TOTAL WAR: PHARAOH GETS HUGE NEW BATTLE MECHANICS! 

great the next f and q is 27 june the next vlog post is about Campagin Updates maybe we get then news to Dynastys

@@mariusbehm9874 Hopefuly the dynasty mechanic will be good

Hopefully - they chose one of the most limiting parts of the Bronze Age when it comes to cultures ( not when it comes to the drama at least ) - there's a lot of room for different timelines,asuming the game is brought back from the dead with tis.

Tell me, WHAT and WHY are you enjoy this crap?

@@TheMcMiodzio It's a fun game?

@@TheMcMiodzio I take it you're not a very mature person. So please do remember that people are allowed to have different opinions than you 😊

@@sativa-sloth6099the ai has gotten worse over time tho

SCARS DON'T HEAL WHEN YOU KEEP CUTTING

Sofia has some amazing ideas tbh - it's the execution that needs some work/funding. I share the same thought train,if Med 3 got the Pharaoh launch treatment,ooof... But with a full on focus,it could actually be damn good.

Med 3 needs Naval warfare. Empire 2 too!

@@christiandauz3742 Don't get me started,I miss naval too much.

I agree. Sofia are doing good work. Pharaoh is turning out very nicely.

Old school Total war is dead. If you want it play the old school Total wars. CA doesn't want to make them. They are more expensive and therefore less profitable. The only reason CA doesn't outright say this is so they can string you along in the hopes of you buying the new stuff.

Adding an RNG % oneshot mechanic in WH which already lets you mass destroy would lead to some hilarious moments for sure. Especially in monster matchups!

​@@ReptilicusTVWouldn't be that far off from tabletop.

@@johndane9754 I still have PTSD from some 7th and 8th ed matches..

@@ReptilicusTV Honestly, I miss it because it makes the battlefield feel more dynamic where things can go either right or wrong without your imput. Nowadays TW battles feel sterile because that element of RNG is gone.

@@johndane9754 Completely agreed tbh,it's so unsatisfying seeing you dump a bunch of ammo into an unshielded unit only to barely get kills cause of the bloated hp/armor value - doesn't matter if the gold efficiency is there,it's just not satisfying.

Hopefully it'll spice things up hard

Yeah,balls deep on tactics is definately a step in the right direction. Going back to the roots,just gotta see how it's gonna play out in reality.

Deffo worth it after the update with most of the additions.

Reinventing the wheel for sure,now the question is if it'll break down or actually roll for once ? Overall the changes are MUCH needed,now honestly I hope they reduce the HP because combining it with the current system with overbloated HP....it's just nonsense.

@@ReptilicusTV Exactly my thoughts. I hope they rework the combat system rather than blindly slapping "lethality" on top of it.

@@jangozubr Yeah we're looking at a whole giant mess here in the making if they don't tone down the numbers before launch.

Turbulent waters

Won't be surprised if it's in a few weeks,update out @ summer they said!

@@ReptilicusTV next week will be interesting also with the new campaign features... 🔥

@@Trigkas HISTORY CHADS RISE UP

A really neat idea tbh - it's not a joke getting hit by an arrow ( and not just to the knee)

the current ability of archers to ignore enemy shields maybe also increase their lethality, as in description it increases accuracy to look for enemy's weak spot

@@user-tr8ur4fc7b Clubs still break armor much faster rn and have their niche with the 2handed units. We'll need to see the final numbers for sure to judge but considering how fast archers fire in this game + ammo modifiers from the campaign....this is gonna be scary even with a low %

@@ReptilicusTV but the clubs don't have a higher basic damage or Ap damage compared to axes, so the benefit of decreasing enemy's armor faster are not very great. Also they are supposed to break through the enemy as fast as possible, suppose it wins the battle, but what good is it there to decrease the armor of the enemy that is defeated?

@@ReptilicusTV also that clubs don't usually have the time to decrease enemy's armor significantly to make much difference. They are chargers and are supposed to break through as soon as possible

@@user-tr8ur4fc7b They definately need to find a way to differentiate them further with lethality but right now they're fine compared to the wayyyy overtuned launch - there are still clubs that will body most units in a straight up charge or flanking like Hittite royal chargers or vanguard then there's clubs that don't scale past the early game DPS-wise since the weapon balance is so off. 1H clubmen are pretty much obsolete outside of meatshielding or as support units in the current version. On the topic of armor breaker it really does help out so much as the ratio it breaks armor compared to swords or even axes is so much higher esp. when fighting units that have Aegean Bronzework - it'll increase other units' dps too.

Hope we're alive by the next historical release :crying:

Yeah,let's be real here this should've been in from the start but we're both aware why it wasn't in. Step in the right direction,absolutely - just gotta hope it stays moving into future titles.

@@ReptilicusTV Absolutely. This is the true test now; how they decide to heal a cripple to walk again and if they'll continue to care for it or not.

@@worganfreeman2694 Something tells me they'll just proceed to amputate the limbs instead of healing but hey,hopefully we'll be alive by the time the next historical is out xd

Yeah the matched combat animations in this game are......nowhere near S2,let alone some of the insane R2 animations. I've seen soldiers kicking air. Knee jump kicking air.

@@ReptilicusTV yeah and those animations are recicled from warhammer 1, empire soldiers, some random and dull things like spin in the air with spear and shield, and the characters also looks VERY cartoonish, even with a better engine and better 3d modelling, they fail at this.

Oh bro 100 % feel you on this one. Autoresolve is already annoying with the way it calculates chariots so it ends up baiting me to play even something that's free a win.

@@ReptilicusTV I’ve found that the autoresolve button is just too tempting if I don’t play with the mod. And it contributes to campaign fatigue and boredom for me. I stick with the campaigns where I have to fight most battles manually, while I tend to abandon the ones where I snowball hard and nothing can stop me. I’m not even super good at the battles, I just like having to fight for my victories.

@@EisenKreutzer Campaign fatigue is real,I can feel that,once the snowball starts it's over.Rn i'm slugging through Peleset legendary to complete the achis ( missed some on the first run with them) and for the love of Zeus I cba fighting most battles so I ended up using t3/t4 units to actually force me.

I fight 100% of my battles, and then there is an option to disable autoresolve for a campaign. Maybe try it too

@@Eruner279 i like to retain the option of autoresolving small battles where I either have overwhelming force or no chance of winning at all.

Was it removed ? Med 2 entities have 1 HP outside of the 2 HP on generals.

@@ReptilicusTV No, I meant the Lethality stat. Each unit had a lethality stat attached to their weapons which played a role in whether it would kill or not. It was hidden info in the dxport_descr_strat file, commonly called "EDU" in the modding community.

what were pros and cons of lethality in Rome 1? Compared to Pharaoh, how it worked? How fast were battles there? And what was the meta?

Clasic CA. Remove a mehanic and later bring it back and say its brand new and groundbreaking. The game will still be bad and i dot see anything changing soon.

@@stefankatsarov5806 but why do you then watch

Late summer I assume

For sure,just hope the end result is good

Hope so too tbh,considering they added so many iron age assets already.

Yes, the first Rome Total War had lethality as a hidden stat, I think they removed it for Medieval 2 though, but I might be wrong. It was the best stat system in the series. Each weapon type had it's own lethality stat, so a unit was defined not only by it's own distinct attack and defense values but also by the lethality stat of their weapons. A weapon hit against an infantry unit could: interrupt their attack animation, stun(they fall down but get back up, like interrupt animation but longer) or kill(based on the lethality stat). It made for intuitive and immersive battle scenarios, since spearmen had high attack but spears had low lethality, short swords were average in both, long swords had slightly higher attack and lethality, axes had lower attack than swords but higher lethality, clubs had higher attack than axes but slightly lower lethality, same for double handed axes and clubs etc. Then you get into ranged units and range was specific for each bow/sling type, but lethality was based on the arrows/ammo used. Then cavalry had different lances, with lances being higher lethality than infantry units, with long lances being the highest lethality weapon in the game(apart from artillery and elephants I think). You really had to pay attention to what weapons each unit had, some cavalry had slightly higher attack stat than others, but then you realize they use short lances rather than medium ones. Then you realize A LOT of units had multiple weapons, each with it's own attack stat also, and you could tell them which to use, some cavalry had short swords, and if they had medium lances, you might be better telling them to stick to lances in melee rather than change to swords, some had maces or axes, which were superior against armored units, but if they had short lances, those had higher attack and would probably perform better against low armor units. Some spearmen had longswords or one handed falx, so you could tell them to switch to those when attacking other infantry. Some javelin units had spears as secondary, some swords or axes. Some pike units had axes as secondary, which would allow them to kill armored units way faster than with pikes while taking more casualties. The differentiation of units was at it's height in the first Rome Total War, it was all down from there.

Yeah I legit have jav units that earn ~ 1k gold value while dumping their entire ammo and barely getting any kills. Do they perform ? 100 % Is it satisfying ? Not really.

the beatings will continue

I wonder what's gonna be the cheat code for the next game at this rate,assuming lethality doesn't work out.

Good to know?

Yup,and I don't think people will get tired of stuff like that any time soon.

It really variated between conflicts succesor wars were for example rather mild because none of diadochi really wanted to risk it all for a minor extra slice of Alexanders empire. The punic wars however had major fatality factors because both really wanted to exterminate eachother.

@@rwouwenaarrw sure, there are battles like Cannae where Romans lost like 90% of their army. But the fact is that they incurred the vast majority of those losses after they lost the actual battle and were surrounded and could not escape. If we look at Carthaginian casualties it’s in the typical 5% to 15% range even for such a closely fought battle. And that trend holds up everywhere. Most of the killing always happens to the losing side during pursuit or encirclement where the routing enemy can not escape their fate.

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It should be more than just tweaking the game db - but how will it play out? We're either screwed or it might actually be the first step to un-fking everything.