Rome Total War Tips.

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Originally Posted by XabbaRus

Good tips. Keep them coming, I got it some time ago but now want to really have a crack at it.

I did the prologue but you only get 50 years.

I am now starting the imperial campaign set on easy and I can control everything should I need to.

I fough gauls on teh battlefield and was outnumbered.

I put my Hastati in the front. The velites behind backed by war dogs. Cavalry was set to the flanks. I did sent a group of Hastati foward and that did draw the Gauls in and then I unleased my Velite on them and then the rest of my Hastati. When they got involved I threw my cavalry in. I won.

Good show.

Managing all your cities can be a pain, once they start getting numerous. I find its easier to shuffle through them using the settlements scroll rather than searching all over the entire map.

Cavalry seems to work the best using hit and run tactics. If you just order them to attack an infantry unit then just leave them there they tend to get beaten up. Better to order an attack, let them charge, then pull them back again and set up for another charge. It can be a little overwhelming micromanaging them and keeping an eye on the rest of the battle, but hey..... Thats what the pause button is for.

Sounds like you're playing Julii. You'll probably be killing lots of barbarians then. By the time i took care of the Gauls, Britons and Spanish the reforms had come, and it was time for the civil war.

Good Luck.