Rome Total War: Totally Hard...

[Burris]

How the HELL do I stop all these revolts?

As Eastern Roman Empire and Western I'm just raped by revolters.

[inflatablewoman]

Let the fuckers revolt and then take the city back. Squalor goes back to ZERO. It's the only way I could get the thing to work.

[Burris]

I tried that, but it just thinned my numbers enough to have the Sassanids crush me.

[Rob]

Let the fuckers revolt and then take the city back. Squalor goes back to ZERO. It's the only way I could get the thing to work.

(Eastern Empire)
I found this generally worked, economic management of all your settlements to make sure they're in the green generally helps too. Plus an appropriately-sized garrison. Not big enough to drain your resources, just don't leave the town empty you know?

Economic micromanagement of western settlements, building of large armies in the east and especially on the northern border where the hordes come through, seems like a good balance. And for the love of god, don't expand north unless you can afford huge armies and lots of them.

[Burris]

They really should of named this game Revolt: Total Revolt.

Because this is bullshit. No matter what I do, no matter how many idiot peasants I kill, no matter how low the taxes are, they revolt.

[AFG]

Agreed. RTW:BI fucking sucked, so I ended up downloading Rome Total Realism.

[Burris]

I'm playing the original Rome Total War. I've defeated Carthage as the Scipii and I want to take out my competitor, the Brutii, will the other romans attack me and my Numidian allies?

[Rob]

I don't think BI sucked, it's just that the major players weren't as fun to play anymore. Part of the charm of RTW was that the goal was more or less relentless expansion. Playing as either Roman empire in BI was more a matter of hanging on for dear life to what you already have.

I'm playing the original Rome Total War. I've defeated Carthage as the Scipii and I want to take out my competitor, the Brutii, will the other romans attack me and my Numidian allies?

On hard, I would say that's more than likely.

[Bismarck]

The real fun of BI is right there in the name: Barbarian Invasion. I mean c'mon, who wouldn't want to be the Scourge of God, leading his tribes of horse archers across the grassy plains and into the fields and hills of the weakling and decadent Roman empires, to take their gold and burn their cities, to crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of their women!!!

Sorry, got carried away.

In truth, it's hard to play as Rome because it should be - this was Rome's darkest hour. It was the final end of the Western Roman Empire (unless you count Charlemagne's version) and the rise of Germanic culture in Europe and the beginning of the Medieval age.

The Eastern Empire is easy I think, just be prepared to lose some of your farther provinces and remember to watch the Bulgarian frontier. Once you've solidified your position around your core provinces (Greece, Thrace and Anatolia) you can set yourself to regaining your former glory.

[Rob]

They really should of named this game Revolt: Total Revolt.

Because this is bullshit. No matter what I do, no matter how many idiot peasants I kill, no matter how low the taxes are, they revolt.

The peasants are revolting! That's right, they really stink on ice! :p