Rome II

[mikeck]

I need a blood mod for Shogun2.

What makes the grass grow?!?!


Should've been included by default IMO.  >:(

All memories of bayonet training: butt-stroke to the head....move!! "Kill kill kill with cold blue steel! what makes the grass grow? blood blood blood!"

[undercovergeek]

Armenia is spreading our message across the globe. Currently the North is quiet and locked into non-aggression pacts, same for the South and West, to the west is Anthony's Rome and its clear that im going to have to break away from him once my other enemies are mopped up. He has helped me with the Parthians and their allies and i must say the 'give Ally war target' option has worked great.

So to the East - in a kind of Armenian Mafia way i decided to kill all Parthia's allies. Hes big enough on his own but with 4 or 5 satrapies that are much smaller than me it adds to his total strength, if i can pick them off and surround him - we could break his back and the stranglehold he has on my expansion

This attack should be the last of the Persians. A quite sizeable ally of the Parthians, its impossible to enter a peace treaty with the satrapies independently so theyre going to have to die. This was my first ambush battle - the enemy have to start in march mode, in column formation and cant move until ive set up - i place all my spearmen on one flank, ready to charge. Over that hill are s***loads of axemen, once the Persians are in combat theyll come screaming over the hill and chop them down



Here they are - ready to do some choppin'



Not a clue what this guys up to, and neither does the guy to his left - 'Narek, Narek, WTF are you doing? Stop jumping up and down!'



As the spearmen charge at the foot of the hill, the enemy General turns and runs right up the hill and into the massed axemen



They turn and run back down the hill into the advancing spearmen. The axeman are ordered to charge into the rear of the engaged enemy troops at the foot of the hill



The enemy General......... fkd



Chaaaaaaaaaaaarge...... and with that the demise of the army, the General and the Persians



Armenia's original homeland



This was Western Parthia, its now my western border, beyond this friends and trading allies with non agression pacts



Persia, now Armenia



The last of Parthia



The plan now is to go as far as the Eastern edge of the screen and then North to mop up this whole region - that should give me the infrastructure to take on Anthony

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

So you're in Turkey while playing as the Armenian empire?  Saucy!

[Nefaro]

Mother*#%$##!!

Goddamn thing froze up again on the campaign map again after opening one of those pop-up windows.  This GUI issue is pissing me off.     

Maybe it's a sign that I should go back to Shogun 2 or do something else.

[GDS_Starfury]

I wrapped up a Fall of the Samurai campaign last week and just won the Peninsular Campaign in Napoleon as the Brits.  I lived the naval combat in Shogun 2 waaaaaay more.

Im thinking that the speed of my 42 gun frigates is artificially capped.

[Sir Slash]

Way to go Star. I never could beat that NTW Peninsular Campaign though I did come close. In a lot of ways it's batter than the main campaign.

[GDS_Starfury]

thanks.  it would seem that the trick is in liberating the central provinces back to Spain and keeping the coastal ones for trade and money. and never ever stopping the advance for more then a turn.  I used the central and southern armies as mobile groups to keep the French busy and used the northern group to roll up the coast and take the French province across the  Pyrenees.

[LongBlade]

Epirus campaign won.

Curiously I didn't trigger a civil war. I think it's because I had all of the victory conditions won except the required number of settlements conquered. It's the only thing I think is different.

Anyway, Epirus is both playable and winnable.

[Nefaro]

Epirus campaign won.

Curiously I didn't trigger a civil war. I think it's because I had all of the victory conditions won except the required number of settlements conquered. It's the only thing I think is different.

Anyway, Epirus is both playable and winnable.

Well done!

I think all factions are playable and winnable.  Some are more difficult in the beginning, such as Epirus.

[Gusington]

Excellent job LB! That's a lovely shade of orange too.

Onto Armenia now for you?

[LongBlade]

Excellent job LB! That's a lovely shade of orange too.

Onto Armenia now for you?

I already won as Armenia. Not sure what's next. Maybe Persis. I dunno.

[Gusington]

One as Armenia? Did you post on that and I missed it?

I'll be starting Armenia after Halloween. Can't wait!

[Martok]

Nice screenies as usual, geek.  And well done on making Armenia a major power (or at least, well on your way to becoming one).  O0 


Congrats on the Epirus victory, LongBlade!  I know they have a bitch of a start, so a big kudos for guiding them through the rough early years. 

One as Armenia? Did you post on that and I missed it?

I'll be starting Armenia after Halloween. Can't wait!

LB mentioned his Armenia campaign in passing a little while back.  He compared/contrasted it to Epirus, saying he felt the latter was actually more difficult. 

[Gusington]

^Yeah I remember that but I didn't know LB ultimately won as Armenia. Well done again.

[LongBlade]

^Yeah I remember that but I didn't know LB ultimately won as Armenia. Well done again.

Thanks. Honestly, I forget who I've played sometimes.