Rome II

[mikeck]

Don't know. I think you need to play a more powerful nation? I played Rome and the opening fight with the Etrusceans is a bitch. Takes a while but I usually win. I make it a point to allh with as any Greek states as I can to protect my eastern flank.

I also played Sparta for a bit and didn't have too much trouble. Maybe you are playing the equivalent of a " 1 province minor" in EU3. I never play barbarians so I can't say. Are you using a lot if mercenaries? I find them to be helpful when I need a lot of troops. Also, use your agenct to assassinate the enemy general if he's any good.

Last guess...quit trying to play with a barbarian tribe that got pwned by Rome... Try Rome, Athens, Sparta, Egypt, Pontus, Selucid, etc

[Nefaro]

^There were notes for the ancient colors mod that read it didn't work with Patch 9...are you currently using that mod?

More tragically, I started another new campaign as the Iceni about two hours ago and AGAIN was wiped out within 25 turns! WTF is going on?? All of Britain united against me...this loss was even harsher than the last. The initial game is still rated at 'Easy' while the main campaign is rated as 'normal.' I am not sure what is going on but it's not fun. Or funny. OK maybe a little funny.

Is anyone else getting pummeled into a paste like this?

Is this happening because everyone quickly starts to hate you diplomatically?  Like the AI diplo behavior in Empire Total War that sucked so bad?  I hope not.. that always seemed to be in passable shape as far as the AI goes, even at release.   Unless you were Epirus - they'd get ganged from the start.  Did they fix that up since then?  I recall AI Epirus died every game in the first 10 or so turns.  ???

[undercovergeek]

Don't know. I think you need to play a more powerful nation? I played Rome and the opening fight with the Etrusceans is a bitch. Takes a while but I usually win. I make it a point to allh with as any Greek states as I can to protect my eastern flank.

I also played Sparta for a bit and didn't have too much trouble. Maybe you are playing the equivalent of a " 1 province minor" in EU3. I never play barbarians so I can't say. Are you using a lot if mercenaries? I find them to be helpful when I need a lot of troops. Also, use your agenct to assassinate the enemy general if he's any good.

Last guess...quit trying to play with a barbarian tribe that got pwned by Rome... Try Rome, Athens, Sparta, Egypt, Pontus, Selucid, etc

Harder but not impossible as carthage

Were all going to have to play as the iceni now aren't we?!

[Gusington]

Hmm I have been using agents, and mercs too. Diplomatically I have some success but then just a few turns later all diplomacy goes out the window and I am surrounded, then gutted. This really aggressive behavior did not start until Patch 9...freaky.

[mikeck]

 Are you playing on easy?

[Martok]

So yeah, the 1.9 beta patch doesn't work for me; the game crashes every time I load it up.  :(  I've reverted back to 8.1 for the time being. 

More tragically, I started another new campaign as the Iceni about two hours ago and AGAIN was wiped out within 25 turns! WTF is going on?? All of Britain united against me...this loss was even harsher than the last. The initial game is still rated at 'Easy' while the main campaign is rated as 'normal.' I am not sure what is going on but it's not fun. Or funny. OK maybe a little funny.

Is anyone else getting pummeled into a paste like this?

I feel so alone!

Ouch, Gus.  That's rough. 

Not sure what to tell you.  I've not played as any of the barbarian factions yet, so I'm woefully unqualified to dispense advice in your particular situation.  And since the beta version of patch 9 doesn't work for me, I can't comment on whether or not diplomacy has been borked at all. 

[mikeck]

Hmm I have been using agents, and mercs too. Diplomatically I have some success but then just a few turns later all diplomacy goes out the window and I am surrounded, then gutted. This really aggressive behavior did not start until Patch 9...freaky.

Have you uninstalled all of your mods and then verified the cache? Haven't heard of many crashes?

[Yskonyn]

Me neither; if it crashes on startup, Martok, I would try to do a clean reinstall if the verifying cache integrity option in STeam doesn't work. Also, be sure to disable any mods in the launcher.

[Gusington]

I'm playing on normal. As a last gasp I will try setting the difficulty to easy to see what that does.

[mikeck]

Try easy...if all else fails...play a different faction

[undercovergeek]

Try easy...if all else fails...play a different faction

had a quick hour or two tonight against syracruse and had a great fight - im noticing a clever AI but not a merciless one like Gus'

[mikeck]

I think it depends on who you fight. Some nations are surrounded by natural land enemies (iceni). I find the AI to be just as good as shogun and certainly competent.

[Gusington]

^Yup that is my thinking. Going to try 'Easy' even though it makes me feel like a girl. Patch 9 had to do something to the AI because I was able to take all of Great Britain as the Iceni in my DEI campaign. The only tribe that gave me trouble (and a lot of it) were the Caledones, and I was able to beat them. Let's see...

Well switched to 'Easy' and it was. Took two settlements and have one left to go to unite Britannia. Still was a hard struggle against the smaller tribes like the Demetes and the Brigantes, much harder than it was in DEI last week. At least now I stabilized my borders and cities and can turtle for a little bit. It feels like the difficulty slider has been mis-labeled, know what I mean?

[undercovergeek]

It feels like the difficulty slider has been mis-labeled, know what I mean?

yeah, thats what they did Gus, they labelled the sliders wrong  :P  :P

[Gusington]

It wasn't this difficult...ever! Oh well at least it's fun now. Just don't tell anyone I had to move the slider to 'Easy.'