Covering all things Baldur's Gate 3, Diablo 4, Darktide, Total War, Crusader Kings 3, Mount & Blade, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, and Age of Sigmar. ItalianSpartacus streams relentlessly, has limitless "Let's Plays" that are not quite finished, and lore videos that are great for long walks on the beach and petting horses.
Need some advise here- if i choose the defensive/ ranged palystyle how do i protect my ranged unit against an enemy wielder that nukes my backline with spells?
what made him one of the greatest generals in history was his understanding of logistics and long term campaign planning as shown in the civil war against pompey
I would just add, make sure you hit up a trader before you walk into act 3. Make sure you have gold. I walked in with 5 gold to my name. First quest, find gold.
I'm waiting to be able to offer feedback on my experience. So we'll see when I can get there dude. I'm thinking of a magic leaning run for myself though. That's my kind of thing.
I am stuggling in the Story Mode, does it mean that I should gave up on the game? or there is a way to improve some skills and get better at the game? Can you give me tips how to improve combat and understand how to use all spells and other stuff better and more efficiently?
I'd love to! The problem with that is I'm a stickler for proper pronunciation of cultures I am not apart of or don't represent. Language is such a huge part of a people's culture. So it's hard to pull that off with so many names and locations. Where as with this subject, I know the English, Roman, and other permutations. It's a linguistic barrier for me
That was great! I think for the target you set for yourself you exceeded my expectations, as a long time Italian spartacus fan I had a general idea of what was coming but I found your take on it nicely surprising. This is a huge thing to cover, my copy of Meier’s biography of caeser I read growing up is like 500 pages of tiny print, so doing it in 28 minutes is a feat. So with that in mind I hope I can offer some of my thoughts in a helpful way, First, your format was great. I felt it flowed and worked perfectly for what you were doing. The only thing that you might consider is the consistency of using Roman names vs English, since you use Gallia (which I love) you might find it more seamless to use the Roman names for Egypt and the like, that way the listener has a more accurate impression of what you are drawing for them. Second, the bridge. I loved how much time you spent on the bridge and what it meant, however I would have emphasized the burning down of the bridge after he built it. Caeser was a very charismatic leader, and he built that charisma on actions that were big and showy more often than not. In Holland’s Rubicon he makes a distinct point of comparing Caeser tearing down a villa that did not meat his expectations and the burning of the bridge. Both were symbols of ‘I can do more than men, what men do I tear down after and do better’ that we always see in caesers propaganda. Third, the only aspect I would have added to your summery of his skills as a leader of armies is to point out that he was fast. You touched on that when you pointed out how insane it was to raise armies like he did and have them be of quality, but he was always zipping around and writing letters and showing up where he wasn’t supposed to be. Pompey fled Rome because Caeser was just too damn fast coming down into Italy. Fourth, a slight point but Caeser is said to have built his outward fortified position to defend against the brother of vercingetorix after he was already encamped and besieging, it was more impressive than expected because he really did react to the army approaching rather than planning for it. Fifth, I was surprised how well you covered the politics of the age. Personally I think this was the strongest part in terms of ‘no he’s right, that’s just how it happened’ done fast That’s it! Hopefully I haven’t shown my ass by making too many mistakes in my comment pointing out things, but just know I did it with love and look forward to the next one!
Oh and this isn’t really relevant, but one of the best ways to sum up Caeser was when Isabel Pafford at Berkeley was talking about the battles between people in the period after Caeser was killed. She was talking about who would win a battle and said “But Caeser is dead, and numbers mean something again.” and the larger side won. I always loved that, steal it if you like!
Thank you so much for this write up man!! 1. I think you're right here, I did pop into a few different names so I think keeping it consistent would be key 2. I totally forgot to talk about the buttresses they created in front of the pylons to help divert the flow of the current AROUND the supports so they weren't directly hitting them too! But you're right, I didn't even mention disassembling the bridge as part of an extension of his, "I can do it it bigger and better than anyone." 3. I DID talk about this a bit but I didn't really emphasize how important it was, especially within the timeline we're dealing with. The Roman Road system was set up, sure, but it wasn't the wide, Imperium-spanning road system we get at the Empire's height! 4. I actually didn't know it was his brother! I thought it was just, "allied chieftains." Thank you! 5. Yeah this was tricky because this can be a real sticky hornet's nest to get into so I wanted to be concise without being overloading. It's REALLY easy to get lost in the doldrum of ANY political system, especially the Roman's when you have to distinguish between Early Republic, Late Republic, Early Imperium, and post 3rd century. It gets MESSSY! I love that hahahaha. I think, as far as understanding Roman military conquests, it's really easy to get lost in the verbiage. Legion and Army are not interchangeable, and multiple legions made up the grand ARMY of Rome. But we think, in modern times, as a Legion being larger than an Army as far as those terms and their general definitions. It's hard for the layman to conceptualize how "losing a legion" falls into the grand scheme of things.
I was skeptical of this new format at first, since I mostly watch you play games, and a lot of history gets tarnished by the presenter, but I know enough about Caesar to see if you know your stuff or not. This all checks out though, and was well done. You did call Pompey a coward but then back tracked, and you did admit to simplifying things, I'd suggest going into detail where you can. But I did not see any glaring biases, that tend to tarnish the truth, which is most important when studying history.
Hahahaha yeah I made the Pompey joke without really expanding on the fact that he was an incredible general. I totally agree though man. You either have a flat, unbiased presenter or an emphatic one with heavy bias. I'm trying to combine that. Deliver the facts, but add the fun and flare of my personality. This was entirely unscripted so I think next time I'll be scripting it and adding a bit more humor in to keep it light hearted yet on target. I tried to strike a good middle ground of detail and brevity. Like take Caesar crossing the Rubicon. I simplified it because the act in doing it, in my mind, was the more important measure than the nuance of what it mean for him as a proconsul and it was either... Submit and lose power, or civil war. I want these videos to be a window into something a historian can enjoy but also the layman. Whether it's video game Lore, history, fantasy Lore, etc. Thank you so much for watching and giving feedback dude I really appreciate it
One thing I dont think you mentioned is how during the day since you are a vampire you have to stick to the shadows or you will burn up. Also have to be careful during boss fights if it changes from night to day , it adds another layer of challenge
Love so much of your content, but this didn't feel like a beginner guide. Felt like "beginner for those that have played other Total War games guide, but complete nonsense without context for a true beginner". You didn't even start by explaining what the gameplay was, instead jumping straight into the interface first. At least explain what the game is for those that don't have a clue. I'm glad I was at least aware of the franchise, but I gained very little from the first half of the video, so I switched & played something else until I feel like watching a different guide. It's easy to lose perspective when you play so many of these games, especially from the same franchise, because you have no idea what it's like to be new anymore. I hope this helps your channel instead of insults you because I love your content usually.
I thought this was new lore from ToW, from the thumbnail. Was really looking forward to hearing about high elf enclaves within the Empire (where the good old warhammer quest ranger is from!). Oh well, basking into childhood memories of how awesome HE are also works. Do you intend to do more.. modern videos? The speculation about WTW2 is a bit odd in a "new" video ;P
keep doing these man! dont care about the game content much these days unless i'm playing that game - historical videos on the other hand also scratch some "lore" itch while being more interesting.
I would combine IT have IT with bannerlord Game footage especially showing the Battle tactics because AS much AS i Love my squares they are overused and cannot translate the tiny Details in Battle well
No idea if downlaoding a video actually probides a view but imma download to listen for my walk from work. Just in case updoot and imma leave the video playing muted to ensure you get view. Awesome to see ya doing this!
I know this video is old but if you focus Brinna only on raising her wizard and bard levels you can have her with the spell that gives her advantage in wisdom rolls, use another character to give her guidance, summon transmuter stones (support/utility) and her minimum medicine roll will always be of: 2 + 8 + 1 (guidance) + 4 (Wisdom 18/Int 18) = 15 (You could get an extra of 1d4 (Shapeshifter ring) + 1 (Wis prof) Raising wisdom to 20 and using disguise self) The only way to fail would be with 4 consecutive critical failures: "On a roll with advantage that succeeds on a 2 or more, Halfling Luck would reduce the chance to fail from 1/400 to 1/160000, making it practically impossible to fail. With Karmic Dice active, it may be simply impossible to roll 4 critical failures in a row."
Just awesome Sparty, love your speaking voice and how you break things down. I vote to continue this non-gaming series and I would even say if you could, read the Destroyer Men series Taylor Anderson and review each book of the series. An awesome series, based on real-life working mechanics within a SciFi universe with a WW 2 destroyer swept away to another reality!
Good example is the shockwave attack from henry. Double dash from veil of chaos, greatsword Q and pistols E in reverse gives you a tonne of mobility to stay away from the edge. I appreciate your content its made me a more diverse player and im throughly enjoying the void wolf combo right now
LOL. Now that is an intriguing premise. I guess it is possible to become one of the greatest and most beloved generals of all time while being crap at the job. He did lose at least two major battles, and barely escaped with his life on multiple other occasions.
I have to question how do you run out of ki on way of four elements monk in a fight. The one ki spells get so underrated for damage per ki that I feel like people spam the 2 ki spells which should be used situationally.
I trully feel like most of powers using an action to cast are not worth it. Most of the time you're better off casting a big spell or hiting hard. So yeah, take the reaction and passive ones, ignore the rest is a safe bet. Also, cull the weak is bugged, if you pick a corpse and throw it as an improvised weapon, it will detonate again ^^
instead of 4 points we can have custom shapes.... also a point --- that ""work area" thing can also use the 4/multi point selection instead of a circle i mean farms are odd shaped most of the time
