Rome II

[Martok]

^YES!

Yes, Gus, you were right.  Consider yourself vindicated.  :) 

Now go to TWcenter or the Rome2 forums at steam and see how ridiculous people are over there about this game. angry Joe says this....angry joe says that...this game sucks...blah blah. It's a great game. It was a good game from day 1. People decided they were going to hate it for one reason or another and nothing could change their mind

Yeah, the amount of bile & vitriol is extraordinary over there; I don't think I've ever seen anything like it (at least not regarding a Total War title).  Certainly, there are those who have genuine reasons to not like the game (such as bboyer), but the hate Rome II seems to be getting over at TWC almost feels like a mob-mentality at times. 

^There's a Radious all-in-one mod right?

What does that one do again? 

[Gusington]

Well I'm looking on Steam right now and there's a Radious finance mod, a battle mod, AI mod, etc...I am guessing that the all-in-one includes them all.

And I see there is a late era (4th century) mod that models the wars of the three emperors...holy crap.

Question: I have not modded Rome II yet, does it work the same way as Civ V in turning them on and off?

[undercovergeek]

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2000-Radious-Total-War-Mod

Hello everyone. Time to release my full overhaul mod for Total War: Rome 2. It contains every single mod i created till today and will be regularly updated and will grow larger. Its for people who likes my modding style and dont want to mess with seperate mods. I hope it will be once same as large as my Shogun 2 work or even larger. Its already massive overhaul mod which contains thousands of gameplay/visual/ai changes. Largest project for Rome 2 currently with much more to come.

Updated: 15.12.2013 - - Fully support Patch 7 . All changes included and adapted to my mods.

Radious Modding Team - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...s-Modding-Team

Mods included:

Radious Campaign Features Mod - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...n-Features-Mod
Radious Battle Mod - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...ous-Battle-Mod
Radious Economy and Research Mod - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...-Buildings-Mod
Radious AI Mod - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...4#post13221084
Radious Unit Pack 1 - Barbarian Invasion - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...d-19-9-2013%29
Radious Unit Pack 2 - Rise of an Empire - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...13-Released%29
Radious and Farsovereign Unit Pack 3 - Eastern Eclipse - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...-12-10-2013%29

all rolled into 1

[undercovergeek]

Well I'm looking on Steam right now and there's a Radious finance mod, a battle mod, AI mod, etc...I am guessing that the all-in-one includes them all.

And I see there is a late era (4th century) mod that models the wars of the three emperors...holy crap.

Question: I have not modded Rome II yet, does it work the same way as Civ V in turning them on and off?

if you do it through steam, go to the workshop, search for the radious total war mod, or simply sort by most popular i think its 1st. Subscribe to it, it will install, when you start rome its there - IIRC you have the option on the start screen to start without the mod or simply unsubscribe to the mod and restart the game

[Gusington]

Cool that's what I thought and was hoping for, thanks.

*furiously subscribes to 1000 different Rome II mods and blows up his internet repeater*

[undercovergeek]

lol - its a dangerous game once you start with the mods!!! i try to find one im happy with and stick with that, i was away from the Medieval II scene for about 5 years and crapped myself when i went back in and saw all the mods

the first and best thing about the radious one is 2 turns per year - makes a hell of a difference

[Gusington]

^How so? A lot more game for the buck, I would imagine right?

I have been away from Rome II while the last 6-7 patches were coming out but I am really itching to come back into it now.

Wish I could game and read different genres at the same time like a normal person but my OCD won't let me :/

[undercovergeek]

lol im exactly the same - had to get HOI 3 squared away before i could get my Rome on

re the 2 turn year - your generals last longer and it just seems to make more sense that its a 6 month block as opposed to 1 year, although in game terms it still took me 2 years to sail from carthage to spain!

[Gusington]

^Yeah there are a few of us here with that OCD-like brain thing. It gets exhausting. Right now I am trying to get WWI out of my system...multiple games and books.

As far as two turns a year it never did make sense that it took a Roman Army a year to sail from the tip of the boot to Sicily. 2 turns or 4 turns a year sounds much more gooder and can definitely make the game a lot longer.

[Kushan]

The only problem I've found with Radious's mod is that he changes it to be 4 turns per year (which I like) but he doesn;t increase the research times on techs. I was able to get Marius legions before I had even finished on the Etruscan League.

I also downloaded the Magnar, Divide et Impera, and Silven Total Improvements mods (all overhaul mods) but have not had a chance to try them out yet.

[Gusington]

^Really? That's weird. He seems too much a stickler for detail to have that happen.

[Martok]

Well I'm looking on Steam right now and there's a Radious finance mod, a battle mod, AI mod, etc...I am guessing that the all-in-one includes them all.

And I see there is a late era (4th century) mod that models the wars of the three emperors...holy crap.

Question: I have not modded Rome II yet, does it work the same way as Civ V in turning them on and off?

if you do it through steam, go to the workshop, search for the radious total war mod, or simply sort by most popular i think its 1st. Subscribe to it, it will install, when you start rome its there - IIRC you have the option on the start screen to start without the mod or simply unsubscribe to the mod and restart the game

Thanks geek!  Installing now.  :) 

[Nefaro]

You guys are making me want to go back to this.  Too many games, too little time.

I figure that by the time I return to TW Rome 2, it'll have more patches in it and any extra DLC I don't currently own will probably be on sale. 

It's a fun game, but more patches wouldn't hurt.  When you have at least twenty games that you've not even downloaded yet, it's easy to let some of these other titles simmer a bit longer.  :)


EDIT:

I liked some of the Radious combat changes but the economy changes were too drastic from vanilla.  So be warned that it changes the building strategy if you use the whole mod package.

[mikeck]

The only problem I've found with Radious's mod is that he changes it to be 4 turns per year (which I like) but he doesn;t increase the research times on techs. I was able to get Marius legions before I had even finished on the Etruscan League.

I also downloaded the Magnar, Divide et Impera, and Silven Total Improvements mods (all overhaul mods) but have not had a chance to try them out yet.

Try the "something et impera".. Rome divided mod...can't remember the exact name but it comes in two parts, changes to 4 turns/year but also edits research times to match it. Also adds all of the usual AI and battle changes

[undercovergeek]

a 'wish id started fraps moment'..................

Syracruse land next to Libernum to assault the city from the sea 1 turn after i had sent my largest army 'the sacred company' to attack their city, i turn them around. I have 1200 men in Libernums garrison and 1500 men in the Sacred Company. Syracruse attack the army in the field, the garrison steps out to act as reinforcements and what i didnt know was i get to control them all!!!

The sacred company line up across the crest of a hill looking down into a valley where 2200 of Syracruses finest are coming off the beach - i have no archers/slingers/peltasts otherwise this would have been a slaughter. The syracruse army march up the hill and engage the sacred company, just as the 1200 Lions of Carthage march onto the map - also without archers but containing cavalry they march to the crest - the march will take about 8 mins of game time.

In the meantime the sacred company is getting pushed back by the superior numbers coming over the top of the crest, holding their own but definitely on the losing end of the fight - the Lions arrive and form a V behind Syracruse's troops and slowly close the gap into the flank of the enemy army like a venus fly trap. As the enemy turn to run realising their flank is compromised the remainder of the sacred company destroy them where they stand - awesome fight

OR

In Kutbara, Spain the recently victorious Hannibal attempts to rebuild his ragtag army in the newly captured town. The walls are intact but there is no training facility to build more troops, sending riders out to hire mercenaries - 4 companies of spearmen and swordsmen return to join the cause - garrison now, 800.

2500 enemy troops appear from the mist to take back their town. 'The glorious tusks' (ace name) man the walls knowing this is going to be a fight to the death but will attempt to destroy as many enemy as possible. The elite troops of the enemy stay out of range of the towns tower defences and send forth expendable militia carrying ladders, they put up the ladders and retreat back to the rear and now the elite troops step up, but the tower defences set fire to all the ladders. The enemy general summons the poor militia once more to fire the gatehouse, this they do and then retreat to the rear again to let the swordsmen and spearmen do the hard work - they march on, into the gate - i park 500 spearmen on my side of the gate and ready the army - they pour through, surround my spearmen - there is only one thing to do, Hannibal mounts his elephant as do 24 other riders and they charge their animals into the tightly packed enemy coming through the gate - bodies are thrown everywhere, over the gate, through the gate, over the walls, andbody surviving is stabbed by the swordsmen still in the pit of the gate entrance - within minutes 1200 enemy dead are piled up in the gate entrance - they break and the elephants are ordered to stampede, the survivors crushed - its a rout

loving the Rome!!!