Originally Posted by
Helden
Yeah I suppose, I only necroed the old thread because I wasn't sure how many would be buying it due to the poor Rome 2 reception.
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First point, being able to "Faceroll" in Rome 2 is not a good thing, that's a bad thing, its supposed to be a strategy that rewards good playstyles, if you want to Faceroll Atilla, go play on Normal or Beginner, elsewise get learning.
Second point, you can't compare the Very Hard in Atilla to the Very Hard in Rome 2, there nowhere near, I completed numerous Legendary campaigns in Rome 2, both before and after the Emperor Edition, and I struggled on Hard during my first game, so drop the difficulty down a notch, and start learning again, because this is less of an expansion for Rome 2, and more of an entirely new game.
Third point, if you can't muster a one stack army with 6 towns, your playing wrong, simple as. I've been playing as the Vandals recently, after I settled after my migration, I had 3 villages and 2 full 20 stacks armies and I was able to support them quite easily (raiding helps a lot).
As for the AI having an advantage, it's always gonna get that, the AI cheats in pretty much every strategy game, so that's really not even a point worth bringing up.
You should notice a brace button on your spears, use that when the cavalry are charging in, shouldn't take anywhere near as much damage. That said, shock cav has got a huge buff, and it probably does need a nerf, whenever I see the enemy fielding it my ranged units always try to focus it down.
Archery has never been pinpoint accurate, nor should it be, there's a reason you have a mass of archers instead of a single legolas slotting troops with pinpoint accuracy.
If your trying to run it with the same settings as your ran Rome 2, your in for a bad time. New engine, needs higher specs to run the higher shit, try dropping some settings (I ran Rome 2 on Ultra, have to run Atilla on Performance) and you'll be fine. That said, not sure why your saying it looks worse, the campaign map has an incredible amount of detail compared to the one in Rome 2, and when all's said and done, that's what you spend most of your time looking at.
This is a legitimate point, but then again, it's nothing to get upset over, that's a complete over reaction.
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All i'm gonna say is, this is better than Fall of the Samurai was for Shogun 2. Fall of the Samurai is my favourite game in the series so far, it was a solid improvement on Shogun 2. Atilla completely blows Rome 2 out of the water with how much better and indepth it is.
EDIT: The only criticism i've got so far, and I said it in the other thread, is that I would love to be able to play Rome 2's Grand Campaign on this map with this engine, I love the Romans, but much prefer building my own Empire to trying to salvage one thats falling apart (though that does sound fun).