lets be real: none of us are here for a guide but to relive memories of this game

@gustavoguti27

3 жыл бұрын

Some of us are still playing it

@CopyableOak

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavoguti27 and some of us are hyped for the remaster!

@engage1942

3 жыл бұрын

I'm here just because I HATE Eastern Mercenaries. God are they rubbish!

@Rohit-tp7qx

3 жыл бұрын

@@engage1942 they do have their uses mainly as cannon fodder

@ieajackson5518

3 жыл бұрын

@@gustavoguti27 and some of us still play it on an original copy, on windows Xp. That they inherited from their grandad. (That’s me!)

Me: hires eastern mercenaries for garrison Also me: hires mercenary war elephants for a trophy that I’ll never use in combat

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

haha war elephants are fun but a very expensive trophy

@bullet6177

4 жыл бұрын

Lugotorix ya there really expensive but idk I just like them as a trophy since I usually play as a faction that can’t recruit them and I like to just bring them back to my capitol to just show of the war spoils lol

@1krauterquark88

4 жыл бұрын

@@bullet6177 where u can hire them? Inever saw them in any campaign.

@bullet6177

4 жыл бұрын

1Kräuter Quark well it’s really hard to find them but look around at either N africa aka Carthage area or look for them in Syria

@bullet6177

4 жыл бұрын

1Kräuter Quark if you still can’t find them look around the Egyptian areas or former Seleucid areas

Just wanna point out something important that you misunderstood: The Libyan Mercenaries' "Bonus vs elephants and chariots" does not mean that Elephants and Chariots suffer morale penalty when fighting Libyan Mercenaries, nor that Libyan Mercenaries have a morale bonus fighting against Elephants and Chariots. It simply means that Libyan Mercenaries have additional attack damage against Elephants and Chariots. Morale penalty is indicated when the words "scare" or "frighten" are used, for example: -"Frighten enemy infantry" (Scythed Chariots) -"Scares horses" (Camel Cataphracts) -"Frighten elephants" (Incendiary Pigs) As for "Bonus fighting in woods/snow/desert", I'm not sure if it includes/is only limited to morale bonus. Good vid mate, cheers!

@cobrazax

Жыл бұрын

yes it seems they have an attack bonus against them. maybe extra HP damage per javelin to reduce more than 1 HP per damaging hit. maybe only one of those or both...

Having rode both horse and camel I can confirm that horse is hell of a lot better :)

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I’m glad to hear that yess I’m not a big fan of camels in the game or in real life lol

@qsal305

Жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 Camel Gang 💪🏿🐪

Eastern Mercs aren't that bad you just need to know how to use them Use 1: Relatively cheap instantly recuitable garrison troops to prevent riots in an emergency Use 2: Giving population to a small village/town to upgrade it and have it churn out better troops far far sooner (legit valuable) Use 3: Being meat fodder in the town center (where they can't run away) making invaders tire before hitting your real troops Use 4: Someone to push the rams when campaigning Use 5: Dial'a'speedbump

@shorewall

4 жыл бұрын

So basically the chum bucket. :D

@christianhendriksen6241

3 жыл бұрын

The mule of warfare

@gustavoguti27

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to say

@donpendejo9468

2 жыл бұрын

And bonus (this one not a lot) With light cavalry (barbarian cavalry arab cavalry etc) they are not good but they are annoying and perfect for protect weaker units and the flanks (just works with light cavalry chariots heavy cavalry or good morale cavalry will destroy them)

@aretiredsubberl7036

Жыл бұрын

I think it's pretty obvious that what he meant was Eastern infantries are trash in melee, and of course everything has its purpose. If you ignore or alter the whole premise of the video, then you can use the same argument for even peasants or even any cheap units. Then I dare say what's the point?

Havent played Rome total war since I was like 14, yet here i am watching faction guide after faction guide

Good to have you back

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you !!

I only use the pajama infantry for manning bartering rams and serving as arrow fodder to protect my useful units when attacking a big settlement, LOL. I’ve seen them rout against outnumbered peasants many times. I think Creative Assembly was trolling us by making them so useless in battle.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Yess I completely agree particularly on VH I wouldn't even trust them against peasants lol

@stefanbogaard8758

4 жыл бұрын

Pajama infantry lol desert trash

@RocketHarry865

4 жыл бұрын

I think Eastern Mercenaries need a buff give them average morale, and slightly improve melee stats still weak compared to Hellenistic and Roman units but at least they won't run away as soon as somebody looks at them funny. They need a name change to Eastern Mercenary Spearmen. Also there should be two more Eastern Mercenary types, Mercenary Eastern Archers which are basically the Persian archers from my Parthia rework suggestion but recoloured to green with a higher upkeep, and the other is Mercenary Eastern Archer-Spearmen which are basically the archer-spearmen from the Parthia rework but now green and higher upkeep

@annunakim525

3 жыл бұрын

i guess you need a unit to face off against 300 spartans insert pyjama boys

I think if I had to give a description of the mercenary elephants.... a) you'll never want to auto-resolve with a war elephant in your army. You'll lose them all way too fast when you shouldn't be losing any. c) One big charge from the flank through their entire line (constantly click attack on the far end of their army from where you are) and it's basically an instant rout unless you're fighting a huge, experienced army or multiple armies . The AI just is simply not designed to deal with elephants. d) they are slow moving on the map, but if you manage to snag them early in the game, they more than make up for it by allowing you to assault a settlement the moment you reach it.You can blitz factions very quickly with them. Heck using that, and some luck, I managed to knock out all four Roman factions within probably 20-ish turns. Admittedly, it had the quirk of leaving massive strong rebel armies in Italy that I couldn't deal with for decades. XD

@Ugh718

4 жыл бұрын

But u can't even recruit elephants in the first 20 turns lol

@MarMar-zj8tf

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ugh718 no? Hmm..Oh, I was playing as Carthage! Heh, I must have been using that elephant.

@Ugh718

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarMar-zj8tf Also u skipped over b lol

@truefalcon6884

3 жыл бұрын

where's b bro

@MarMar-zj8tf

3 жыл бұрын

@@truefalcon6884 it's with your mom. :U lol, I had a tiny b point that I simply deleted and didn't change the rest of the letters. That is the tale of the missing b.

camels should be like very good stamina as camels are basicly endurance based horses...

I was looking forward to this video. Thanks for the work you put into these!

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, there will be more guide type videos in the future :)

Honestly, Lybians are must have on harder difficulties since they're cheap, they're plentiful and fast to recruit, and they actually have some power, unlike peasants or town militia. They're very solid as garrison units.

Great to have you back and awesome content

I watch the Pontus Guide a few min ago this is so helpful... Thnk u all the best

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you I'm always happy to help!

We missed you! Glad to have you back m’lord! The kingdom has been in shambles without you!

Just watched your entire Greek campaign whilst off work with the Flu. Brilliant & you crack me up when things go wrong!

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much man I'm glad you enjoyed, I hope you feel better soon!

@Southwesterner1986

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 thanks mate. Do you have any plans for another campaign? A Seleucid or Macedon campaign would be fun

Eastern Mercenaies are actually good for something. If you've got the money, hire them since they're available pretty often, garrison them in a city you want to expand quickly, then disband the unit. City then receives the full amount of units as citizens

@joegattog6695

Жыл бұрын

Also useful for being units to drag a catapult and siege engine instead of units you don’t want to suffer a lot of casualties in a siege

I killed a Gallic General in RTW. Is that where he got his name Lugotorix? Lol

Great video as always

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

ayy great video man, good too see you uploading again :)

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you bro we should definitely work on a video together!!

@cast3lgaming574

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely man 😁😁

I find it funny in almost half my tests peasants broke after eastern mercs.

Elephants seem tougher than their defense implies because of those 12 hitpoints. You seem to ignore the defense breakdowns in these videos and it really is an important thing for players to understand as it can really dictate how, when, and where to employ each of these units. Great video series, my only complaint is your overlooking of those sometimes crucial little details.

Another good video mate.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you man!

I disagree regarding camels. The best part of using camel units is that you can wreck cavalry units with them. In fact, a camel unit hitting a cataphract with a dead general in the rear is enough to make them break. They are great for protecting the flank as well from enemy cavalry. It’s true they aren’t as good for traditional cavalry duties like mop up or breaking infantry lines, but when going up against factions with heavy cavalry they do a good enough job that I use them regularly.

The Camel archers are awesome. Just need to keep them behind your line like regular archers, not maneuver them outside like horse archers.

one thing not mentioned which is important cilician pirates are in a mob/ horde formation i.e a loose circle , and as a result irs hard to make them be part of your line, and placing them defensively is tricky as a result so integrating them with your battle plans is trickier this is very much worth mentioning as it changes their deployability also elephants are bugged, archers aim at the men ON the elephents, not the elephents themselves, resulting in a lot of missiles missing the elephents entirely and doing less damage.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

That’s two very good points thanks for reminding me. Honestly they are the two merc units I have the least experience with in the game

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 also, the cilician pirates javelins are actually armour piercing and they can beat light infantry even in very hard difficultly. I do recurit them from time to time if i am aiming for that type of a light shock unit since they are an axe unit. But as he pointed out, their formation is not ideal to use

Numidian cavalry were very useful for me when playing against Rome as Carthage.

@JoeyC777

3 жыл бұрын

I found this too. So useful for flanking/distraction attacks, and to chase down fleeing enemies.

@gronndar

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeyC777 Yes and their stamina is a plus and during early game, they are pretty annoying to deal with.

I like War Elephants in general. And the mercenary ones look pretty in their green coats. :) My main problem (aside from cost) is that they are very rare and I have yet to find much pattern to where they can be reliably recruited.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree, I was trying to work that out too but there seems to be little consistency and it’s very rare

@Wolfogre

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 My best guess is western North Africa, near the Nubian capital province and somewhere in Syria. But at very very long intervals.

@risingphoenix02

4 жыл бұрын

with a quick look into the games code you can find where al the mercenarys spawn and at what rate. If you want more merc elephants then just make the spawn rate go up in that folder

ok that Bedouin Camels part got me the second the card came up i Lost it! not a good thing while at work but its slow today anyway so its all good.

Came for the nostalgia,stayed for the 10/10 camel bashing

Hi Lugo. Another very good video about the mercenry units of Rome 1. I have to said that is true that the eastern mercs are really bad in stats but you seriously be impresive that I am doing an egyptian campaign in legendary and defeated the 4 factions of the east (Seleucid, Armenia, Parthia and Pontus). And now, in my east army (the other one is fighting Cartage and the Brutii) I have 1 Eastern Mercenary, 3 Arab Cavalry, 2 Bedouin Warriors and, 4 Bedouin Archer all with Platinum Chevron. If you want to know what I do is use them in the only job they have: Support another units. The eastern mercs are my ram-pushing/flanking infantry in sieges, when the camels are my support against enemy cav/generals. You will surprise how effective are the bedouins and arabs agains cataphracts from the rear. About the elephants. Well they are great thats for sure, but when they appears is really weird. I dont know if depends in the size of your city and the stable buildings or even the season. Also in all my campaing they didnt appear neither to be recruit in my 3 province or in the enemy's army.

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

Every unit is effective against cataphracts from attacking from the back

@hernanreipp3321

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielbalderrama4137 But not all can elimate the whole unit even when route to escape. The camels help to bring down the morale faster to any cavalry unit, when the arabs can catch the survivors. Every unit have the pro and con, must factions have their unique fighting style that can make more effctive or useless the mercs. like I write before I defeat the 4 eastern factions who have very effective cavalry but against the greeks and romans most of the mercs will be pretty innefective against their heavy infantry forces.

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

@@hernanreipp3321 not exactly, the slingers are armour piercing and the bastarne are solid against heavy infantry. The sarmatian mercenaries are anti heavy infantry because of their charge bonus and attack stats. Horse archers will be good in every situation. The camels are efficient but too slow. Their the unit you bring for show and even if you get them in a fight. They usually lose against every other cavalry unit unless you have the cataphract camels. Even in a rear charge, cataphract camels don't deliver the same impact as a normal cataphract would. Yes every faction have their strengths and weaknesses. Scythia and Parthia are horrible in siege battles unless they are defending but they are incredibly effective in a open field battle against every faction. Rome is the master of siege battles, there is no faction that can equalize with them in a siege battle on attack or defense.

@hernanreipp3321

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielbalderrama4137 I was talking about the eastern/middle east mercs they have little used against heavy armored infantry, when I saw the Balearic Slingers or the Cretan Archers ALWAYS I recruit them (no matters what faction use) the same with the Scythian Horse Archers and the Sarmatian Lancers to annoying the enemy or attack they rear Honestly, I hate siege cities no matters with what faction (even the Romans), must of my time use the "bait tactic" when you send one solitary unit but keep close the main army to made them fight in the field. But sometimes a Bug reduce your numbers for some reason and sadly have to siege the city to win.

Guys, what a game. Ppl doing tutorials 17 yrs after its release!!! Best TW ever

Pajama troopers are useful on campaign, when you need to put garrisons in captured cities, without having to reduce your army strength. Their weak morale and poor performance doesen't matter if they sit in city, coming out to fight rebels. I also use them to drag ladders and siege towers, whoever are left can garrison the city or settle down and become citizens.

I used eastern mercenaries at Damascus, they held off against legiom cohort from a siege tower and really impressed me

@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051

3 жыл бұрын

Eastern infantry is not bad if you know how to use them

The Numidian Cavalry Mercs are probably meant for the Romans when they invade Africa and for the Carthaginians. Historically both often had Numidian Cavalry with them when they fought each other (sometimes an entire army, eg. Zama).

Mercenaries need to be used based on their strength. If they have weak stats, they are garrison or support, if they move fast, they screen, flank or disrupt, if they are spears they hold or fill the line, if they are missle they harass and move. If you use the mercenaries well, they'll keep you in most battles until you can apply your units properly

When I play Rome against cavalry heavy enemies I use eastern or barbarian infantry mixed into my legionaries. I find Rome quite weak to being routed by cavalry charges and some spearmen help even the odds. I kind of wish you could keep triarii after the reforms. Hoplites are better of course but depending where your fighting eastern or barbs seem more common.

The Eastern Mercenaries are amazing mercenary units! They are great at soaking up arrows and javelins so that your other troops don't have to.

Elephant are combat siedge unit, you can use it to wreck palizate and tier 2 wall and doors. I use them for the blitzkrieg tattics

Honestly the only uses that eastern mercs and eastern spearman in general have is garrison duty, being straight fodder, and most importantly they're actually very useful against cavalry. Since they're so basic you can retrain them anywhere. They also make great distractions while your horse archer/heavy cav take care of business.

@deerhunter2270

3 жыл бұрын

I hate Eastern mercs/spearmen, but probably not as much as Libyan mercs... now those guys are complete trash.

Hey, Lugo! Nice content, thanks for that I have a question. Will you make a similar guide for the Barbarian Invasion since there are new units and stuff?

Elephants can be used to break a line of (non-phalanx) heavy infantry from the front :) If you have 4 elephants + 10 heavy cavalry + 6 light cavalry you can obliterate a late-game Roman army in about 10 seconds. At least if they don't have onagers or scorpions...

Creative Assembly also should be ashamed of themselves for how they depicted the Parthians in this game

@ALimbOfGreatTree

3 жыл бұрын

Explain. Curious to know more.

I believe that historically horses were afraid of camels because the camel urine smells so bad to them. As for game play, I only use camel units if I am expecting to be facing horse cavalry. I usually like to engage them with my general to lock them down, then bring the camels in to scare off the enemy horses with a charge to the flanks. Then I withdraw my general and camels and get ready repeat the tactic as needed.

There is always a way to use even peasants like eastern inf, even more so because eastern coutries dont have any in general)) I personally like to stuff bridges with them and arch just because how simple bridge battles are) all-in-all great vid!

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yess I agree that units like Easterns can be situationally useful, I just would never rely on them to win a battle haha

@SAMPLEHRKQR

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 they have reliably poor morale though)

I like the Libyans as there have 100 in unkeep as opposed to the usual 170 for other peltast type units

The OG man

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

haha yess i like the classics

Rule 1 - never buy Eastern Mercenaries. If you do hire them, let them push a ram, then send them running away. They're too expensive for garrisons, and they're a liability in battle only good for applying a morale debuff for your army. Rule 2 - don't count on any of the mercenaries in the east to play a big role in your army. Most of them are situational.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I very much agree with both of those statements, it does certainly feel like the Middle Eastern ones are specialists units whereas the Hellenic ones are far more consistent

@thehulkster9434

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 certainly, the Hellenic mercenaries are by far the best mercenaries. In the east, I use mercenaries to replenish a campaigning army and fill gaps, in Hellenic campaigns, It's not uncommon for me to send out an under-strength army and count on mercenaries filling it out (especially with early game Roman armies where Cretans and mercenary hoplites fill in the two most notable gaps in their unit roster).

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

Eastern mercenaries are only good to replinsh your elite troops and for soaking up archer fire. Otherwise i have no use for them. They can barely beat equities so their bonus is quite useless in very hard

Elephants are a rule of cool unit. You don't get them to be a good money balancing player, you get them so you can feel awesome while playing.

I would give mercenary war elephants S tier because by the time you can afford them you are rolling in cash anyway and just looking for more bodies to fill up the army and these certainly do more then that.

About the Merc Elephants Look at their HP. That's why. It's kind of DnD thing here. Someone can hit it with a sword or whatever, crush through this 16 def, but this removes only 1 HP. And remember: this 1HP hit will happen only if soldier was able to get CLOSE enough for a hit and is not flying around (with his pathetic 1HP pool). So yeah. We don't see those health-bars in Total War series (that's why they feel so "realistic", i think), but elephants do get their damage overtime. upd: i think it works for other (Carthage) elephant units, gotta check it out later.

Elephants are a good way to spice up your campaign if it becomes too stale - If you see them in your Merc pool, you know you've been playing for a while.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Yes that is true and by that point in the game they should be more affordable

Where can I recruit these mercenary elephants

I think Eastern Mercs can work somewhat well as the hammer in a hammer & anvil, only because morale in RTW is so fragile, use them to swarm and surround enemy units and they can work.

@PlanetZoidstar

3 жыл бұрын

But sadly Eastern Merc morale is so bad it only takes one of them getting spooked to trigger a mass rout.

I love camels. And the ones in Rome TW too!

Can you do a tier list S A B C D F

I love Eastern infantry, they're very hard to control but their ability to push through anything makes them an excellent flanking force. Also I love all mercenaries except maybe camels, they're too slow!

@hannibalburgers477

2 жыл бұрын

You hate camels and like Eastern Infantry? What is wrong with you

Eastern infantry to me were only usefull for holding towncenters , and still they were bad at it

You underestimate Bedouin archers. They tend to get caught by light cav but beat them in the melee because they scare their horses.

Would you also talk about the mercenaries in Barbarian Invasion?

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

yes i would like to :)

Camelback is a brand of backpack/ water carrier

What do you think about new total war game Troy? Looks great for me. Hope its gonna deliver.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly I haven’t seen much of it yet but I really should check it out, I hope it’s a good game!

No one:.... No one at all:... Lugotorix: CAMELS BAD!!!!

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

hahaha Camels Bad!!

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

Even the camel archers are trash

Eastern mercenaries aren't even that bad imo. Every early infantry pretty much breaks during a cavalry charge anyway, even militia hoplites, so it doesn't even matter how strong the unit is. However, it pretty much just provides a numbers bonus, which benefits your morale at the expense of your enemies. Even on very hard, the enemy will get scared if you run 1000 eastern mercenaries at you, even if you have no chance of winning, and it'll probably break their unit. You just can't expect them, just like any unit on very hard, to fight on their own and hold the line.

Late I know - Camels was used historically due to how they were more sustainable in deserts. camels require MUCH LESS water intake than horses. Horses in deserts are too needy

Round shield horse mens of chartage are op and great to hunt routing enemies

@gnomifaxpaw9689

3 жыл бұрын

They are op?! I never played as Carthage but they seem only better as Equites and otherwise are utter sh*t But correct me if I'm wrong Sorry for bad English

@antibolsevism9814

3 жыл бұрын

@@gnomifaxpaw9689 I just said their round shield horsemen are the best for hunting routing enemies.

Eastern Mercs are good for population boosts tho, that 240 unit size, putting it directly into your population

@Ugh718

4 жыл бұрын

Dude my laptop can literally NOT run huge scale lol

Eastern Mercs. Unreliable yes. Yet sometimes I use them as front line unit with suport, or use them as suport units in flanks or second line. No nasty surprises so far. Lybian Mercs. 4 units of them in your army, used behind the infantry, then use them as suport troop and you have no complaint about them. Numidian Mercs. Nothing to add. Arab cavalry / Beduin warriors Meh... They are the same to me. All cavalry, just switching on the mounts. Beduin archers. Tendo to use these behind armies or protected behind mine. Merc. War Elefants Never had te chance to use them. Though I dont usualy use elefants since they might turn on my army if battle goes wrong. Cilician Pirates They are good in general, but being deployed in the same maner as the peasants, they ocupy much space on battlefield making them unreliable in defense. Still they can be used as suport but nothing more.

Elephants are a perfect anti chariot unit try it out as a tactic against Egypt and Pontus/selucids.

@Ugh718

4 жыл бұрын

Actually I defeated armoured elephants using both egyptian chariot generals,the britons chariot general,egyptian chariot archers,and british light chariots(basically eca's except for the fact that they have half the upkeep,half the archers,but can be built earlier in the game due to the fact they only require a blacksmith to be built,whereas the egyptian version requires an armourer,and take only 1 turn to build/recruit,unlike the eca's that take 2 lol)

Where are the baleric slingers?

1:16 , I use the eastern mercs that have poor morale as cannon fodders to enemy cavarly , and then idk how but the enemy cavalry gets fukkd

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm I guess it depends what difficulty you play? I find on VH they really aren’t that great

I noticed you seem to have a 'small issue' with the Eastern Pajama Men? lol 🤣

Eastern infantry/mercenaries.... Ah, sweet memories. Put your missile troops on a hill, protected by your infantry. Watch as Eastern infantry hordes charge you. Your archers (hire Cretan archers!) begin firing... You'll sometimes break the whole enemy army before they can engage your infantry.

The issue with the Bedouin warriors vs Arab cavalry is they ARENT the same class of unit, Arab cavalry is standard light cavalry but Bedouin warriors aren't light cavalry, their anti-cavalry units, they role is to deal with cavalry, while light cavalry role is to deal with horse archers and foot archers/skirmishers and the like

@Corundrom

3 жыл бұрын

Also talking about the war elephants, they are best used as siege units imo, being able to take a settlement the turn you besiege it can be huge, and if your faction can't build siege getting them is very necessary

after this serie how about mercenaries in medieval2?

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Yes quite possibly I would like to do that :)

@prussianrocket2702

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 and it got a lot of variety of mercenaries

Throwing javalinmen: for when you need to beat a mother fucker with another mother fucker... From a distance! 😂

do you think you can make a selucide empire campaign i watched your guid and still keep getting destroyed which is a shame as there late game armies look fun

@publiuslibrarian5023

4 жыл бұрын

*guide

@SAMPLEHRKQR

4 жыл бұрын

You're not gonna see them before you manage to win the campaign) If you want to win seleucids, get used to bridges and javelin cavalry, it will be way easier, plus prefer levy pikes over hoplites, just my mistake))

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Hey there I would like to in the future but it may be a while, best of luck with your campaign though!!

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

@@SAMPLEHRKQR are you referring to the short campaign because i always manage to get to their elite units once i get to Rome to win the long campaign. Even bought the armoured war elephants to Italy at one point

@SAMPLEHRKQR

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielbalderrama4137 nothing is impossible) but while playing them on very hard i found it very strange to even push my buildings to their barracks, too much time and expense when you could hire 2 dirty yet capable units of levies or militias. But if you made it to Italy, honestly, the game is won already))

The Eastern mercenaries. They look exotic and promising but they are absolutely dreadful at attack and defence.

I usually find Cilician pirates on the Illyrian coast. I would have put them with the greeks.

@deerhunter2270

3 жыл бұрын

They come from the Tarsus region. I agree tho that they could have been in the 'Hellenic Region' section perhaps.

Elephants are the most overused but underestimated unit in the game, manily bc ppl use them entirely wrong! The best bang for your buck to use elephants are far diffrent than Calvary, they can be used for flanking but that is not thier greatest use but this is sadly the "commoners" man use for them, use them as horses. its sad really. However, if you want to play elite like me u use elephants for one use and one use only and that is to assassinate the enemy general very early in the game in a rush attack once you lock down some of thier units. Bc the elephants will kill the enemy general right away if you can get to them and it is the most effective way to use them bc if u leave them in the back it may be to late for your army and it gives the enemy more time to counter them with archers and fire. u shouldn't recruit to many elephants at one time bc again they are mainly to used to cheaply cut enemy lines and kill the general. That is its most effective use, and can swing an entirely unfavorable battle your way especially vs rome and egypt.

Waiting on another campaign by you :(

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

I’ll try and upload more soon :)

@rsbandbj1

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 DO, There is NO "try"

What about the judeanzelots?

now i know how i was able hold a city with 300 armoured hoplites against 800 eastern mercenaries

@PlanetZoidstar

3 жыл бұрын

You likely could hold off 20 Eastern Mercenaries with 1 Armoured Hoplites.

Recently I was using some camels and they got outrun by enemy infantry.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

El Celto hahaha that sums it up really

@gnomifaxpaw9689

3 жыл бұрын

@Vercingetorix wtf? XD what was the enemy infantry and were your camels tired? Sorry for bad English

@KingMswatiIII

3 жыл бұрын

@@gnomifaxpaw9689 Some sort of light infantry, could have been peasants or militia hoplites not in phalanx. I don't remember if my camels were tired, but it was close to the beginning of the battle. Your English is fine.

guess what else you can get for 650 denarii? armored hoplites :O

It's a wicker shield, not corrugated iron .

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Ahh fair enough I wasn’t sure :)

Does anyone know where and how u can hire mercenary warelephants?

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not easy they very rarely show up, try looking around Egypt and Seleucid region, but you may have to search for a while

@1krauterquark88

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 thanks. I will try to finally hire them ^^

@user-mp6qe7kk4e

4 жыл бұрын

I have seen them at Carthage and Numedia

Mmmm mercenaries

Poor morale is not much of an issue if you level your commander up.

Hi Lugo

Where can you find Mercenary war elephants in the game.

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not easy they very rarely show up, try looking around Egypt and Seleucid region, but you may have to search for a while

@ernestoguillen2266

4 жыл бұрын

@@lugotorix6173 Thanks

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

@@ernestoguillen2266 so basically have a general unit in every african region and check every once in a while if you can recurit them

You know, an Eastern Infantry only campaign would be interesting. Haha Jk Unless.. 😏

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a town watch and velites only campaign is hard enough but hmrelying solely on a mercenary unit that won't always appear. You are going to get overrun ridiculously fast

@Ugh718

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielbalderrama4137 They said eastern infantry,not eastern mercenaries.Get ur facts right bro lol.Eastern infantry is recruitable from barracks,eastern mercenaries,as a matter of fact,are not

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ugh718 he was referring to the mercenaries because it's what the video was based around but even still, an eastern infantry army spam will not beat anything on VH difficulty. Their even weaker than peasants.

@Ugh718

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielbalderrama4137 I mean,they are basically the same,sooo,yeah.There's no point in differentiating them,as they have literally the exact same stats lol

@danielbalderrama4137

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ugh718 the only time Eastern infantry worked for me was when I was playing as the Selucids on medium difficulty, I had 2 units hold a defensive formation against a reinforcing Pontic army of eastern infantry and phalanx pikenen. My Eastern infantry held for 2 minutes before they were annihilated which gave me enough time to rout the main Pontic army and turn around and face them.

well I wouldn't believe I would be this early but yeah.and oooo armenia

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

haha yess love Armenia!!

Eastern merc poor moral I didn’t know they had any to start with

@lugotorix6173

4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yess it certainly does feel like they have 0 morale lol

Libyan javwliners sre not that bad actually i coud break so many chartaginian units with only 4 units of thoes. Plus that they are cheap compared to they horsed numidian counterparts

Stupid really... Persian armies and Iranic troops were a military super region through out the ancient world. They constantly get shafted in Total war games

How dare you insult beautiful camels

Thank you for saying that you are going to stop using word "decimated" for total destruction, it is anoying when people use it

@tFighterPilot

3 жыл бұрын

Good thing the show Spartacus taught us what this word means.

Bedroom warriors lmao

It spells Kilikian pirates not Silisian, it’s on Latin not English.