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Reply #75 on: August 30, 2022, 11:55:49 AM
Way-To-Go Tuna! You are my new Hero. Not just because you won, but because you won SNEEKY.  :applause:

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Reply #76 on: August 30, 2022, 03:17:46 PM
lol, not sneaky, it's just what I had to do. I was bummed, because the one region I had there, I got from Ptolemy, and at the time I though Parthia was my Ally (which would've been good to satisfy the requirement), but after I took it, they were no longer my Ally and they were pissed at me.

I probably could've won a long drawn out battle with them (even though they were way more powerful, I'm sure if I hit their two army groups with 3 army groups and manually fought a lot of battles, it could be done (but probably would've taken another 100 turns). So not sneaky, but the 'lazy' way out. I guess I'm also lucky his armies were elsewhere on the map, and nothing came at me in the few turns it took me to take the other regions.



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Reply #77 on: August 30, 2022, 11:07:58 PM
I'm starting to sour on this game again even with the DEI Mod. Playing as Rome, I've plowed my way through Gaul to the Rhine and the Channel, Spain and Africa are all my Allies or Client States, so now's a good time to head east to settle an old score with Egypt. I round-up 2 Legions and a fleet and send them over only to find the Lusatania have beaten me there.  :o These are the guys from Lisbon in Portugal! They own Memphis and are besieging Alexandria. How the hell did they beat us there? My armies have to take their supply with them and still suffer attrition. So how did they survive crossing the whole Med? When I get to Britain, I'll probably find it's been overrun by the Scythians.  :idiot2:

I don't mind the game playing non-historically, that's a good thing. But sometimes it strains credibility I think.  :nope:

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Reply #78 on: August 31, 2022, 08:08:31 AM
that does seem a little wacky

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Reply #79 on: August 31, 2022, 01:54:36 PM
In my current Fire and Swords campaign (started in 634 AD) as the Tuareg (North Africans) there is conisderably less wonkiness, and I have really enjoyed the campaign a lot. Try it out!

And for the first time in I don’t know how long, I am just a few turns away from winning the campaign!

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Reply #80 on: August 31, 2022, 07:48:17 PM
Is that for Rome 2 or Attila Gus?

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Reply #81 on: September 01, 2022, 12:29:33 PM
Sorry it's for Attila. And it's wonderful.

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Reply #82 on: September 01, 2022, 11:13:24 PM
I will check it out.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #83 on: September 02, 2022, 03:40:13 AM
Belated congrats on the win, tuna!  Very cool.  :applause: 




In my current Fire and Swords campaign (started in 634 AD) as the Tuareg (North Africans) there is conisderably less wonkiness, and I have really enjoyed the campaign a lot. Try it out!

And for the first time in I don’t know how long, I am just a few turns away from winning the campaign!

Nice.  :bigthumb: 

So what is it about this "Fire and Swords" mod that you like? 



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Reply #84 on: September 02, 2022, 09:37:33 AM
^I liked Attila TW very much to begin with, unmodded. The Fire & Swords mod doesn't change anything I didn't like, but speeds up game play on the campaign map while slowing down the battles a bit, while adding very interesting new factions (like the Tuareg and the Umayyads) and moving the timeline ahead by about 200 years into an era not often covered. Gameplay is also smooth like buttah.

So...it doesn't change anything I already enjoyed about Attila TW while adding some variety and a new era - Rise of Islam.

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Reply #85 on: September 02, 2022, 03:40:35 PM
Hmm, interesting.  Might have to take a look at that one.  Thanks, Gus. 


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Reply #86 on: September 03, 2022, 01:50:16 PM
I think you will be pleased and it is available in the Steam Workshop.

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Reply #87 on: September 03, 2022, 04:46:41 PM
And I just won my Tuareg campaign. Took me 50 years of game time (200 turns - 634AD to 684AD). Yes it's a 'minor' victory but hey whateva  :groovy:


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Reply #88 on: September 03, 2022, 04:52:39 PM
'Terrifying'  >:D


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Reply #89 on: September 03, 2022, 05:01:01 PM
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