Good video! A few points - Thracian Royal Cavalry is sligthly better due to the javelins thrown on the charge, but a very even matchup. The Thracian Royals trade a bit of melee defense, charge and attack for the precursor javelins, but 60 32 damage 12 AP missiles with a bonus against large helps them alot. Definitely a top tier barbarian melee cavalry though, and they do extremely well against all the melee cavalry that only has the 10 bonus against large compared to their 15.
I feel the same about Iberians. They are not that good but I just like their rosters, playstyles and look. I like the fact that you can bring a good sword build combined with Balearic Slingers, but I miss the Veteran Shield Warriors in the Arevaci roster. :p Great video as always.
I played Indypride once, Lusitani vs. Arevaci. It was a really close and fun battle. The deciding factor was that I brought no cav, more missles, and more spears than him, and our swords were equal. My slingers went ham and eventually gave me a close win.
Arevaci, my favorite faction at the moment. And end screen again showed my point, that Scutari spearman are fantastic and underrated unit. They always last for me in the battle and often get some nice kills. Loooking at their stats I dont' know how, but they just do it. And key with Arevaci are their javelins/pilla. They can do a lot of damage with that. Won with them against Rome, pike boxes, barbarians, eastern factions, chariot spams. They are not a spectacular faction, but for me the most fun. :) And I think Maxiums should look at the "hidden" stats of Scutari, there must be something... :D
I have to agree. The Scutari spearmen have always been one of the most sturdiest units on the battlefield (look at any averaci fight and you will usually see them at the end of the battle). I'm not sure why but they always are the last to leave the field.
good intro to the Arevaci, would be better if you'd make the distinction between shield armor and base armor of the different units in your faction focuses
for ardaei, try using few scorpions, they are cheap around 550, and can kill a lot, snipe generals, horses, or an high value target, i think scorpions goes well wit marine theme of ardaei, and they are pretty defensive faction with the hoplites and those marines who have decent attack, and lots of javelins, like medium spear/skirmish hybrid. You can snipe from afar, and let them come :) you can use few slinger for anti-skirmish, and an unit of ambusher axmen for the lulz Everything they have is basically anti cav, so 2 units of their horsmen who have frenzy charge will give you killing power and cleanup ability, allways save them later for rear charges :) a build would be 2 noble hoplites(including gen), 5 Hoplites, 2-3 greek scoripons, 2 slingers, 5-6 marines, 2 illyrian horsemen, and an unit of riders
You keep saying that Noble fighters lose to Oathsworn, but after testing this for myself, I can tell you that you're wrong. stats-wise, Noble fighters do have less melee defense and armor, but the much higher melee attack and higher charge bonus means that the Noble fighters will win the charge and they will hit more often and hit hard, with only 4 less weapon damage than Oathsworn. Granted, it's still a dumb idea to pit Noble fighters head-on with Oathsworn because it won't be a cost-effective engagement with the Noble fighters taking pretty substantial losses, but pound-for-pound, Noble fighters will win.
I believe Thracian Royal cav beat the noble cav due to having javelins and similar stats. They also have heavy mass vs the noble's very heavy mass thus making them more mobile in general.
Guys i have a problem, around the time the battle starts in a MP game there is a box that says that there have been a desync error and we will quit. It happens every battle and it have been going on aince WOS dlc
Heir? Are you going to mix up the Rome 2 faction focus with Attila factions when Attila comes out? And are you going to anounch wich one you're going to do after each Faction focus (Rome2 or Attila)?
Hey carthege, i recently started watching your online vids & I wanna request a formation I think will work for u , I don't have the game neither & I've been imagining how it will go , you think you can upload a video on it?
Make celtiberian cav more like heavy horse(arverni) or better coz "they are cavarly faction" and every sword unit should have 5 javelin like iberian swordsman(range also which is fair coz they have lower armour) only noble fighters dont and give noble fighters shield wall ability. After those changes this faction will be very very nice.
Hey guys I just got the game and i went to play mulitplayer as i have been looking at them for a few days now on youtube and I couldnt see any games that are looking for people, i'm not sure if thats due to the lack of people playing the game, something is wrong with my game or no games available but anyways if it is due to the lack of people i wanna ask you guys to participate in a war with me as i'd love to play with other people-Reply to this if you want to and we can arrange a time
The Arevaci Noble cav seems slightly faster than other Noble cav units to me. The Thracians or the Royal Scythians might be on par, but seem slightly slower. Hard to justify cost wise in multi player but the best of melee cav units.
Good video! A few points - Thracian Royal Cavalry is sligthly better due to the javelins thrown on the charge, but a very even matchup. The Thracian Royals trade a bit of melee defense, charge and attack for the precursor javelins, but 60 32 damage 12 AP missiles with a bonus against large helps them alot. Definitely a top tier barbarian melee cavalry though, and they do extremely well against all the melee cavalry that only has the 10 bonus against large compared to their 15.
Always enjoying the great content Heir, absolute fan of your channel!
I feel the same about Iberians. They are not that good but I just like their rosters, playstyles and look. I like the fact that you can bring a good sword build combined with Balearic Slingers, but I miss the Veteran Shield Warriors in the Arevaci roster. :p Great video as always.
I played Indypride once, Lusitani vs. Arevaci. It was a really close and fun battle. The deciding factor was that I brought no cav, more missles, and more spears than him, and our swords were equal. My slingers went ham and eventually gave me a close win.
Arevaci, my favorite faction at the moment. And end screen again showed my point, that Scutari spearman are fantastic and underrated unit. They always last for me in the battle and often get some nice kills. Loooking at their stats I dont' know how, but they just do it. And key with Arevaci are their javelins/pilla. They can do a lot of damage with that. Won with them against Rome, pike boxes, barbarians, eastern factions, chariot spams. They are not a spectacular faction, but for me the most fun. :) And I think Maxiums should look at the "hidden" stats of Scutari, there must be something... :D
I have to agree.
The Scutari spearmen have always been one of the most sturdiest units on the battlefield (look at any averaci fight and you will usually see them at the end of the battle). I'm not sure why but they always are the last to leave the field.
good intro to the Arevaci, would be better if you'd make the distinction between shield armor and base armor of the different units in your faction focuses
I enjoy your faction focuses Heir ^^
Heir thankyou so much its 1:21 am i cant sleep and this video comes out ily. :p no homo
Hey Heir, would you be willing to do a Faction Focus on Macedonia? I've been trying to use them well and I am sure I am not alone in that.
for ardaei, try using few scorpions, they are cheap around 550, and can kill a lot, snipe generals, horses, or an high value target, i think scorpions goes well wit marine theme of ardaei, and they are pretty defensive faction with the hoplites and those marines who have decent attack, and lots of javelins, like medium spear/skirmish hybrid.
You can snipe from afar, and let them come :)
you can use few slinger for anti-skirmish, and an unit of ambusher axmen for the lulz
Everything they have is basically anti cav, so 2 units of their horsmen who have frenzy charge will give you killing power and cleanup ability, allways save them later for rear charges :)
a build would be 2 noble hoplites(including gen), 5 Hoplites, 2-3 greek scoripons, 2 slingers, 5-6 marines, 2 illyrian horsemen, and an unit of riders
Worst part about playing a Massilia campaign is running into Iberian armies, the matchup is so tough.
I think that cavalry wedge formation would be useful when you are fighting cavalry.
You keep saying that Noble fighters lose to Oathsworn, but after testing this for myself, I can tell you that you're wrong. stats-wise, Noble fighters do have less melee defense and armor, but the much higher melee attack and higher charge bonus means that the Noble fighters will win the charge and they will hit more often and hit hard, with only 4 less weapon damage than Oathsworn. Granted, it's still a dumb idea to pit Noble fighters head-on with Oathsworn because it won't be a cost-effective engagement with the Noble fighters taking pretty substantial losses, but pound-for-pound, Noble fighters will win.
So its balanced, right?
Lol i feel a bit weird commenting after 9 years, im quite new , my apologies
A new faction focus for Sparta may be needed
I believe Thracian Royal cav beat the noble cav due to having javelins and similar stats. They also have heavy mass vs the noble's very heavy mass thus making them more mobile in general.
Guys i have a problem, around the time the battle starts in a MP game there is a box that says that there have been a desync error and we will quit. It happens every battle and it have been going on aince WOS dlc
If you still play, you need to uninstall and reinstall.
Heir?
Are you going to mix up the Rome 2 faction focus with Attila factions when Attila comes out?
And are you going to anounch wich one you're going to do after each Faction focus (Rome2 or Attila)?
Hey carthege, i recently started watching your online vids & I wanna request a formation I think will work for u , I don't have the game neither & I've been imagining how it will go , you think you can upload a video on it?
Heir, since you didn't comment on it, I have to ask, is the cantabrian circle any good?
yay another
great vid
Make celtiberian cav more like heavy horse(arverni) or better coz "they are cavarly faction" and every sword unit should have 5 javelin like iberian swordsman(range also which is fair coz they have lower armour) only noble fighters dont and give noble fighters shield wall ability. After those changes this faction will be very very nice.
nice battle
Hey guys I just got the game and i went to play mulitplayer as i have been looking at them for a few days now on youtube and I couldnt see any games that are looking for people, i'm not sure if thats due to the lack of people playing the game, something is wrong with my game or no games available but anyways if it is due to the lack of people i wanna ask you guys to participate in a war with me as i'd love to play with other people-Reply to this if you want to and we can arrange a time
What's your steam name cause ur like my favorite youtuber And i want to be your friend on steam
you do new faction focus?
yeah, since the EE patch the balance among the factions has changed
Niceuhh
arevaci were actually celtic, same with lusitanii.
Heir, you are wrong. A Noble Fighter will beat the crap out of an Oathsworn with 70+ men left.
+Wilson Collier Not if Oathsworn go into shieldwall.
+Colchis Ketara No, the Noble Fighter still wins. It is much closer, but the Oathsworn can not stand up to the attack of the NF.
Wilson Collier Ehhh... I don't think so. It is hard to see to tell.
I think thracian noble cav is probably better than Arevaci noble cav. They are still an amazing unit.
The Arevaci Noble cav seems slightly faster than other Noble cav units to me. The Thracians or the Royal Scythians might be on par, but seem slightly slower. Hard to justify cost wise in multi player but the best of melee cav units.
360p?
Rendering
360p is rendered first, the other resolutions will come soon
People still making this question? Jesus....
144p nice..I can't see anything o.O
Wait, youtube has to render the vid.
Speederzzz I know.
Oh... M'kay ;P
Speederzzz Yeah :P
Actually my dear sir you can see... pixels! It's not much but you can see something so you should be thankful.
The Noble fighters have much better attack than the Heroic Nobles just in case yall didnt see that
asdf i need my athens campaign fix dammit
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