer campaigns. I did not need a repeat of Warhammer 3 but this oversight gets rid of my replay value when playing with friends.
Why does it look like a DLC for Troy just because it's visually similar and because they reused some content from Troy to make the map bigger? Are Warhammer 2 and Warhammer 3 just DLC's of Warhammer 1 too then because they reuse the WH1 map and factions? What they did here was combine 2 separate games because because that's literally what people asked for, to add Greece/Troy and Mesopotamia to Pharaoh. If you played Pharaoh you would know even before this update it was way already bigger than Troy and definitely way bigger than any regular DLC in terms of size and amount of content. Sure it was more a Saga size game at release but now after the update it's a proper big historical main title and not just a "DLC".
@@lp4514 trust me if people didnt complain then we would pay for troy and Mesopotamia/dynasty update again, thats why they made this dlc free because it only felt like a dlc from the beginning. But you unfortunately cant still see why.
@@LeGarrec Those are two separate things though, I completely agree with you that Pharaoh at it's release felt unfinished and that we definitely would've had to pay for the map expansions that added Greece and Mesopotamia that they now added for free if people wouldn't have complained about it. I'm not denying that CA made some really bad and questionable decisions there in the past. But that still doesn't mean Pharaoh is just the size or quality of a Troy DLC, even at release it felt like it's own separate game, the problem was just that part of the content was missing that would've made it a proper main title, so it felt more like a small Saga game, but as I said now that they added Greece and Mesopotamia (even if they were most likely planned to be paid DLC's for Pharaoh in the beginning) for free to the base game it is a complete and proper main title, it just took some time.
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I was rude about Pharaoh but right now, with dynasties, I’m eating my hat. Thoroughly enjoying it so far!
I love playing Pharaoh Dynasties although I feel like i must be that one annoying person in diplomacy asking for resources
We're all brothers and sisters in asking for resources in diplomacy here, friend
Thats the fun part. We actually HAVE to negotiate for resources now cuz were at deficits in some important resources for most of the early campaign
@@setsunachiame hue ? the only thing i've been doing is giving away w/e i could to get food because the upkeep with administration is abyssmal
@@afau1nonit depends a lot on where you are. You can stack a ton of buffs to food production in Mesopotamia and the Nile. On the other hand Greece and Anatolia make much more wood, Cyprus only produces bronze, Nubia has a ton of gold settlements, etc.
I'm the miser in diplomacy who bargains by ones until the trade is exactly 0. Never to be one upped by the trade partner.
Finally, a Tutorial with Timestamps. Some other content creators don't.
I have been playing Total War since the Rome 1 days and this is the first game since Attila to suck me in! Loving it! Thanks for the tutorial, it helped make some things more clear for my Babylon playthrough :) Just became King of the Universe after the former one died. Everyone hates me and invaders are everywhere haha. It's a blast! Wish me luck!
Christ how beautiful Dynasties looks i play mostly Rome 2 DEI and this is breathtaking by visuals,music, thank you for tutorial i buying Dynasties, and you have a Sub
okay same tell me if you like it haha
@@kt5505 I do man 36 hour on steam of playing and i have a blast :)
I hope some guys get the game. Played for arround 20 hours now. My Charakter gets old. He united the tribes in the east. His beard gets grey. My Son will take the torch and take the throne from assyria. Maybe my grand child will take the nile.
For the first time in arround 10 years I'm really immersed in a total war game. Lethality is a game changer for me.
But I'm also using the slower battles mod.
Is the slower battles mod worth it? I have a hard time zooming in and enjoying the spectacle of battles because I stress about constantly giving commands. This might be what I need
@@chpc6217 yes. The battles usually last about 10 mins with the mod. And grab the "better camera" mod. Gamechanger
@@dannygld23 Awesome I'll pick those up then appreciate it!
@@chpc6217I usually save replays of cool battles and watch them afterwards
Is it a fantasy game like troy and warhammer or does it follow the old historical totalwar gameplay ?@dannygld23
Finally, a proper tutorial that's clear on all fronts. Thank you so much @Andy's Take!
Finally
A great tutorial!
Thank you, Medjay!
13 days late, but you have convinced me to finally purchase Pharoah and i gotta say thanks! Awesome tutorial as always and love the content as always. Glad to see the channel grow so much over the years amigo. Cheers sir!
What an awesome and thorough breakdown! I didn't realize how much depth this game had wow
Great video, I have been looking for an in-depth tutorial for all the different mechanics in Pharaoh Dynasties! This was an excellent explanation of all of them and the best out there! Hope you do more content on Pharaoh!
Nice to see you Andy.
Nice to see *you*, Kenc.
This is my first total war game. Thanks for this
I got this game for Dynasties, damn, after playing things like Warhammer and recently Shogun2, these systems gave me quite the whiplash, mostly the vastly different UI menus. But this tutorial has helped me a little in understanding some of the more intricate nuances of this brave new world to. I'm sure I'll need a lot more practice campaigns to get it all learned and accepted, but this video helped immensely
the administration burden mechanic seems counter productive? you literally cant field more than 2 full stack armies without crippling your economy. How are you supposed to defend your lands in the late game with 2 armies? Ive had this issue in every playthrough so far
This is why I use addons. Tw games without addons aren't that good.
Been waiting for a good tutorial video on the new mechanics. Thanks for this!
Diplomacy is my favorite part of Total war games
What a good and useful video
Thank you very much, I felt a little lost with the new mechanics
glad you liked it :)
Perfect guide, thanks !
Hi Andy, fantastic video..... I am brand new to the game and this tutorial is just world class. Thanks so much 🍻
so glad to hear you enjoyed it! :)
I don't know if you can answer these 2 questions, but in a total war saga troy, is there a shoreline near that hill that the outer wall of Troy connects to? And can armies in troy march up hills?@@AndysTake
Nice to see you and a great tutorial!!
Thank you, nice to see you too :)
Good fucking game
Great video. Thank You!
Excelente el tutorial lo disfruté. Actualmente estoy jugando con Ramsés en Egipto y la verdad es que he estado a punto de dar la campaña por perdida, pero he seguido y tomo un respiro y luego otra vez quiero dejar la campaña y así voy. La verdad es que las mecánicas y la profundidad del juego lo hizo muy muy muy interesante y es difícil no engancharse con él.
Does TW: Pharaoh Dynasties affect the authenticity and/or flow of the tutorial campaign where you play as Ramesses? What I'm asking is, does the tutorial still play the way it was intended in vanilla Pharaoh to learn the mechanics of the game, or would it be better to just play an actual campaign? Note: I have not played Pharaoh or Pharaoh Dynasties at all. I know that generally when developers or modders overhaul a game, like NTW3 for Total War: Napoleon for example, playing through the tutorial gets kind of broken, because it's not the same game anymore.
@@jimboniusmaximus6018 I think the tutorial should be fine, it’s the same map as far as Rameses’ is concerned after all (Egypt hasn’t changed)
Very informative, this video helps
Playing on very hard, while i only can field 2 Stacks every minor Nation declares war turn 8 and sent 3 Stacks over the entire mal
This is comprehensive. Thank you!
tysm! new player here benefitting from this video
So, it always confused me a bit with Pharaoh that melee attack can't be increased by your general, yet Melee Defense/charge can. I read through the Wiki a bit to try to learn the Game and the ingame Wiki clearly states "Presence increases melee Attack and morale at milestone points", yet it only increases morale. A bug?
Hey Andy! can you tell me why the AI wants to donate me if I do Legitimacy Support all its points? I don't understand, I lose immersiveness, why would they want to donate it to me since they used it as a means for civil war? It doesn't make sense...
Instead of reviews maybe tutorials are more your thing.
It would be good to see the loyalty system brought in the next dlc especially now they have reworked the family tree
I do random diplomacy here and there and ended up becoming the pharaoh lmao. Does anyone know why if you demand enough legitimacy that the deal would just be positive? Like some AI don't even want to become the Pharaoh or faction leader lol
It’s a really good game. They could improve the AI campaign skills, but other than that it’s very good.
This is great! Do you have same thing for shogun 2?
Is it me or in every save almost every faction even across the map declares war at turn 5. I tried other settings and factions yet it keeps happening. ALSO outposts are annoying more than ever. Every time a random 1 general without army goes into your terretory and raze everything yet marches away out of reach lol
Loving the game but I'm having alot of Desyncs with co op campaigns and crashes to desktop, is this game going to get a patch? Just doesn't run great all the time on my PC
Will you do a campaign series?
I will, but thinking of perhaps doing a run with the Agony mod!
They need to add population there’s no way some faction can have 2 full armies and it add some more realism in the game
Thanks for your work on that video! What is the downside of close relative marriages it terms of this game?
only downside I think is you lose out in diplo improvements with other factions, I cant remember if there's inbreeding traits, I dont think so?
There is alot more depth than let's say tw warhammer cool
Cheers 👍
Andy please fix camera it is tilted on one side
Hey Andy (or somebody else) can you tell me why you have legitimacy -2 at minute 40:35?
I have the same with my current amenese campaign despite the fact i build a lot of buildings to gain legitimacy and win battle it is always -3 or 4 i thought it was a bug.
Some legitimacy is temporary and that -2 is just that temporary legitimacy decaying over time. For example, legitimacy gained through battles is temporary and I think so is legitimacy from diplomacy
@wardzer yeay thats what i thought, but im now turn 60, and it's never went in a + or equalise i have all the -3 or 4 because of battles. What i try to say if you see what sources gives a + and only batlles give -3 decay then its weird (in my opinion) its all the time -3
@@KingofRome24 I don't think there are any sources of +legitimacy over time so you will probably only see a negative number there or 0 if you haven't gotten any temporary bonuses lately (legitimacy you get in the court is also temporary mind you)
Any Sea People guide?
Which major faction would you recommend for beginners? I heard that the difficulty rating is not accurate and some "easy" factions like Ramesses are actually hard.
I recommend Irsu cuz he lets you do virtually anything while having a really strong Canaanite roster
Im having a blast with amenmesse u got lots of gold in surrounding areas that you can use to buy anything.
I agree with Frank about Amenmesse, you start in a relatively good location with secured flanks after taking out only a few regions, you very quickly get in control of a ton of excellent gold producing provinces, and you have access to the best archer units in the entire game. Even the very early on Kushite bow mercenaries are spectacular for very early game, and are even viable all the way up into mid-late once they hit rank 9, and they're EXTREMELY forgiving in terms of resource upkeep. Once you discover "Set" as a god, if you decide to worship Set, the shrines add +3 ammunition on recruitment, so you can build 4 Set shrines in a recruitment focused province and have archers with +12 arrows for the rest of the game, it's nuts what you can do with top tier missile infantry with 35+ arrows over the course of a battle.
How about the Major Aegean factions? Are they easy enough? I have played TW saga Troy.
@@nobblkpraetorian5623 playing as troy seems to be very easy as you start as the wanax of the aegean already and you get 3 generals at start (priam, hector , and paris) with a very robust roster while agamemnon is also pretty great so yeah go ahead
I am disappointed still that they have not carried over a simple coop turn function like they had in Shogun 2. Being unable to do any of the rich economic and dynasty features on the off turn makes for very slow multiplayer campaigns. I did not need a repeat of Warhammer 3 but this oversight gets rid of my replay value when playing with friends.
I just bought Pharaoh, the campaign map is good, but the battle maps are soooooo small :/
Hm? Battle map size seems fine to me now after the update! Are you playing OG Pharaoh or Dynasties?
@@AndysTake I am playing on Dynasties, but in unfortified settlements there is almost no place for deployment for attacker
big enough...😂😂...the battle map is..😊
@@pawelsmok9905 Well, you're attacking that settlement, not the surrounding lands
People cant fkn see that this looks like a dlc for troy and praising them because they "fixed" the game. You cant clearly see it when they added troy.
Why does it look like a DLC for Troy just because it's visually similar and because they reused some content from Troy to make the map bigger? Are Warhammer 2 and Warhammer 3 just DLC's of Warhammer 1 too then because they reuse the WH1 map and factions? What they did here was combine 2 separate games because because that's literally what people asked for, to add Greece/Troy and Mesopotamia to Pharaoh.
If you played Pharaoh you would know even before this update it was way already bigger than Troy and definitely way bigger than any regular DLC in terms of size and amount of content. Sure it was more a Saga size game at release but now after the update it's a proper big historical main title and not just a "DLC".
@@lp4514 trust me if people didnt complain then we would pay for troy and Mesopotamia/dynasty update again, thats why they made this dlc free because it only felt like a dlc from the beginning. But you unfortunately cant still see why.
@@LeGarrec Those are two separate things though, I completely agree with you that Pharaoh at it's release felt unfinished and that we definitely would've had to pay for the map expansions that added Greece and Mesopotamia that they now added for free if people wouldn't have complained about it. I'm not denying that CA made some really bad and questionable decisions there in the past.
But that still doesn't mean Pharaoh is just the size or quality of a Troy DLC, even at release it felt like it's own separate game, the problem was just that part of the content was missing that would've made it a proper main title, so it felt more like a small Saga game, but as I said now that they added Greece and Mesopotamia (even if they were most likely planned to be paid DLC's for Pharaoh in the beginning) for free to the base game it is a complete and proper main title, it just took some time.
in 5 days 57 hours
Yeeeee
Sea Peoples are sooo weak. No danger at all.
And Seti and Tausret died after 20 turns.
Why do trojans and Achaeans share the same court . It's counterintuitive.
I hope modders will make a mod that can add more formations/stances for unit in this game😢.
Seriously! I have faith it will happen.
@@mherrj There is only 1 right now but its not really good .