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Good enough for me. Add range and speed below them, and it's perfect.

I don't think using Call to Arms is worth it in the context of directly assaulting the enemy bases. When CS drop off their resources, they tend to form a single-file line during the attack-move part. It's better to reserve this feature for quick defense, or to gather soldiers near the enemy's territory. Then, when all troops are gathered on one spot, use the attack move as you generally would.

Just finished one of my most difficult and excruciating battles against the AI, ever. No replay, since the version is old (alpha 10), but here are a couple of screenshots. About 12 of those buildings razed were Fortresses. I was Sparta.

Time for another classic gameplay video. Siege without packing/unpacking. Unit portraits look to be heavily inspired by Age of Mythology.

I will test this in Alpha 9 (where trading was first introduced), to see if this is an regression introduced in recent patches.

If you believe HBO and the mainstream historical accounts, Caesar was killed because of his altruistic stance to civilians from all parts of Roman Republic, including those that he recently conquered. Nobility, aided by political class, killed him out of spite and envy.

Guts, slimmer Guts and Griffith walk into a bar... On a more serious note, all of the figures look amazing. Good luck and I hope you have a lot of fun doing this.

War Elephants (only the Carthage has them here) saving the day from a 2-pronged attack. They ruined my economy and killed a bunch of fodder, oh well...

@guerringuerrin thanks for the suggestion, I might have overstepped a bit. However, I seem to have forgotten my MP password. Also, I don't think any of you guys play Alpha 9 right now It really feels like a different game. So clunky, so chaotic.

You might be right, we'll see I hope not, I'm really liking this one.

The best version for casual play. 1) Has all original civilizations, 2) No tech tree, it's all in how you use resources for units and structures, 3) The AI is smart enough to do the same, 4) Introduced my favorite and the best ancient civilization, 5) Counter system that works and 6 it has a cool name.

We can argue about minor details for days, but until you show me some replays, I'm not going to reply to questions that have obvious answers.

Of course you can't. Going for a cavalry rush is almost always wrong, especially if you don't have enough APM or micro skill to use them. I sense that is your problem. Once the Fanatics arrive, you don't have enough infantry to stop them.

I remember earlier alphas stopped music when you paused the game. Is this single-player?

Yeah, I regularly use mass archers in my games without support. I also conveniently position them so that each Fanatic can reach them just fine. Oh, and I'm not even microing my units, because why would I? After all, I am not playing multiplayer, so I can't grasp such tactics. /s just in case, and I won't feed the troll anymore. I rested my case.

7 Fanatics not good enough for you? How about 10 Fanatics versus the same force? I didn't even micro the spearmen.

8 basic spearmen and 12 javelineers destroyed seven fanatics, with all javelineers and 3 spearmen remaining. It took 5 minutes to setup the demo.

You don't have enough melee. You also didn't snipe with those ranged units. Otherwise, it's an easy win for CS.

I don't know about others, but I really want to see those games where fanatics trash everything. Like truly.

Why don't you just "replace" the basic spearman with your elite one in the Town phase? Check how Marian reforms replace Roman units, maybe you can do it similarly? No need to upgrade the barracks just to replace the unit roster.

Please keep this thread going, it keeps on giving. Comedy gold.

Please share some replays, otherwise it's not much use complaining.

That's because I didn't check before writing this. You need to hold the left mouse button and rotate the cursor while placing the building. The building will then rotate.

You can also hold the left mouse button and rotate while placing the building. EDIT: Updated instructions

The trees in AoE 2: Return of Rome mode are 10x better, though.