This is a great game and deserves its own thread for discussion - I apologize if it already exists.
What I initially really like is all the options available for developing my provinces. Lots of interesting decisions. Plus the port to FOG2!
This looks like the game I have wanted to be made for a long time.
The game came out 12 days ago and I have already clocked up 118 hours :Embarrass:
It has been years since I have been so intense over a video game.
There are constant interesting decisions and even as your faction becomes stronger one remains insecure; a truly excellent game :cool:
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on July 22, 2019, 02:19:35 AM
The game came out 12 days ago and I have already clocked up 118 hours :Embarrass:
It has been years since I have been so intense over a video game.
There are constant interesting decisions and even as your faction becomes stronger one remains insecure; a truly excellent game :cool:
:o
Admittedly it runs nicely in the background on my machine; so probably about a third of those hours were spent doing other stuff.
I enjoy that the battles using FOG2 now have meaning beyond just winning the battle - things like minimizing casualties becomes important.
I haven't played enough yet to figure out all that is going on, but there are a lot of things to consider and I like the fact that on every turn there are interesting decisions to make.
Also, others actually declare war on me and the opposing AI tries to make life difficult for me when at war. Haven't really figured out the diplomacy and trading systems. That may have to wait for later in this play through, or the next.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 22, 2019, 02:08:17 PM
Haven't really figured out the diplomacy and trading systems.
OK Trump.
:lol:
The trading system is one of the best parts IMO, at least when it's not bugged.
I've managed to take the Arverni to a glorious tribal confederacy with a golden age. I'm not sure if there's anything up from here.
You're right! Spent some time to learn about how trading works - whole new level of complexity and decision making. This game rocks!
I was wondering if maybe we want to do multiplayer of this? We could preemptively give up any notion of ever finishing a full game, and 4-5 of us taking the successor kingdoms, so there's early conflict and diplomacy?
It's asynchronous so you'd only need to run the game while making your moves.
I'd be tentatively up for it. Need a bigger challenge. About to start a Judea game.
so, I've been playing with a bit. once your empire gets big enough building buildings gets tedious.
But my main question is that in my current game I had a civil war and rome went to the usurper. I won it back, but now its not my capital. is there anyway to change it back? I can't find anything online
*Edit* nevermind, figured it out. demolishing the palace in the new province moves it back to rome
Quote from: HVC on July 26, 2019, 08:20:01 PM
so, I've been playing with a bit. once your empire gets big enough building buildings gets tedious.
But my main question is that in my current game I had a civil war and rome went to the usurper. I won it back, but now its not my capital. is there anyway to change it back? I can't find anything online
*Edit* nevermind, figured it out. demolishing the palace in the new province moves it back to rome
You can set provinces to auto build buildings. I haven't tried it, but there seem to be quite a few options.
Quote from: HVC on July 26, 2019, 08:20:01 PM
so, I've been playing with a bit. once your empire gets big enough building buildings gets tedious.
But my main question is that in my current game I had a civil war and rome went to the usurper. I won it back, but now its not my capital. is there anyway to change it back? I can't find anything online
*Edit* nevermind, figured it out. demolishing the palace in the new province moves it back to rome
Also keep in mind that an empire can have two capitols. Also, if you find building on the regional basis tedious (I personally find micromanaging the trade component interesting) you can simply select options within the Provincial commands to automate those tasks for that province. Hint, also make provinces when you can there are bonuses for doing so and little downside.
Yup, I make provinces as soon as I can. How do you set up auto build?
I am not really interested in tactical battles, but as far as I understand, you would need the other game for that anyway, right? Is the game any good without the tactical battles?
Quote from: HVC on July 27, 2019, 10:13:50 AM
Yup, I make provinces as soon as I can. How do you set up auto build?
There's a row of icons along the top of the province view window. They're kind of small and easy to miss.
Quote from: HVC on July 27, 2019, 10:13:50 AM
Yup, I make provinces as soon as I can. How do you set up auto build?
Look at all the options in the top row of the province overview. The default has it turned off and that is why you are still doing it manually.
Quote from: Zanza on July 28, 2019, 08:23:37 AM
I am not really interested in tactical battles, but as far as I understand, you would need the other game for that anyway, right? Is the game any good without the tactical battles?
Yes, I auto resolve most of the battles. For the ones that look to be fun I switch to FoG2.
Quote from: Zanza on July 28, 2019, 08:23:37 AM
I am not really interested in tactical battles, but as far as I understand, you would need the other game for that anyway, right? Is the game any good without the tactical battles?
It's a complete game without the tactical battles. I find the in-game battle system a little simplistic -- narrow fronts in particular are overpowered imo -- but I think it would be fine if you built your armies for that purpose.
Anyone else been having the issue of it resetting your settings every time you launch the game?
no
It looks damn interesting...
I want you to know, guys, and especially CC, if I go bankrupt with one too many game, it will be on you! :mad:
thanks max and CC, I see it now
I like the changes in the patch with the exception that my pop up notifications changed. Is there a way to receive them again- particularly the one that a region had completed a building.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 01, 2019, 08:25:57 AM
I like the changes in the patch with the exception that my pop up notifications changed. Is there a way to receive them again- particularly the one that a region had completed a building.
There were complaints earlier about this being too spammy that we felt were justified, as you are still seeing those notifications on the map and the message log.
But, clearly some people are missing it. :) What we plan to do next (and fairly soon) is to introduce message customisation settings to the game.
Good to hear. It is a bit of a pain now. I need to go to the ledger to see what regions have open building slots, then click on that region, then if I want to see where the region is in relation to other regions, close the ledger. I could accomplish all that by simply left clicking on the pop up that told me a region had finished a building. It was a much more efficient design.
I suppose it works for people who just want all their provinces to autobuild but building and the corresponding development of trade networks is one of the main attractions in this game for me.
The "bad news" sound really needs to chill. Actually all sounds that accompany pop-up messages could just go away.
I just click twice on a region and the province (if there is one yet organized) display shows me what needs to start building. The province display button from the region also works, but I am a lazy man and double clicking is faster.
Quote from: PDH on August 01, 2019, 07:07:20 PM
I just click twice on a region and the province (if there is one yet organized) display shows me what needs to start building. The province display button from the region also works, but I am a lazy man and double clicking is faster.
This game must be sucking up a lot of peoples time here, as some regular Languishite are currently mainly just posting in this thread.
Maybe I should get this game? Though not sure where I'd find the necessary time to play it. :(
Quote from: PDH on August 01, 2019, 07:07:20 PM
I just click twice on a region and the province (if there is one yet organized) display shows me what needs to start building. The province display button from the region also works, but I am a lazy man and double clicking is faster.
Yeah, that is another method. I defaulted to just scanning the map for the icons there. But it was all a lot quicker to just right click on the pop ups I wanted to go to and right clicking on the ones I didn't want to see.
Quote from: mongers on August 01, 2019, 07:49:34 PM
Quote from: PDH on August 01, 2019, 07:07:20 PM
I just click twice on a region and the province (if there is one yet organized) display shows me what needs to start building. The province display button from the region also works, but I am a lazy man and double clicking is faster.
This game must be sucking up a lot of peoples time here, as some regular Languishite are currently mainly just posting in this thread.
Maybe I should get this game? Though not sure where I'd find the necessary time to play it. :(
It was built for us :)
its a fun game. and i'm getting better and not expanding too quickly and tanking my loyalty and thus my country.
i'm using the auto pop allocation (thanks CC and Max), but still don't trust the autobuild feature.
Quote from: HVC on August 02, 2019, 10:22:44 AM
i'm using the auto pop allocation (thanks CC and Max), but still don't trust the autobuild feature.
This is what I've started doing.
How does MP look?
I just started as Rome, took the province from the Senomes with the fort, am attacking their last province with my 16 legions to their 3, but I lost the battle because their combat number is magically bigger, the battle goes intro pursuit with 1 death what gives?
Further along - in a civil war as Rome, several Italian provinces declare for the usurper. I slowly slog them back into Rome, but it seems my allied Gallic friends who fought in the battle get to claim the provinces (Rome had by far the larger combat elements)...
Not sure this seems right...
Quote from: Berkut on August 02, 2019, 11:59:09 AM
How does MP look?
It's asynchronous, using the Slitherine PBEM server.
Quote from: chipwich on August 02, 2019, 04:22:05 PM
I just started as Rome, took the province from the Senomes with the fort, am attacking their last province with my 16 legions to their 3, but I lost the battle because their combat number is magically bigger, the battle goes intro pursuit with 1 death what gives?
Region, not province. :P Province is a group of regions here. :P
They got extra units from buildings that give garrison troops. That region is a bitch to take, too.
Quote from: PDH on August 02, 2019, 11:04:38 PM
Further along - in a civil war as Rome, several Italian provinces declare for the usurper. I slowly slog them back into Rome, but it seems my allied Gallic friends who fought in the battle get to claim the provinces (Rome had by far the larger combat elements)...
Not sure this seems right...
:hmm: I assume you are running the latest version. Sounds odd indeed.
Is there a serious goldsink other than army upkeep?
Why doesnt the autobuilder build a building in every region? Some regions are left alone.
Quote from: chipwich on August 03, 2019, 01:50:37 AM
Is there a serious goldsink other than army upkeep?
Why doesnt the autobuilder build a building in every region? Some regions are left alone.
Those regions might be at their building limit, or perhaps the AI thought there was nothing on offer that'd worth dividing up the province's Infrastructure pool further.
Quote from: Tamas on August 03, 2019, 01:11:03 AM
Quote from: PDH on August 02, 2019, 11:04:38 PM
Further along - in a civil war as Rome, several Italian provinces declare for the usurper. I slowly slog them back into Rome, but it seems my allied Gallic friends who fought in the battle get to claim the provinces (Rome had by far the larger combat elements)...
Not sure this seems right...
:hmm: I assume you are running the latest version. Sounds odd indeed.
Latest version, restarted now.
The army for the battle was listed as both, with the Gallic being first (then Roman). I assume that was what led to the division, but in one turn 2 Italian regions became foreign after large Roman and tiny Gallic armies marched in...
Rome is so overpowered. It's not that I've never seen them do poorly, it's that I've never even seen them do mediocrely.
This game has great potential, but it's a little rough around the edges. I especially like the decadence mechanic, too few games attempt to model the rise and fall of empires like this.
Quote from: Maximus on August 03, 2019, 01:21:09 PM
Rome is so overpowered. It's not that I've never seen them do poorly, it's that I've never even seen them do mediocrely.
In my last game Macedon became a superpower. It had almost achieved a reconquest of Alexander's empire with the exception of Egypt and they are allied with the Ptolemies. The Romans had a lot of trouble with them.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 08, 2019, 10:32:40 AM
Quote from: Maximus on August 03, 2019, 01:21:09 PM
Rome is so overpowered. It's not that I've never seen them do poorly, it's that I've never even seen them do mediocrely.
In my last game Macedon became a superpower. It had almost achieved a reconquest of Alexander's empire with the exception of Egypt and they are allied with the Ptolemies. The Romans had a lot of trouble with them.
I had a game where the selucids hit superpower status super early. like 5000 legacy while I was at 1000 as rome. then they totally collapsed and ceased to be.
Quote from: HVC on August 08, 2019, 10:47:22 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 08, 2019, 10:32:40 AM
Quote from: Maximus on August 03, 2019, 01:21:09 PM
Rome is so overpowered. It's not that I've never seen them do poorly, it's that I've never even seen them do mediocrely.
In my last game Macedon became a superpower. It had almost achieved a reconquest of Alexander's empire with the exception of Egypt and they are allied with the Ptolemies. The Romans had a lot of trouble with them.
I had a game where the selucids hit superpower status super early. like 5000 legacy while I was at 1000 as rome. then they totally collapsed and ceased to be.
Yeah, they seem to do well in the first years and then always seem to collapse.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 08, 2019, 10:32:40 AM
Quote from: Maximus on August 03, 2019, 01:21:09 PM
Rome is so overpowered. It's not that I've never seen them do poorly, it's that I've never even seen them do mediocrely.
In my last game Macedon became a superpower. It had almost achieved a reconquest of Alexander's empire with the exception of Egypt and they are allied with the Ptolemies. The Romans had a lot of trouble with them.
Yeah, that happens frequently, but Rome always stays in the top 3 until the Hellenes inevitably collapse.
I am trying a new game as Rome with the goal of avoiding rebellions by keeping my population happy. Not sure how it will work out but I find all the rebellions in a quickly expanding empire annoying. I figure, slow expansion with a good balance of culture and buildings that promote happiness will do the trick. I will also try to stay a Republic for longer. Not sure how that will work either.
One thing I hadn't really noticed before is loyalty rates don't just affect whether there will be a rebellion, it looks like it also modifies production.
production tax and culture I believe.
Quote from: HVC on August 14, 2019, 12:33:10 PM
production tax and culture I believe.
That explains why I am having a much easier time when concentrating on my loyalty levels. :)
Most enjoyable game I've had so far was as Dacia. they have some good provincial units. But soon Rome collapsed into never ending civil wars and macedon gobbled them up and won the game. I kept playing though because it was still fun. sitting in those mountain passes with some heavy infantry just whittles the enemies armies down.
I am having fun playing a slowly expanding Roman Empire with high loyalty. I am almost always in a golden age since I collect enough tokens to enter a new one as or shortly after the old one is expiring. There can be no revolts during a golden age so that allows me to acquire a new province or two, pause while that loyalty is brought up, rinse and repeat. Getting the Imperial Legion unit early in the game is OP. I don't have to build any military buildings to have the best armies I just have to have the cash on hand to trigger the option to upgrade - which is easy to do.
It's murky how much culture is enough for a province to gain a legacy point.
Also, I am about to lose to Macedon which is gaining 223 points. I've checked their objectives and they every province in Macedon-Greece is an objective, is that normal?
Quote from: chipwich on August 20, 2019, 12:27:17 AM
It's murky how much culture is enough for a province to gain a legacy point.
Also, I am about to lose to Macedon which is gaining 223 points. I've checked their objectives and they every province in Macedon-Greece is an objective, is that normal?
There are a number of ways to gain legacy points. Macedon and the other Greek states get objectives within Greek territory. Rome gets them depending on the direction of expansion. Haven't played other factions yet. But culture is the best way imo to get legacy points.
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 20, 2019, 09:03:39 AM
Quote from: chipwich on August 20, 2019, 12:27:17 AM
It's murky how much culture is enough for a province to gain a legacy point.
Also, I am about to lose to Macedon which is gaining 223 points. I've checked their objectives and they every province in Macedon-Greece is an objective, is that normal?
There are a number of ways to gain legacy points. Macedon and the other Greek states get objectives within Greek territory. Rome gets them depending on the direction of expansion. Haven't played other factions yet. But culture is the best way imo to get legacy points.
How do I know when a province is refined?
Quote from: chipwich on August 20, 2019, 03:16:43 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on August 20, 2019, 09:03:39 AM
Quote from: chipwich on August 20, 2019, 12:27:17 AM
It's murky how much culture is enough for a province to gain a legacy point.
Also, I am about to lose to Macedon which is gaining 223 points. I've checked their objectives and they every province in Macedon-Greece is an objective, is that normal?
There are a number of ways to gain legacy points. Macedon and the other Greek states get objectives within Greek territory. Rome gets them depending on the direction of expansion. Haven't played other factions yet. But culture is the best way imo to get legacy points.
How do I know when a province is refined?
From the manual
Legacy is gained from:
Having regions with over 2,500 culture points per turn;
Having regions with between 1,250 and 2,499 culture points per
turn;
How long your government has been in its current status with
this modified as a government of any tier that is Glorious gains
35% more Legacy and a Civilisation level III government gains a
base of 27 Legacy Points per turn;
How many objective regions you hold;
How many wonders and unique buildings you control
I built a merc recruitment center but I don't see any mercs available
I don't think they are always available. I think it works like other buildings that give a chance of it happening.
if you don't see them as an option to recruit before you build the center (red corner so an option, but not available like when you don't have the cash for a unit) then I don't think the center does anything.
Been playing this the last few nights. Really enjoying it. Struggling to get loyalty/culture up to compensate the decadence, though.I was comfortably in the "green" ranks till I conquered most of Italy and became a Glorious Republic; since then I've been kinda struggling (and potentially missed my opportunity to take Carthage which is collapsing now). I've decided to go after Greece next, reasoning that this is already a reasonably cultured area. :P
Are there cutscenes as you become progressively more decadent?
Quote from: Syt on January 09, 2020, 04:27:25 PM
Been playing this the last few nights. Really enjoying it. Struggling to get loyalty/culture up to compensate the decadence, though.I was comfortably in the "green" ranks till I conquered most of Italy and became a Glorious Republic; since then I've been kinda struggling (and potentially missed my opportunity to take Carthage which is collapsing now). I've decided to go after Greece next, reasoning that this is already a reasonably cultured area. :P
Pacing your conquests is a big challenge - there are often tempting targets but it will kill your decadence ratio.
The biggest millstone seems to be Rome itself. The city was so low on loyalty that I sent an army there which arrived just in time to crush Rebels. :D All other provinces are happy under my rule (or at least nowhere near revolting).
Quote from: Syt on January 10, 2020, 04:51:21 AM
The biggest millstone seems to be Rome itself. The city was so low on loyalty that I sent an army there which arrived just in time to crush Rebels. :D All other provinces are happy under my rule (or at least nowhere near revolting).
Your capital will grow fast because of slaves captured in conquests. For the Romans I try to build the historic things (Circus Maximus, The Colosseum, etc) there - even if the decadence is a big hit, the +40 or so loyalty can offset the growth problems.
You can build slave markets in different Provinces to have new slaves dispersed more.
I also didn't have nearly enough people assigned to culture jobs. :blush:
I've transformed from Glorious Republic to Young Empire, and this also took care of business. :D
Struggling to dislodge a force of Sardes from Southern Sardinia. :okinawa:
Quote from: Tamas on January 12, 2020, 12:10:28 PM
You can build slave markets in different Provinces to have new slaves dispersed more.
Yeah, I find you need about four slave markets dispersed in different provinces so you get the event to disperse/sell slaves to trigger enough and to spread the slaves out while waiting for the event to trigger. Otherwise your capital becomes impossible to keep happy. In first play through I thought I would be enlightened and not have any slave markets - that did not end well...
This is what Rome looks like. I don't have *that* many slaves there, actually. :P
(https://i.postimg.cc/Fm5zrw84/1011390-screenshots-20200113165656-1.jpg)
my suggestion is take your citizens away from working on infrastructure (they don't do it any better than slaves) and put them into culture or if you are short of money set them to work in the commercial area. If you have slaves working on culture (can't tell all the pops working on that) take them out of there - slaves are essentially useless working at that.
One other tip - don't bother with islands. They do not get adjacency bonuses. Unless that has been fixed in a recent patch. The only one I really bother getting is Malta as part of the Province of Sicily.
I only have citizens working food/infra because otherwise I'd be running short. :P Culture is only citizens.
Quote from: Syt on January 13, 2020, 11:29:09 AM
I only have citizens working food/infra because otherwise I'd be running short. :P Culture is only citizens.
Rome isn't really where you should be producing your infrastructure. Infrastructure is on a provincial basis. Let the other regions in the province produce all the infrastructure you need. Same thing with food.
Is there a way to become an empire as Rome?
Quote from: chipwich on March 16, 2020, 09:11:46 PM
Is there a way to become an empire as Rome?
yes via the "aging" process in the game. When you get to the point the option will come up for you to click on.
Quote from: Tamas on March 17, 2020, 05:04:51 AM
yes via the "aging" process in the game. When you get to the point the option will come up for you to click on.
Can you "age" the Miami Hurricanes in this game? Asking for a friend.
DLC coming:
https://www.matrixgames.com/news/field-of-glory-empires-persia-550-330-bce-is-coming-soon
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This DLC adds new custom content for each faction in the game. Every nation will receive new sets of tools to further their goals alongside a totally revamped system of Impediments and Perks.
Federate some barbarians, form new colonies, decide to declare the Olympic Games, and many more options available!
Major nations of this time have seen a 'special' focus. Don't expect to play Persia as you play Athens or Lydia! New Events, missions, national modifiers, special units and specific buildings will make you play differently.
Get more information about the game from its official product page.
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Lamestream Media?
New campaign coming out as DLC next week, covering 550-330BC. There will be unique mechanics for the major countries it seems:
https://www.slitherine.com/news/focus-faction-persia
I will be using this to return to the game as a regular player. :)
Looking forward to this
I played Rome again after putting this game down for a while. Great fun! The diplomacy updates are very well done. The game really has two phases now. Detailed orientated early game where you spend a lot of time building in each region and setting up your economic flow and then the mid game where you turn more to diplomacy and lean on the other factions you have cooperated with and then move into the end game where you try to hold the whole thing together while getting to the legacy lead.
Havent played any turns yet - stuck at the point where I have to decide who I will play first. I thought it would certainly by the Persians, but Sparta and Athens are tempting for a first play through.
I'm playing Carthage, out of the place where most of the action is happening :cool:
The regional demerits are a real pain..................the net effect is that expansion is slowed,
Went with Persia - it is a blast. The game has a different feel in this scenario. It's not just cosmetic changes. I really like the regional decisions addition - lots of interesting decisions to make on top of all the other decisions from the base game.
10 Immortals out of 10
I am just about finished my Persian game. It alone has been worth the price of the DLC. I have now conquered Sparta. They had nearly finished off Athens when the Athenians requested by aid and gave me water and earth (became my client state) in return for me defending them and going to war against Sparta. Their timing was about perfect because I had all my forces mustered and fleets assembled to declare war on Athens, so it was an easy thing to do to land on Spartan held territories instead. I then absorbed Athens into the greatness of the Persian empire.
I left the Egyptians to last but with no other meaningful opponents they are fairly easy now that I can concentrate on them.
Now I just need to get to 3 times their legacy points. Which is going to take a while - in hindsight I should have taken out the Egyptians much earlier.
Only 2.8 percent of the players have completed the Grand Campaign in the base game - I guess most don't bother running out the legacy points when it looks like they are going to win. Which is a bit of a loss for them because part of the challenge in this game is actually holding everything together until you actually do win.
I am looking forward to trying Athens next.
It will be interesting to see if it all goes pear-shaped before you get the legacy points. I noted that Egypt had a vast number of these right from the start.
Does it make things falling apart fun?
Thats a challenge games usually fail with
Quote from: Tyr on May 26, 2020, 04:33:45 AM
Does it make things falling apart fun?
Thats a challenge games usually fail with
I find it fun. It changes the way you develop your regions and provinces from the beginning. If you are just playing and building to play to the end of the occupation phase it is not very difficult because you are going to stop playing when your unbalanced decisions start hurting. But it is very satisfying to build an empire that can last.
Got it and the expansion yesterday. Don't know what I'm doing, but it does look interesting enough.
Finished off the Persian campaign and enjoyed the late game missions and events.
Started an a game as Athens. Completely different game with that faction. Loving the colony mechanic and always having to keep an eye on Sparta.
I was very tempted to buy. But lockdown probably isn't the best time. I don't need another never ending game :ph34r:
Quote from: Tyr on June 02, 2020, 12:18:21 PM
I was very tempted to buy. But lockdown probably isn't the best time. I don't need another never ending game :ph34r:
It is a bit addicting. There are interesting decisions to make every turn and if you want to take a break from the micro decisions the game offers, you can hand some or all of them over to the AI management system which works quit well. I tend to prefer doing it all myself so my games do tend to take a while :)
Athens has been a great challenge, mainly because of Sparta. I tried being friendly with them. If Athens and Sparta have bad relations then Persia gets bonuses. However in the end they still went to war with me. Although there are a number of game mechanics to try to improve relations, the Persians also get a mechanic to sow dissension between Athens and Sparta. In the end my economic advantage and navies won out over three separate wars with Sparta. Now I am staring at the Persian empire at my gates. They have crossed into Thrace and half of the Aegean Islands but they are also involved in several wars and rebellions. So I will continue to build up my strength (ie develop my holdings around the Black Sea a bit more) recruit my armies, gather my allies and ready myself for the inevitable show down with the Persians.
Field of Glory - Medieval is going to be released Q1 :cool:
:yeah:
I've got 31% off a purchase from the Matrix or Slytherine store for my 9 year anniversary. I've been looking at getting this - based on the thread, I guess it's pretty good?
How is the expansion? Is it pretty stand-alone, or should I get it with the main game?
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 25, 2020, 10:31:24 AM
I've got 31% off a purchase from the Matrix or Slytherine store for my 9 year anniversary. I've been looking at getting this - based on the thread, I guess it's pretty good?
It is.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 25, 2020, 10:31:24 AMHow is the expansion? Is it pretty stand-alone, or should I get it with the main game?
If you mean the Persia DLC, it requires the main game, not stand alone.
Yeah, the Persia expansion. I mean, does it change the gameplay in the main game at all, or is it just alternative start dates or something?
I got the main game and the DLC because the coupon applies to both if bought together. Time to conquer for the glory of Persia and for SPQR.
Did you get the FOG2 game as well? I like to play out the critical battles at the tactical level.
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 25, 2020, 10:31:24 AM
I've got 31% off a purchase from the Matrix or Slytherine store for my 9 year anniversary. I've been looking at getting this - based on the thread, I guess it's pretty good?
How is the expansion? Is it pretty stand-alone, or should I get it with the main game?
I recommend starting with the base game as you have. The expansion has a lot of differences depending on which faction you play. It is not just a different start date.
Quote from: Richard Hakluyt on October 26, 2020, 02:58:31 AM
Did you get the FOG2 game as well? I like to play out the critical battles at the tactical level.
No, I'll pick that up later if I enjoy FOGE.
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 26, 2020, 09:01:37 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 25, 2020, 10:31:24 AM
I've got 31% off a purchase from the Matrix or Slytherine store for my 9 year anniversary. I've been looking at getting this - based on the thread, I guess it's pretty good?
How is the expansion? Is it pretty stand-alone, or should I get it with the main game?
I recommend starting with the base game as you have. The expansion has a lot of differences depending on which faction you play. It is not just a different start date.
Sounds like a good idea. Thanks :thumbsup:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on October 25, 2020, 02:19:23 PM
Yeah, the Persia expansion. I mean, does it change the gameplay in the main game at all, or is it just alternative start dates or something?
There's a few new features that impact the main game as well.
In the Persian expansion I have so far played the Persians, Athenians, Spartans and Carthaginians. Really enjoyed the first three. They each had interesting faction specific mechanics that were different from the base game. The Carthaginians played a lot like played a lot like that faction in the base game and it was not as rewarding. I am now trying the Egyptians. I am having trouble finding a viable front line infantry solution to reliably defeat the Persians. If I can engage them on the plains or deserts I can win with my mobile troops and chariots. But mountain passes - not so much. I miss my Spartan units.