Would it make sense to play WRATH OF SPARTA before playing Rome Total War 2 campaign?

[bill_.]

I have only played rome total war 1 and medieval total war 2. Never played another total war game. So when I started looking at rome total war 2, I got really confused with all the changes. Thinking maybe I try something smaller, like one of the dlcs first to get a hang of it? Would that work? Thinking of going with wrath of sparta. Thoughts?

[Archaon The Never-Chosen]

you can also try to provoke the second strongest party to succed so there is a power vaccum and you get a ton of influence then purge the other remaining party while you are immune to succession for 10 turns

[bill_.]

Originally posted by Archaon The Never-Chosen:

you can also try to provoke the second strongest party to succed so there is a power vaccum and you get a ton of influence then purge the other remaining party while you are immune to succession for 10 turns

Yeah I just kept provoking, and got to 67%... But now I don't have positive loyalty.

[Mouse]

Just dive into the Grand Campaign. Wrath of Sparta is not a great representation of Rome II and can be quite boring and tedious. Personally i love Greek history so i still found it interesting, but it will be just hoplites vs hoplites for the majority of the campaign, and can be quite tedious too with all the fleets and public order issues on some factions (Athens? i think)

[bill_.]

Originally posted by Mouse:

Just dive into the Grand Campaign. Wrath of Sparta is not a great representation of Rome II and can be quite boring and tedious. Personally i love Greek history so i still found it interesting, but it will be just hoplites vs hoplites for the majority of the campaign, and can be quite tedious too with all the fleets and public order issues on some factions (Athens? i think)

Oh already deep in the main campaign. Playing as juli. Just got to 66% senate supporting me. Sadly negative loyalty.

[Mouse]

Originally posted by Slayerming2:

Oh already deep in the main campaign. Playing as juli. Just got to 66% senate supporting me. Sadly negative loyalty.

Influence does not really effect loyalty, you need to look at the party traits. if you hover your mouse over them, it will tell you what they mean, and if they are good/bad. Some political parties are not worth the hassle and its best to force a secession. Also if you didn't know already you can hover your mouse over the loyalty number itself, and it will give you a breakdown of what is causing the negative loyalty.

[Joseph Bailey]

Lol wtf just play as Rome. You bought Rome 2 to play Rome. Rise of the Republic or Empire Divided

[bill_.]

Originally posted by Mouse:

Originally posted by Slayerming2:

Oh already deep in the main campaign. Playing as juli. Just got to 66% senate supporting me. Sadly negative loyalty.

Influence does not really effect loyalty, you need to look at the party traits. if you hover your mouse over them, it will tell you what they mean, and if they are good/bad. Some political parties are not worth the hassle and its best to force a secession. Also if you didn't know already you can hover your mouse over the loyalty number itself, and it will give you a breakdown of what is causing the negative loyalty.

Something I noticed that was obviously different was that your family was much smaller, with pretty much just one son and daughter, and their heirs at most. Also do you not know their age?

[Iolaus]

Has anybody mentioned the fact that Wrath Of Sparta has different mechanics from all the other campaigns.... meaning, some units take 2 turns to recruit, and also when winter season comes, it drastically reduces your income...

For that reason alone it might not be a good start, but chronologically speaking the right order would be yes, Wrath of Sparta then Rise of the Republic, Hannibal at the Gates, then Grand Campaign... etc