I have a rebel campaign on the remaster, a mod guide and a review of the updates patch. Those discuss my thoughts on it. I generally prefer playing the original but I don't rule out using the remaster for certain projects in the future.
Is it me only that goes completely different with Brutii early campaign? I send the heir alone on one boat to Apollonia (he can recruit some hoplites and skirmishers there, which should be enough for the small garrison there). My main army with a good general (leader or middle son) get sa samnite mercs, embarc all the hastati, velites, equites on the other two boats and go directly for Syracuse. You arive there a turn after Scipii will start the siege, but if you build some ladders and start the battle yourself on turn 4 you'll take the city. Use your hastati and velites to take the towers and they will kill the greek garrison. Use the Scipii troops to thin out the defenders before you engage in melee. That has an added bonus by weakening the Scipii early game. Enslave the city and send them to only one city (make sure to have only one governor in the city you want to reach the huge population.) For me, Tarentum is better than Croton because the later has a natural 15% unrest and the 1.5 grain import from Syracuse is not that significant mostly because you'll get Tarentum to 24k with slaves only. So back to Syracuse, after it you take your army and using the boats get fast to Lilibaem (probably misspelled it), siege it and you'll get attacked by the Carthaginian army in Sicily. They have elefants so use your velites and merc skirmishes wisely. After Lilibaem the road for Carthage and Thapsus is open, follow it. Now on the eastern front, your heir should take Salona aided by mercs (you should recruit all of them) and run back to Apollonia because Greece and Macedonia are aiming for it. You don't need to engage, there's a neat trick, just leave a governor alone in the town and when the enemy besieges it bring your other forces on adiacent square. The AI sends troops to deal with the garrison only, and will retreat if you have reinforcements. Bring your forces from Thapsus to Greece, send a small force north to take Sagestica and Pergamon the rest goes to deal with Greece an Macedonia. If executed correctly this early game tactic will get you the best and most prosperous cities and cut off other roman factions from them, leaving them with small towns to conquer which will make it easier for you during the civil war. You get the Marian reforms in 20-30 turns while becoming the power house in the Mediterranean.
Any chance at seeing campaign strats for Julii? Ones that might include rushing to cut off both Scipii from Carthage and Brutii from Greece in order to hamstring them before the Civil War eventually hits? Also, when playing as the Romans, do you want to rush getting to the Marian Reforms? How is that or the Civil War even kicked off? Mostly playing the short campaigns on RTW Remastered right now, just for Steam achievements, and was curious.
Marain reforms are from a city in Italy (or Sicily) becoming a Huge city. The civil war is more complex but is either when you have enough support from the people in the senate floor to attack your allies or when the senate banish you (usually because you're too powerful). Julii guide is quite likely to come up in a channel poll soon! I would always recommend nabbing a key territory like Athens/Crete or Carthage/Syracuse before the other get them!
Agree with everything you say. There are a few things you could add to your narrative. Firstly once you get Athens, then you add Rhodes Halicarnassus and Pergamum, you get a money making machine just in terms of trade routes. With Rhodes the Colossus gives you a 40% increase in seaborn trade, With Halicarnassus you get the Mausoleum which reduces building times by 20%. Add Sardis to the mix then you get the Temple of Artemis that reduces religious building costs by 30%. Not so important early on but definitely helpful in the middle and end game, so the basic strategy for the Brutii is to head east as fast as possible !! Paradoxically perhaps I try to leave Macedon alone for as long as I can.. why ? because Macedon gets to build Temples to Artemis, and Artemis gives bonus points to archers. Really important for fighting in the East. So when you take Thessalonica or wherever the highest ranking Temple of Artemis is located DO NOT destroy the Temple .......
Excellent points! The huge benefits of the Aegean sea cannot be understated and the wonders in the region are a massive boost. Your argument for leaving Macedon is very well put; the Saxon capital in Barbarian Invasion is another good example of that tactic.
@@daveingram9240 What i have to do is start BI and then close it in the task manager and reopen it again and it loads. I think it has some conflict with the rundll32.exe process but just closing BI and reopening it works for me.
@@ToNerdistoHumanTNH You are 100% right but tnx to your videos I constructed custom, balanced version and I can't stop playing it. I also gave it to my friend and he is trying it out right now. That could not be possible without you. So thank you sir for you work!
Ah yes, the Dad-Romans as I know them XD Many, many years ago, when my dad bought Rome, he would always play the Brutii, my sister the Scipii and me always the Julii. I dont know why it was that way, but we never tried another roman faction. Ofc, now grown up, I despise the arrogant romans and prefer my fellow barbarians :) Anyways, great video! I really love how much history was included, even if a bit at thw wrong times, in the old TW games. Made me a big history fan, especially medieval one
Such good content! Would love to see some of these role-plays, even with short campaign goals so the series doesn't drag. Only major bummers about Brutii is that law bonus missing - the corruption's drain on money in the late game isn't enough to slow you down but it hurts my soul haha.
AT 05:54 MY MIND EXPLODED OMFG 500 HOURS IN THE GAME DIDN T KNOW YOU COULD PASS RETINUES
Excellent! There's always new titbits to discover.
Excellent to see these guides again!
Cheers.
Looking forward to the battlefield guide!
Definitely the Romans with the best natural expansion route.
Agreed.
They're the best Roman Faction, no doubt. But that green isn't it for me.
Hard to argue against it! I like Armenian green better ;)
@@ToNerdistoHumanTNH Armenia's colours are 80% of the reason I decided to give them a try way back when. Then they proved to be my favorite faction.
Any plans for remaster coverage? I'm curious what your take on it would be
I have a rebel campaign on the remaster, a mod guide and a review of the updates patch. Those discuss my thoughts on it. I generally prefer playing the original but I don't rule out using the remaster for certain projects in the future.
Nice! Good guide!
Cheers!
Finally the tutorial is out, I can play the game better
Happy to be of service. The anticipation must have been killing you. :D
Is it me only that goes completely different with Brutii early campaign?
I send the heir alone on one boat to Apollonia (he can recruit some hoplites and skirmishers there, which should be enough for the small garrison there). My main army with a good general (leader or middle son) get sa samnite mercs, embarc all the hastati, velites, equites on the other two boats and go directly for Syracuse. You arive there a turn after Scipii will start the siege, but if you build some ladders and start the battle yourself on turn 4 you'll take the city. Use your hastati and velites to take the towers and they will kill the greek garrison. Use the Scipii troops to thin out the defenders before you engage in melee. That has an added bonus by weakening the Scipii early game. Enslave the city and send them to only one city (make sure to have only one governor in the city you want to reach the huge population.) For me, Tarentum is better than Croton because the later has a natural 15% unrest and the 1.5 grain import from Syracuse is not that significant mostly because you'll get Tarentum to 24k with slaves only. So back to Syracuse, after it you take your army and using the boats get fast to Lilibaem (probably misspelled it), siege it and you'll get attacked by the Carthaginian army in Sicily. They have elefants so use your velites and merc skirmishes wisely. After Lilibaem the road for Carthage and Thapsus is open, follow it. Now on the eastern front, your heir should take Salona aided by mercs (you should recruit all of them) and run back to Apollonia because Greece and Macedonia are aiming for it. You don't need to engage, there's a neat trick, just leave a governor alone in the town and when the enemy besieges it bring your other forces on adiacent square. The AI sends troops to deal with the garrison only, and will retreat if you have reinforcements. Bring your forces from Thapsus to Greece, send a small force north to take Sagestica and Pergamon the rest goes to deal with Greece an Macedonia. If executed correctly this early game tactic will get you the best and most prosperous cities and cut off other roman factions from them, leaving them with small towns to conquer which will make it easier for you during the civil war. You get the Marian reforms in 20-30 turns while becoming the power house in the Mediterranean.
Is this new, or a rehash? I could have sworn that you've done a guide on this, already
New. Previously I have covered Armenia, Scythia, Carthage, Britons and Greece.
I see, sounds good. I hope you are well. BLOW THE HORN OF DESTINY@@ToNerdistoHumanTNH
Any chance at seeing campaign strats for Julii? Ones that might include rushing to cut off both Scipii from Carthage and Brutii from Greece in order to hamstring them before the Civil War eventually hits?
Also, when playing as the Romans, do you want to rush getting to the Marian Reforms? How is that or the Civil War even kicked off? Mostly playing the short campaigns on RTW Remastered right now, just for Steam achievements, and was curious.
Marain reforms are from a city in Italy (or Sicily) becoming a Huge city. The civil war is more complex but is either when you have enough support from the people in the senate floor to attack your allies or when the senate banish you (usually because you're too powerful).
Julii guide is quite likely to come up in a channel poll soon! I would always recommend nabbing a key territory like Athens/Crete or Carthage/Syracuse before the other get them!
The remaster is practically the same game as the original by now! Why not use the remaster ?
First
Victory and Glory!
Please do not circle around your cursor all the time. It is annoying and may turn off viewers.
Agree with everything you say. There are a few things you could add to your narrative. Firstly once you get Athens, then you add Rhodes Halicarnassus and Pergamum, you get a money making machine just in terms of trade routes. With Rhodes the Colossus gives you a 40% increase in seaborn trade, With Halicarnassus you get the Mausoleum which reduces building times by 20%.
Add Sardis to the mix then you get the Temple of Artemis that reduces religious building costs by 30%. Not so important early on but definitely helpful in the middle and end game, so the basic strategy for the Brutii is to head east as fast as possible !!
Paradoxically perhaps I try to leave Macedon alone for as long as I can.. why ? because Macedon gets to build Temples to Artemis, and Artemis gives bonus points to archers. Really important for fighting in the East.
So when you take Thessalonica or wherever the highest ranking Temple of Artemis is located DO NOT destroy the Temple .......
Excellent points! The huge benefits of the Aegean sea cannot be understated and the wonders in the region are a massive boost.
Your argument for leaving Macedon is very well put; the Saxon capital in Barbarian Invasion is another good example of that tactic.
@@ToNerdistoHumanTNH I didnt know that !!. Unfortunately I cannot get my steam download of BI to work.. any advice on how ?
@@daveingram9240 What i have to do is start BI and then close it in the task manager and reopen it again and it loads. I think it has some conflict with the rundll32.exe process but just closing BI and reopening it works for me.
Wow my favorite faction. This is going to be fun!
Probably the strongest too!
@@ToNerdistoHumanTNH You are 100% right but tnx to your videos I constructed custom, balanced version and I can't stop playing it. I also gave it to my friend and he is trying it out right now. That could not be possible without you. So thank you sir for you work!
Ah yes, the Dad-Romans as I know them XD
Many, many years ago, when my dad bought Rome, he would always play the Brutii, my sister the Scipii and me always the Julii. I dont know why it was that way, but we never tried another roman faction. Ofc, now grown up, I despise the arrogant romans and prefer my fellow barbarians :)
Anyways, great video! I really love how much history was included, even if a bit at thw wrong times, in the old TW games. Made me a big history fan, especially medieval one
Such good content! Would love to see some of these role-plays, even with short campaign goals so the series doesn't drag. Only major bummers about Brutii is that law bonus missing - the corruption's drain on money in the late game isn't enough to slow you down but it hurts my soul haha.
Yeah I was thinking that livestreams might suit the short campaigns or role play games.