Rome II

[Gusington]

I like it because it has dogs. But I am not going to pay more than 1-2 dollahs for it. OK maybe 3.

[Sir Slash]

Dogs are the new Light Cav. Scorpions are the new Canister Shot. And Armored Camels are just wrong. When I look at them I think, "What day is it"?

[Gusington]

HAHAHA...but I like the armored camels! I want to take one to work so it can spit on everyone.

[MengJiao]

...And I'm back to starting a new Athens campaign.  Sorry Romans, but the Greeks hold a special place in my heart.  8)

I'm having a great Vanilla rome campaign.  It's so vanilla that I'm just plain Roman, man.

I had most of my armies up north going after the Suebi, when the Macedonians and their allies started sending agents to burn down all my towns.

I called off the Suebian war (well i moved the legions against Macedon, anyway) and as soon as my armies headed for Macedon, all of Gaul and Germany declared war and started looting.  Fortunately, Macedon and Athens went down fast, though things looked bad for a while.  Things are cooling off in Greece, but war is raging in Gaul even with the Suebi gone.

Lots of fun.  the AI jumped on me with perfect timing, except for Macedon, which luckily was all over the place. 

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

-- and I won't -- but this is the meaningless "fluff" type of content that I can't stand.

Says the fluffer.

[BanzaiCat]

I'd much rather be the fluff-ER than the fluff-EE.

Unless J-Lo was fluffing me, then I'd gladly be the -EE.

[Martok]

Crap.  I think Macedon might be about to aid Epirus against me.  I'm working on getting Sparta into an alliance, but they're being stubborn about it...  :( 

-- and I won't -- but this is the meaningless "fluff" type of content that I can't stand.

Says the fluffer.

You're confusing me with Gus again.  :P 

I'd much rather be the fluff-ER than the fluff-EE.

:o

Unless J-Lo was fluffing me, then I'd gladly be the -EE.

I strongly suspect most of us would gladly be the -ee in that case.  ;) 

[Gusington]

No one confuses me with anyone, trust me.

[Martok]

You are a fair bit slimmer than I am, but otherwise?  I dunno. 

[Gusington]

Actually now that you mention it, I was at a concert a few months ago when this drunk dude insisted I was someone who I wasn't. When I kept saying 'no I am not that guy' he started to get pissed. If I didn't have one of my oversized friends with me (6'5" 300 lbs...every little guy should have two) he probably would have got into a fight with me.

Ahem...just like Epirus taking on Sparta!

[mikeck]

I'm afraid I can no longer play any faction but Rome. I need to be able to watch my "armored legionnaires" in their Hollywood Segmata armor covered on blood cutting away at the enemy.

Trying out a new combat mod called "Realistic Legionary Tactics". Introduces new formations, piling throwing and rank rotation. The latter is not animated but simulated by dropping your units fatigue level every 5 minutes to simulate rotation. Doesn't change stats except pilum are better at neutralizing shields 

[Gusington]

^Not even Greeks? Sparta?? Come on now.

[mikeck]

^Not even Greeks? Sparta?? Come on now.

Nope, sorry...maybe if they had their cool Bronze Age helmets but they all seem to wear those stupid Macedonian helmets. Nope....hard to beat Segmata armor with blood all over it and horsehair ornementarion on their helmets. Realistic? No. Completely badass? Yes

Great scene: "watching.....watching..."
And some heavy armor types
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IaxA7-_ZZ4U

[Gusington]

Honestly, 'badass' trumps 'reality' most of the time for me too.

[Sir Slash]

There was a local guy that people used to mistake me for. This guy got me in all kind of trouble, out at night to un-godly hours drinking and partying and seen with loose women in compromising positions. I used to tell people all the time, "That's not me. It's the other guy that did that shit. He just looks like me". Didn't work for me either Gus.