Rome: Total War - Part 14 - Thrace For Impact 

Yeah, that strategy is called the "phalanx moonwalk"! Never heard of it before?

Lol it would have worked if that one guy didn't turn around to fight them, he ruined it.

... Oh yeah. Oops.

roman builder : oh hey they want me to destroy the holy temple of Athens, ok. *takes a hammer and starts completely destroying everything*

The small temple of Mercury is waaay better than that stupid Parthenon. Don't see how that will sabotage archaeologists in the future!

hahaha

Fwendly Mushwoom And a non stick pan. And Claire's fabric scissors...

I am now

Karma 80% of the video would be him saying "no no you idiot, dont send that- no-no the walls attack the archers on the wa-" and so on

Lordof Bore I'm fine with that

Surprise Pizza its not the time or the thrace for that pun

@@H20No oh dear this comments thread is all over the Thrace

matthew allen I wish I could ethrace this comment

He actually used this in E24:)

The puns that this channel's fan thrace come up with never cease to please me.

Well you can’t let your guests get bored, now can you?

I think I still like the fallout 3 kill everything run a bit better yet. More puns :3

+abdullah hussian I agree completely.

Agreed. There is something about Jon playing a game he loves and knows. But I reckon when he's totally up to speed (and willing to play on channel), Civ VI will be the thing to watch!

+Error 418: I'm a teapot Punnier than "Thrace For Impact"?

not quite as good as Civ VI for me, that ending was just too perfect

Oh dear.

They'll betray him out of the blue and withdraw their forces. They'll just be gone without a Thrace.

@@zjotheglorious :O

Allies that actualy come and help you are a rarity.

It's true - allies mostly ignore you - you'll only ever fight alongside them if you go to help them, most of the time.

Well they really just went and chilled by Athens they were just forced to help.

So it means You won't wipe the Thracians of the face of the map ?

Neodyinamite All in good time...We might as well exploit a having a common enemy for as long as possible. *Evil laugh in the distance*

"Never admit when you're surrounded. The enemy will close in on you if you do." -Sun Tzu, probably.

not the enemy's, just your own.

Same.

You think you've got it bad, I've got SE's. Luckily it is history first which will be pretty easy.

Roxnaron Morthalor what's an SE?

Somewhere between a test and an exam in importance, and I've got 5 of them next week.

Roxnaron Morthalor Oh shit son that's tonnes you should probably revise lol

Most sword experts can't even agree what to _call_ different kinds of swords what makes you think they'd agree as to which is "the best" whatever that means

Farm equipment! Now usable as military grade weaponry. Is it just me or does that sound really Roman

@@DarkSnideoftheRainbow there are plenty of established sword names; Kopis, Spartha, Gladius etc. Fun fact though during ancient times it is unlikely that these names were used. It seems to be a modern thing that we classify things. As an example, Gladius means sword. Also the universal 'best' weapon is more likely a spear than any kind of sword. A Falx is useful because it combines the good elements of a sword and a spear.

@@timlangley7169 Spears are not always better than swords. Spears are however way better at the hands of an untrained man than a sword, as you keep the enemy at a distance.

If he picks Rhodoks the people who watches this let's play might get some Deja vu.

I feel like Jon is more of a dirty, dirty Swandian

defaultfallout XD

Nachocheese He should do the Fires Of War mod, it's a Greco-Persian war mod, and it's amazing

Ethan Smith Yep

I'd say it's worth killing rebels if you can - letting your general stretch their legs and get some combat from time to time helps stop them going too crazy in my experience...

fair enough, I'm just a tad OCD when it comes to unnecessary units in my provinces and have to remove them ASAP otherwise they will just bug me until i remove them. and as for those pun titles.... that's what i get for using the first that pops into my head in order for the comment to actually be seen. now that I've thought about it "The Rhode to victory" would've been a much better choice, but alas.

+Many A True Nerd hey im getting Rome total war today do you have any tips?

yea, it was burned down about 1300years before current year ingame

HinFoo well byzantium didn't even exist yet but...

Ah, but it did. in the 500's BCE, it was actually a Greek colony called Byzantion.

I forgive them given their heroism the first time round.

Indeed, they were brave. I get the feeling the leader that held the line was killed in the first battle, and Steve who was picking his nose behind the others when they were run down became leader through rank succession. And then ordered them into the trees where he could continue picking his nose in peace.

Many A True Nerd You should give Thracian a large amount money as a thank you

VulpesHilarianus Steveos*

i did not know you got bad traits for being rich, does that mean you can balance the game by paying off your enemies?

Definitely would love to see that

Johnny West kotor series has connection to both bio ware and obsidian whose games Jon plays all the time

ATH31909 I am playing it rn on ipad

he would love that game honestly.

Update! He did! 😁

Good formation moonwalking though.

900bot Micheal Jackson's school of phalanxing and boogying must have got the classes mixed up

The poor guy never has any initiative. He constantly lets the AI determine how the battle will play out and he just reacts....poorly

@@christopheralberti You're way too harsh, he's playing on the hardest difficulty and has not (unvoluntarily) lost a battle yet since the beginning

Add the Parthians to that group, a really underrated faction.

@@sonofskeletor33Armenians>Parthians as they actually have some decent infantry. Cataphract archers are better than persian cavalry IMO as well, but Persians are cheaper and tire less quickly so it's a bit up to personal choice

@@frisianmouve Not for fighting the Romans they're not, when it comes to beating Romans Parthia > Armenia. Why? Because elephants absolutely destroy Roman legions, particularly out in the field, and Armenia don't get elephants. A half stack Parthian army featuring war elephants, cataphracts and horse archers can destroy any Roman force the AI will throw at you. Parthia has the worst infantry in the game, but it doesn't matter because you don't need it. Of course if the situation is reversed the Parthians aren't as lethal, as the AI generally doesn't know how to use elephants.

@@sonofskeletor33 Oh because of elephants, right. I never used them much, about the only time I did I sent a 20 armoured elephants into Spain as the seleucids just for fun. When I play against them I always shoot fire arrows at them and they almost always rampage. Does the AI know it ought to shoot fire arrows at elephants?

@@frisianmouve In theory the AI does, but because they always re-position their battle lines as you move in they usually get very few shots off, if any. The AI doesn't tend to go with a lot of archers at the best of times anyway. In a defensive siege it's a little more likely they can get some shots off, but again the AI tends to go for infantry-heavy armies. The key to elephants is the charge - unlike cavalry they never take casualties on the charge (except against prepared pike walls). Moreover they get a 'bonus charge' against anything standing in the way between them and their target - so if you approach the Roman infantry line from the side and tell the elephants to charge one of the units in the middle, every single infantry unit in the line will be scattered to the winds. Then you can turn the elephants around and repeat the trick going back the other way. The Roman infantry can only kill elephants with their javelins, or in a bogged down slugging match. So long as you keep your elephants charging from one side to the other, they can't touch you. If you send in your cataphracts as an after shock you can clean up even the most elite Roman infantry surprisingly easily. You just have to close the distance fast and keep on charging - an ancient blitzkrieg.

Hol up

I watch Nerd³'s Planet Coaster to fall asleep...it's very effective. It took him like 8 episodes to build the entrance cave!

Well, the thing is, just because it says they're making a loss, they aren't. They just making less money than they should, with costs assigned as a function of city size. No city can make a loss. Sure, you can gut the city and it will tell you it's making a profit, but that's only because the game is now assuming it ought to pay less. But that just puts more pressure elsewhere, and your other cities just got less profitable - while it may look nicer to see every city in profit, you've just made less money overall - low taxes and a city that shows a minus number is almost always more valuable than a tiny city with a high tax rate and a big plus number...

oh and the battle with Greece and thrace might have been one of the funniest things i've ever seen

robh678 all of them but in particular both fallout kill everything's and fnv yolo. the mighty ducks stellar is series is great but my personal favourite is deadly premonition for comedic value alone.

robh678 fallout 3 you only live once

apologies "stellaris" not "stellar is" autocorrect

his fallout yolos and fallout 3 kill everything for definite,

Still a fan four years later!

Great Y ...I think corruption traits kick in when the treasury consistently exceeds 50,000.

he is already at 40K, and when he takes Rhodes the cash will go crazy!

I'll take your word for it. I'm used to Medieval 2 and by the time I get to those sums of money it's late game and I tend to have stopped caring about money and generals are expendable.

They get pretty repetitive after a while. If I have to listen to "grasp the spear, sharpen the sword..." one more time...

but if you can weather that storm you end up with one of the best combinations of Phalanxes and chariots and quickly sweep the world! They are one of my favorite none roman factions.

Indeed. Also, elephant archers combined with legionnaires sounds pretty deadly

"The RTW ai is great" said no one ever. Still a fantastic game

James Brooks they'd probably say it with "...for laughs because how dumb they are"

Lost Connection it must of been a struggle considering your profile pic.

Lost Connection you would be the first but you Lost Conection

To be fair, being first doesn't count for anything either.

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