Deraldin

Too easy? I thought both the Brutii and the Julii were pretty easy. Like you said, the barabarians that the Julii have to face charge towards you, get a face full of pile and then turn tail and run.. As the Brutii it's a little difficult to the start but once you get going with them they have some much money after taking over just a few Greek cities that they can coast through to the endgame by going to the north to attack the barbarians or take a harder route by going to the east and having to fight the eastern nations like Egypt and Parthia. Parthia is a real pain because of those horse archers, but other than that not much can stand against them. Haven't played as the Scipii as I really didn't have any interest in playing as them. That and I hate blue. Romans aren't blue. Romans are red damnit! Did you play with any mods or did you play with a clean install? I know there are a number of mods that really increase the difficulty. The SPQR mod was the only one that I ever used. Played a game as the Julii with it and it was much harder. You were totally outnumbered for most of the game around 5:1 by barbarians with much improved morale that would actually stay around and fight! "

I don't know why people complain about not being able to finance a war against both the Romans and the Macedonians. I managed to hold all of my territories against attacks from three sides. Managed to completely destroy the Macedonians then pushed up into Thrace. The Brutii never got a foothold in greece except for one turn because they snuck around my army into the city I had left unguarded in order to kill a 7 star general that was on then run. The Scipii were kept busy with the Carthaginians mainly, but did manage a moderately sized attack on Syracuse once or twice. The key to keeping it for me was just to station three units of hoplites by the doors and create the box of death. If they would break through the gatehouse but would be stuck within 3 phalanx formations. The Seleucids left me alone for the most part until I took over all the costal cities on the asia minor side of the Agean. I think they were busy with the Parthians and the Egyptions who I think were both at war with them. The hardest fight I had against any of my opponents was one fight against a Brutii army that attacked me. It had a lot of archers that would have totally decimated my phalanxes if my cavalry hadn't been able to sneak around his Hastatii who were busy throwing themselves against my "wall o' death". Just curious, but who was the hardest nation to play as for all of you?

We are cursed men.

Now that feeling is one that I haven't experienced. Well, at least not yet.

"Your arrows plink off the robot's metallic body before it turns and vapourizes you. Those around you are shocked to see that all that remains of you is a smoking pair of boots."

Do you feel any better now?

High praise indeed. " Currently bouncing off the wall in anticipation of all the games I want to buy that are coming in Feburary, right at the beginning of a new semester before the coursework starts piling up. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When I was in college it was Lords of the Realm 2 and Heroes of Might and Magic 2 that kept me from doing what I should have been. Had it not been for those two games, a few "C" might have been "A". Bauldurs Gate nearly caused me to fail Circut Analysis 2. It's an addiction isn't it? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I know the feeling. Luckily for me when Lords of the Realm 2 was out I was still in Elementary school and could get A's while sleeping through classes. :D It's so much more difficult to do that in high school.

Shh! Don't give him more ammo! Doesn't this just prove my post? "

High praise indeed. " Currently bouncing off the wall in anticipation of all the games I want to buy that are coming in Feburary, right at the beginning of a new semester before the coursework starts piling up. :D

You still have more hours than him logged in overall. So says Xfire!

No. Never needed to. When I'm attacking it's usually against a city and with vanilla RTW I generally had my city buster army of a 4 Praetorian Cavalry, 4 (Heavy) Onagers and a couple Legionaires. Onagers break through the walls and the Cavalry swarms through and makes a beeline for the city centre where they take out anything there. If I get attacked, I deploy my troops as far as possible from the enemy depending on the terrain. If there is hill closer to the enemy then I'll take that. Usually my armies are composed of 1 General (5 Star minimum before I use them in combat.), 8-10 legions (the kind depend on what the best I have is.), 4 archers, 5 Cavalry (3 on one side with the other 2 opposite side with the general and an optional 2 seige equipment if I only have 8 Legions. This would really tear through just about everything I faced. Made mincemeat out of the barbarian tribes to the north and took just about everything that the Carthaginians could throw at them except a charge by a number of group elephants. Against the greeks it would make them pincusions (substitute in a couple extra archers in place of a couple legions) and then flank them with the cavalry. Granted I never took on any of the eastern factions like Egypt or the Seleucids. If I'm going to take over part of a continent I'm going to take the whole thing so I got the most experience playing against the Barbarians to the north and the Greeks to the East.

I played vanillia RTW on Very Hard/Very Hard. I just never fought a battle unless I knew I could win it. I think I exaggerated a little. I meant that I never had an entire army routed except that once. Every couple battles I'll have a unit or two decide to rout but I usually gain control of them again before they leave the map.

Wow. I think you are the first person to admit watching and liking this "film". Ever. It is known as one of the worst movies ever made. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I wonder what was in that box on the doorstep yesterday... "

I've only had my guys routed once and that was because I had a 2000 man stack that had to contend with 4 others of the sames size. I could have won if I had unlimited ammo for my archers/onagers who ran out during the third wave. The 4th group was allowed to approach my battered Legionaires without coming through a hail of arrows. <_<

Ottawa - Toronto: 7 - 0 Can't wait for monday night. "

Election Cheat Sheet <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks A few questions 1. Whats the voting system? e.g. proportional representation? 2. When was the last time, if ever, a single party had a strong majority in parliament. 3. Which tax is the biggest source of govt revenue? 4. WHat is GST (tax)? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1. First past the post system. All that matters is who wins a riding. You can win more seats with fewer votes if you win all the close riding but lose the one sided ridings. 2. 18 months ago, before the last federal election. 3. Not too sure on this as the only taxes I pay are the GST and PST. 4. GST = Goods and Services Tax, or the Gouge and Screw Tax as my dad just put it. It was created in 1991 by Brian Mulroney. Interesting that you should say that. My final exam in history is an exam where I have to describe the creation of a distinct Canadian culture through the 18-20th centuries. Either that, or I can argue that we don't have a distinct culture.

Election Cheat Sheet

The Leafs are being pwned by the Senators again. " 6-0 with 25 minutes left to go in the game. Belfour is still in net.

Damn you... I'm planning on starting off as an MP and introducing such bills as the "Right to run over slow moving pedestrians bill". From there I'll become Prime Minister for a term or two and then settle down as a senator till I'm 75. After that I might consider retiring from the world of politics. There is only so many days one can skip showing up for work as a senator before they get rid of you. "

I haven't played many mods really beyond a couple that are in the Hall of Fame, but thanks for point out that Black Thorn mod. That was fun! Although not really all that difficult. I completed it with just under 2 hours to go.

You're just trying to ruin my future job! :'( EDIT: Personally, even though I can't vote in this election as I'm still 10 months away from being considered old enough, I really don't like any of the candidates. All of the local candidates are idiots... <_<

Unfortunatly I don't remember when I picked them up. It's been many years since I've played Progress Quest. My Deraldin character was created way back when the BIS boards still existed and we had a guild back then I think. The motto was based on the fact that Onkel was usually just one or two places ahead of me. <_< Del Tearo was actually started even before Deraldin as my first account. It looks like I'll have to start over again though as I can't find my backup cd's that had older copies of the progress quest save. I'll check if the old computer still works tommorow as it might still be on that if I'm lucky. Brand new character just created on Expodrine: "Deral" Apparently there is a character named Deraldin at level 1 so I can't use that name. Must have created at some point then lost the save.

Gamespot seems to think it's pretty good. Nartwak: I think that's as high as he's going to get though. I think the save game was lost when my hard drive crashed. <_< And my other character from Spoltog:

I'd be interested in playing a weekly game. I've got nothing but time on my hands right now as I'm just about to start a new semester and so will have a small amount of course work for the next while.

Shadowlords/Dreamcatcher and Twilight/Midnight are the first ones that come to mind. Not much in the way of side quests for the NPC's although they are there and there is interation between you and the NPC. The first set has 3 different NPC's to choose between. Twilight/Midnight has one character for you to interact with who had a detailed background with some priceless interactions between your character and the NPC. "