21-03-2011, 09:04 | #11 |
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What's the "retrain" option about? What does this do and when does it become available in cities?
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21-03-2011, 10:14 | #12 |
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If you have a blacksmith or something like that in a city, you can get the troops that are trained there better weaponry. That's what retraining does.
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It will also replenish troops to full complement after some are lost in battle.
So retrain will bring a unit up to the full strength of a new unit trained in that city. |
22-03-2011, 14:23 | #14 |
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Thanks again!
Next questions: - How do you set rally points? And can you reset them later on to different locations? This MM with multiple cities producing troops is getting a bit tedious... - Is there any Viagra for these lazy Romans? They seem to be producing very few offspring, which means that even though I have only 2 armies with generals running around, I still am lacking a governor in 4 out of my 10 cities, and I expect this will get worse if/when my empire grows... - Can I get family members by other means than birth and marriage? I read something online about bribing enemy generals to join your faction or promotions (captains getting promoted to general for some very heroic battle result without one of my own generals present)...
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By the way, besides burning pigs, wardogs are also awesome against barbarians.
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Now it's been ages since I played and I didnt even finish the Julii campaign but I do remember that my family members went at it as rabbits. I could easily get each city a governor although some had crappy governor stats. But he, when your a annexed city you shouldn't complain anyway
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Does anybody have any suggestions about battlefield tactics agains heavy infantry in the early game (first 40 turns or so)?
In particular agains those Naked Fanatics that the Gauls field quite a lot... Right now I use Velites (which are crappy, BTW) to thin their numbers some before I pin them in place with my Hastati, and then use horse units (preferably the generals bodyguard) to hit them from the side or the rear. Which works quite well, as they die fairly quickly once the cavalry comes in, but they certainly extract a fairly heavy toll on the Hastati. It would be great to minimize the losses, since Hastati are the backbone of any decent Roman army that I can field...
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They're naked, so archers should do the trick. They have low discipline, so basically the best goal is to punish them for not keeping the line. In other words: hit their flanks. You could also try wardogs, iirc you can get them early in the game. They are very good against the barbarians. Keep the retainers safe, the dogs are expendable (like ammo).
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Question: What are good targets for training assassins? Low influence diplomats are probably the best option but there aren't many of those running around in my little part of the map, so any other suggestions would be appreciated.
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Rebel armies, or any army without a real general.
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