The Glorious Battle of the Bridge!

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-10-14 08:37am

fgalkin wrote: Did you follow my advice?

P.S. Killed off the Greeks. Take that, Brutii! Before that, I killed Carthage, too.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

My faction leader's army is a bit under strength right now- I'm laying siege to what I believe is the last city of Pontus. They have chariots behind the walls, the city is such that the tactic is ... suboptimal.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2004-10-14 10:02am

Vympel wrote:That's just too wasteful- skirmishers and incendiary pigs, trust me.

I don't like the fact that you have to go through crap like that in RTW to counteract elephants. Do you know how the Romans actually neutralized Hannibal's elephants? They moved slightly to either side and the elephants ran past them and off the battlefield. No shit.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-14 10:10am

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
Vympel wrote:That's just too wasteful- skirmishers and incendiary pigs, trust me.
I don't like the fact that you have to go through crap like that in RTW to counteract elephants. Do you know how the Romans actually neutralized Hannibal's elephants? They moved slightly to either side and the elephants ran past them and off the battlefield. No shit.

While being harassed with javelins and pila from the sides and back. Which made them, in game terms, "run amok". You're free to do that in the game, too.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-10-14 11:43am

Pablo Sanchez wrote:
I don't like the fact that you have to go through crap like that in RTW to counteract elephants. Do you know how the Romans actually neutralized Hannibal's elephants? They moved slightly to either side and the elephants ran past them and off the battlefield. No shit.

Yeah, I know. Maybe loose formation is the equivalent? Buggered if I know.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-10-14 11:45am

Hey, how the hell come whenever I get into a battle, The enemy like...takes my charge head on, whether it's from the flanks or front or whatever, I kill ten billion of their guys, they kill 3 of my footsoldiers, and my guys fucking cut and run. In fact, I lose every goddamned battle where I don't outnumber the enemy 10 to 1 or force them to run by improper use of my siege engines.

Post by **Vympel** » 2004-10-14 11:55am

You are clearly doing something catastrophically wrong- but you're not being specific enough.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-10-14 12:02pm

FOR FOR SAKE! I DONT UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE

At another forum I posted about RTW and most people reply something like "battles seems nice but that graphics are so so"

THEY EXPECT FUCKING DOOM III GRAPHICS WHEN ZOOMED IN EVEN AFTER I TOLD YOU CAN PLAY WITH 1000'S OF SOLDIERS AT ONCE8

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-10-14 12:05pm

Right now I've just been playing the Demo over and over again. Once I get the money I will definately be buying this game though.

Hotfoot · Post by **Hotfoot** » 2004-10-14 12:21pm

wautd wrote:FOR FOR SAKE! I DONT UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE

At another forum I posted about RTW and most people reply something like "battles seems nice but that graphics are so so"

THEY EXPECT FUCKING DOOM III GRAPHICS WHEN ZOOMED IN EVEN AFTER I TOLD YOU CAN PLAY WITH 1000'S OF SOLDIERS AT ONCE8

Rome is a great game, but it's not for everyone. Some people I know swear by Dawn of War, others by Warcraft 3, both of which have superior graphics quality over Rome. They like that style of game better, for their own reasons. They also likely enjoy the frentic base-building and micromanagement games like that have. Rome is a much more relaxed game in that regard. You can pause it in the middle of a battle in order to give orders more efficiently, and then there is the campaign itself, which is pure TBS, and thus not everyone's cup of tea.

When you sit down to play Rome's singleplayer game, you sit down to manage an empire, and to occasionally orchestrate battles to maintain or expand said empire. In other games, the singleplayer game is a string of missions connected by a storyline that you tend to have very little control over. Both can be insanely fun, but not everyone is drawn to one type or the other.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-14 01:29pm

Chardok wrote:Hey, how the hell come whenever I get into a battle, The enemy like...takes my charge head on, whether it's from the flanks or front or whatever, I kill ten billion of their guys, they kill 3 of my footsoldiers, and my guys fucking cut and run. In fact, I lose every goddamned battle where I don't outnumber the enemy 10 to 1 or force them to run by improper use of my siege engines.

1. Which faction are you playing?
2. Which faction are you fighting?
3. What units are you using?
4. What exactly are you doing in said battle? Give a step by step description of the battle, please.

P.S. There's no such thing as an "improper" use of siege engines.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-10-14 02:41pm

fgalkin wrote:P.S. There's no such thing as an "improper" use of siege engines.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Yes there is. It's called not using them.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-14 02:47pm

Captain_Cyran wrote:
fgalkin wrote:P.S. There's no such thing as an "improper" use of siege engines.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Yes there is. It's called not using them.

There's no such thing as an "improper" use of siege engines.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2004-10-14 02:58pm

fgalkin wrote:
Captain_Cyran wrote:
fgalkin wrote:P.S. There's no such thing as an "improper" use of siege engines.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin
Yes there is. It's called not using them.

There's no such thing as an "improper" use of siege engines.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Bah! Ok then, using them on your own troops... no, no, that still looks amazingly sweet.

Arthur_Tuxedo · Post by **Arthur_Tuxedo** » 2004-10-14 03:10pm

wautd wrote:I just found this screenshot. Is this the coolest screeny ever?

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.ph ... &id=191122

Tag edit - Phong

Gah! I wonder what his framerate is.

In what folder does R:TW keep the screenies you take, anyway?

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-14 03:30pm

No, this is the bset R:TW screenshot ever.

And yes, it is real.

Another reason why RTW rocks!

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-10-14 04:10pm

"All your base are belong to us!" Oh man, I can't wait.

Rogue 9 · Post by **Rogue 9** » 2004-10-14 04:18pm

We are the Borg. All your base are belong to us. Resistance is futile.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2004-10-14 07:57pm

[innocent]What did I say?[/innocent]

Edited to make the mods happy. And no, I don't mind. It's their board, they can run it how they please.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-14 09:57pm

StormtrooperOfDeath wrote:I need help "mounting" the game or whatever fgalkin had to do to get his to work. Anyone? Anyone? Buler?

Pssst. Breaking board rules=bad.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2004-10-14 10:04pm

Thanks for not paying the software engineers, artists, managers and sales staffs for their hard work.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2004-10-15 12:30am

yesss, tempted am I by the darkside, yesss, buy rome total war, and my journey shall be complete...

now where do I get to cut someone's hand off....

Post by **fgalkin** » 2004-10-15 01:11am

Germania is crushed! Bwahahaha!

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-10-15 03:21am

Hotfoot wrote:
wautd wrote:FOR FOR SAKE! I DONT UNDERSTAND SOME PEOPLE

At another forum I posted about RTW and most people reply something like "battles seems nice but that graphics are so so"

THEY EXPECT FUCKING DOOM III GRAPHICS WHEN ZOOMED IN EVEN AFTER I TOLD YOU CAN PLAY WITH 1000'S OF SOLDIERS AT ONCE8
Rome is a great game, but it's not for everyone. Some people I know swear by Dawn of War, others by Warcraft 3, both of which have superior graphics quality over Rome. They like that style of game better, for their own reasons. They also likely enjoy the frentic base-building and micromanagement games like that have. Rome is a much more relaxed game in that regard. You can pause it in the middle of a battle in order to give orders more efficiently, and then there is the campaign itself, which is pure TBS, and thus not everyone's cup of tea.

When you sit down to play Rome's singleplayer game, you sit down to manage an empire, and to occasionally orchestrate battles to maintain or expand said empire. In other games, the singleplayer game is a string of missions connected by a storyline that you tend to have very little control over. Both can be insanely fun, but not everyone is drawn to one type or the other.

That wasnt the point. They were only bitching about the not-so-great graphics when zoomed in

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2004-10-15 09:54am

Ha1 I figgured out why I was losing! MY general was a drunkard and a coward! I got pissed and sent his bodyguard unit solo up against another generals..wel.....army. He was slaughtered and my army bolted. then his son took over and he's like a completely hardcore badass. I got him some good experience by laying siege to a city.

I placed my siege engines outside and used greek fire, burning the city to the ground around the enemy army (Not the whole city, but I took out the governors mansion just to demoralize them, and left the walls standing. then, after I burned it to the ground, I withdrew my army and came back the next day, using archers, siege engines and javelin-tossers to rake their army. Most of them were decimated before I even walked into the city. then I killed every last one of them and exterminated the populace upon my victory (In retalliation for killing my first general.) The day is won.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2004-10-15 10:04am

One of my generals bodyguard had in a townfight only the general and 1 bodyguard left. They kept slashing on enemie units while they were fighting against my infantry. You literally saw the experience increase every 5 seconds. In the end they had 3 of those gold stripes