Rome II

[undercovergeek]

i have a level 10 spy who can pretty much do what she wants in terms of poisoning wells and increasing unrest - she struggles with assassination but i havent seen a manipulate option for her, and a level 7 champion whos just sat with my main army, i havent checked his actual 'agent' actions

[Sir Slash]

If you check the Champion's abilities they can really buff-up an army's combat ability. This along with a good general can make the difference against an evenly numbered opponent. The combat match-up before the battle only compares numbers in my opinion and so maybe way off. I liked the agents in Shogun 2 better and the AI handled them better I think.

[Gusington]

Next TW title set to be announced at the end of this month:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?665763-New-TW-title-set-to-be-announced-on-the-24th-25th-september!!!

I am guessing it will be the Warhammer TW game.

[jomni]

I guess the trick is to let the agents do the easy tasks first like administer the province, counter spy, and train armies. Earn experience and unlock special action buffs. All of them can assassinate or assimilate.

I do use them to do low probability assassinations desperate.

[Martok]

Next TW title set to be announced at the end of this month:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?665763-New-TW-title-set-to-be-announced-on-the-24th-25th-september!!!

I am guessing it will be the Warhammer TW game.

I'm still not certain of that.  To officially bring Warhammer into the Total War franchise would almost certainly cause howls of outrage among both fandoms.  But we'll see. 

I guess the trick is to let the agents do the easy tasks first like administer the province, counter spy, and train armies. Earn experience and unlock special action buffs. All of them can assassinate or assimilate.

I do use them to do low probability assassinations desperate.

Yeah, I generally prefer to use my agents in more of a defensive/passive role like you've described, at least until they've leveled up a good bit.  I rarely attempt assassinations...unless the odds are at least 50% (which is rare), and/or I'm absolutely desperate to eliminate the character in question. 

[undercovergeek]

reading thru the thread the majority of opinion seems to point to a stand alone expansion like TW:Kingdoms based around Atilla

but then it says 'new' title

i think theyre also looking to keep WH away from the TW franchise and have both unique brands

My heart, and moist nether regions hopes Medieval III

my head says this Atilla one which im a bit meh on

and theres always the chance it will be WH

[undercovergeek]

ive finished playing elite, my hands have stopped shaking, ive had a cup of tea, its 01:30 am on a work night

i have no clue why, but it seemed like the perfect time to download the blood and gore DLC and finish off the Getae. First turn in and Segesticus falls but im running out of money, but hey presto i pass the 25 provinces target and get given 15000 gold and access to more armies. Illyria has fallen completely and thats all mine, cue Bread and Games edict. That leaves all 3 provinces of Dacia and the Getae have gone giving me a Eastern border with the Royal Bactrians(?) and Pontus and an eastern border with what likes to be a Gaul tribe who have taken two Roman cities and then the Suebi to the North.

I have 5 full stacks of 3 x Royal Cavalry, 8 x Spartan Pikes, and 8 x Spartan Blades, i have shuffled all the generals round so that my stacks are led by the family. My rockstar 10 star General wasnt my family, hes been retired and will be assassinated when i get chance

and then it was 3:05 and definitely time for bed

good times

[Sir Slash]

At this point with 15 patches, Rome 2 actually counts as Rome 3 and thus they will announce it as the "New" title. And probably raise the price of the game back up to $60. I'm looking forward to the new campaign and hope that at some point we'll get to see Cleopatra's boobs. Mark Anthony not so much.

[undercovergeek]

and hence forth it will be known as the age of the great schism

- Warhammer is cool, so is TW, i cant wait to see WH in an a TW format

- WTF? Keep your stupid orcs and dwarves away from my historically accurate (snort!) simulation of real word periods of war

- War-what-now?

and the lo the intelligent, well constructed arguements and counter arguements will spill forth from the agents of the triumverate

- Fk you its not for babies, its a very dark, gritty world created for adults, if CA want to make it and it will sell its their fking business

- Do not touch the best gaming strategy games in the world with your baby soldiers game

- seriously, what-hammer?

[Nefaro]

Next TW title set to be announced at the end of this month:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?665763-New-TW-title-set-to-be-announced-on-the-24th-25th-september!!!

I am guessing it will be the Warhammer TW game.

I'm looking forward to that one.  Hopefully they didn't try to reinvent the wheel again.

At this point with 15 patches, Rome 2 actually counts as Rome 3 and thus they will announce it as the "New" title. And probably raise the price of the game back up to $60. I'm looking forward to the new campaign and hope that at some point we'll get to see Cleopatra's boobs. Mark Anthony not so much.

I really wouldn't be surprised if they did some knock-off release of Rome 2.  Like Rome: Greco-Persian Wars or Rome 2: Fall Of The Roman Empire.   

Seeing as that's been their MO for years now, after NTW being a later modified release of ETW and the Shogun 2: Fall Of The Samurai thing.  I wouldn't complain about an earlier setting of Rome 2 : Greco-Persian, Succession Wars, or even back to the Ancient Egyptians/Assyrians/Hittites.  Not so much the late Roman period.   But I still want to do something a bit different, and Warhammer Fantasy TW would definitely be that.

[Gusington]

Also had a chance to look over some of that next game thread and majority opinion is that it will be Attila, which is fine by me.since my 2nd favorite TW game is the original barbarian invasion. Majority over at TWC also thinks the Warhammer title will not be a TW game but a standalone license, like the upcoming Alien: Isolation. Hopefully if Attila is on its way it will be here soonish.

[undercovergeek]

Also had a chance to look over some of that next game thread and majority opinion is that it will be Attila, which is fine by me.since my 2nd favorite TW game is the original barbarian invasion. Majority over at TWC also thinks the Warhammer title will not be a TW game but a standalone license, like the upcoming Alien: Isolation. Hopefully if Attila is on its way it will be here soonish.

from reading between the lines and pretending to be a CA person i think it would have been here sooner, maybe even finished already but in a locked box because releasing a new Rome II game before making the core game workable would likely get their offices set on fire

[Nefaro]

Also had a chance to look over some of that next game thread and majority opinion is that it will be Attila, which is fine by me.since my 2nd favorite TW game is the original barbarian invasion. Majority over at TWC also thinks the Warhammer title will not be a TW game but a standalone license, like the upcoming Alien: Isolation. Hopefully if Attila is on its way it will be here soonish.

Attila?  Meh.

I hope that's not the main focus of the game.  Rather that it is the "barbarian" invasions in general.

[Gusington]

Yeah i agree with you...so if that is the case maybe we can be playing the new installment in November/December.

I love Attila and his pointy headed minions. Come on now.

[jomni]

I'd love to have an Ancient China version like Romance of the Three Kingdoms.