Imperator: Rome Developer Diary - 2nd of December

[Scon]

Is there a 'supply run' automation behaviour for supply train armies?

 

[TheMadEmperor]

Was there any screenshots of this "line system" anywhere? I'd love to see it.

from @Long Game Short discord...

Spoiler: Migration arrows

 

[Mulway]

I'll play Rome campaign after patch hits. I really hope new mission system isn't dull like EU4.

 

[Limbojack]

This looks good, but I'm disappointed that you've been unable to fix the trade request spamming for food.

 

[TheMind]

Excellent update! I've got a few questions:

1. Great Families system will be later modified with a more fluid and dynamic system than it's now (I refer to the country rank related to the number of GF)?
2. As for modding, what it is like to create a character? Will he/she be a Minor or a member of a random GF? Scripted/modded events will be Minor Events or Great Events?

 

[Razmorg]

- Added `has_siege = no` trigger to `city.20` which gives a free fort level

Does this mean 20 pop cities get a free fort level?

 

[Trin Tragula]

- Added `has_siege = no` trigger to `city.20` which gives a free fort level

Does this mean 20 pop cities get a free fort level?

It is the ID number of the event.

 

[Trin Tragula]

Updated the list to add missing item about new territories in Caledonia.

 

[___Vardan]

@Trin Tragula , thanks for your pedantic approach to dev diaries! <3

 

[nikkythegreat]

Is it weird that im more exited about the fix to enslavement and the increased merc cost than the missions? Hahha

 

[Akbar The Great]

- Changed color of Carthage to white.

This one seems to be missing

They're just trolling us with shitty minty green at this point. They know they're wrong but they can't admit it. But hey ho, it's only a map colour, and mods avaialble to fix the lunacy.



I'm very much looking forward to the update though. So swings and roundabouts.

 

[Agamidae]

For those who want to see the new Carthage buildings

 

[Bovrick]

- Enslavement efficiency reduced across the board, by 25-50%
- Slaves should no longer be added above the maximum population capacity of a territory.
- Slaves that are taken are now somewhat less likely to end up in the country capital.

Really welcome changes, this is great

Added Supply Trains and a Support Units category, which will be deployed last on the battlefield and cannot be part of retinues.
Raze and Pillage can now be used regardless of whether you're at war with the province owner. It will add a stacking opinion debuff each time the action is performed. If opinion goes below -180, a war will be declared, treating the pillaging country as attacker.

Hopefully this brings the decentralised tribes back towards Hit-and-Run, and generally being a pest, sounds good!

Something that just occurred to me, how does the food supply interact with migrations? Has the range of feasible migrations just plummeted?

 

[Trin Tragula]

Something that just occurred to me, how does the food supply interact with migrations? Has the range of feasible migrations just plummeted?

Somewhat
You can of course siege down province capitals to restock just as a normal army, but that does mean getting involve in wars on the way.

 

[Bovrick]

Somewhat
You can of course siege down province capitals to restock just as a normal army, but that does mean getting involve in wars on the way.

Perfect! This sounds like much more of a challenge now

 

[gatzo55]

Will war reps be coming back at all? Or at least taking money in peace deals? I really miss that feature and it seems odd that it was cut.

 

[trov55]

Somewhat
You can of course siege down province capitals to restock just as a normal army, but that does mean getting involve in wars on the way.

So, tribe or not, restocking requires capture of the provincial capital? Did I get that right?

 

[Trin Tragula]

So, tribe or not, restocking requires capture of the provincial capital? Did I get that right?

Restocking food from a provincial food supply requires control of the Province Capital, yes. This is since Food is stored in Provinces and not in territories (just as in 1.2). This is why you can deny enemy forts their food by capturing enemy province capitals in 1.2 as well.

While at peace you always have control over your own province capitals though so this is mostly something to keep in mind in wartime

In wartime you can of course also bring more food to an army operating in enemy territory using supply trains. That may be harder for a tribe that has uprooted its entire country to migrate though.

 

[Naotomi]

Looking forward to trying the family system. Disappointed there were no bug fix mentions for ransoms. Overall positive update.

 

[The Danish King]

Can't wait! I'm really grateful for your hard work on this game, Paradox. Kudos to you!