Ancient Empires: Rome 2 Battle Mechanics
Disclaimer: The unit textures and models in the images are not included, they are a mixture of Little Legionaire’s mod for Rome 2 and also private Ancient Empires models that are no longer being used.
Salve my friends! I am Petellius and these are the battle mechanics both me and Philip developed for the Rome 2 version of Ancient Empires, over a year ago. These mechanics are a little dated I must admit and not everything included in the Attila version is in this one. This version, however, is fully playable and works very well and thanks to Rome 2 being a much better battle engine the mechanics are much more robust.
The main aim of the battle mod is to increase realism, vastly reduce casualties and the arcade feel of vanilla battles. At the same time battles aren’t a grind that will last forever and if you use tactics and cunning you will watch as the enemy army slowly collapses under the weight of your genius, sending their troops streaming from the battlefield in large amounts. The mechanics here are a mixture of Para Bellum, from Philip, and my own Legate of the Ninth mod.
– Most units that are not barbarians will be 240 men, with 200 men skirmishers and 150 men cavalry units.
– Barbarian units are 300 to 360 men, with elites being on the smaller end of that spectrum.
– Missiles are much more of a support role, use them to slow the enemy, reduce their combat effectiveness and rout units that are already shaken. Using slingers and archers can be a good support on the flanks against enemy cavalry.
– Fatigue and Morale have large impacts on the battle, with the best tactic being hitting the enemy with fresh troops when they have exhausted themselves and routing them from the field.
I would suggest using one of the particle effects alongside this mod and I also personally use GEMFX for truly epic looking battles.
Enhanced Particles: {LINK REMOVED}
Extended Particles: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4X2kfwwYjPhLTZvaHY0TkZxcUU/view
GEMFX: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=187199741
My personal GEMFX preset: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4X2kfwwYjPhNmN2WmF1clFTSlU/view
Come visit the AE forums for updates on the Attila version here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2095-Ancient-Empires-(AE)
Feel free to take this and adapt it into whichever of your favourite overhauls you want 🙂
Inform me if any bugs exists and I’ll try and get around to fixing them as soon as I can.
