I have full ranks in the skill Brace (Princep class) and the 1 point in Fortress that improves it. With this, I get 4 stacks of "strong" ... each stack is supposed to restore 25% of max shield strength... so with 4 stacks, 100% of shield should be restored next round. My shield has 3 points... I lose all 3 points on enemy turn... but when my turn starts, I only recover 2 points of the shield... not 3. The thing is, if I DON'T use Brace, I STILL recover 2 points of shield strength regardless... so what ev...

At the moment I have story characters, praetorians and centurions with approvals ranging from "Indifferent" up to "Loyal" for praetorians and centurions and up to "Unwavering" for story characters. So far I understood I can increase their approval by doing decisions that match their character traits or decrease the approval rating with decisions they don't agree on. Do the increases/decreases in story zones like the Temple of Apollon affect all praetorians or only the characters that I selected when ente...

I'm curious but usually don't want to mess up somewhere so I rarely try but: that even possible? I got the Caeso romance event super early in Egypt this time (literally the first random event I had on the map, before I could even rescue Cleo) but I can still flirt the hell out of Cleopatra. Does that have any... outcome?...

I loved Vikings, but had some problems with them. Enjoyed tactical depth, disliked RNG. I do like difficult games from time to time (I love BattleBrother, for example) but eventually somehow couldnt find a way into the adventure... dunno... dont like missing all shots but being hit all the time ;-P. Is Rome the same thing, or is it bit more polished/balanced?...

Should I buy the Death or Glory DLC because I've seen that a lot of reviews say that it destroys the balance of the base game? Has this been fixed?