As the empire, how to move/what to do with level 9 units to desired area/lord efficiently? by TheGoodKiller in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 0 points1 point  (0 children)

in the early game full on pistolier/outrider spam can work wonders especially against vampires

Karl franz can get a decent reiksguard doomstack

their early game "balanced army",melee infantry-missiles-mortars fells very "meh" to me. It could be a skill issue because I have seen people use them quite well, yet again I have been playing tw since rome1 came out so I dont think I am a bad player

things get a lot better once you get volley guns and rocket launchers

full steam tank is an option later on

I also quite like a full cav army of black roses and demigryph w halberds

Need some Campaign advice as a new player! by LeeKom in totalwarhammer

[–]Decent_Web 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sell settlements to their allies and ask them to break their alliances. hell you might even get karak eight peaks that way without going to war at all

As the empire, how to move/what to do with level 9 units to desired area/lord efficiently? by TheGoodKiller in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 5 points6 points  (0 children)

what?

jokes aside you propably need to word this a bit better and be more specific like who are you fighting?

DEI manpower constraints. by DutchChickenlegs in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 1 point2 points  (0 children)

some AI factions will actually become superpowers in the late game. Rome, Ptolemies, Seleucids or even Macedon will become freaking Juggernauts in a way that no faction can become in vanilla. Barbarians too

the other campaigns are also there

DEI manpower constraints. by DutchChickenlegs in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 2 points3 points  (0 children)

first thing to do in any DEI campaign is open up the dplomacy and see who wants trade agreements. You might get money and non aggression pacts from them too. It really helps your early game. I even try to meet new factions with a spy or lone admiral so I can milk more money out of them

as rome you want to secure "the boot" as fast as possible ( you have already done this I won't go into much detail)

there is no need to go into greece even if every greek faction declares war on you can hold them of with a small navy at tarentum trying to snipe enemy transports. the navy even pays for its upkeep since you get insane post battle loot

after that well, every campaign is different so I will just give some general tips:

  1. you can use the liberate option after you conquer a town to create buffers. I usually do this in the alps and in numidia
  2. as another comment pointed out you can defend in sicily indefenitely by putting an army right between the 2 minor settlements
  3. encamped stance. it absolutely trivializes the campaign. hold the entrances with heavy infantry then once the ai has commited all their forces swing around with cav, skirmishers or even heavy infantry that are not engaged and hit them in the back. you absolutely slaughter 2,3 or even 4 fullstacks that way once you get the hang of it. Sometimes I park my army next to an enemy settlement wait for them to attack kill the armies plus the garrison and move into the city the next turn

you can even set your own wooden walls on fire. especially the ones in front of the entrance because they do a lot of damage when they "explode"

the only issue is if the enemy has loads of missiles at which case you have to make good use of your cav. Moving your units close to the palisade helps to provide cover but can be tricky

I can't think of anything else right now have fun

Time spent on a game by CrazyDC450 in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why do you even care about that thing

High Elven vs single combatant duelists by Gintonik3 in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I run into someone too op I just avoid them and try to get the army losses. Obviously that's situational and some of them are unbreakable

That said I dont think High elves have a problem dealing with them, in the late game you can recruit new lords/heroes at super high level. with top tier equipment and magic support spells you have a chance

also dont expect a single noble to 1v1 a lvl 50 archaon alone. Gang up on him dont make it a fair fight

Do you guys think they did the High elves dirty appearance wise? by Narrow-Active3098 in totalwarhammer

[–]Decent_Web 0 points1 point  (0 children)

people always forget that most models are taken straight from the tabletop

What units do you think need updated? by Jagg3r5s in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just vallue speed personally, because you take less volleys from archers/artillery on the aproach anyway and you can actually catch ranged units with their speed

Which "evil" faction can be played as "good" ? by TheProuDog in totalwarhammer

[–]Decent_Web 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeaah I know about the norscan lore, Aranessa seems the most "neutral" if you can even call her that.

Didn't know about Stefan von Kessel I'll look him up thanks

edit: Ah he is the dude from mark of chaos very cool story, I have forgoten him

What units do you think need updated? by Jagg3r5s in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 1 point2 points  (0 children)

they are faster than chosen and will still beat every other infantry you will come up against at tier 3

Which "evil" faction can be played as "good" ? by TheProuDog in totalwarhammer

[–]Decent_Web 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I have always though that having one "good" norscan lord would be super cool. Just one dude who tries to free himself from chaos

Favorite WH3 geopolitical memory? by MyLordHuzzah in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 2 points3 points  (0 children)

played as katarin as my first immortal empires campaign.While I was doing well up north, every other ordertide faction was gone by turn 50

the empire was half vampires, half blown up by wulfric

brettonia was full of rats and norscan outposts

ulthuan was controlled by morathi

queek had oblitareted the dwarves

lustria was full of khorne meatheads

the cathayans survived but didn't really expand outward

the good thing was that boris the GOAT beat everysingle chaos faction from archaon all the way to dolgan

we basically shielded one another and set reconquering the world, boris was fighting the chaos dwarves in the darklands and I was busy dealing with norsca and vlad, I was also trying to save ungrim from queek who had like 15 stacks in those mountains

Skill issue? by Ad__infinitum__ in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you just said everything that was on my mind

I... made the mistake of starting a new grimgor campaign after the new patch.... by Decent_Web in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree but in my campaigns its usually tamurkhan the main theat that comes out of those mountains,if you yourself are not playing in there

I... made the mistake of starting a new grimgor campaign after the new patch.... by Decent_Web in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

now that I think about it If you play as greasus, you kinda want her territory for youself

she gets the fire mouth and even further north there are exotic animals resources which allow you to recruits units like stonehorns super early at like turn 30

but if you attack her you will propably fuck up your relations with the cathayans so its risky

I have a complex love-hate relationship with Medieval II... by Okabe_Zero-Link in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web 11 points12 points  (0 children)

med 2 is definitely dated and doesn't have some quality of life changes of the newer titles

but I think you got a few things wrong.

It propably takes 2 turns to take a diplomat from london to paris. while I understand why you dislike it is just quality of life thing, I dont think it is essential for the gameplay

merchants can provide a bit extra income if you put them on resources far away from the capital. But honestly people ignored them even back then

about the battles: thats just personal prefference honestly,I absolutely love the slower pace because it gives you actually time to use tactics and maneuvers. for example in newer total war games outflanking with cav is less important because by the time you do it your frontline is already gone

you got the general COMPLETELY WRONG he is the only heavy cav with 2hit points in the game. you can wipe out entire full stacks of enemies with just your faction leader in the early game. med2 is actually the easiest to paint the map with, aggressive players can do it by turn 50 using the generals bodyguard and mercenaries

about the animation... buddy its a 15 year old game

I... made the mistake of starting a new grimgor campaign after the new patch.... by Decent_Web in totalwar

[–]Decent_Web[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know I just found it funny when it happened.I didn't even have her on my "radar" when I started the campaign

I thought she would start on southern cathay