06-10-2004 04:38									#181
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quote: Originally posted by Flip McWho Has anyone figured out how to influence the opinion of the public and the senate in any major way? The only way I've been able to use is just doing their missions, the people otoh I'm totally stumped in how to make them like me better. Also I presume that once your faction gets 50 provinces thats when the senate calls for your leaders death?

I was thinking it would be cool if you could respond by saying back at Rome, "Hmm..nice little province, I'll take it' and see whats the Roman Response then!



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	06-10-2004 05:33									#182
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public response depands on how many regions you control i believe. Once you hit 30, you should be up to 7 symbols of public support which is what you need to take rome

	06-10-2004 05:56									#183
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Loving this game.

Playing as the Scipii. I currently hold all of Sicily, modern-day Spain, Greece from Thessalia south, the entire west coast of Turkey, Crete, Rhodes, Palma, and now all of Africa save Thebes, plus I just added Jesualem and Phoenicia. So I now control all of the Wonders, and by controlling the Pyramids I can just buy up almost all of the remaining Egyptian territories without lifting a finger in battle or quelling unrest; pulling in about 30,000 gold a turn.

Of course, my popularity with the Senate is ****. The people, however, rate me a 9/10. I'm now massing forces in Sicily and Carthage and moving them into Italy for the battle that will soon be upon me. The Julii shouldn't be too difficult, as they have only managed to conquer northern Italy and southern Gaul; the Brutii, however, hold a wide swath of territory from northern Greece all the way to the Baltic and northern Germany.

My only other allies at the moment are the Thracians and the Pontites, and I'm not sure I can count on their support against the Brutii.

	06-10-2004 06:06									#184
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Ugh. My game with the gauls is broken. It keeps crashign while processing the turn.

	06-10-2004 06:32									#185
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One function I would like included is the ability to decline to undertake a senate mission. Still get the popularity hit and all but instead of waiting the ten turns or so before it runs out to show your declining you could decline the moment it is offered. That way the senate can get over the missions that are not within your reach (like blockading a port more than 5 turns away from the nearest fleet you own, stupid senate) and offer you more realistic ones. Is it just me or do they only offer you one mission at a time?

I thought that to become imperator of rome you'd just have to have the 50 provinces (of course) and then just take Rome itself. Or do you actually have to conquer and destroy the other two Roman factions as well. It'll be interesting to play where another Roman faction gets outlawed before yours does.

Another quick question for the more intelligent than me. Where exactly do I find the option to make the unit scale huge? I looked all over in the custom battle area for this option but couldn't find it. I really wanna have huge ass battles.

	06-10-2004 09:01									#186
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It's in the graphics options, under the options menu you access from the main menu.

	06-10-2004 09:03									#187
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Just beat the imperial campaign as the Brutii... now I get to start another campaign at a harder difficulty level and with "large" unit sizes.

NOTE: it used the auto-detect to give me only medium unit sizes or whatever before I realized you could even change that... oh well, I discovered by playing custom battles that my computer still performs pretty well with "large" units even with all the options maxed out.

I'm looking forward to the tougher game and larger units.

I think I'll play as the Germans, just for kicks.

	06-10-2004 15:12									#188
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I got my arse handed to me for the first time yesterday. One of my armies headed by a captain (600 or so men, mostly still principes/triari, some auxila, few archers and a couple of onagers) vs a similar size army of Egyptians. My lot started running as soon as the chariots came at them. i was hoping my frontline of triari with their spears would stand fast but they ran like little girls It was a sneak attack by the Egyptians so I hadn't built my army in Turkey much, concentrating on the the Gauls on the other side.

Rerouted a ship full of Legions, Praetorians Cohorts and Legionary Cavalry with siege engines towards the Egyptian capital though. Killing faction leaders seem to be a good way of beating people.

It's such a fun game sometimes

	06-10-2004 17:20									#189
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quote: One of my armies headed by a captain (600 or so men, mostly still principes/triari, some auxila, few archers and a couple of onagers)

No cavalry?

I did what I like to call "an oldtimer" to the SPQR. I drove a Brutii captain leading a unit of 30 archers next to Rome, then I attacked them head on with my best army and lo, the Roman defenders stormed out to the Brutii's aid. The entire Senate army was totally routed and destroyed, and I could walk in to an undefended Rome. Now I only need 12 more regions and I'm Imperator.

	06-10-2004 17:29									#190
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Bah true romans don't use a lot of cavalry I did have a few equites and missile cavalry, but half the egyptian's army consisted of missile chariots (especially after i'd flattened about 150 worth of his infantry with catapults.

	06-10-2004 18:58									#191
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quote: Originally posted by lightblue Bah true romans don't use a lot of cavalry I did have a few equites and missile cavalry, but half the egyptian's army consisted of missile chariots (especially after i'd flattened about 150 worth of his infantry with catapults.

In one battle, I had an all cavalry army that completely crushed a Gaul army to pieces. The tactic was simple: just have them all charge in wedge formation from 2 or more different directions simultaneously. The enemy army was shredded and routed in about 0.5 seconds after contact.

	06-10-2004 19:27									#192
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I have two questions;

how do you get back to desktop from the game, im trying to take screenshots using paint ?? I have tried the windows key but it does not work.

how do you record battles I cant find any info in the manual and no way to record from in the game.

	06-10-2004 19:35									#193
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Open Paint, then open the game. Once in the game, when you have paused and taken your screenie, hold down Alt and press Tab to switch into Paint. Then Ctrl V Paste, and you're away! Ready to trim or otherwise perfect your image, or return directly to the battle and search for more likely screenshots that will adequately display the valour of your troops and redound to the eternal glory of their commander!

	06-10-2004 19:48									#194
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Thanks Duke o York that works

Any one know how to record battles ?

	06-10-2004 22:38									#195
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You can't record battles in the campaign game.

	07-10-2004 01:59									#196
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Anyone know what I need to train spartan hoplites? Playing as Greeks right now and it's a lot of fun. H/H and EVERYONE eventually gangs up on you.

	07-10-2004 02:16									#197
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Missile cavalry are overpowered right now IMO. Missile cavalry are both too accurate for firing while on the move and are too fast for horse movement while attempting to fire (or otherwise, in fact). It's possible to use archer cavalry to outrun most melee cavalry and taking occasional shots at them while still running and not being caught. That really shouldn't be feasible if the chasing cavalry continue to bear down on them.

	07-10-2004 02:22									#198
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quote: It's in the graphics options, under the options menu you access from the main menu.

Thank you good sir. Doesn't it just make you drool seeing armies that are as huge as possible run into each other. Cav charges rock.

	07-10-2004 03:42									#199
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I wonder wheter City Sizes change accordingly to Unit sizes?

	07-10-2004 03:54									#200
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No, they do not, which I find most bewildering. My cities are relatively small when playing on Huge scale. But then it does help a lot with public order.

	07-10-2004 04:47									#201
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Just to keep up with the news, there's a patch to fix the multiplayer bugs.

	07-10-2004 05:17									#202
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Whats multiplayer like by the way?

	07-10-2004 16:05									#203
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I havent tried it. Based on the comments so far and the fact that they had to put out this patch, almost unplayable. We should get more comments now though.

	10-10-2004 18:52									#204
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got it.

was up all night with it, damn, its going to be tough going into work tomorrow (or what passes for work on Columbus Day where I am)

	11-10-2004 03:10									#205
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How do I unlock the Imperial Campaign?
My game keeps crashing at random times during the prologue and I can´t finnish it Even worse Saving the game appears to be disabled for some reason! Help!

	11-10-2004 03:46									#206
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Unfortunatly you cant save within the Tutorial.

You have to play the Tutorial/prologue to activate the greyed out Imperial C.
But I think it is not necessary to actually finish the Prologue to
unlock the Imperial Campaign.
Jsut start the Prologue and immediatly end it again, this should be sufficent.

At least I cant remember playing it through ;=)

	11-10-2004 04:03									#207
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Ok, I´ll try that. Thank you

	11-10-2004 04:32									#208
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Yeah Main_Brain is right. You shouldn't need to play the whole tutorial through.

So a couple of weeks in, what are peoples thoughts on it now? Still keeping you enthralled?

	11-10-2004 04:37									#209
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Yep, I'm wrapping up my Imperial Campaign, still need ten more regions. I haven't even tried out any of the foreign nations I've unlocked so far, and I've had a go at only two Historical Battles. Should be a lot of life in it left.

	11-10-2004 04:41									#210
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same love it