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[terrapinsrock]

Its coming in September!

/fangirl scream

[brn4meplz]

Fucking Eh!

[AmPM]

We need to code a persistant mod for this...NOW.

[aeroblade56]

OH LAWDE.

let's hope they don't fuck it up like shogun 2.

[brn4meplz]

Shogun 2 was the bed they did.

Edit. Best. Stoopid eyepad

[PonySlaystation]

The thing that always bothered me about Empire: Total War and Shogun 2 was that every decisive battle was always a siege, more than half of all battles were sieges and small scale sieges were not interesting, they were one big melee brawl, not as interesting as open battle.

That's what I like about Rome II, there will be fewer sieges but they will be much larger and have a bigger impact in the game. Regions will be grouped into provinces. Each region has a single administration center, into which the surrounding regions report. Hence it would be possible to take the smaller regions first, and tempt the opposing armies out of their castles to fight on the field.

[terrapinsrock]

We need to code a persistant mod for this...NOW.

Vet 3 Legions or better yet Praetorian Guards

I'll be in my bunk

[Sachaztan]

The thing that always bothered me about Empire: Total War and Shogun 2 was that every decisive battle was always a siege, more than half of all battles were sieges and small scale sieges were not interesting, they were one big melee brawl, not as interesting as open battle.

Much like in real life in other words
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IO-CooA4_Y

[XIIcorps]

I do hope there's a pictish camapign. Id love nothing more then to unleash the great northern Celtic tribes of Scotland against the legion.

I'm kinda cranky atm that my Rome tw disc won't read in my disc drive even tho its brand new

[Scotzmen]

I do hope there's a pictish camapign. Id love nothing more then to unleash the great northern Celtic tribes of Scotland against the legion.

I second this. Because Rome 2 wouldn't be complete without them 

[XIIcorps]

The Roman empire conquers pretty much all of continental Europe except the northern British isles.
How do they rectify this?
They build 2 walls and say the world ceases to exist beyond them.

Not to many places or nations can claim to have swallowed an entire legion without a trace

[Scotzmen]

I honestly completely forgot about that. I had forgotten how we had royally fucked the Romans.

Maybe they finally understood that if they didn't actually invade any of our land, we wouldn't give a fuck. WE didn't care what you did to the English. No one does. If they say we don't exist and neither does Scotland, so be it. We an live with that.

But i really do honestly wonder how we managed to defend our land and no one else couldn't. I mean, we were just simple roving men, we weren't organized, and probably the least developed out of most countries at the time.

[XIIcorps]

Well I think it had alot to do with logistics.

The sheer efforts needed by the Romans to get supplies and troops to that part of the world were astounding.

Also at the time "Englishmen" didn't exist.
They were descendants of the Saxon and Norman settler/conquerors who didn't arrive for around another 1000 year's.

The main inhabitants were druidadic picts and other Celtic people's.

I think it was more a numbers game that over came the Romans and their garrison of the isles.
The picts would kill more soldiers then they could replace.

Shocking that this wouldn't be the first time in history that a rabble of men would overcome a superior force in that part of the world

[Heartmann]

Mmmm Awwwwuuueee Yeaaaaa this shit so gonna make girl pissed at me

Pre-ordered as soon as possible ^^ Fap fap fap 

[Sachaztan]

Hate to break this to you, but the main reason why the Romans never really bothered about Scotland was because it was just shit. There were no riches to plunder, no fertile land to farm, no large cities to conquer.

Same reason why no one bothers to "conquer" the Sahara, shit just isn't worth it for the e-peen.

[XIIcorps]

Hate to break this to you, but the main reason why the Romans never really bothered about Scotland was because it was just shit. There were no riches to plunder, no fertile land to farm, no large cities to conquer.

Same reason why no one bothers to "conquer" the Sahara, shit just isn't worth it for the e-peen.

The Romans didn't always conquer for riches or lands.
Often they conquered to do just that flex their muscles.
They prided themselves on being the pinnacle of military might in the world.

Saying they gave up on Scotland because there was nothing there is just wrong.
They wanted to and needed to pacify the local populations to colonize and settle the isles.
They gave up because they couldn't get any further, even after throwing and loosing an entire legion into the northlands.

And as for the sarhara conquering and settling it is not an option yes.
But controlling and policing the ivory and oil from it is an option.



And heartman you better be ready to sleep on the couch for that one
I know I am

[Sachaztan]

Well that's exactly what I am saying, it's just too much shit to be worth the flexing. You can bet your ass that they would have tried harder if there was anything actually worth conquering or looting up there. Which is NOT the same thing as not trying at all, because they certainly did.

Very similar with Vietnam, the US could have won if they felt like absolutely obliterating their economy and drafting a very large portion of their population (I'm talking about millions upon millions of soldiers here). But did they do it? No, because the pathetic "gain" is just so immensely out of proportion with the cost.

[terrapinsrock]

Pre-ordered as soon as possible

lol I pre-ordered as soon as I heard 

[Heartmann]

Werther there was worth in conquering it or not, fact remains that England was one an dpoasibly to my knowledge where they had a standing roman garrison, in the other provinces he ones responsible to hold the peace was the ruling ppl the Romans put in charge, oh and Jerusalem had a standing garrison as well

[aeroblade56]

Favorte faction was the germania.

BERSERKERS RAWRGH.

although greece was pretty aesome.