Athens was the first faction I played with I think. I like them quite alot, if you advance them militarily they are a good defensive force. I'm not keen on Sparta because they're a bit of a 300 fanboy faction. In my Athens campaign so far im in control of Greece, Macedon, Cyprus, Corsica and Sardinia and some random places in Syria. All in all doing well, I like the Hellenic factions the most.
Sparta's just a bit of a meme tbh. I was playing a coop campaign with a friend with my army's using entirely spartan hoplites, sometimes a couple of tarantine depending on the front. Every time I did a battle my strategy was "fuck you I'm Sparta" as my entire army charges forwards without any real strategy.
It helps reduce missile fire effectiveness, but makes them not be able to hold well. Also they get pummeled instantly if charged from behind in thin lines
HeirofCarthage I've been using pikes a lot as I like to play Macedon, but I've never used them like your opponent did in that match. Not much use of them in such a thin line. Can they even withstand a head on charge by a decent spear/sword unit while that thin? I mean 1 guy can't possibly hold of more than 1 opponent directly in front of him. Good video as always btw!
I prefer Pergamon over the other factions but the greeks overall are the most fun to play as for me. I like using pikes wish swords to charge the engaged lines and have skirmishers and cavalry get around the flanks and rear. I mostly play Campaigns and I am sure I would not fair as well in multiplayer but campaigns are what I love anyways. Pergamon>Athens>Massilia (My opinion)
Syracuse campaign was awesome. Good difficulty and really tested ur strategic knowledge as far as whom to conquer and whom to befriend. Of course within 15 turns was at war with carthage and Rome was challenging and fun.
Other Greek state like Sparta? What about Massilla, Seleucia, Egypt, Macedon, Pergamon, Syracuse, and Epirus? Also, brings elephants against Athens; best skirmishers in the game. GG. You are a bit lucky he never did a pull-through with his cav on your archers, though. Not that it mattered much with the build but you should have kept them separated instead of marching both to the same relative position.
Tyvadia Well, still all Hellenistic states of the time. Hell, even Baktria was owned and operated by the Greeks of the era. Just most not in Greece proper.
Massilia is not a Greek state, they are a greek colony, plus they have a lot of Gallic units. Seleucia is not a Greek state, they're a successor kingdom. Same for Egypt and Macedon. Pergamon is also a Greek colony, and also they have a lot of not-greek units. Syracuse, yet again, is a Greek colony. This is the only land/country/state on your list that I would count as wholly Greek, it could have been added in the Greek culture pack. Epirus is not a state so much as it is a region united under a banner.
PsychoPath597 I'll SORT of agree with you but Pergamon isn't a colony. The western side of Anatolia was essentially Greece in this era. Ionia wasn't exactly Turkey in the late Classical age. I'd honestly say they're all Greek states every bit as much as Gaul was a Roman state. They just happened to be on the decline at the time. I still don't see any distinction in being a successor kingdom of Alexander's empire run by Greeks and a Greek state. The types of ethnic mercenaries those factions have in MP seems largely irrelevant.
Heir docs are actually really good, release when the enemy charges, they Esther Continue their chargé and take a ton of losses to the dog, or they figth and you countercharge. Theyre also really good against flanks.
Every time i see you play an "easy" opponent, I i played exactly like that or worse (would waste all ammo on hoplite general) until 2 months ago.... and I had the game since release.
Idk if it's your recording software making the game crash, I think its just Rome 2 in general. Cause ever since the last patch my game has been crashing a lot to the point that it's unplayable. Try verifying the game cache in steam and see if that makes a difference.
Hey heir, I'm relatively new to the game and I have been having some issues. Whether for a campaign, or a multiplayer battle, I can only play as a select few factions. They are mostly the biggest factions, like Egypt, Rome, Carthage, Macedon, and a few others. But I was wondering if you knew how I can get all of the factions.
Aside from merging with other units, you need to place the units into a settlement that can train them. You can then retrain them in the retrain tab. Depending on whether they have the units available or if you have the money, you may have to wait a few turns. Replenishing in Medieval TW works a lot different than in the newer ones.
Pls were can I download patch 16 for rome2 v1.0.0 and my rome2 is the free version any hrlp will be greatly appreciated the game its very fun but alot of bugs right now have spend up to 9days looking for it I can pls someone help
Your so stat orientated, you put down so many units that are not sword units, hoplites are awesome and you can win a battle using units that respect the history
Heir my town is dying of hunger and men are leaving me help D: i have like -80 face thing when you scroll over the town i have 2 towns left all i can train is leves and plebs(I'm Rome) help please
Literally every faction you do you say is average or poor, you only ever rave about oathsworn and everybody else is average next to them... I guess though you base your judgements more on multiplayer, I've seen multiplayer battles they're boring, it's not about strategy it's about stats and cost effectiveness.. that's not your fault that's the games at least against the AI you can build an army and recruit and effectively field history's famous units like Greek hoplites and Carthage's infamous Libyan infantry, carthage marched into Rome and it's Libyan infantry was responsible for winning Hannibal some of the most famous battles in history yet they are outclassed by stats from barbarian tribes that achieved nothing much else than being conquered by Rome... Don't mean to sound like I'm being touchy but it annoys me that barbarian sword units dominate in your mind and when you select a roster some of history's great units are replaced in your eyes by cost effective units..
Nice video, but I think you pronunced Shitizen cavalry wrong.
lol that I did. I wouldn't want to misrepresent them with the title "citizen"
HeirofCarthage Maximus Decimus Meridius Shitizen Shatvalry
good to know good to know im not the only one that calls them that
You just made me Lol so bad hah.
Seems like you're better off paying the extra 20 for tarantine cav who have javelins and similar melee stats lol.
Athens was the first faction I played with I think. I like them quite alot, if you advance them militarily they are a good defensive force. I'm not keen on Sparta because they're a bit of a 300 fanboy faction. In my Athens campaign so far im in control of Greece, Macedon, Cyprus, Corsica and Sardinia and some random places in Syria. All in all doing well, I like the Hellenic factions the most.
Sparta's just a bit of a meme tbh. I was playing a coop campaign with a friend with my army's using entirely spartan hoplites, sometimes a couple of tarantine depending on the front. Every time I did a battle my strategy was "fuck you I'm Sparta" as my entire army charges forwards without any real strategy.
Its an actual historic faction, not a fanboy faction, wtf does it matter what some people do with it.
For me Athens like a stone wall - hoplites stands for ages,skirmishers are best,good and cheep shock units,but it's hard for use
Finally, my favorite Hellenic faction. Athens, in my opinion is one of the most well rounded and most useful factions
Spreading pikes that thin should be disastrous.
It helps reduce missile fire effectiveness, but makes them not be able to hold well. Also they get pummeled instantly if charged from behind in thin lines
HeirofCarthage
I've been using pikes a lot as I like to play Macedon, but I've never used them like your opponent did in that match. Not much use of them in such a thin line. Can they even withstand a head on charge by a decent spear/sword unit while that thin? I mean 1 guy can't possibly hold of more than 1 opponent directly in front of him.
Good video as always btw!
Love the updates; watched the old Athens Faction focus and its amazing how much the game has evolved since then.
I prefer Pergamon over the other factions but the greeks overall are the most fun to play as for me. I like using pikes wish swords to charge the engaged lines and have skirmishers and cavalry get around the flanks and rear. I mostly play Campaigns and I am sure I would not fair as well in multiplayer but campaigns are what I love anyways. Pergamon>Athens>Massilia (My opinion)
Syracuse campaign was awesome. Good difficulty and really tested ur strategic knowledge as far as whom to conquer and whom to befriend. Of course within 15 turns was at war with carthage and Rome was challenging and fun.
I struggled against eastern factions with pergamon. Skirmisher spam was harsh haha. But was also very fun once i built up a bit.
I love that you're redoing these :)
Omg a middle of the day upload I love that!
Other Greek state like Sparta? What about Massilla, Seleucia, Egypt, Macedon, Pergamon, Syracuse, and Epirus?
Also, brings elephants against Athens; best skirmishers in the game. GG. You are a bit lucky he never did a pull-through with his cav on your archers, though. Not that it mattered much with the build but you should have kept them separated instead of marching both to the same relative position.
Tyvadia Well, still all Hellenistic states of the time. Hell, even Baktria was owned and operated by the Greeks of the era. Just most not in Greece proper.
Tyvadia There's not a doubt they would have been.
He means the dlc
Massilia is not a Greek state, they are a greek colony, plus they have a lot of Gallic units. Seleucia is not a Greek state, they're a successor kingdom. Same for Egypt and Macedon. Pergamon is also a Greek colony, and also they have a lot of not-greek units. Syracuse, yet again, is a Greek colony. This is the only land/country/state on your list that I would count as wholly Greek, it could have been added in the Greek culture pack. Epirus is not a state so much as it is a region united under a banner.
PsychoPath597 I'll SORT of agree with you but Pergamon isn't a colony. The western side of Anatolia was essentially Greece in this era. Ionia wasn't exactly Turkey in the late Classical age.
I'd honestly say they're all Greek states every bit as much as Gaul was a Roman state. They just happened to be on the decline at the time.
I still don't see any distinction in being a successor kingdom of Alexander's empire run by Greeks and a Greek state. The types of ethnic mercenaries those factions have in MP seems largely irrelevant.
Heir docs are actually really good, release when the enemy charges, they Esther Continue their chargé and take a ton of losses to the dog, or they figth and you countercharge. Theyre also really good against flanks.
Looking forward to Carthage!!
Could you cover the Getae or Macedon next.
Every time i see you play an "easy" opponent, I i played exactly like that or worse (would waste all ammo on hoplite general) until 2 months ago.... and I had the game since release.
Idk if it's your recording software making the game crash, I think its just Rome 2 in general. Cause ever since the last patch my game has been crashing a lot to the point that it's unplayable. Try verifying the game cache in steam and see if that makes a difference.
I've been wondering for a while. How do you get that "paintbrush" at 8:42?
It should be visible in replays, or alternatively in co-op multiplayer campaigns, both in battle and ok the campaign map. As far as I remember anyway
Great video
havent you done this already???
Hey heir, I'm relatively new to the game and I have been having some issues. Whether for a campaign, or a multiplayer battle, I can only play as a select few factions. They are mostly the biggest factions, like Egypt, Rome, Carthage, Macedon, and a few others. But I was wondering if you knew how I can get all of the factions.
You're going to have to shell out some cash for the DLCs
Get the mod all faction you get to play as every faction except dlc ones :)
great vid
Do you have a Carthage FF video? I don't see it in your FF playlist.
Nope
Sadly. Still no. Even though he said it's almost done back in the Odrysian kingdom.
Xsplit crashes my Rome 2 too, especially whilst ALT tabbing
nice battle
Heir if you read this can you tell me how you can replenish troops in medieval 2? Just bought it and can't figure it out!
Aside from merging with other units, you need to place the units into a settlement that can train them. You can then retrain them in the retrain tab. Depending on whether they have the units available or if you have the money, you may have to wait a few turns. Replenishing in Medieval TW works a lot different than in the newer ones.
Damn! That way different from others. That alone is making me not want to play it...
Dylan Whitaker What? Only played this piece of crap(By comparison)? Play Rome...
Il try that one out
athens is pretty cool, to be honest
Nice video Heir :)
Athen was known as the city state as learing than war unlike Sparta, so They would not do well in multiplayer.
Day 13021839312. Still no Carthage faction focus. Running low on willpower to live! +HeirofChartage! I need your help!
Why can you get samnite warriors as Epirus, yet i cant?
Do you have the Hannibal at the Gates DLC? You need that for Mercenary Etruscan Hoplites, Mercenary Samnite Warriors and Mercenary Campanian Cavalry.
dat name doe oh smh
dat name doe ty
Pls were can I download patch 16 for rome2 v1.0.0 and my rome2 is the free version any hrlp will be greatly appreciated the game its very fun but alot of bugs right now have spend up to 9days looking for it I can pls someone help
Buy the game.
Your so stat orientated, you put down so many units that are not sword units, hoplites are awesome and you can win a battle using units that respect the history
Co astirim parthian vs rome vidio
Heir my town is dying of hunger and men are leaving me help D: i have like -80 face thing when you scroll over the town i have 2 towns left all i can train is leves and plebs(I'm Rome) help please
shameful display
Demonic Butters How do i fix it D:
F4M3xFTW surrender and hope the enemy is merciful
...Your know help.
you are kinda screwed unless you can destroy some slums and build some public order increasing buildings, what difficulty you playing on?
Yay. Another Faction Focus.
Now skip everything , do Rome , and come back to alphabetical order :P
lel Heir's name "FixMyMCC"
Do an Attila faction vote heir!
My vote! Faction: ...........!
Shameful Display for your opponent.
And the second like
OMG first like :p
Literally every faction you do you say is average or poor, you only ever rave about oathsworn and everybody else is average next to them...
I guess though you base your judgements more on multiplayer, I've seen multiplayer battles they're boring, it's not about strategy it's about stats and cost effectiveness.. that's not your fault that's the games at least against the AI you can build an army and recruit and effectively field history's famous units like Greek hoplites and Carthage's infamous Libyan infantry, carthage marched into Rome and it's Libyan infantry was responsible for winning Hannibal some of the most famous battles in history yet they are outclassed by stats from barbarian tribes that achieved nothing much else than being conquered by Rome...
Don't mean to sound like I'm being touchy but it annoys me that barbarian sword units dominate in your mind and when you select a roster some of history's great units are replaced in your eyes by cost effective units..
15:45 "Good Game"? Really? Wasn't really a good game in my opinion. More like a boring steamroll.
Ever heard of manners?