They were bankrupt because of terrible management and the decline of "staff work" within the government itself. After the Roman's moved in, they incorporated the best of Egyptian bureaucratic policies and abilities with the Roman ability to squeeze gold from any situation. Soon Egypt was a bustling port and trade center that accounted for close to 20 percent of Rome's annual revenue. And it opened the doors to trade with India and China.
There are a few potential explanations for this discrepancy. One possibility is that the game Rome Total War is not an accurate portrayal of historical events, and thus the Egyptian faction within the game is not actually bankrupted during Roman times. Another possibility is that the developers of the game have chosen to make the Egyptian faction significantly more powerful and wealthy than it was in reality in order to create a more entertaining and challenging gaming experience for players. A third possibility is that the Egyptian faction in the game is based on a different period of history than the Roman faction, and as such the two factions are not directly comparable. Regardless of the explanation, it is clear that there are significant discrepancies between the Egyptian faction in Rome Total War and actual historical evidence regarding the economic status of Egypt during Roman times.
The fact about egypt is that they keep on coming. Last time i invaded with the scipii, and had to kill about 35k egyptians in battle, including 30-40 generals before i finally defeated them completely
wait wat? 35k egyptians? I'm a barbarian invasion player and my entire faction usually have around 10k troops (excluding peasants because they're NOT worth the name). does Egypt have super rich settlements or what? how is it possible????
Did my brutii campaign attacked them from the North Jerusalem area. Same thing. Lost Thousands of troops nearly a dozen generals. They were my greatest challenge. Then early game Greeks then late game julii. Also had 9-10 "historic fights". 4-5 of them we're because of the Egyptians. Beast nation on home turf
@@garretteales1607 I started a Egypt campaign recently and realized they are so rich because they have +5 farming buildings and + 2.5 population growth temples. paired with the babylon garden which has 20% bonus on farming income, crazy!!! that doesn't even include trade
@@kevin06289 they have easily one of the best starting spots. Even defensively. Like a Britain but more financials at first. Plus their troops get the desert bonuses. So huge home field advantage
Ah, the only faction that can replace own infantry by heavy archers (when I was playing as rome, my marian legionaries were dying pretty quickly in meele combat against egyptian heavy archers, I was shocked).
Understandable. Their skirmishing background would give them a bit better endurance conditioning than the Roman infantry on average, giving them better fighting stamina. Then just give them relatively equal armor and gear as "heavy archers" along with the fact that Ancient Egypt is a perfect recipe for some advanced martial arts and there ya go
@@theperson8275 The faciton in Rome 1 just an oriental trope, they were hellenized by this time, espeacially in the military front. Also there is no reason why anyone's traditional martial arts is superior to someone else in this era. If you look at a particular martial art, like archery, it's largely the same across Eurasia. Because there is really just one or two optimal ways for a human to shoot a bow. If you look at longswords, you will find Korean and German swordsmen have identical stances in the manuals. There are only so many ways a human can effectively swing a long sword.
@@lolasdm6959 i was coming at them with preatorians and legionary cohorts man xD egypt just spread so far and wide they kept shitting out infinite armies
Egypt absolutely dominates in the early game because it's essentially a skirmisher-faction with solid infantry. Its Nubian and Nile Spearman can hold their own against hoplite-tier units, the Egyptian generals and archers can outrange any other faction in the early game, and the chariots are hard to counter with early-game units. By the mid-game, when factions like Macedon get phalanx pikemen, Egyptian armies require a bit of maneuvering but they can still perform decently well. By the late game, Egypt's units lack the flexibility to stand up against late-game Rome (unless played by a player not an AI). This late-game weakness is reflected in Egypt's inability to recruit ships more advanced than triremes. The key to Egypt is to blitz any non-barbarian faction, which very do-able; even a beginner should be able to conquer the Seleucids and Turkey by the mid-game, and then take Italy before the late-game.
I would guess, that the reason axeman overperform is that they must have armour peircing. Pretty much a classic for "axe" weilding units in total war games.
How do you guys use axemen? I used to put them on extreme flanks (of the reverse dish formation infantry front line), but this year I am playing RTW again and put them inside the Pike Wall like some sort of Tercio. There is also (One unit pike - One unit Sword/Axe infantry) formation which I really like because you can use them to charge enemy depending on their frontlines, but it takes too much time to make this formation as there is not a shortcut (I use this especially in Shogun 2)
@@hannibalburgers477 i usually put them behind nile/nubien spearmens and (when te spearmans starts fighting) i flank the enemys with axemens and make them charge, these unit has a good charge attack and, thanks to armor piercing, is devastating for good armored enemies, especially phalanx (they can't use his especial formation if they are on close combat), this works with another heavy infantries too like legionaries, but that others units can defens themselves better of that strategy, you can destroyed them but take some importants dows on your axemen unit
@@angelamagnus6615 I actually agree. They're the most boring faction in the game. You're so overpowered early game. And that's if you show restraint with autoresolve. You can essentially load up on chariots and just sweep across the east with them thanks to their autoresolve bonus, though I don't recommend it as it will genuinely ruin the game for you.
Love these faction overviews, I’m a massive Rome Total War nerd, so these are right up my street. I never hear many people talk about this, but Egypt seems to have a perpetual population problem. All three of my Egypt campaigns are defeated by revolts, with all of mainland Egypt having revolted due to squalor and overpopulation. I’m almost never beaten by conventional means in campaign, but by the game’s population mechanics.
Yes the biggest headache for the eggys in this game, city order in their homeland. I seem to remember I built nothing military in those three cities untill the final tier temple were done.
Gotta remember to take your family out of the main cities when you enslave and also just mill out peasant armies (to reduce city population and to ship them to smaller regions to boost their population). Makes Egypt way better
I always thought Egypt got screwed once the Marius reform occurred. Their cavalry general is decent in attack and defence but it can't shoot like the chariot general so is much less versatile and simply does not compare with the praetorian bodyguard of Rome or the cataphract bodyguards of the eastern factions. When I played as pathia Egypt's generals where the only units that could cause some damage with their bows but once that was removed I could shoot them shit at will.
That Guy From Kentucky. I always find that a chariot archer unit can always do more damage than a basic cavalry unit that doesn't really compare to the better general's bodyguard.
Chariots most OP unit in the game, they scare infantry. They take a long time to shoot down Urbans, but Urbans will break morale after running exhaust if they don't die from arrows. Chariots also have the highest ammunition along with elephants. I dont like chariot general though, they useless in city, problematic if you wanna corner camp on defence, they take too much space, there are many areas they can't even go into, like woods rocks.
@@tomaszlosinski875 The chariots are quick and efficient especially with scythes on the wheels can cut down enemies. Got be careful of archers javelins elephants and pillas. Open fields are easy to use them.
In my opinion with the Egyptians the best play is to ally with the Pontics, Armenians, and/or Greeks early and go after Antioch right away. You can always pick up those southern rebel settlements around turn ~15 once you get a second army together. But Antioch is a choke point to the west and will deal a critical blow to the Seleucid empire early. Makes it easier to get off to a quick start from a strong base.
@@NobleKorhedron I think it's the "Pharoah's Guards" seen in the opening cinematic which have the big black headdresses and eyeliner, while the units ingame look more military, but still flashy, with a gold tunic.
@@Cornbinks I think the unit from the opening sequence of the Egyptian campaign is actually general's bodyguards? Or else just some serious overuse of the generic 'Egyptian general' sprite...?
If I made Rome Total War I would have made Egypt a hybrid faction between Hellenic Greek and the Native Egyptian culture. The core units would be Hellenic but they have Native Egyptains for auxiliaries. This would have made Egypt much more historically authentic yet still distinct from the other Hellenic factions. The new Egypt would be able to build both Hellenic Greek and Egyptian temples Units: Infantry: Egyptian Peasants (replacement of Peasants, have bonus in deserts and poor morale) Egyptian Levy Spearmen (replacement of Nubian Spearmen which are now mercenaries. Poor morale and combat bonus in desert and vs cavalry) Egyptain Infantry (A new unit replacing the Nile Axemen. Effectively the same as the Roman Hastati but with combat bonus in deserts) Egyptian Pikemen (Replacement of Nile Spearmen. These are native Egyptian drafted and trained in the same manner as their Hellenic overlords. Effectively the same as the Levy Pikemen of the other Hellenic factions but with slightly better stats, better morale and combat bonus in deserts.) Phalanx Pikemen (These are the first of the Hellenic units so pretty much the same as those from Macedonia and Seleucids) Royal Hellenic Guards (These are replacement units to the current Pharaoh's Guards. They are now recoloured versions of the Seleucid Silver Shield Pikemen however to distinguish them there should be re-balancing of them them. The new Pharaoh Guard pikemen are going to have their attack reduced to 12 and defense to 16. The Seleucid Silver Shield Pikemen now going to have attack of 14 and Defense of 19. The elite pikemen of Macedonia and Pontus are also going to be rebalanced. The Macedonian's Royal Pikemen attack is going to be increased to 12. The Pontus Bronze Shield Pikemen Attack is going to be 14 and defense is going to be 15.) Thureophoroi: Just see my comment for the Greek Cities faction guide video ua-cam.com/video/QalJEjM6fzQ/v-deo.html Galatian Guards (These are technically a mercenary unit composing of Galatian Celts. Pretty exactly the same as Chosen Swordsmen of the Guals and Britons, however the main difference is that the Galatians are better disciplined and will not recklessly charge without orders.) Cavalry: Militia Cavalry (same as the other Militia Cavalry) Egyptian Cavalry (replacement of Desert and Nubian combining both units. Their primary attack is with a lance with a powerful charge however they have a secondary attack with an axe that allows them to pierce armoured units. Combat bonus in desert and fast moving. Has same stats as Desert Cavalry) Companion Cavalry (sames all the Macedonian and Seleucid Compaion Cavalry) General Bodyguards (same as the Macedonian and Seleucid Bodyguards) Egyptian Chariot (Scythe Chariot with combat bonus in desert) Camel Archers Elephant War Elephant Missile Units Peltasts Egyptian Slingers Egyptian Archers Kushite Archers (Replaces the Pharaoh's bowmen have the same shooting capabilities however reduced amount of armour and melee stats reduced to 7 melee attack and defense down to 9) Siege Units Onagers Heavy Onagers
desert cavalry is superb for their tier. they got AP which is awesome. they are also cheap and good in melee. chariots cannot fight phalanxes, especially from the front. even elephants find it hard and risky, despite their huge HP. chariots are used to break enemy infantry formations (not phalanxes from the front) and to chop down cavalry. keep the moving at all times to avoid taking damage. ideally charge them non stop from unit to unit, just like elephants are best doing.
I once sailed a half stack of egyptian missile chariots with the other half a mix of spears, axes and archers to take greece, one unit of spartan hoplites took me half of my ammo and i got arround 3 kills on them... i gave up attacking greeks with egypt after that : /
Quick question: do missile chariots still fire upon enemies when you are moving them around or when they are moving on skirmish mode? For instance, if they're being chased by cavalry and are running away in skirmish mode, would they be firing arrows at the cavalry chasing them? Thanks
Hilarious that in fact, during this time in history, Egypt was in financial ruin and going through a civil war, Rome brought Cleopartra into power to use as their puppet Queen.
Good videos overviewing a classic game that I still play now and then. I will say though that you consistently butcher how to pronounce “Seleucids” or “Seleucia” It’s more closely pronounced, as best as I can tell, “Sell-ooo-kids” (the c is a hard k sound in both Greek and Latin), with the emphasis on the middle syllable. With the “eu” in the middle being sort of in between a long u sound and that u with an umlaut in German. Hope that helps?
Egyptian chariots are one of the most broken units in the game up there with elephants, spartans and berzerkers. Not even Cataphracts or Urban cohorts can resist a chariot charge.
I just got back into playing this game so I'm relearning on Easy and I played Egypt, not sure why but when I took Hatra off the Seleucids, Pontus decided to take it personally and attack
I never understood why Egypt's roster was like this. I understand maybe the naustalgic feeling of it, but this isnt accurate at all. Egypt during this period would've been more hellenistic and similar to that of the Seleucids
Egypt in Rome: Total War is the least historical faction in any total war game (excluding Warhammer because it's completely based on fantasy). Many people have highlighted this. Rome 2 did Egypt more historically.
@@michaelweston409 The Egyptian Army at the time wasn't entirely Greek. It had Greek influences but it retained many aspects of the traditional Egyptian armies. This is demonstrated in Rome 2.
I appreciate this aspect tho because even tho it is not historical it low-key allows a nod of respect to Kush which was very much a force at this time they just were further south
I think the map needs to be enlarged to include the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsular. Also there should be room for 2 new factions Kush and Nabataeans, both positioned so that they challenge the Egyptians forcing them shift focus from the Seleucids.
Turn down the in-game music, it's blasting you to the background of the video and making it near impossible to put together what your saying in total.. luckily Im decent with context clues bud dang bud
BlueDragon257 I'm personally not a big fan of them. They have incredibly low defence, are very vulnerable to missiles and are unruly on the battlefield. I much prefer basic heavy cavalry to be honest
@@lugotorix6173 Chariots absolutely destroy cavalry, but you need to know how to use them. Egypt is over powered because it is a skirmish faction. All Egypt has do is build a ton of missiles, then defend your missile troops with chariots. Let the enemy chase you, do not engage in melee, and simply shoot him to death. The more tired the enemy is, the more damage they take. The desert cavalry Egypt gets are also superb units. Plus add into the fact Egypt gets a desert bonus on every single unit makes the faction very op in the campaign.
Chariots are op against cavalry. They are THE hard counter to them. But otherwise, they're way too much of a glass cannon. Phalanxes outright murder them, missiles will kill them fast. Plus they are pain in the ass to control.
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Egypt was bankrupted during Roman times, but in the game they are extremely strong and wealthy. Very easy to play, very hard to defeat
They were bankrupt because of terrible management and the decline of "staff work" within the government itself. After the Roman's moved in, they incorporated the best of Egyptian bureaucratic policies and abilities with the Roman ability to squeeze gold from any situation. Soon Egypt was a bustling port and trade center that accounted for close to 20 percent of Rome's annual revenue. And it opened the doors to trade with India and China.
I was able to defeat them as Armenia. Took a lot of planning and restarts in order to play this faction successfully.
There are a few potential explanations for this discrepancy. One possibility is that the game Rome Total War is not an accurate portrayal of historical events, and thus the Egyptian faction within the game is not actually bankrupted during Roman times. Another possibility is that the developers of the game have chosen to make the Egyptian faction significantly more powerful and wealthy than it was in reality in order to create a more entertaining and challenging gaming experience for players. A third possibility is that the Egyptian faction in the game is based on a different period of history than the Roman faction, and as such the two factions are not directly comparable. Regardless of the explanation, it is clear that there are significant discrepancies between the Egyptian faction in Rome Total War and actual historical evidence regarding the economic status of Egypt during Roman times.
They are hard to play too if you don't autoresolve
@@hannibalburgers477 desert cavalry/bows
The fact about egypt is that they keep on coming.
Last time i invaded with the scipii, and had to kill about 35k egyptians in battle, including 30-40 generals before i finally defeated them completely
wait wat? 35k egyptians? I'm a barbarian invasion player and my entire faction usually have around 10k troops (excluding peasants because they're NOT worth the name). does Egypt have super rich settlements or what? how is it possible????
Xu Kevin they have really good settlements yes
Did my brutii campaign attacked them from the North Jerusalem area. Same thing. Lost Thousands of troops nearly a dozen generals. They were my greatest challenge. Then early game Greeks then late game julii. Also had 9-10 "historic fights". 4-5 of them we're because of the Egyptians. Beast nation on home turf
@@garretteales1607 I started a Egypt campaign recently and realized they are so rich because they have +5 farming buildings and + 2.5 population growth temples. paired with the babylon garden which has 20% bonus on farming income, crazy!!! that doesn't even include trade
@@kevin06289 they have easily one of the best starting spots. Even defensively. Like a Britain but more financials at first. Plus their troops get the desert bonuses. So huge home field advantage
Ah, the only faction that can replace own infantry by heavy archers (when I was playing as rome, my marian legionaries were dying pretty quickly in meele combat against egyptian heavy archers, I was shocked).
Forester warbands and chosen archer warband have comparable melee attack and defence
Understandable. Their skirmishing background would give them a bit better endurance conditioning than the Roman infantry on average, giving them better fighting stamina. Then just give them relatively equal armor and gear as "heavy archers" along with the fact that Ancient Egypt is a perfect recipe for some advanced martial arts and there ya go
@@theperson8275 The faciton in Rome 1 just an oriental trope, they were hellenized by this time, espeacially in the military front. Also there is no reason why anyone's traditional martial arts is superior to someone else in this era. If you look at a particular martial art, like archery, it's largely the same across Eurasia. Because there is really just one or two optimal ways for a human to shoot a bow. If you look at longswords, you will find Korean and German swordsmen have identical stances in the manuals. There are only so many ways a human can effectively swing a long sword.
@@lolasdm6959 word vomit
@@lolasdm6959egypt is more like bronze age egypt in rome 1. I think the reason is that its more unique and not just another helenic faction
Scipii: We are winning!
Egypt: Hey
as somebody that is new to the game and is playing scipii as their first campaign.... too true basterds dont stop coming lol
@@xxxhalo4everxxx nubians destory beta hastati
@@lolasdm6959 i was coming at them with preatorians and legionary cohorts man xD egypt just spread so far and wide they kept shitting out infinite armies
@@xxxhalo4everxxx Yeah their cheapest unit the nubian spearmen is better than militia hoplites.
@@lolasdm6959 Its literally not?Lol they have the exact same stats XD(apart from desert combat I guess lol)
Egypt absolutely dominates in the early game because it's essentially a skirmisher-faction with solid infantry. Its Nubian and Nile Spearman can hold their own against hoplite-tier units, the Egyptian generals and archers can outrange any other faction in the early game, and the chariots are hard to counter with early-game units. By the mid-game, when factions like Macedon get phalanx pikemen, Egyptian armies require a bit of maneuvering but they can still perform decently well. By the late game, Egypt's units lack the flexibility to stand up against late-game Rome (unless played by a player not an AI). This late-game weakness is reflected in Egypt's inability to recruit ships more advanced than triremes. The key to Egypt is to blitz any non-barbarian faction, which very do-able; even a beginner should be able to conquer the Seleucids and Turkey by the mid-game, and then take Italy before the late-game.
I would guess, that the reason axeman overperform is that they must have armour peircing. Pretty much a classic for "axe" weilding units in total war games.
Yeah man, ur 100% right, this will close the gap between them and other late game armies
It also says as a trait 'effective vs armor' i think they ignore part or all of the armor defence of the enemy they fight
@@zjotheglorious yeah that's RTWs name for armour piercing. Nice catch, those guys are beast.
How do you guys use axemen? I used to put them on extreme flanks (of the reverse dish formation infantry front line), but this year I am playing RTW again and put them inside the Pike Wall like some sort of Tercio.
There is also (One unit pike - One unit Sword/Axe infantry) formation which I really like because you can use them to charge enemy depending on their frontlines, but it takes too much time to make this formation as there is not a shortcut (I use this especially in Shogun 2)
@@hannibalburgers477 i usually put them behind nile/nubien spearmens and (when te spearmans starts fighting) i flank the enemys with axemens and make them charge, these unit has a good charge attack and, thanks to armor piercing, is devastating for good armored enemies, especially phalanx (they can't use his especial formation if they are on close combat), this works with another heavy infantries too like legionaries, but that others units can defens themselves better of that strategy, you can destroyed them but take some importants dows on your axemen unit
Out of all the "main" factions, I've never played Egypt. But this makes me want to try them.
Same I usually played the European side of the factions
Darth Mod actually presents the Egyptians as the were in this era; the vanilla RTW Egyptian army is more like Egypt in the Bronze Age.
Playing them is boring. Too overpowered and can take over Middle East and Asia Minor easily, the only real threat posed is the Scippi.
@@angelamagnus6615 I actually agree. They're the most boring faction in the game. You're so overpowered early game.
And that's if you show restraint with autoresolve. You can essentially load up on chariots and just sweep across the east with them thanks to their autoresolve bonus, though I don't recommend it as it will genuinely ruin the game for you.
Love these faction overviews, I’m a massive Rome Total War nerd, so these are right up my street. I never hear many people talk about this, but Egypt seems to have a perpetual population problem. All three of my Egypt campaigns are defeated by revolts, with all of mainland Egypt having revolted due to squalor and overpopulation. I’m almost never beaten by conventional means in campaign, but by the game’s population mechanics.
You just have to exterminate the huge populations as you go
Yes the biggest headache for the eggys in this game, city order in their homeland. I seem to remember I built nothing military in those three cities untill the final tier temple were done.
Gotta remember to take your family out of the main cities when you enslave and also just mill out peasant armies (to reduce city population and to ship them to smaller regions to boost their population). Makes Egypt way better
One of the best intro videos in the main game Barbarians videos are my favorite one. I love all of them.
I always thought Egypt got screwed once the Marius reform occurred. Their cavalry general is decent in attack and defence but it can't shoot like the chariot general so is much less versatile and simply does not compare with the praetorian bodyguard of Rome or the cataphract bodyguards of the eastern factions. When I played as pathia Egypt's generals where the only units that could cause some damage with their bows but once that was removed I could shoot them shit at will.
But chariot generals have horrible defense. Cavalry are easier to control.
That Guy From Kentucky. I always find that a chariot archer unit can always do more damage than a basic cavalry unit that doesn't really compare to the better general's bodyguard.
Chariots most OP unit in the game, they scare infantry. They take a long time to shoot down Urbans, but Urbans will break morale after running exhaust if they don't die from arrows. Chariots also have the highest ammunition along with elephants.
I dont like chariot general though, they useless in city, problematic if you wanna corner camp on defence, they take too much space, there are many areas they can't even go into, like woods rocks.
@@tomaszlosinski875 The chariots are quick and efficient especially with scythes on the wheels can cut down enemies. Got be careful of archers javelins elephants and pillas. Open fields are easy to use them.
In my opinion with the Egyptians the best play is to ally with the Pontics, Armenians, and/or Greeks early and go after Antioch right away. You can always pick up those southern rebel settlements around turn ~15 once you get a second army together. But Antioch is a choke point to the west and will deal a critical blow to the Seleucid empire early. Makes it easier to get off to a quick start from a strong base.
Funny how they use a model which isn't used for any if their spearmen.
Which model is that?
@@NobleKorhedron I think it's the "Pharoah's Guards" seen in the opening cinematic which have the big black headdresses and eyeliner, while the units ingame look more military, but still flashy, with a gold tunic.
@@Cornbinks I think the unit from the opening sequence of the Egyptian campaign is actually general's bodyguards?
Or else just some serious overuse of the generic 'Egyptian general' sprite...?
If I made Rome Total War I would have made Egypt a hybrid faction between Hellenic Greek and the Native Egyptian culture. The core units would be Hellenic but they have Native Egyptains for auxiliaries. This would have made Egypt much more historically authentic yet still distinct from the other Hellenic factions. The new Egypt would be able to build both Hellenic Greek and Egyptian temples
Units:
Infantry:
Egyptian Peasants (replacement of Peasants, have bonus in deserts and poor morale)
Egyptian Levy Spearmen (replacement of Nubian Spearmen which are now mercenaries. Poor morale and combat bonus in desert and vs cavalry)
Egyptain Infantry (A new unit replacing the Nile Axemen. Effectively the same as the Roman Hastati but with combat bonus in deserts)
Egyptian Pikemen (Replacement of Nile Spearmen. These are native Egyptian drafted and trained in the same manner as their Hellenic overlords. Effectively the same as the Levy Pikemen of the other Hellenic factions but with slightly better stats, better morale and combat bonus in deserts.)
Phalanx Pikemen (These are the first of the Hellenic units so pretty much the same as those from Macedonia and Seleucids)
Royal Hellenic Guards (These are replacement units to the current Pharaoh's Guards. They are now recoloured versions of the Seleucid Silver Shield Pikemen however to distinguish them there should be re-balancing of them them. The new Pharaoh Guard pikemen are going to have their attack reduced to 12 and defense to 16. The Seleucid Silver Shield Pikemen now going to have attack of 14 and Defense of 19. The elite pikemen of Macedonia and Pontus are also going to be rebalanced. The Macedonian's Royal Pikemen attack is going to be increased to 12. The Pontus Bronze Shield Pikemen Attack is going to be 14 and defense is going to be 15.)
Thureophoroi: Just see my comment for the Greek Cities faction guide video ua-cam.com/video/QalJEjM6fzQ/v-deo.html
Galatian Guards (These are technically a mercenary unit composing of Galatian Celts. Pretty exactly the same as Chosen Swordsmen of the Guals and Britons, however the main difference is that the Galatians are better disciplined and will not recklessly charge without orders.)
Cavalry:
Militia Cavalry (same as the other Militia Cavalry)
Egyptian Cavalry (replacement of Desert and Nubian combining both units. Their primary attack is with a lance with a powerful charge however they have a secondary attack with an axe that allows them to pierce armoured units. Combat bonus in desert and fast moving. Has same stats as Desert Cavalry)
Companion Cavalry (sames all the Macedonian and Seleucid Compaion Cavalry)
General Bodyguards (same as the Macedonian and Seleucid Bodyguards)
Egyptian Chariot (Scythe Chariot with combat bonus in desert)
Camel Archers
Elephant
War Elephant
Missile Units
Peltasts
Egyptian Slingers
Egyptian Archers
Kushite Archers (Replaces the Pharaoh's bowmen have the same shooting capabilities however reduced amount of armour and melee stats reduced to 7 melee attack and defense down to 9)
Siege Units
Onagers
Heavy Onagers
nice
@@KitchenFSink thanks you for your complement
Play Darth Mod.; it's muchore accurate.
desert cavalry is superb for their tier. they got AP which is awesome. they are also cheap and good in melee.
chariots cannot fight phalanxes, especially from the front.
even elephants find it hard and risky, despite their huge HP.
chariots are used to break enemy infantry formations (not phalanxes from the front) and to chop down cavalry. keep the moving at all times to avoid taking damage. ideally charge them non stop from unit to unit, just like elephants are best doing.
Julii: HE WAS A CONSUL OF ROME
Egypt: campaign over
I once sailed a half stack of egyptian missile chariots with the other half a mix of spears, axes and archers to take greece, one unit of spartan hoplites took me half of my ammo and i got arround 3 kills on them... i gave up attacking greeks with egypt after that : /
Surround them with missle units. They have 2 HP so it takes a while to grind them down but if you then engage them in melee they will die quickly
@@danielboggan2479 back at that time was about 14 years ago so i was 13 yeas old... therefore my strategy skills were not very good
@@lordmaur180 ahh, I gotcha. It wasn’t a bad idea Btw
Quick question: do missile chariots still fire upon enemies when you are moving them around or when they are moving on skirmish mode? For instance, if they're being chased by cavalry and are running away in skirmish mode, would they be firing arrows at the cavalry chasing them?
Thanks
They will fire arrow when being chased or chasing
Danil Teren thank you
Thanks for this very good resume for a good start
Great videos but perhaps lower the in-game music volume a bit. Lets people hear you:)
Hilarious that in fact, during this time in history, Egypt was in financial ruin and going through a civil war, Rome brought Cleopartra into power to use as their puppet Queen.
13:00:"We would conquer the world so that all can know his wife"LMFAO XD🤣🤣🤣.
Ps:Look at the subtitles XD
Good videos overviewing a classic game that I still play now and then.
I will say though that you consistently butcher how to pronounce “Seleucids” or “Seleucia” It’s more closely pronounced, as best as I can tell, “Sell-ooo-kids” (the c is a hard k sound in both Greek and Latin), with the emphasis on the middle syllable.
With the “eu” in the middle being sort of in between a long u sound and that u with an umlaut in German.
Hope that helps?
It's a hard K in Latin not Greek. It's pronounced "Sel-loo-sids" but the Romans would pronounce it as "Kids" like you mentioned.
Just say Seleikidos. Easier to pronounce
Egyptian chariots are one of the most broken units in the game up there with elephants, spartans and berzerkers. Not even Cataphracts or Urban cohorts can resist a chariot charge.
I just got back into playing this game so I'm relearning on Easy and I played Egypt, not sure why but when I took Hatra off the Seleucids, Pontus decided to take it personally and attack
On a few occasions ive had onagers (heavy) snipe the enemy general and once had them do it on the first shot
How do i unlock egypt for campaoign
Alexios I made a video a while back on how to unlock all the factions: ua-cam.com/video/9e0ZEh3fP-0/v-deo.html
thx for answering
Or you can simply win a campaign as one of the 3 romans, Egypt is an unlockable faction
Beat them in campaign mode
I never understood why Egypt's roster was like this. I understand maybe the naustalgic feeling of it, but this isnt accurate at all. Egypt during this period would've been more hellenistic and similar to that of the Seleucids
Egypt in Rome: Total War is the least historical faction in any total war game (excluding Warhammer because it's completely based on fantasy). Many people have highlighted this. Rome 2 did Egypt more historically.
Why put in another Greek faction playing as Egypt when you can have a unique Bronze Age Egypt
@@michaelweston409 The Egyptian Army at the time wasn't entirely Greek. It had Greek influences but it retained many aspects of the traditional Egyptian armies. This is demonstrated in Rome 2.
Daniel Frank that’s why they kept ancient Egypt in Rome total war rather than have Ptolemaic Hellenic Egypt just to fill another phalanx Greek role.
I appreciate this aspect tho because even tho it is not historical it low-key allows a nod of respect to Kush which was very much a force at this time they just were further south
I think the map needs to be enlarged to include the Horn of Africa and Arabian Peninsular. Also there should be room for 2 new factions Kush and Nabataeans, both positioned so that they challenge the Egyptians forcing them shift focus from the Seleucids.
And also expand to the East to make Parthia and Seleucids actually playable I think
@@armandom.s.1844 Great idea would also make room for Bactria, Maruyans and the Saka.
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Morale Is not the issue? Lol I am not even at 25 turns and all my provinces are revolting and I built all temples
train peasants, lots of them. 5-7 in cities, 12+ in huge city. until final tier of temple and final tier market and police network...
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Why do you always name the peasants?
Typing this from the loo
Turn down the in-game music, it's blasting you to the background of the video and making it near impossible to put together what your saying in total.. luckily Im decent with context clues bud dang bud
Has @Lugotorix played a full Egyptian campaign?
The fact that a non shield unit has great defence 💀
Great vid
Thank you!
how to put code to create egypt units please help i need all
They should be called the mummy nation, its not really egypt
so they are tomb kings before they got nagashed
They never added testudo
Chariots are op. What are you talking about?
BlueDragon257 I'm personally not a big fan of them. They have incredibly low defence, are very vulnerable to missiles and are unruly on the battlefield. I much prefer basic heavy cavalry to be honest
@@lugotorix6173 Chariots absolutely destroy cavalry, but you need to know how to use them. Egypt is over powered because it is a skirmish faction. All Egypt has do is build a ton of missiles, then defend your missile troops with chariots. Let the enemy chase you, do not engage in melee, and simply shoot him to death. The more tired the enemy is, the more damage they take. The desert cavalry Egypt gets are also superb units.
Plus add into the fact Egypt gets a desert bonus on every single unit makes the faction very op in the campaign.
@@PiperTMTotalWar then why use the chariots when you can use horse archers?
Chariots are op against cavalry. They are THE hard counter to them. But otherwise, they're way too much of a glass cannon. Phalanxes outright murder them, missiles will kill them fast. Plus they are pain in the ass to control.
Is there a way to make chariots in the main campaign? You spawn with some but I never could find what building enables them.
I’ve played Egypt before. Not sure if they r as gd as Greek but definitely no match for romans at all.
Turn music down lol
yeah sorry this video was made ages ago when I was bad at editing haha
cool
the best faction :D
There, now you dont have 6*6 likes
Ami khali mone rakhi.
Egypt too OP on rome and medieval 2 so bad