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Topic Subject: | Interesting traits and retinue |
I'm also curious why Rome's generals get such an overwhelming amount of bad traits compared to all other factions. My roman generals rarely have more than 2-3 in the first stat (authority!?) because they get like -5 to -6 in that stat at least from all the bad traits. May 01, 2019 This page contains a list of cheats, codes, Easter eggs, tips, and other secrets for Rome: Total War - Alexander for PC.If you've discovered a cheat you'd like to add to the page, or have a.
posted 20 April 2010 06:02 PM EDT (US) Has anyone of you guys came across of such things? We all now of the hot air baloon. One thing i got was 'the moonstone', it's on my general (England) after liberating Bavaria. This moonstone has an efect of +10% chance of assasination and it has a cow on its picture, and it says it shines more than anything. And it seems to be related with the novel Moonstone, it's about this jewel that gets the carrier killed (by other coveting characters) [This message has been edited by alexeu (edited 04-20-2010 @ 06:07 PM).] | |
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posted 21 April 2010 00:20 AM EDT (US) 1 / 10 I've not seen seen any interesting traits like that, but what does the hot air balloon do anyway? When I hold my cursor over it, nothing happens, but in the battle map a hot air balloon can be seen floating over the map. Is that it's only function? |
Thrashmad Infantry | posted 21 April 2010 10:59 AM EDT (US) 2 / 10 In Empire I had Master of the Airloom. It gave +4 subterfuge for infiltration and sabotage missions. This comes form the delusion of James Tilly Matthews, who believed that a gang used the Airloom by 'volatile magnetic fluid' to read and influence his and other peoples minds. He probably had schizophrenia, has the delusion fits the symptoms of persecutory delusions, that is quite common for people with paranoid schizophrenia. 'The satisfaction in this game lies in to see 300 heavy armoured horsemen ride chock in an easy snowfall, while fire arrows criss-crosses the evening sky' - Swedish historian and permanent secretary of The Swedish Academy Peter Englund on Medieval 2: Total War (translated by Thrashmad) 'A game that contains both Carl Linnaeus and five different types of artillery projectiles are indisputable exceedingly detailed.' - Peter Englund on Empire: Total War (translated by Thrashmad) |
posted 25 April 2010 03:50 PM EDT (US) 3 / 10 How bout this one: Military Expert, -1 Management for army admistration. Probably was a glitch. |
posted 26 April 2010 04:12 AM EDT (US) 4 / 10 Does it say anything special in the tooltip when you hover over it for some time? You'll usually get a tooltip with a description after the one with the effects. |
Thrashmad Infantry | posted 26 April 2010 05:17 AM EDT (US) 5 / 10 When we are talking about traits and retinues, have anyone found a list over traits and retinues in NTW and ETW? I have found good lists for Medieval 2 but not NTW or ETW. 'The satisfaction in this game lies in to see 300 heavy armoured horsemen ride chock in an easy snowfall, while fire arrows criss-crosses the evening sky' - Swedish historian and permanent secretary of The Swedish Academy Peter Englund on Medieval 2: Total War (translated by Thrashmad) 'A game that contains both Carl Linnaeus and five different types of artillery projectiles are indisputable exceedingly detailed.' - Peter Englund on Empire: Total War (translated by Thrashmad) |
posted 26 April 2010 05:29 PM EDT (US) 6 / 10 You'd need to dig into the compressed files to find that information. ETW & NTW are a lot harder to play around with than RTW & M2TW. Let me have a look and see what I can find. TWH Seraph, TWH Grand Zinquisitor & Crazy Gaius the Banstick Kid Got news regarding Total War games that should be publicised? Then email [email protected]. My blog. Nelson was the typical Englishman: hot-headed, impetuous, unreliable, passionate, emotional & boisterous. Wellington was the typical Irishman: cold, reserved, calculating, unsentimental & ruthless' - George Bernard Shaw Vote for McCain..he's not dead just yet! - HP Lovesauce |
posted 26 April 2010 09:05 PM EDT (US) 7 / 10 That'd be awsome if you can find anything! I guess we all are curious what traits and ancillaries you can develop for your characters :P |
posted 28 April 2010 12:31 PM EDT (US) 8 / 10 I have discovered out what the the hot air balloon does. It makes the enemy deploy first, even if the enemy general has more stars than yours. I found out this when I was attacked by Karl von Österreich-Teschen. He had more stars than Napoleon, but I still deployed second. If you hover the mouse over the text saying 'deploys second', a text box appears, which says something like 'the hot air balloon allows you to see the enemy deploy first'. 'The satisfaction in this game lies in to see 300 heavy armoured horsemen ride chock in an easy snowfall, while fire arrows criss-crosses the evening sky' - Swedish historian and permanent secretary of The Swedish Academy Peter Englund on Medieval 2: Total War (translated by Thrashmad) 'A game that contains both Carl Linnaeus and five different types of artillery projectiles are indisputable exceedingly detailed.' - Peter Englund on Empire: Total War (translated by Thrashmad) |
posted 30 April 2010 05:44 AM EDT (US) 9 / 10 It sure does look pretty watching the Hot Air Balloon drift across the battlefield. The first time I saw it I was expecting some kind of bombing run A A R S ::The Sun always rises in the East::Flawless Crowns::Dancing Days:: 'We kissed the Sun, and it smiled down upon us.' |
posted 30 April 2010 07:19 PM EDT (US) 10 / 10 So that why they did the hot air ballon. I thought it was useless until I read that. Semper Fidelis E pluribus unum Sic Semper Tyrannus-Always (death) to tyrants-state motto of Virginia The idea is not ot die for your country, but to let the other poor bastard die for your country-General George S. Patton |
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Ah, Total War: Rome II. Serial actress rate per night. Since launch it has struggled to forge its own path and find a way out of the shadow of its critically acclaimed namesake. Granted, following up on the seminal strategy game of the early 2000s is no easy task, and so it's understandable that Rome II does not totally succeed in accomplishing such a lofty goal. Lacking either the epic civil war of the original Rome, the climactic endgame of Shogun II, or the looming narrative weight of Attila, the Grand Campaign of Rome II has always been a little flat around the edges.
Luckily, the Total War mod scene is here to help. Boasting some of the most exciting player-created content of the series, the mods listed here help push Rome II from a good, but lacklustre sequel to a genuinely great strategy title worthy of its revered lineage.
What are the best Total War: Rome 2 Mods?
- Radious Total War Mod
- Divide et Impera
- Traits, Talents and Toadies: Character Overhaul
- Rome: Total War Music
- AAA: Generals - Romans (Aging, Advancing, Acclimatising)
- Campaign Camera For Patch 20 and Later
- Rome II HD Series
- Constantine: Rise of Christianity
- Alexander The Great Campaign Hellenic Edition
Total War: Rome 2 Overhaul Mods
Overhaul mods do most of the heavy lifting in the Total War modding community. By taking the platform provided by the base game and drastically remodeling it to address the communities grievances, these mods provide an excellent way of squeezing dozens of more hours out of any Total War game. When pursued with vision and forethought, these can elevate the first draft of the vanilla game into something truly special.
Radious Total War Mod - Anniversary Edition
Mount and blade bandit lair. We've previously heaped acclaim on Team Radious for their Total War: Attila overhaul, and much of that same gleaming praise could just as easily apply to the team’s Rome II mod as well. If you had to install just one mod from this list for Rome II, this would be a very safe bet (although, technically, it's a collection of about six mods you'll need for the full package).
Like all of the Radious overhauls, it acts more like a suite of interlocking mods, all rolled into a single package, that flesh out in loving detail the campaign, battle system, economy, research, AI, and factions. This mod made it to the top of the Rome II Steam workshop subscription list for a reason. Be aware, however: if you’re installing on the Steam workshop this mod contains four parts, and you will need to install all of them for the mod to run properly.
Divide et Impera
As always, Team Radious will not go unchallenged. A close second on the list of most subscribed mods and a worthy rival for best overhaul mod, Divide et Impera adds a ton of new factions and features. The roster of playable factions is significantly increased to include way more tribes, Greek city-states, new factions and Diadochi kingdoms.
The real allure of this mod, though, is a total campaign and battle overhaul aimed at making the strategic play more difficult and the tactical battles more realistic. This, alongside revamped units, textures, models, buildings, resources and more, make Divide et Impera a close contender for most valuable mod on the list. It's been updated as recently as this year, and even has an official website that you can check out.
Traits, Talents and Toadies: Character Overhaul
As the name implies, this mod aims to improve the vanilla traits, talents, and character systems from the slightly bland original version into something a bit more robust and substantial. It adds new traits and a dynamic skill system for generals and provincial governors, as well as completely refurbished and more faction-specific Cursus Honorum rankings and Army Traditions.
Divide et Impera, listed above, uses a similar system for its character overhaul. So, if you want some improved character features, without having to sign on for the rest of the changes that that overhaul mod entails, this makes for a great standalone improvement that fixes a particular area of Rome II that has not aged that well and, even at release, felt a bit bland.
Total War: Rome 2 Quality of Life Mods
While overhaul and total conversion mods seek to fundamentally redefine the player’s experience, these little UI, graphical, historical, and miscellaneous improvements, simply help to soothe the overlooked issues that just get under your skin or fix problems you didn’t even know were there. Plus, because most of these focus on a single particular issue, many are compatible with each other, as well as other, more comprehensive, mods.
Rome: Total War Music
The triumphant rising orchestras, the chants, the faux-ancient warlike drum beats, and the vaguely near-eastern twangs: this is the soundtrack of antiquity, or at least, what the brains of many in the cohort that grew up with the original Total War: Rome were trained to associate with the period through prolonged exposure to that original soundtrack. Even today, the score can resurface memories of lost afternoons adjusting formations and expanding borders. If you are the kind of person who enjoys that consistent evocation of nostalgia then this is a mod well worth installing.
It doesn’t always work perfectly, as sometimes the music cuts too abruptly and switches to a new song in a way that doesn’t feel natural, but if you still long for those glory days conquering in the name of the Republic then this is a good quick fix. And if this mod doesn’t sate that nostalgia craving, then you could try dipping into Familiae Romanae: Roman Houses by Turquoise-Falcon, which changes the starting set up to resemble that of the original Rome, with the Roman faction divided into three major houses and one city-state faction that eventually descend into civil war.
It's worth noting that this mod is included in the Radious collection linked above.
Total War Rome 2 Character Traits
AAA: Generals - Romans (Aging, Advancing, Acclimatising)
Even someone usually indifferent to purely cosmetic mods can respect the subtle immersion offered by Steam user Benjin‘s AAA: Generals mod. With this installed, the appearance of Roman generals will change alongside their position on an axis of the three A’s (aging, advancing, acclimatizing). So, as a characters ages so will their character model; as they rank up, they will gain extra accoutrements and more varied personal armour; and, as the weather changes, they will switch from warm-weather to cold-weather garb. Seeing the physical circumstances of your campaign have a dynamic impact on a character’s appearance is a very subtle, yet effective way of visually displaying your progress. There is also a version of this mod for Greek generals, the Roman’s of Rise of the Republicand most recently, the Punic culture.
Campaign Camera For Patch 20 and Later
The drawback distance for the vanilla camera is, quite honestly, insulting. Coming back into Rome II after playing some later Total War titles, it can feel especially egregious. The sort-of-over-god’s-shoulder view is fine, but it’s much, much too close to the ground, and makes it difficult to see even the most rudimentary of empires as anything resembling a collective whole. Don’t settle for such a restricted view: this mod will set the drawback distances as far as they can go without crashing and give you a view worthy of an emperor.
Rome Total War Trait List
Rome II: HD Series
At release, Rome II was quite graphically impressive, especially at the higher settings. Now, at a hefty six years old, however, it is beginning to show its age. Especially after playing some of Creative Assembly’s more recent entries, dipping back into Rome II can be a bit graphically jarring. Textures and models that were once perfectly adequate now leave a lot to be desired.
We previously has a mod on this list that improved the campaign textures. To offer more choice though we thought we'd point out the same author has also created several different 'HD' mods, which can all be viewed in this collection (that also includes the AAA: Generals) mods. This also includes Orbis Terrarum II, which is a more all-encompassing HD mod.
Total War: Rome 2 Total Conversion and Alternate History Mods
Using the skeleton of the base game as a starting point, these mods seek to redefine the vanilla version by placing it in a new place and a new time. These are not mere historical reskins, these are fundamental re-imaginings of what the game can be, which, when executed well, can drastically increase the lifespan of the base version. With such lofty ambitions, though, it's important to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Constantine: Rise of Christianity
The Tetrarchy is one of the most interesting yet overlooked periods in Roman history. Coming after the Emperor Diocletian dragged the Roman world kicking and screaming through the tail end of the Crisis years, the Tetrarchy was an attempt to reforge the Empire in a way that would bring lasting stability and end forever the ouroboros-like circle of rising and falling barracks emperors that had plagued the Roman world for a half-century before. Diocletian’s reorganization of the Empire into four zones with a more streamlined succession system failed pretty stunningly, but at least it gave posterity an interesting historical playground to cut through in this mod, which takes place after the death of Diocletian when the heirs of the first Tetrarchs, unsatisfied with ruling a mere quarter of the Roman world, descended into civil war and infighting.
Will you take up the role of Constantine, eliminate your competitors, and Christianize the empire, or will you take up the mantle of one of the other Tetrarchs to forge a new path based on the old ways. If not, you can always take command of the Sassanid Empire and seize the eastern Mediterranean or choose the Franks and flood over the Rhine amid the chaos of the Roman’s sibling squabbles. In addition to picking one of the most historically rich start dates, this will also serve as an excellent prequel campaign to a Total War: Attila play-through.
Alexander The Great Campaign Hellenic Edition
The world the burgeoning Roman Republic emerged into was fundamentally defined by the regional reordering which had occurred less than a century before when the king of Macedon, a plucky and ambitious youth known to history as Alexander the Great, flipped the world on its head and invaded and conquered that great bane of ancient Greece, the big-bad of Herodotus’ Histories, the Achaemenid Persian empire. At the time Rome II begins, from the Adriatic to the Indus, Hellenic warlords, the heirs of Alexander’s conquests, rule the world. It’s hard to overstate how profoundly this geopolitical shift changed the region, and how far downwards its echoes reverberate.
This total conversion campaign lets you relive this struggle by allowing you to take the reins of Alexander's forces and see if you can recreate his stunning lightening conquest of Achaemenid Persia. As a plus, this campaign is pretty consistently updated and is, at the time of this writing, still being actively tended to, something that can't always be said about a game several years out from release and long since eclipsed by sequels. There is also a separate sibling mod for a Persian Campaign so you can attempt to prevent the rise of Alexander and maintain the legacy of Cyrus the Great, as well as a Prequel mod that covers the events before the mod proper begins. This is a great mod and labor of love that deserves some attention.
Which are your favourite Rome 2 Mods? Let us know in the comments!