Exploit Guide - Medieval II: Total War

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This guide is everything you'll need to give the AI a really hard time in a really dishonourable way in Medieval 2: Total War
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  • @thomasalvarez6456
    @thomasalvarez64568 жыл бұрын

    That young voice XD

  • @gusess5743

    @gusess5743

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thomas Alvarez blew my mind, sounds like a voice modulator,such change in only 3 years!

  • @LiamRedmondVideo

    @LiamRedmondVideo

    7 жыл бұрын

    Think its just a shit microphone more than anything tbh

  • @jakehatton2910

    @jakehatton2910

    7 жыл бұрын

    No he did voice conditioning over the years in order to sound as badass as he does now

  • @alexww180

    @alexww180

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think he was genuinely more passionate and stressed when he made this video.

  • @bigschnee7785

    @bigschnee7785

    7 жыл бұрын

    Holy mother of god this is hilarious.

  • @arsnakehert
    @arsnakehert6 жыл бұрын

    *guy surrounded by four armies in mountainside road* _Are you looking to negotiate with us?_

  • @lionelhutz5137

    @lionelhutz5137

    6 жыл бұрын

    His old, frail voice makes it even more comical, as if he knows he's about to get fucked up.

  • @anthonyteasley3837

    @anthonyteasley3837

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@lionelhutz5137 the princess knew shit was up and she backed her ass up lol

  • @iceintheair

    @iceintheair

    5 жыл бұрын

    Anthony Teasley 😂😂😂

  • @_Gandalf_The_White

    @_Gandalf_The_White

    5 жыл бұрын

    Fuck that made me laugh haha

  • @guitarHero1885

    @guitarHero1885

    5 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @guiterrorist
    @guiterrorist8 жыл бұрын

    -10 chivalry +10 dread

  • @legitpineapple4044

    @legitpineapple4044

    8 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @bobthetop3242

    @bobthetop3242

    6 жыл бұрын

    WUT?

  • @afghankid639

    @afghankid639

    6 жыл бұрын

    LOL I GET IT

  • @UnitAlir

    @UnitAlir

    5 жыл бұрын

    What? Can someone explain 2 years later?

  • @UnitAlir

    @UnitAlir

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@johnrivierok I see. I've always wondered the difference between those two. How do you gain each in a game? Some battles I try to be all honorable and not chase down fleeing enemies. I still get dread. Other times I chase down all fleeing enemies. +4 chivalry.

  • @cszm7892
    @cszm78927 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe this. You OCCUPIED three cities and RELEASED prisoners??? Were you feeling well that day?

  • @adoschtinad

    @adoschtinad

    5 жыл бұрын

    You draw aggression if you execute everyone since everyone likes you less

  • @VenomCold

    @VenomCold

    5 жыл бұрын

    wrong .. if you dont know med2 game mechanichs dont bother

  • @a.e.9821

    @a.e.9821

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@VenomCold you definitely do

  • @rintv3675

    @rintv3675

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@a.e.9821 he's talking about the glitched game design where every option you pick loses you reputation with everyone, regardless of how good or bad you were to towns/prisoners.

  • @sevenpolar3483

    @sevenpolar3483

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@rintv3675 the penalty for taking cities is 1 for occupying, 1 for sacking, 2 for extermination, the penalty for prisioners is 1 for releasing, 0 for ransoming and 2 for exercuting, so killing prisoners still makes people hate you more

  • @MrRobakowski
    @MrRobakowski8 жыл бұрын

    Exploit 1: Unlimited boat movement 0:31 Exploit 2: Time-out Assult Win 2:12 Exploit 3: Agent Squashing 4:53 Exploit 4: Merchat fort 5:41 Exploit 5: Pseudo random chance manipulation 6:56 Exploit 6: Sally Out Draw Glitch 11:45 Exploit 7: Attacking factions of the same religion on crusade/jihad 14:35 Exploit 8: Units never desert 16:53 Exploit 9: General With Quadruple Movement 18:20 Exploit 10: Recruitment Replenishment Glitch 19:36

  • @Yeagerbonebone

    @Yeagerbonebone

    8 жыл бұрын

    thanks

  • @GonzoTehGreat

    @GonzoTehGreat

    8 жыл бұрын

    You deserve (Reddit) gold! The video maker could learn from you. Thanks

  • @prettyokandy230

    @prettyokandy230

    7 жыл бұрын

  • @matapegheata7257

    @matapegheata7257

    7 жыл бұрын

    How do i quick save and quick load?

  • @MrRobakowski

    @MrRobakowski

    7 жыл бұрын

    Mata Pegheata I think "ctrl+S" is quick save, and "ctrl+L is quick load. Haven't played the game in a while now

  • @ragnarrock6432
    @ragnarrock64328 жыл бұрын

    3 doesnt even feel like an exploit, seems legit having your armies hunt down agents

  • @iplyrunescape305

    @iplyrunescape305

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I've even done that myself without having to blockade the agent. Just stomp right on 'em

  • @breaden4381

    @breaden4381

    7 жыл бұрын

    iplyrunescape305 Now I can finally get rid of that Venetian merchant making 960 gold per turn by Constantinople.

  • @iplyrunescape305

    @iplyrunescape305

    7 жыл бұрын

    XDD

  • @breaden4381

    @breaden4381

    7 жыл бұрын

    iplyrunescape305 I've also seen Milanese merchants go over 1k. But they are my allies, and they need the money. The Pope is a bit of a warmonger.

  • @adoschtinad

    @adoschtinad

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@breaden4381 you can just place a military unit on the trade resource if you want to block it. Armies displace agents as Im sure you know.

  • @donnalau4520
    @donnalau45208 жыл бұрын

    why do Legend sounds like a really angry English boy

  • @gooscarguitar

    @gooscarguitar

    8 жыл бұрын

    His voice just used to be higher, and his accent is pretty damn mild. I thought he was english too the first time I ever watched him.

  • @sebking7902

    @sebking7902

    8 жыл бұрын

    He's Aussie

  • @redwaldcuthberting7195

    @redwaldcuthberting7195

    5 жыл бұрын

    He doesn't even sound English. XD

  • @hubristicmystic

    @hubristicmystic

    5 жыл бұрын

    Very good job mate, just picked the game back up after many years and sick of raging at mmo’s - I use the reload assassin trick to kill everyone in the Scottish and friend royal families (playing English) so the faction turns to rebels then take over without being excommunicated. I see you quick save before every try - does that reset the odds? I noticed if you just reload the last save it never succeeds

  • @_Gandalf_The_White

    @_Gandalf_The_White

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@hubristicmystic Yeah, every save re-rolls the dice so to speak.

  • @JLang117
    @JLang1172 жыл бұрын

    My god its amazing how his voice changed

  • @IYIENACE

    @IYIENACE

    2 жыл бұрын

    He had a cheap headset mic back then from what he said

  • @TheTomlev40
    @TheTomlev4011 жыл бұрын

    It's not an exploit as such, but I have found that if you place Pikemen as close as you can to the city gates during a siege, the pikes will stick through the gate and skewer any infantry using a battering ram. As they constantly have to replace the infantry, the ram won't damage the gate, leaving you free to combat any ladders/siege towers.

  • @BWeManX
    @BWeManX9 жыл бұрын

    Another siege strategy is to send a light cavalry unit or 2 (the faster, the better). When they sally out the next turn, just camp your forces in the farthest corner of the battle map. The AI never leaves a rear guard in the town center, and they leave the gates open when they sally. Let them get as close to you as they possibly can without getting your unit(s) destroyed, then BLITZ around them and straight into the town center :) The light cav is so much faster than infantry (and occasionally heavy cav) that you can time-out victory before they catch up to you. 2 units increases your chances of success because one can claim the town center while the other "skirmishes" or at least distracts the enemy long enough that they wont kill your main unit.

  • @arsnakehert

    @arsnakehert

    6 жыл бұрын

    Damn, I have to try this one

  • @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    @saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats how Zardar plays, the zardariqn tactic

  • @UndrState
    @UndrState10 жыл бұрын

    This is definitely a game I keep learning about, even after years.

  • @dylanwinter7937

    @dylanwinter7937

    7 ай бұрын

    lol I'm still learning 9 years later

  • @GrugSmesh
    @GrugSmesh10 жыл бұрын

    Merchant fort is awesome

  • @lithen00

    @lithen00

    10 жыл бұрын

    ye i made me 3012 bucks a turn

  • @someidiotfromover7yearsago

    @someidiotfromover7yearsago

    10 жыл бұрын

    And I never feel bad for using it, i just imagine its a little trade town. I did pay for those walls after all.

  • @kaiserwilhelmii4816

    @kaiserwilhelmii4816

    7 жыл бұрын

    nopinkcreations did they really?

  • @oleksandrmelnychenko4709

    @oleksandrmelnychenko4709

    7 жыл бұрын

    MemeJihad I thought that the merchant fort was a feature not a glitch.

  • @Sharp931

    @Sharp931

    7 жыл бұрын

    That's fun, when the fort is far from you and you have 3 turn to answer the attack. Moors got it easy with those gold mines.

  • @AlexanderSilver1996
    @AlexanderSilver19965 жыл бұрын

    The merchant fort thing (Although it might be an exploit, technically) is actually a pretty fun game mechanic. Forts were constructed around valuable materials to facilitate trade so it's kind of true to life. I like to think of it as roleplay

  • @addochandra4745

    @addochandra4745

    2 жыл бұрын

    interesting perspective...

  • @denmichaelmalayo9716

    @denmichaelmalayo9716

    Жыл бұрын

    just think of it is like what happens if this faction industrialized... like a factory or workshop

  • @dylanram4653

    @dylanram4653

    8 ай бұрын

    doesnt work anymore sadly, notr wit forts anyways but u can have high loyalty general do it

  • @perrymeril

    @perrymeril

    7 ай бұрын

    Sadly, despite being the same engine, you can't do this in rome total war remastered.

  • @istn9478
    @istn94789 ай бұрын

    Jeez, his voice is so different now. It is almost freaky.

  • @cooknaris
    @cooknaris10 жыл бұрын

    cant quite understand the people who clicked on a video titled 'exploit guide' and then moaned that the guy is cheating... either use the exploits or dont, but theres no point watching just to moan about it... i thought this was a very helpful video, whether i choose to use exploits or not

  • @amadeupname151

    @amadeupname151

    9 жыл бұрын

    Right. I look at it like GTA or Saints Row. Do it once without cheats or glitches, then go back and do it again and see what happens. It just depends on how you want to play it. But that sally out glitch is some greasy shit.

  • @NTJedi

    @NTJedi

    4 жыл бұрын

    Most tasks he's mentioning are *not* exploits..... they are cheats. Any save and reload is *always* a cheat.

  • @Mahfireballs

    @Mahfireballs

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@NTJedi I dont think saving and reloading is cheating I mean it's in the game. You have to possibility to save and reload whenever you wan't only in later tw titles quicksaving was removed. So if it's intended game design I wouldn't consider it cheating it's just as the titles possible to exploit this more then probably was intended. Of course it can be really powerfull and as MedII has really short load times you can just prevent all agents from dying when sending on missions as long as you are willing to reload but that doesn't make it cheating.

  • @NTJedi

    @NTJedi

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Mahfireballs If you are reloading a saved game because the game crashed unexpectedly then it's not cheating. If you are reloading a saved game because the mouse double clicked instead of single clicking as desired then its not cheating. *HOWEVER* if you are reloading a saved game because you didn't like the results of decisions you made or actions during the game then you are cheating because you are altering the course of time within the game itself giving you and advantage and your opponent a disadvantage.

  • @jackytreehornsghost
    @jackytreehornsghost8 жыл бұрын

    'Agent squashing' is the only one I'd use.

  • @arvidfalk5719

    @arvidfalk5719

    8 жыл бұрын

    +justin Kline Yep, because that is at least somewhat realistic.

  • @glazedgamer7661

    @glazedgamer7661

    8 жыл бұрын

    I use the merchant fortress as well, makes sense to me to be able to have a monopoly on some sort of resource

  • @Pakicetus_

    @Pakicetus_

    7 жыл бұрын

    lmao

  • @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    6 жыл бұрын

    Giannis Zapsas LMAO

  • @maxmagnus777

    @maxmagnus777

    5 жыл бұрын

    Crusade glitch is ok since the AI is messed up.

  • @RegumRai
    @RegumRai8 жыл бұрын

    The great exploit of all time is the stakes at the gates!

  • @kevinpatrick6967

    @kevinpatrick6967

    6 жыл бұрын

    ahahaha Defending a castle/city against Cavalry Faction (Mongol,Turkish) and have 1 English Archers there you go!

  • @da_cat

    @da_cat

    5 жыл бұрын

    or the bizantine unit that shoots fire :D

  • @officialromanhours

    @officialromanhours

    2 жыл бұрын

    Enemy at the stakes

  • @johnwicksfoknpencil
    @johnwicksfoknpencil6 жыл бұрын

    Still the best total war game they’ve ever made

  • @mackmasters325

    @mackmasters325

    5 жыл бұрын

    and will ever make :(

  • @kaisermoneybags4450

    @kaisermoneybags4450

    5 жыл бұрын

    nah

  • @izzycatzi3648

    @izzycatzi3648

    4 жыл бұрын

    Po

  • @Xerrand

    @Xerrand

    4 жыл бұрын

    This or Rome total war. I find it tough to pick between them.

  • @Jeyeyeyey

    @Jeyeyeyey

    3 жыл бұрын

    nah, rome 1 and shogun 2 are better

  • @hyper_5pace902
    @hyper_5pace9025 жыл бұрын

    "There's nothing I can do to prevent a riot" *has high tax rate enabled*

  • @ByronBanger

    @ByronBanger

    4 ай бұрын

    Came here for this comment 😅

  • @Hintrax
    @Hintrax10 жыл бұрын

    Don't you raise your voice at me!

  • @Lorgar64
    @Lorgar646 жыл бұрын

    I'd just like it on record that while I use agent squashing, I learnt it from the AI when the Mongols wouldn't stop using it on my merchants in the holy land.

  • @YuriPRIMErpg
    @YuriPRIMErpg9 жыл бұрын

    Damn XD When you said "Jihad Speed" on the boats, I instantly thought of Battlefield and boats with fronts packed to the roof with explosives.

  • @1Phase1

    @1Phase1

    9 жыл бұрын

    Yuri PRIME So...what you're saying here is Jihad = explosians? Because that's stereotypical and unfair...

  • @X3riv3X

    @X3riv3X

    9 жыл бұрын

    brahim dahbi And totaly reasonable , seeing what has been happening over the last couple of years. Oh and Jihad also reminds of murder , burning people alive , stoneing people to death , destryoing works of art and murder. Noone realy likes Jihad in the cultured West

  • @1Phase1

    @1Phase1

    9 жыл бұрын

    X3riv3X​ That's not really how I refer to Jihad, well i'm Muslim myself so of course that's not how I would refer to it, but isn't all that stuff just a bit how mainstream media would refer to Jihad?

  • @Gaming_With_Icarus

    @Gaming_With_Icarus

    8 жыл бұрын

    +brahim dahbi Doesn't jihad mean holy war?

  • @1Phase1

    @1Phase1

    8 жыл бұрын

    ***** yes

  • @marredten1918
    @marredten19183 жыл бұрын

    Is this what legends kid will sound like in the future

  • @akinji1299
    @akinji12999 жыл бұрын

    hahah that voice and current voice have too much difference :D

  • @gooscarguitar

    @gooscarguitar

    9 жыл бұрын

    C1h4d This is calm and relaxed compared to his voice in the Peasant Challenge...

  • @erikseidler133

    @erikseidler133

    6 жыл бұрын

    PEASANTS!!!

  • @Lankyblankman

    @Lankyblankman

    6 жыл бұрын

    Gooscar But the last episode of the peasant campaign is after he went to voice therapy

  • @alevort

    @alevort

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Lankyblankman Voice therapy?

  • @cliffsam98
    @cliffsam989 жыл бұрын

    Step 1: Play as France Step 2: Build armies of only heavy cavalry Step 3: Win

  • @K0ragg

    @K0ragg

    9 жыл бұрын

    HA are much better lol.

  • @loganpodojil8965

    @loganpodojil8965

    9 жыл бұрын

    cliffsam98 till you face the mongols

  • @cliffsam98

    @cliffsam98

    9 жыл бұрын

    Logan Podojil Then, it takes like, the entire military to win. I just took Jerusalem and won. Wasn't even about to try and deal with that.

  • @K0ragg

    @K0ragg

    9 жыл бұрын

    cliffsam98 "Won" HAH! True winning is achieved when you conquer the whole bloody world! Also, France get HA's too in the late period, coupled with great missile troops to absolutely smash any enemy horse archers.

  • @K0ragg

    @K0ragg

    9 жыл бұрын

    nyphix4321 You'd think so. It's actually really easy if you prepare.

  • @Yourantsally
    @Yourantsally3 жыл бұрын

    Why does he sound like he sound like current legend doing a voice to make fun of someone?

  • @grandengineernathan
    @grandengineernathan3 жыл бұрын

    Okay, so watching this video from 2021, we can all say the all Legend is now locked up in a cave an the one running the channel is an imposter

  • @jameswomer6796
    @jameswomer679611 жыл бұрын

    Great video! Another exploit I didn't see here: when you have a city with huge stone walls and cannon towers, and you get besieged, start a sally battle, but line up all your troops on top of your walls to man the towers. The enemy will abandon their siege equipment and move into defensive formation within range of your cannon towers; simply speed up time and wait until they are shot to pieces and rout or are killed. I've had this work regardless of odds or enemy equipment and never lost a man.

  • @sekaidongyi208
    @sekaidongyi2087 жыл бұрын

    The exploit i've used before i ever seen this video is only the save n reload that i realised myself. Lol

  • @chancevance1641
    @chancevance1641 Жыл бұрын

    Holy shit learning of Legend in 2023 and coming back to 10 years later, he's a damn kid!

  • @maycontainnuts3127
    @maycontainnuts3127 Жыл бұрын

    i cant believe he taught us how to savescum and called it "Psudeo Random Chance Manipulation"

  • @GoldenbanjoDJ
    @GoldenbanjoDJ9 жыл бұрын

    that first one is fucking unreal. my full carack stack will have fun

  • @07jaworski07

    @07jaworski07

    9 жыл бұрын

    GoldenbanjoDJ lol

  • @07jaworski07

    @07jaworski07

    9 жыл бұрын

    GoldenbanjoDJ lol

  • @07jaworski07

    @07jaworski07

    9 жыл бұрын

    GoldenbanjoDJ lol

  • @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    6 жыл бұрын

    GoldenbanjoDJ doom stack infinite movement

  • @KamikazeCommie501
    @KamikazeCommie50110 ай бұрын

    Lol that voice. Sounds like you were auditioning for Cheez TV

  • @meuxtag
    @meuxtag5 жыл бұрын

    Quite amazing how Legend's voice has change with time!

  • @Dannydiamond16
    @Dannydiamond169 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like the Bear Grylls of Total War

  • @Runamoinen
    @Runamoinen3 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if I'm late to the party with this glitch and whether others have already noticed it, but I've found that in siege battles when I am the attacker, if I order 4-5 cavalry units (one by one) to run and position themselves right in front of the gate the models will start pushing each other forward and sooner or later one model will phase through the gate opening (capturing) it. This is useful when playing draw-out battles and the enemy defenders have siege units stuck inside the city and you have dealt with the other units before attempting this, or in any other situation when the enemy is not holding the walls.

  • @markr7421
    @markr74218 жыл бұрын

    Note that, in time, the no-desertion exploit will remove all your generals points in StrategyChivalry and CrusaderHistory, then add one back if you join again of course.

  • @sterbin5348
    @sterbin53485 жыл бұрын

    5:25 "ArE YoU LoOkiNg To NEgOtIaTe WiTh uS?"

  • @antonjunior9189
    @antonjunior91893 жыл бұрын

    It's 2020 and this video is still fun

  • @AAARREUUUGHHHH
    @AAARREUUUGHHHH9 жыл бұрын

    AKA how to get bored of total war really quickly

  • @JECGaming

    @JECGaming

    8 жыл бұрын

    Pretty much. Doing it normally is so much more rewarding

  • @Sharp931

    @Sharp931

    7 жыл бұрын

    The AI is too dumb in vanilla.

  • @brodiem9569

    @brodiem9569

    6 жыл бұрын

    That mod crashes non stop after turn 140

  • @ScottishRebel

    @ScottishRebel

    6 жыл бұрын

    at 140 unless you suck should have most of europe

  • @seanwalters1977

    @seanwalters1977

    6 жыл бұрын

    What if you want the world? Pretty lame it crashes at 140

  • @kar351
    @kar3519 жыл бұрын

    That merchant one is really great. Got tired of losing merchants not to mention the income boost. Thank you for sharing. The rest of them are pretty cool, but smells a bit cheaty :P, I know it is a exploit, but it kinda changes the way of gaming. Anyway, pretty cool, Thank you.

  • @UnitAlir

    @UnitAlir

    5 жыл бұрын

    It's not a cheat though. In real life, if a gold mine is found, you want to maximise how many businesses are trading with that gold. You don't just send one company and send all others into hostile territory to get mugged.

  • @Green.n.Purple

    @Green.n.Purple

    5 жыл бұрын

    Merchant one is at least semi-justifiable once you realize the AI goes out of their way to target your merchants. Seriously, one game as the Netherlands I put a merchant on some really shitty resource, but in a fort so he'd be safe. 10 turns later and every square around the fort in a 3x3 radius is occupied by enemy merchants, all who want to seize the 6 florin/turn resource

  • @TheManofthecross

    @TheManofthecross

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Green.n.Purple ic though I think that what you typed is a exsaderation they go after the other merchants as well.

  • @Green.n.Purple

    @Green.n.Purple

    5 жыл бұрын

    @Vincent Celeste A bit of an exaggeration, the 3x3 gridlock didn't happen only 10 turns later, but merchants were already swarming him by then. The 3x3 didn't establish itself until I think like 30 turns later, and there were even merchants belonging to the muslim nations in the mix. Considering this was for some really common resource node, of which there were even some empty only a couple turns away, it's clear the AI is biased to attack the player. It's a common balance thing and I can understand why they made it that way, but it still feels unfair. It's bad enough they can spawn armies and high level agents out of their asses

  • @lordinquisitorpeter8221

    @lordinquisitorpeter8221

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@yourinatrance8676 Does the merchant fort still work? I'm curious because my economy is completely garbage from the start and whatever I do I can't fix it so I want to make some money without using the console

  • @anirbanbhattacharya9185
    @anirbanbhattacharya91857 жыл бұрын

    Enrico Dandalo must have seen your videos about attacking a Christian city with a crusading army. That's how he got Constantinople!!! Lol

  • @grantwalter2243

    @grantwalter2243

    6 жыл бұрын

    no they attacked the muslims. get your facts straight

  • @GGamersUnited

    @GGamersUnited

    6 жыл бұрын

    @Grant they were rockstars...raping here, looting there..no big stuff.

  • @grantwalter2243

    @grantwalter2243

    6 жыл бұрын

    Martin Uzunov actually they were used to fight the Islam Empire and reclaim the Holy Land. Youre confusing them with radical "jihadists"

  • @GGamersUnited

    @GGamersUnited

    6 жыл бұрын

    haha i was joking. they did demand stuff on their way to there tho. Just cuz.,

  • @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    6 жыл бұрын

    Look up 4th crusade

  • @SereglothIV
    @SereglothIV2 жыл бұрын

    That voice xD At first I didn't know if he was trolling or if it was the actual little Legend's voice.

  • @NKismynextgoal
    @NKismynextgoal8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to give us these glitches! I still don't get the logic of soldiers deserting while they are on sea, but maybe they were good swimmers :-) Merchants are a weakness, because they are kicked out of business all the time, so thank you to show how to have a maximum of trade income by them.

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    Eventually yes. I need to play them a bit more to find more out though. Glad you like it.

  • @Matt-cz6ti
    @Matt-cz6ti5 жыл бұрын

    Your voice has dropped about an octave in the last 5 years

  • @badgerbane
    @badgerbane2 жыл бұрын

    Turns out Legend's 'skaven voice' is actually is real voice. Now I understand the obsession with cheese...

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. I did not know that one. It borders along the minor exploit though. There are other ways to delay battering rams as well.

  • @papasculli5769
    @papasculli57698 жыл бұрын

    Cant believe I played this game so long without knowing these tricks haha, the agent squashing and merchant fort will come in handy

  • @Klarud
    @Klarud5 жыл бұрын

    Merchant Fort, Recruitment Pool and Agent Squashing, those I shall do more often now.

  • @nikolozgilles
    @nikolozgilles4 жыл бұрын

    theres also another exploit like the agent squashing bug: you can take advantage of the fact agents can't move through armies no matter the army's size (a unit of 2 peasants works as well as a full unit of feudal knights) so you can spam a bunch of peasants near a chokepoint to stop assassins, spies, priests, diplomats, inquisitors, etc from passing through

  • @tank9432
    @tank94328 жыл бұрын

    wtf is this voice legend

  • @emconitegamez5566

    @emconitegamez5566

    8 жыл бұрын

    Ikr like what the hell

  • @1001themaster

    @1001themaster

    8 жыл бұрын

    hehehe

  • @jameswomer6796
    @jameswomer679611 жыл бұрын

    No problem. Thanks for making all your videos. They're almost as much fun as playing the actual game!

  • @gachacaspa
    @gachacaspa8 жыл бұрын

    How do I undo knowing all this :S

  • @gachacaspa

    @gachacaspa

    8 жыл бұрын

    I feel you have aggressive methods :-P

  • @corleonis7792

    @corleonis7792

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alexander Waters Clear your history.

  • @pcprincipal345

    @pcprincipal345

    6 жыл бұрын

    Delete your memory

  • @pieterpietersen9438

    @pieterpietersen9438

    6 жыл бұрын

    Drink it away

  • @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    @odinyourfavoritenorsegod.4154

    6 жыл бұрын

    Alexander Waters you are doomed to savescum and exploit now

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Yeah I know of that one. I wasn't sure whether to put it in or not. It is a great technique. Maybe if I make a part 2 I'll put it in. Thanks for your input.

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    go to game settings in the main menu and find unit scale.

  • @SusaVile
    @SusaVile11 жыл бұрын

    Just checked this one on the forums, thks mate! Gonna watch it to check it out. A definitive must for those situations were we think there is nothing to do:D

  • @Utgarman
    @Utgarman2 жыл бұрын

    Oh gosh this is so long ago and Legend sounds so different...

  • @MrShadowofthewind
    @MrShadowofthewind6 жыл бұрын

    The speed up exploid is really handy for crusades, normally by the time you get there you have nothing to fight with.

  • @SWBGTOC
    @SWBGTOC6 ай бұрын

    I love how he spent 5 minutes explaining savescumming

  • @deniza9731
    @deniza97318 жыл бұрын

    Wow .. amazing how these things work .. truly you are a legend!

  • @canadian__ninja
    @canadian__ninja4 жыл бұрын

    oh my god his voice. It sounds almost like a parody of his current voice

  • @bumman1989
    @bumman19892 жыл бұрын

    Wow. This somehow came up on my recommended list and listening to Legend's voice from back then is very much a " wtf, is this even the same guy !?" moment! lolz.

  • @MegaMOUNDS
    @MegaMOUNDS2 жыл бұрын

    Why are yelling at me?!

  • @stkrdknmibalz8038
    @stkrdknmibalz80382 жыл бұрын

    I want medieval 2 remastered and I want it now.

  • @triskeliosthelastcelt1303
    @triskeliosthelastcelt13038 жыл бұрын

    Great video. and the very useful tips. and have you heard of the mad faction leader glitch .

  • @LegendofTotalWar

    @LegendofTotalWar

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Sebastian Espinoza yeah if their authority drops to -1 or -2 it goes up to +10

  • @nikolozgilles

    @nikolozgilles

    8 жыл бұрын

    I call it the drunk faction leader glitch because they have the alcoholic trait, -3 authority, which usually surpasses the natural 2 authority. Maybe the game is trying to teach us something about drunk faction leaders being better?

  • @triskeliosthelastcelt1303

    @triskeliosthelastcelt1303

    8 жыл бұрын

    I think its trying too tell us that even if you're mad you can still lead a nation. As long as youre a mindless pupet controlled by an Ethereal being. Known as a player

  • @billsoon8456

    @billsoon8456

    7 жыл бұрын

    Have you heard of Alaric von Brouhaha from Prophesy of Pendor Mod for Mount and Blade Warband? He terrorized the countryside with his 800+ army of drunkards lol.

  • @triskeliosthelastcelt1303

    @triskeliosthelastcelt1303

    7 жыл бұрын

    Wow hahhahahha

  • @keatonburton5636
    @keatonburton5636Ай бұрын

    Just performed the time-out assault win exploit today on my England campaign at Arhus. The Danish army in control of that particular city was only a General's Bodyguard, and I used 7 units of Armored Swordsmen. I stacked all 7 Armored Swordsmen just outside the town square, grouped them together, moved them until they were just in front of the enemy general, and simply waited out the timer. Now I have a full-strength elite army which I plan to use for other purposes, so in order to garrison my new acquisition, I have an army of Levy Spearmen in Britain preparing to sail for Denmark.

  • @savasolarov8424
    @savasolarov84246 ай бұрын

    I am finding this a late but this sounds interesting. I never considered the game can have exploits at all. This deserves some more googling. Then again you already have a wonderful compilation. One of the other commenters mentioned a speed running community for RTW, I can't believe i didn't consider that. haha.

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    I haven't tried this on each individual mod, but it should work were possible. Obviously mods without crusades can't get unlimited boat movement.

  • @aleaiactaest6503
    @aleaiactaest65033 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: the speedrunning community have found small instances of rng manipulation in rome 1 that don't require reloads. Its small for now but the potential is limitless. for example, you can consistently gate syracuse as Scipii first try with correct tile perfect menuing.

  • @kl142000
    @kl142000 Жыл бұрын

    Holy shit, he used to be such a pure Australian.

  • @riversandlakes
    @riversandlakes2 жыл бұрын

    "Probably just try to keep your cities in good order in the first place." Hear! Hear!

  • @Spartan70NL
    @Spartan70NL8 жыл бұрын

    Wow great exploits, the greatest one for me would be the last one. Getting infinite recruitment numbers would be great for Third Age Total War with the recruitment limited Silvan/High Elves.

  • @cpreyde

    @cpreyde

    6 жыл бұрын

    Spartan70 NL I was thinking the same thing.

  • @davidchristen8365

    @davidchristen8365

    5 жыл бұрын

    Does this really work?!?

  • @kamilcieslak6353

    @kamilcieslak6353

    Ай бұрын

    In Third Age total war it works (DaC)... So far I tried for Dwarfs. Infantry works fine. Did not manage to make it work for ranged units though

  • @hAppyfAce1792
    @hAppyfAce179211 жыл бұрын

    a good way to give your generals some few quick traits. when you are on a crusade and you know that you will take the target in the following turn, take all the generals you have back home and give them just enough troops to join the crusade. the generals now get their traits, pluss when you then take the settlement in the same turn your troops will not desert and all get experience for doing nothing. One of the more "honorable" exploits you can do

  • @etiennemourez3059

    @etiennemourez3059

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for remembering this one. It became a standard procedure for me when I figured it out;

  • @TheBc99
    @TheBc999 жыл бұрын

    I always use the saving thing for princesses trying to steal foreign generals.

  • @thefoodthefatandthehungry6181
    @thefoodthefatandthehungry61815 жыл бұрын

    I once planned to attack an enemy city, but my ALLIES (this is important) already started besieging that city. Enraged, I sent 7 soldiers to BESIEGE as well (also important). The defender, after ending my turn, attacked me, and my ally joined the battle. It was a large battle of two armies, my allies won, I lost 0 soldiers, but since it was my besieging army that was attacked, I got the city instead of my allies. So, basically, I got a free city without even fighting- my allies fought for me.

  • @chrism3547
    @chrism354711 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video mate, can you make an exploit guide for Empire and eventually the other games too please?

  • @SgtAndrewM
    @SgtAndrewM10 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate i found this really useful

  • @euromanijak
    @euromanijak10 жыл бұрын

    Some are ok but some are waste of time

  • @LYNXLYNX76
    @LYNXLYNX7611 жыл бұрын

    Awesome guide! Is this applicable with the mods or it is for vanilla M2TW only?

  • @transsylvanian9100
    @transsylvanian91007 жыл бұрын

    So here's my take on things: if it's not immersion breaking I use the exploit, otherwise I have a strict no-exploit policy. Like I would always use savescumming in any game, in fact i consider it almost playing a game wrong, not to its full potential if i don't use reloads. It ultimately does not make anything happen that could not have happened had I been lucky. The limit is how much time I'm prepared to waste on reloading. Eventually I get fed up. If someone else has more patience and takes the time to reload more often, they deserve the better outcome. I take the same approach to random loot in RPGs, if I put in the work to reload until I get what I want, I feel I've earned it. The movement glitch, especially the boat one, or the siege draw or the recruitment pool thing I find are completely immersion breaking and would permanently ruin a campaign for me if i would use them, just like using a cheat code. The crusader attack i'm more split on. If it can be justified from a roleplay perspective in the given situation's story I think it could be fine but it's on a case by case basis.

  • @thanosnaoussara
    @thanosnaoussara9 жыл бұрын

    i enjoyed your video very much.Another interesting exploit i frequently use is the following: If you have a general or generally cavalry and you are being attacked and cannot win, you can simply move the cavalry around the corners of the map.That means that you move them to one corner and when the enemies are coming near you you command them to run to the other corner and so on so on...Provided that you have chosen to have a battle timer on the battles of the campaign , you can have close victories against an enemy and save you general-cavalry.This works almost every time

  • @gooscarguitar

    @gooscarguitar

    9 жыл бұрын

    Nasos Pap ...Unless the other army have any cavalry whatsoever.

  • @zarroth

    @zarroth

    8 жыл бұрын

    +FlipUltraHD this still works in that situation, you just have to move before they start to charge.

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    yep I know that technique. However, I'm not sure if I consider it an exploit. It's just dodgy AI stupidity. Thanks for the suggestion though.

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    I did say that in the video. I only had it high to make the point. Low tax rate would have left the city with about 60% public order.

  • @osburrob000
    @osburrob00010 жыл бұрын

    Awesome :D I used the agent kill trick but my generals are only able to build forts on resources in the main campaign not the add ons.

  • @ZBritt92
    @ZBritt9211 жыл бұрын

    The tricky thing is that it's in the advanced video settings, not the game options.

  • @Pakicetus_
    @Pakicetus_7 жыл бұрын

    The only thing that I change in vanilla MTW2 is that the tercios and other elite units of pikemen never drop their pikes, so they can actually fight like phalanx, crushing everything in front of them

  • @SoccerFury08
    @SoccerFury085 жыл бұрын

    15:20 ahh so this explains how constantinople was sacked by Venice during the crusades..

  • @azmhyr
    @azmhyr5 жыл бұрын

    Sally out glitch. I used to do it in the old Broken Crescent where economy was impossible to manage, and I had to capture rebel settlements, while keeping my armies intact. On vanilla I never used it.

  • @steelpanther88
    @steelpanther888 жыл бұрын

    I really like using ballista towers and cannon towers in campaigns. It is not a glitch to be honest, more like good defensive tactics. Cannon towers usually kill all the enemy army's siege towers in battle. Ballista towers also shoot down siege towers and rams with flaming ballista bolts. When attacking manually cities with large army garrison... It helps to use cannons to bombard the walls in a specific way. Try to make small cracks into two sections of the wall, so that an enemy unit manning the wall is stuck between broken sections of wall. Sometimes the pathfinding is so bad that the enemy infantry becomes stuck on the city wall. Then you bombard the wall, and watch the enemy unit die completely. usually the enemy completely dies, when the wall crumbles from underneath them. This usually requires 3-4 cannons and preferrably city walls, (citadel not ideal...)

  • @sebking7902

    @sebking7902

    8 жыл бұрын

    No shit it isn't a glitch or exploit...

  • @TheWarguppy
    @TheWarguppy7 жыл бұрын

    It seems the merchant fort doesn't work. Maybe it was patched? (I tried using it as Venice and the build option is greyed out when I am in that spot in relation to a resource).

  • @the_rover1
    @the_rover18 жыл бұрын

    Exploit #3 when it comes to killing agents. Question 1: does that work on killing assassins, merchants and priests, too? Question 2: does that effect the diplomatic status quo with that faction I just killed an agent of?

  • @futuregohan2398

    @futuregohan2398

    8 жыл бұрын

    1: Yes 2: No

  • @kekero540
    @kekero5409 жыл бұрын

    I think th merchant fort isn't a exploit

  • @billsoon8456
    @billsoon84567 жыл бұрын

    @:6:30 I didn't know you could place them in forts! Omg that would have helped soooo much! I exploited this 500+ gold mine right next to the Warring Crusaders and Jihadists (Aka right next to Constantinople) I had no idea you could place armies in forts, so I simply just put all the merchants in a single army which was satirically comprised of Merchant Horsemen. When I was attacked, I used no strategy at all, just charged straight into the enemies forces, (I was a noob back then and didn't know shit about flanking and out maneuvering) and completely swamped 2 full-stacked enemy forces with my Gigantic Merchant Cavalry Horde. Eventually, the Jihadists started sending more backup armies, and my Cavalry forces were dying faster than I could replenish them. So eventually I had to cut my loses and abandon the gold mine. Had I known that you could place units in fortifications, I'd have placed tons of pikemen/long archers in it along with a full stack of merchants, AND a full stacked "Merchant Cavalry" (with a full stack of merchants) Behind the Fortification. Mhuhahahahaha! I'm playing Medieval 2 again thanks to you Legend.

  • @LegendofTotalWar
    @LegendofTotalWar11 жыл бұрын

    only if you don't have land armies on board.

  • @snowisthebestweather
    @snowisthebestweather6 жыл бұрын

    Don't know if this has been reported before, but there's an exploit in battle where you position several units of cavalry right in front of the enemy gate, and eventually one of your cavalrymen will slip inside. As long as there are no enemy units nearby, you will then immediately capture the gate. Found this out accidentally while trying to run down routing enemies, and I believe I have only tried this with european-style fortresses.

  • @unifieddynasty
    @unifieddynasty6 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit, I've played the shit out of this game for the past decade and a lot of these exploits are new to me. And even better, a lot of these exploits can be used/justified through role-playing. Thank you!

  • @IMakeULoveMe
    @IMakeULoveMe10 жыл бұрын

    In siege battles the AI will only protect their gates and walls if you man your siege equipment. If you do not, they would change focus. So you can break through the gate by dropping the rams multiple times without casualty from arrow towers. To bring the numbers of your generals to the limit, besiege a settlement and attack an inferior army nearby without a general. Capture them all and release them afterwards. You will get the man of the hour event each time you repeat.

  • @DaBriceisRight
    @DaBriceisRight6 жыл бұрын

    I don't know if it's an actual exploit or if my game was just bugged, but when sallying out the AI seems super passive. I'd just create a doomstack of archers and a few cav and just march behind the sieging army and snipe them until they route.

  • @gooscarguitar
    @gooscarguitar9 жыл бұрын

    I can't use the Merchant Fort, I think it might have been patched. When a general is on top of a trade resource, he can't build a fort.

  • @gooscarguitar

    @gooscarguitar

    9 жыл бұрын

    Actually, it works with armies

  • @neutralfellow9736

    @neutralfellow9736

    8 жыл бұрын

    +FlipUltraHD Armies can't built forts though.

  • @gooscarguitar

    @gooscarguitar

    8 жыл бұрын

    +Neutral Fellow I mean that you can put an army on a resource and have a merchant travel with it. You can have more than one merchant travel with an army.

  • @neutralfellow9736

    @neutralfellow9736

    8 жыл бұрын

    FlipUltraHD Oh.

  • @C12H22O11rush

    @C12H22O11rush

    8 жыл бұрын

    +FlipUltraHD But armies without a general can rebel and than you loose all your merchants in that army. so a shitty general with decent loyalty can do the job

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