That is correct! I could have been a bit clearer in my first post

It's probably the best mod I,ve played so far, all game mods combined including Elder Scrolls and Fallout.
It's simply a whole new game on a whole new level. You'll love it!

What are the penalties for cheating the starting scroll talks about? Or is it just an empty threat?

I want to do some cheating to try some specific sieges out.

I have not tried cheating to check it. But if it's like the One Ring Campaign where, if you do not set the difficulty at Very Hard, your characters are automatically killed, it can maybe end your game.

So maybe it's scripted to destroy your faction.

I tried cheating, nothing seemed to happen. :shrug:

Minas Tirith is now mine!

I used cheats way back in the campaign and nothing bad ever happened to me.

I ended up getting bored of Third Age once I realized how you could play as the elves and build nothing but Archers and you would then win literally every battle that wasn't a siege.

Do different archers have different accuracy?

I've played some custom battles and it feels like some units hits way more often, but there's no stat that tells, so I mihgt just be imagining.

Peloponnesian War? Is that Athens vs ( I cant remember who, I think it was Corinth or Sparta) That would be rather excellent.

It took me a little longer to figure out what you're trying to say in your previous post, but that's okay now.

I don't know what m2tw expansions you have played, but I've played most of them not much though and Britannia is my favorite.

Anyone know of any good mods for Empire Total war? Preferably something that changes the setting at least a bit.
I'm getting tired of the standard setting and all I can find is built on that.

No, but you can try to look http://www.twcenter.net/forums/downloads.php. :user:

Yeah the Seleukids were pretty cool. Elephants and legionaires baby!

I really got into Medieval 2; loved it. Conquering the world as the Byzantines, fending off Crusaders, jihads, Mongols, Timur's armies... pretty epic stuff.

Empire is by far the best especially as far as alliances and peace treaties since the computer is 1000 times better about honoring it's word whereas in Rome the computer would ally you and half the time attack you in the same turn and in Medieval 2 the only way to secure a lasting alliance was through marriage. The series is easily my favorite of all time although I only own Rome: Gold Edition, Medieval 2: Gold Edition and basic Empire and Napoleon. I am anticipating the new Shogun that is in development although I had hoped their next one would span the end of the Napoleonic era to the end of WW1 roughly around 1820 - 1920 would've been great. I generally only play the following factions throughout:

Rome: Carthage, Germans, Scipii. Ex Pack: Goths and Eastern Roman Empire.
Medieval 2: Holy Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, The Turks, Denmark. Ex Packs: Aztecs, Teutonic Order, Wales.
Empire: Prussia, Austria, Ottoman Empire, Sweden, United Provinces, Iroquois Confederacy.
Napoleon: Prussia, Austria



Yes I have that mod it's called retrofit and you can get addons for it which is the real point of it. For instance I have the grand units add-on mod which brings units from the expansion packs into the original campaign because without the gunpowder units added in by the crusades campaign the Byzantine Empire gets stomped by the 14th century in the regular campaign, which is a problem for me because I like to play as them.

I think their is a WW1 mod, if that is your thing. You'd have to YouTube it because I forgot what it is called.

Total War is definitely one of my favorite game series, ever since Shogun, despite a few obvious quirks - I find that the mark of a really great game is how many shortcomings you're willing to overlook because you're just enjoying it so much. It's one of the few games where I find myself coming up with stories of conquest and adventure to complement the gameplay, and each playthrough ends up unique. I still lament bitterly about the cruel injustice done to the great Prince Friedrich of the Holy Roman Empire (in Medieval 1) - a natural-born leader, military genius, and political savant who, while leading a glorious force several thousand strong, was struck on horseback by a single trebuchet missile, the very first shot, as he marched at the head of his army. No one else was hit but him, struck down before he could ascend the throne as the greatest emperor of all time. Alas, poor Friedrich!

I could have easily reloaded a savegame, but it's one of those games where even defeat adds another layer to the narrative, and I generally accept the outcome whatever the cost.

Medieval 1 is still my favorite of the series - it had the best overall presentation and the best character traits. I liked the new campaign map introduced in Rome, which added a whole new layer of maneuver on a grand scale, but some of the visuals started becoming a little generic and a lot of the aesthetic that made Medieval so rich was lost. Same with Medieval 2: it was a great game, but lacked the same charm that Medieval 1 had, and it took several mods to improve it. However, Medieval 2 is still one of my most-played games of all time (right up there with Civ IV.) Empire was mostly a disappointment, incredibly resource-heavy and without much difference between the nations or their units, but the addition of naval warfare was awesome (though not to everyone's taste, I imagine.) Haven't been too keen on getting Napoleon since it seems to limit the campaign map so much, and it's largely the same game as Empire, which just didn't appeal to me as much as previous Total Wars. Looking forward to seeing how Shogun 2 turns out, though - looks very exciting so far!


I absolutely love the Third Age mod for Medieval 2: Kingdoms. It's one of my favorite ever mods, and captures the spirit and depth of Tolkien's world better than any other Lord of the Rings game. The War of the Ring is so perfectly suited to the Total War style of gameplay, and with the clever way they adapted the holy crusade aspect to fit Middle Earth, I think it's even one of the best versions of Total War. Any Tolkien fan who likes Total War should definitely give it a go.

My damn Macedonain allies turned on me and took Corinth <_<

I should have seen it coming since they had nowhere else to go really and their armies all moved south and west towards my borders so luckily I spotted this early enough and moved three Legions (a full stack) to get ready. I have 219,000 (approx) denarii despite helping out the Julii with 6 payments of 20,000 each about twenty turns ago :sadvaultboy:

Does anyone know any good way to get rid of the money? I'm constantly training my Legionary Cohorts, a few Urbans and Legionary Cav. in four of my cities every turn, plus the Peloponnese is always turning out ships for my navy and I'm always building in all eleven of my settlements (except my two starting cities as they have every building). Short of giving my allies money in large sums (which I don't want to do because eventually I'll have to fight them) is there any good way of keeping my money down?

Also, does anyone know if you absolutely have to fight with the Senate and the other two Romans or is there a way to get around that?

You play vanilla?

You always hire a lot of mercenaries and keep them intact for several turns, which is more expensive than regular units.

Can't believe I haven't posted here yet.

BIG FAN. Own every single TW game and expansion.

At the moment, been playing Empire. I have this huge campaign playing with Darthmod as the British. I've pretty much conquered all of the American theater. Currently, I just signed peace treaties with both Spain and France. I took a bunch of land from each of them, but was starting to feel a tad overstretched, hence the peace treaty. Either I conquer all of India first, or I make my move on Europe, not sure which yet..... :chaos:

Right now yes, except for DarthFormations but thats it. I'm playing a good ol' Brutii Imperial Campaign.



I did! As soon as Macedon sacked Corinth, I took my generals in Rhodes (Macedon had a force coming across to it), Sparta, Apollonia and the one just north of Apollonia (forget the name) and hired every possible mercenary to boost the garrisons!

Ahhh, I,m drowning in money! The reason I am concerned is because everyone seems to say that when you get over 80,000 or something then your governor start getting bad traits but none of my governors seem to be "bad" in the sense of being corrupt. Is it because I have the Ludus Magnia (the highest level of schools) in most of my settlements and at least an Academy in each one?

That's explains everything, because the Brutii has the Hercules shrine (not sure if that's right) which increased the trading income.


You did. Oh well over to plan B and that's to bribe the macedonian generals or sign a peace treaty where you actually paying for Corinth.

The http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/3065-Shogun-2-release-date-announced! for Shogun 2 - Total War is now announced. :celebration: :celebration: :celebration:


I can also provide some useful link to the Total War games series as well.

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/124-The-Medieval-Total-War-and-Viking-Invasion-FAQ
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/118-Frequently-Asked-Questions-amp-Game-Fixes
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/119-Frequently-Asked-Questions-and-Game-Fixes
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/46-A-guide-to-the-guides-(Empire-Total-War)
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/263-Guide-to-the-Guides-(Napoleon-Total-War)
http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/1833-Unofficial-articles-pictures-and-videos-thread

Byzantium FTW! I simply love playing as Byzantium, but I dislike how hard it gets towards the later period.

Second favorite faction in Medieval II is Spain. Kicking the Moors out of the Iberian Peninsulla, invading North Africa and sacking Marrakech was such an amazing triumph.

I really wish the vanilla Rome map went further into Asia, like it does in Alexander. I've got a mod that adds it and having an Empire that stretches into India is awesome.

I have got RTW working (at last. I wish I had known all I had to do was set the battle map to 16 bit) and next game I play I will definitely install RTR.