Rome II

[Staggerwing]

Luxury!

[Jarhead0331]

A little OT, but I think it's pretty awesome that we have a 130 page and counting thread on a Total War game that many idiots out there said was a "total" failure. (See what I did there?)

[fran]

With the patches does the units still end up in one big scrum/heap. Can disciplined troops now stay in formation using shield/short sword pressing through opponents? Thought all combat dissolves into 1 on 1 melee, due to limitation of game engine?

[undercovergeek]

I've read radious' release notes and he says there's nothing to be done right now.... CA need to release further modding tools.... he can mod the morale and weapon damage and how the battle progresses but not the unit cohesion..... pikes and phalanaxes work great... as long as you don't move them - the second you do they lose cohesion and he can't fix that at mo

[Gusington]

Damn JH beat me to it...was just going to comment on how this thread is long and for the most part peaceful.

Bawb have you fired the game up yet? I am a hair away from starting an Iceni campaign and taking over Scotland.

[undercovergeek]

Start man start..... You have no excuses

[Gusington]

Oh but I do...see my 'Friday' post. But I like the way you're thinking...please elaborate on why I should start the Iceni campaign 'RIGHT NOW!!' and get me out of my gaming funk. Please :)

[undercovergeek]

Think about it..... sweeping above the misty Scottish border on the campaign map, plotting your moves to sweep like screaming mad men into the northern territories. Swirling some suitable spirit of commandment in your glass.... I'd think scotch was awesome for the moment and then zooming in to command your warband of hooligans, running down the Scottish defenders and claiming the crown for yourself..... awesome

[Gusington]

Wait we're talking about football or Total War?

[bob48]

Total Footwar.

No Gus, not had chance to install it yet.

[Steelgrave]

Wait we're talking about football or Total War?

As long as it involves Scotch it doesn't really matter.....

[Gusington]

Footie: Total Guswar - The Reckoning, Now Scotch-Addled

[mikeck]

With the patches does the units still end up in one big scrum/heap. Can disciplined troops now stay in formation using shield/short sword pressing through opponents? Thought all combat dissolves into 1 on 1 melee, due to limitation of game engine?

I've found that several mods like "divide et imperium" and a few others do a better job than Radious at maintaining cohesion...mainly by adding formations you can use to all units. At times it still ends up In a blob. Most units still have a semblance of formation

[Nefaro]

I thought CA said they were patching in better formation cohesion?  Has that update not shown up yet or was it not enough?

[mikeck]

Dunno. I just use the mod I like and drive on. No matter what they fix, TW games...ALL TW war games, are better with mods. I did hear something about that though