I liked your explanation on how to position troops inside the fort. Looking forward to more tutorials from you :)

You can construct the barricade in the entrance to the fort so the enemy would have to destroy it first. This also means that there will be another walls behind the first due to the "units" lenght. If you then place any Hoplite unit right behind the first barricade it becomes unbreakable. Not only can the enemy not break down the wall to attack you, because they get into spearrange of the units BEHIND the Wall. And even (with considerable spam) the first wall breaks (never happended to me) there is a Second wall with exactly the same properties. In addition your Hoplites are now also immune to missiles because of the enorme hitbox of the barricade. Stones cant hit your troops while arrows and spears just get stuck in the air just above the barricade and your troops...no matter the angle! This is an insane cheesy tactic and i really wounder why I have never seen this before from anyone. Warning! Can make your campaign insanely dull because small armys can dislodge any number of foes attacking.

@TotalWarfare

4 ай бұрын

Interesting and good to know! I agree it does sound super cheesy, more so than corner camping :)

Nice explanation. Helped me improve in campaign.

this is so good video.. i like you explain thing like position and other.. looking forward for more videos like this

Amazing video! Subscribed!

When flanking, drop them out of formation attack (the icon with the square and the X through it) so they can "blanket" around and cover them from all angles in the attack. If I see that a crowd of enemies are retreating, I like to position one of my ranged units in their path so that they will start bashing the retreating enemy as they pass. It is like getting passive captures/kills with little to no effort. I like to keep my soldiers in formation as long as humanly possible and thus if time is on my side, I will simply march them right up against the enemy, this will cause my soldiers to remain in formation and remain protected. They lose the charge bonus, but in this game, formation is almost everything and so it is worth it.

You are majestic with the way you think and strategize

Oh yeah old good rtw2 and any possible kind of narrow passages coupled with genocide delivering ballistas machine "press insert + lb to win"

@asdfgoogle

22 күн бұрын

Left-alt+right-click to attack ground

A tip for you. If you are playing multiplayer campaign the wall and towers are destructible so you can destroy everything if you want, or a part of it and flank attack the defenders

after all these years! Im still addicted to RTW2 with DEI. Im still dreaming of a new RTW3 with even better graphics . thanks for this!

@TotalWarfare

25 күн бұрын

Glad you liked it! I too hope Rome 3 will happen at some point. Rome 2 is still 2nd/3rd most played TW game even after 11 years so there's a good argument for CA to revive it

@Ghall2708

23 күн бұрын

If Rome 2 modders were able to add more settlements like in Rome Remastered then it would truly be the perfect game + DEI. Im the type of person that likes world conquests but in rome 2 there so quick only a few weeks. I want a months long campaign lol. I think Medieval 3 is more needed than rome 3 though. Medieval 3 would sky rocket CA back to a good spot. with the game being this modern compared to its 20 year old predecessorit will be impossible for it to flop

@tigsik3128

23 күн бұрын

@@Ghall2708 agreed. I think medieval is the best choice. I really hope they listen to us this time. 🙏

bruh wanna play dei online game soon i want to play with somebody but unfortunately in school and in other forums i get bullied because of my interest in this game and i have nobody to play with.

@JohnSmith-tm5sh

4 ай бұрын

I’ll play with ya mate

@ShadowTheGamer560

4 ай бұрын

Can i join?

@user-jc7fz3qs9d

4 ай бұрын

@@ShadowTheGamer560 please do i need someone do you guys have discord

@user-jc7fz3qs9d

4 ай бұрын

@@JohnSmith-tm5sh sure bro thanks very much

@thelostsolider903

4 ай бұрын

Bruve don’t listen to stupid people, or the bullies. There sad and they want to take their sad life out on you to make themselves feel better. As you get older you’ll find plenty of people just like you interested in the same awesome stuff.

Good stuff

3:19 I just discovered you, this single phrase mean for me that your are at least an advanced player. ("Position your archers to shot there unprotected side")

This is good video if you begin playing, you have the advantige of choke points so you must use it

Bro I'm new in this game. And this is my first total war game. Your video is amazing

@TotalWarfare

22 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

A tip bro. Your hoplite got melted cuz you let him the v formation. Pay attention that the shield protect from the front and the LEFT. So in that case the right-wing hoplite should be positioned different so they still can face the incoming arrows with their shields. Or you sinples close the chockpoint instead of doing the V-thing

@erich1411

Ай бұрын

You also forgot to spam the generals skill. Will save you some men with the defense it gives

@TotalWarfare

Ай бұрын

Yeah, a simple line would've probably worked better in retrospect, at least against enemies with plenty of shooters

Every total war game phalanx unit in choke is GOD.

Pikes and better spears are the best in chokepoints.. I've won so many battles in towns without walls and forts using these setups and flanking tactics with cavalry once things develop. Archers and Javelin-men are great in these situations since they can shoot over the heads of your defending troops.

@TotalWarfare

Ай бұрын

Great points! Agree archers are the best in defence but slingers if used to flank can also score tons of kills

@rbarnes4076

Ай бұрын

@@TotalWarfare I quite agree.. but some of the battles I've been in (very heavily outnumbered) I couldn't sally out of my protected space to do that without getting mobbed. But when things are a tad less 'crazy', you are exactly right. I love slingers in general. (if only they had mounted slingers ;) ) This game entranced me like the original Rome did.. and I was a big fan of the original Medieval. I've played many of the other Total War games.. but Rome 2 is an all time fave for me.

nice!

perfect

learned about fort battle strats by a youtuber called primus pilus. Fort battles are stupidly op if you are on defense. do the cup stragety with your units and you can win up to a 1:4 battle.

Spartan faction is less of cavalry units and variety of sword-type units but when it comes to holding a position, you must need a 2-3 stock of Thorax and Javelin units to take 1 unit of Spartan Hoplites down.

@TotalWarfare

26 күн бұрын

Yeah, Spartan Hoplites are great!

I dont think making v shape formation using two hoplite units is a good idea, because it make easier for enemy ranged unit to target your hoplites from sideways, and also it makes more enemy units sneaking into your front line when then charge, but yes it still has a advantage because enemies would get attack from the both side at ones

@TotalWarfare

3 күн бұрын

I agree it's not always the best move, depending on how many shooters enemy has in their army. If they are melee only as they sometimes do, it's preferable but yeah if they have a few hard hitting javelins, a simple line is better

My way of doing is having atleast 2 cav units. And from the start of the battle, I have them positioned outside the fort and a bit far away so the AI doesn’t engage them. And cover the entrances with one unit each. Then when the entire enemy army has engaged, I use my cav to cycle charge from the behind until they eventually lose moral and run.

@TotalWarfare

29 күн бұрын

Sounds like a plan, assuming your cavalry deals with enemy shooters first

@faisalnehal372

29 күн бұрын

@@TotalWarfare if you’re talking about archers, the cav will easily run them down. And as for missile cav, usually they run out of ammo and charge the entrance as well. Or if you have your own skirmishers, you can deal with them

Could you do a video on how to properly defeat a nomadic army at some point? They are the bane to my existence on Rome 2 lol

@TotalWarfare

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the idea, added to my list! The trick is to have more than the usual number of ranged units as foot shooters beat mounted shooters due to unit size.

@TotalWarfare

3 ай бұрын

As promised, the guide how to crush Horse Archer armies just released :)

@Pontifexum

3 ай бұрын

@@TotalWarfare Bless you sir 😎

Tried this fort battle on campaign against 3 full stacked with only 1 that has only 6 Pikemen (especially levy ones) by overlapping 1 pike over another each entrance that appear to look like 1 unit, 1 pike jabs the enemy shield away giving the other to jab through the chest even at exhausted state

@TotalWarfare

Ай бұрын

Welcome to the channel! Sounds like a massive victory! I like the idea of overlapping 2 pike units. Although levy pikes have very low armour and morale so they always die easily to ranged units in my battles

@samym1694

Ай бұрын

@@TotalWarfare also always bring 2-3 range units like archers(preferably 150 range) just in case or a disposal unit (like militia hoplite,levy freeman or eastern spearmen) in front outside entrance just take a hit from enemy ranged units or to lure every melee units until the path is safe for cavalry to eliminate range units. Another is an artillery only point against ranged unit preferably stone rounds because it's more accurate

@TotalWarfare

Ай бұрын

Lots of good ideas! I prefer archers myself as slingers just don't do enough damage and their shooting angle is more difficult to work with. I personally always use artillery on the blob as ranged units are usually too dispersed

Do you not think the general's inspiration skill is worth it at all?

@TotalWarfare

23 күн бұрын

It's weak, the bonus is not big enough to be worth detracting from paying close attention to the overall picture of the battle

Now what happens if the enemy has artillery?

@TotalWarfare

6 күн бұрын

I don't recall this even happening to me but here's what I'd do: 1. move some of your guys out (especially cav) and disperse the rest inside to reduce collateral damage 2. if they use it to knock the wall down you just another choke point to defend 3. if they use it to bomb your units inside, take the beating until they run out of ammo and they should not score more than maybe 200 kills each 4. if they advance while shooting with ballistae, go around them with your cav and wipe the ballistae crew out Either way odds are you'll know in advance if they have them or not so can plan accordingly