Topic Subject:My occupied city was taken over. Without a fight...
TryReadingABook Legionary
posted 25 April 2010 02:30 EDT (US)
I'm playing the Greek campaign. I had a city with 20 peasants & 30 mercenary slingers(or peltests). waiting for my turn I killed a factions king in a very tough battle against over 75 heavy cavalry using militia hoplites, and a family member over in another city that I had attacked. When it was my turn again the city I first mentioned was in enemy hands. I also received no notification for what happened to the city. This is my first time around Rome: Total War and I'm getting the hang of it, but I honestly have no idea what happened to my city or men. Any ideas?
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Dugit Legate
posted 25 April 2010 04:57
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That sounds like either a bribe or a revolt, but both cases should have given you notification, and the latter a warning.
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TryReadingABook Legionary
posted 26 April 2010 05:33
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Thank you for the insight. What actually happened was(not saying you're wrong just adding to my story, I read that after and it sounded odd) after I lost the town I was upset so I went loaded my previous save without reading what the notifications were. Paying attention to that fact I wanted to know what they all said so I did everything again (with much less success of course) and I did not see any notification come my next turn from losing the town. I wouldn't be so worried about it if it took a town without units, but that mercenary unit was double vet.. and it's just vanished. That's a decent cause for me to be slightly alarmed lol
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stouf761 Legionary
posted 26 April 2010 22:24
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Well it looks like you solved your problem.
Yeah you need to pay attention to all those notifications and especially the happiness of a city
Ecthelion Legionary
(id: p90pro)
posted 02 May 2010 10:35
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Conquered cities will sometimes revolt to their former owners pending that that faction is still around. Depending on the size of the city, population, and the level of the buildings, you could end up facing a full stack of gold chevron units. And that is a much bigger cause for concern than a vanished merc unit.
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NoJobRob Legionary
posted 03 May 2010 17:11
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Sometimes when a city becomes too expensive for me, I deliberately pull my army out and let the city revolt, only to place it under siege and re-take it. Then I exterminate the population which puts them in check, get the money from looting, and the tax income turns positive again.
Punic Hebil Centurion
(id: Punic Hoplite)
posted 03 May 2010 19:44
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I think I may have found out what happened. I just captured Halicarnassus in a Seleucid campaign, and the next turn I found that the entire army was next to the city, without me moving it. This may have happened to you too, and the enemy just attacked it, getting it back.
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