ROME 2 BUILDING GUIDE UPDATE
ROME 2 BUILDING GUIDE PATCH

Before you move the Legio I, change its stance to neutral.WeвЂ™re going to use this building chain to keep Italia happy as we expand our industry in the area. Research Land Management for reasons I went into above.If nations donвЂ™t accept a diplomatic deal during the turn I first mention, they might in subsequent turns. Non aggression Pacts with the Ardiaei and Athens.She has a trait that makes her very good at burning things, so take advantage of this to gain easy experience. Spy- North, find Etruscan army, then sabotage a building in the Etruscan settlement.This will combat piracy and increase NeapolisвЂ™ income. Make sure you have just over half your movement points left, and change stance to patrol. Fleet I вЂ“ move west towards Corsica and Alalia.Legio II вЂ“ Disband Levees, move to RomeвЂ™s northern border with Velathri, and recruit 2x Hastati.Legio I towards the Northern Border with Ariminium on forced march stance.That is a long term concern, and this is more to do with the first 10 turns- if youвЂ™ve managed to provoke the civil war before then youвЂ™re onto something special. IвЂ™ve also not got any notes about dealing with internal faction politics.

ROME 2 BUILDING GUIDE UPDATE

If youвЂ™re not looking to expand across the Adriatic, then this perhaps should be the route to take.ДЄ nice side note- the live update on expected profit for next turn is back! Yay! Go to the finance scroll and on to вЂњsummeryвЂќ- the profits section there takes into account your building and recruitment. Trade routes are quite hard to get without some serious cash, but the Illyrian tribes such as the Ardiaei will sign non-aggression pacts fairly quickly that can then develop into trading relationships. I also played around with the tax slider but decided not moving it was probably best. ItвЂ™s much better to go for economic early techs so that you can get some more income. At very hard, youвЂ™ll find that theyвЂ™re a closer match but will ultimately triumph against Italian Spearmen, your primary adversaries in the first 5 turns. Technology-wise- at lower difficulties Hastati are currently very powerful, at least compared to what youвЂ™ll be facing in the first 20 turns, and so military technologies arenвЂ™t really needed at present. It should be lead by a Triarii general- far better for getting into combat than the more supportive mounted General. Your main threat will be rouge Etrsucan armies striking at lightly defended cities in Italia- to combat this a Legio III will eventually be formed near Rome. Likewise, keeping Syracuse sweet with trade will prevent it from expanding in your direction, and Carthage will not be able to get its act together in time to seriously threaten the boot of Italy. Legio I will (force) march north into Italia in order to recruit some Hastati and make for Ariminum, before being used to tidy up any pesky Etruscans still in the area.Д®pirus will be too tied up in a war against Sparta (and 9/10 times Athens too) to take advantage of the relatively light forces guarding Magna Graecia. Legio II starts near Roma, and will be used to attack Vetathri. For the purposes of this guide, I shall refer to the two armies present at the start of the game by their originally-given Legion numbers. The objective is to gain the rest of the province Italia within the first 5 turns or so, followed by working on Cisalpine Gaul in the medium term. In the mean time, all images are HTML thumbs- click to enlarge. Also, apologies for the small images at present- when we get a gallery working this shall be fixed.

ROME 2 BUILDING GUIDE PATCH

This guide has been written and tested on Very Hard difficulty and under Patch 3 conditions, but will be updated upon patch releases.Д¬omments? Questions? Visit the thread in the thread in the Guides and Articles Forum. Should you wish to get started on attacking Carthage before heading to Cisalpine, then the guide should hold true for the first 5 turns, as well as various building and technology instructions later on.

Some things will start to differ in your play through- the identity of the conqueror of Epirus for one, or where Etruscan armies will scatter to after you take their settlements- but these opening turns should follow the same rough track.

ItвЂ™ll detail the first 5 turns, and provide guidelines up to around turn 10. This is an Opening Moves article for Rome on VH mode.

Rome 2 building guide