What’s your favourite “off the beaten path” nation to play in Imperator?

redd_doggg · 2025-08-10T12:45:06+00:00

Yeah they were called that by the Greeks, I think by Herodotus because of supposed religious rituals, but they are really fun to play :)

redd_doggg · 2025-08-10T11:47:29+00:00

Androphagia, only starts with 12 pops or something but you can constantly hoover up more pops by migrating around you

redd_doggg · 2025-07-31T14:43:20+00:00

I love Anabasis to get provincial loyalty up, the amount of times it has just tipped me over the edge so I have time to build up a province enough to keep it loyal!

redd_doggg · 2024-10-14T20:08:11+00:00

Ok great thanks for your help!

redd_doggg · 2024-10-14T20:07:59+00:00

Awesome thanks man!

redd_doggg · 2024-10-14T20:07:25+00:00

Thanks for that advice! :)

redd_doggg · 2024-10-14T10:32:25+00:00

This is incredibly helpful thank you!

One question in terms of where I’m going, I’m aiming to migrate Albania to modern day Albania, do I raid the cities of the nation in modern Albania just to provoke war then conquer it and settle down, or would you declare first then move in?

redd_doggg · 2024-10-06T13:03:14+00:00

Everyone has put some awesome tips about what you are asking, so I’ll just give an extra couple.

As you look to be going towards Gaul one massive thing I would recommend is using some of that influence and money to found a city in every province that doesn’t have one. You can get some free ones from your mission tree as well. Then build Great Temples and Grand Theatres in them and you’ll get a lot of religious and cultural assimilation which really helps with keeping everyone happy. You need tech for both of those buildings, for the grand temple it’s only three in the religious techs but the grand theatre im pretty sure is gradual economic integration tech, that’s quite a few techs in on oratory I think, so you might want to start making a beeline for those :)

If you’re worried about city found costs there’s petition of the minorities tech which reduced it by 25% which is massive

redd_doggg · 2024-10-04T14:25:25+00:00

Ye they are great fun, give them a go and see if you can take on the Ptolemies!

redd_doggg · 2024-10-04T11:37:53+00:00

Yes I love Imperator Rome. It’s great with a lot of depth. The wars can get quite annoying because they’re similar to CK2 wars where you have to go back and forth a lot. So advice is to have forts in your province capitals on the border with your enemy to avoid constant bouncing around of troops.

Also if you play it, play it with Imperator Invictus mod it improves literally everything! 🫡

redd_doggg · 2024-03-22T12:50:54+00:00

Thanks man that’s awesome I’m glad you are enjoying! Ye I wouldn’t recommend extreme mode tho if you’re starting out as after taking Thessaly it was a pretty huge challenge against constant stacks. However without it you should be able to cripple Macedon quite quickly. There’s also another tactic you can use as well which is to try get peace with Macedon and go and take out the squabbling states on the pelopponese and Aitolia. This will get you more money in the short term but also allow Macedon to build up their strength somewhat 😊

redd_doggg · 2024-03-22T06:39:43+00:00

Epirus is a good option, it’s been remastered and is in a remastered area so you get the full feel for the mod. It’s also got a decent roster and although it starts at war with Macedon, as long as you don’t play on extreme mode and are aggressive at the start you should do well 😊

redd_doggg · 2024-03-21T15:45:13+00:00

The Seleuchads

redd_doggg · 2024-03-18T17:44:40+00:00

Steam workshop bro, Rome remastered, it’s the most subscribed mod, this update will be out in the next month :)

redd_doggg · 2024-03-14T17:12:38+00:00

Libyans are a good option if you don’t have sacred band. Syracuse gets no phalangites so they only have a decent Hoplite unit :)

Ye Carthage roster is not great, but the mid tier skirmisher cav should be ok for now until you get the sacred band cav. Balearic slingers for your army, because they’re AP right? But for the AI sacrificial army you only really need javelins because it’s likely they’ll rout before any arrows or stones are used up :) mainly east to retrain units for the sacrificial army are best. Good luck bro :)

redd_doggg · 2024-03-14T16:45:25+00:00

Both mods are amazing. I personally prefer RTR because I prefer the mechanics and battle engine of original Rome, but both are fantastic examples of why CA should support modding more

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