Ramses Tips

[Karsk]

So I've been having trouble with the campaign. I can't do much after getting the starting province taken over which I manage to do pretty quickly. Every time I try to take out a neighbor I am massively outnumbered bc I can't produce enough resources for a second army. Where do you recommend going after finishing your starting war?

[Bronan the Bradbarian]

The rest of the Sinai - you'll end up with a source of every resource. Keep a close eye on Canaan though, they'll jump you without much warning - and your Egyptian neighbours on the other side of the Sinai will do the same. I generally unite the Sinai, hammer back the Canaanites and set up a good defensive line after a good peace deal, then turn around and start trying to mop up some of the small Egyptian factions in the North without pissing off the Pharaoh.

[Many-Named]

Ramses is hard lol

[Coach]

I highly recommend increasing upkeep cost for AI by 50% in compaign customization. The reason being, that AI gets that bonus.. I dont see why they should.

it's a lazy way for devs to increase difficulties of the game.. So the AI can produce twice as many soldiers as you do, for no particular reason.

[Karsk]

Originally posted by Many-Named:

Ramses is hard lol

Yet I started with him bc it said it was easy lol.

Figures bc Ancient Egypt has never been my greatest area of historical expertise so I was relying on the game to actually be accurate when it described the difficulty of each campaign.

[Many-Named]

Originally posted by Karsk:

Originally posted by Many-Named:

Ramses is hard lol

Yet I started with him bc it said it was easy lol.

Figures bc Ancient Egypt has never been my greatest area of historical expertise so I was relying on the game to actually be accurate when it described the difficulty of each campaign.

yeah they did the same with wh3 where Empire was recommended yet until the latest DLC it was one of their hardest starts ever

[Karsk]

Originally posted by Many-Named:

Originally posted by Karsk:

Yet I started with him bc it said it was easy lol.

Figures bc Ancient Egypt has never been my greatest area of historical expertise so I was relying on the game to actually be accurate when it described the difficulty of each campaign.

yeah they did the same with wh3 where Empire was recommended yet until the latest DLC it was one of their hardest starts ever

Sounds about right. You have a recommendation over Ramses? I didn't play the og Pharoah and I thought since it is ostensibly about ancient Egypt I wanted to try an Egyptian faction.

[Many-Named]

Originally posted by Karsk:

Originally posted by Many-Named:

yeah they did the same with wh3 where Empire was recommended yet until the latest DLC it was one of their hardest starts ever

Sounds about right. You have a recommendation over Ramses? I didn't play the og Pharoah and I thought since it is ostensibly about ancient Egypt I wanted to try an Egyptian faction.

Yes, play Amenmesse or Tausret...lol jk (but barely), here is a ton of tips, not direcly related to Ramses but will still help in general:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpquTKZ-UzQ

[okuzmin2003]

Tausret is currently bugged. If she dies she cant be recruited as general no more . Had this happened on 2 playthroughs.
Amenmesse is great. Capture the south and head north to restore Egypt. Filthy rich, best bows in game . No sea people or canaanites to worry about .

[Many-Named]

Originally posted by okuzmin2003:

Tausret is currently bugged. If she dies she cant be recruited as general no more . Had this happened on 2 playthroughs.
Amenmesse is great. Capture the south and head north to restore Egypt. Filthy rich, best bows in game . No sea people or canaanites to worry about .

You only get a couple civs to worry about, memnon is pretty tame in comparison to many other ''notable minors'' and Libu's while annoying are just a small thorn in your side but nothing more.

Easy mode but it is a bit boring imo.

[Karsk]

Originally posted by Many-Named:

Originally posted by okuzmin2003:

Tausret is currently bugged. If she dies she cant be recruited as general no more . Had this happened on 2 playthroughs.
Amenmesse is great. Capture the south and head north to restore Egypt. Filthy rich, best bows in game . No sea people or canaanites to worry about .

You only get a couple civs to worry about, memnon is pretty tame in comparison to many other ''notable minors'' and Libu's while annoying are just a small thorn in your side but nothing more.

Easy mode but it is a bit boring imo.

Yea I forgot to mention that I have been playing on hard/hard

[Lotor13]

There is a "gold city" west of Ramses' starting province, which is super useful.

Use the ambush stance to lure enemy army outside of city

[Karsk]

I thought going agree timna and then colonizing dishes to get stone would be a good move but then I just get attacked by hetch and the northern city.

Definitely a tougher start than I thought since you can't support a full stack and have less armored troops while needing to expand aggressively.

I am clearly missing something bc I find myself not doing as well in battles. What is lethality anyway? Mayne that's got to do with it?

[Iskar]

Take out Beersheba, then Timna before colonising Deshret Reitu. Only then confront Hetch.

[Defmonkey]

Well, Ramesses has some of the best units in the game... He also has momentum mechanics.

I opened up his campaign briefly and shocked to see has nearly all the benefits to utilise his skill to get 20% movement on winning a battle. Only requires an additional skillpoint or 2. Then i would suggest looking at getting him tied to horus,,,, not checked to see if this has changed but OG Horus gave him 20-40% reset as well.... You can turn ramesses in to pinball machine with the right army.

[Riqcrow]

1) capturing Sinai and having forts in each province with 10 quality troops and city watch in own = 23+ units defending with minimal upkeep,
2) having a line of outposts that give +50% movement points back = can march to defend own areas from one side to other in one turn

personal notice, Ramesses is kinda ♥♥♥♥♥ to play. big watery area on north gives AI plenty of speed and can assault coastal cities with a nasty surprise, also Red Sea in addition of Nile gives AI a direct motorway for other flanks. hard pressed from every direction.