Rome II

[mikeck]

As Armenia, I have almost fully gutted Parthia. They are cornered in the far southeast corner of the map. Pontus has joined the war along with Antony and a few smaller states but I haven't seen any troops from them yet. On my last couple of turns last night two large Parthian stacks stormed into teo of my newly stolen Parthian regions, but I think this is their last gasp.

Have you tried assigning your allies and objective in the diplomacy screen? If you are both at war with the same nation/tribe, you can assign a city as your allied "objective" and your ally will generally attack it if they can. Sometimes it works, sometimes not...like reality I guess

[Sir Slash]

Yes, Leonaides the Un-Dead Wraith-King of Sparta. He led the 300 Zombie-Hoplites against the Elves from Persia commanded by Legolas at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Am I the only one around here that reads history? 

[Martok]

Yes, Leonaides the Un-Dead Wraith-King of Sparta. He led the 300 Zombie-Hoplites against the Elves from Persia commanded by Legolas at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Am I the only one around here that reads history? 

That still sounds more realistic/believable than what I saw on the silver screen (as led by Gerald Butler and co.)... 

[Sir Slash]

Too true Martok.

[Gusington]

I would buy the Wraith of Sparta in a hot minute. The new Greek map is intriguing...I wasn't planning on getting the new expansion but I may now.

I had asked Antony to attack a specific node on the map and although he finally did, it took him forever. Maybe Pontus or Thrace will do better if I need their help.

[Anguille]

Ok....looking forward to this game...but hey, where's Sicily?

[GDS_Starfury]

no where near the Aegean.  ;)

[BanzaiCat]

Ok....looking forward to this game...but hey, where's Sicily?

Just down the street from Papa's. Great pasta there at Sicily.

[LongBlade]

I would buy the Wraith of Sparta in a hot minute. The new Greek map is intriguing...I wasn't planning on getting the new expansion but I may now.

I had asked Antony to attack a specific node on the map and although he finally did, it took him forever. Maybe Pontus or Thrace will do better if I need their help.

My experience with asking an ally to join in an attack is for them to do their best to capture it for themselves.

For instance, I've seen a couple of times where I've parked my armies just outside of a town waiting for reinforcements to help me. Apparently I was just close enough to act as reinforcements to my ally's army so it attacked and used me to capture the town, rather than the other way around.

[MengJiao]

Ok....looking forward to this game...but hey, where's Sicily?

  It's only sorta the late 5th century.  It's nice to have Crete and some Persians at least.  It's really more like the 530s than the 430s, but that should be fun too.  Perhaps more fun for the Athenians at least since they don't have the option of doomed expeditions to Sicily and Egypt.

   On the other hand certain resources like timber for ships and grain from the Black Sea coast can't be simulated well on a map this limited...though in 530 those would not yet have been getting critical.  Presumably lots of trade is abstracted somehow for Corinth and Athens and Persia and the Hellespont.   

[Sir Slash]

Sometimes the AI seems afraid to help. I've asked Syracuse to back me up against Carthage playing as Rome, and they sail close to the city and then turn and run away. Also all your allies respond to the target. So some guys in Gaul will start walking toward Jerusalem if that's the target leaving their cities less defended.

[Nefaro]

Yes, Leonaides the Un-Dead Wraith-King of Sparta. He led the 300 Zombie-Hoplites against the Elves from Persia commanded by Legolas at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Am I the only one around here that reads history? 

I didn't even know they had Wraiths until you mentioned it.

;D

[Sir Slash]

Wrath of Sparta will be out tomorrow. 10% Off at Steam. Anybody gonna grab a sarissa and jump in?

[Martok]

I've already pre-ordered.  :D  :-[ 

[Nefaro]

Wrath of Sparta will be out tomorrow. 10% Off at Steam. Anybody gonna grab a sarissa and jump in?

"In addition, troop transports act more as cargo ships than combat vessels, and are no longer able to ram in naval battles, reducing the unfair advantage of troop convoys in naval warfare. This change will be retroactively applied to all ROME II campaigns. "


Finally. 

The old cargo haulers finally get nerfed.