Can someone tell and locate me any decent Rome Total War version 1.5 blood mod?
I did have a very good one for version 1.0 (unpatched) of Rome Total War that although as I said was very good, the only blood game from artillery kills on troops.
I'd like a decent blood mod that does the right amount of blood for different situations etc, if possible for both artillery and combat, without making it look too unrealistic or stupid, or something close to that. If not, how about just an artillery based blood mod for 1.5 with the same sense of realism of course?
Thanks.
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Rome 2 Total War is a successor of Rome Total War from 2004. It’s the 8th “big” game from the Total War series (aside the expansion packs) and the best selling TW game to date.

In this guide I’m going to present the most popular modifications (mods) for R2 along with a step-by-step instructions of installing them (if needed). I’d like to thank matbitesdog for his RTW guide which serves as an inspiration for this FAQ. This mod guide DOES NOT cover Caesar in Gaul. Maybe it will in the future, who knows? Plus, this mod guide is still in the WIP (work in progress state).

Why mod at all?

Boy, that’s simple. To make the game playable cough cough. Personal bias aside, I think that R2 is a rough diamond. And the mods smoothen and enrich the gaming experience, making Rome 2 really stand out. Most of the mods are really easy to install, for they’re available on the Steam Workshop, so you just click the big green Subscribe button and Bob’s your uncle!

But… you’re wondering which mod to choose? This is the purpose of this guide exactly. Yet before we start…

I assume that you know what Rome 2 and the Total War series in general are. I won’t assume, though, that you’re verse in the terms used in the Total War community in general. Here’s a concise glossary of the terms we’re going to use in this mod guide:

R2 – Rome 2
TW – Total War
CA – Creative Assembly
BAI – Battle AI (Artificial Intelligence), the part of the AI responsible for the tactical decisions, i.e. commanding the individual units on the battlefield when playing a single player game. This includes the infamous R2 siege AI as well!
CAI – Campaign AI, the part of the AI responsible for strategic decisions, i.e. commanding the armies on the campaign map, managing towns, diplomacy, politics etc.
RNG – Random Number Gods, a rare term that is used to describe the random element of, for example, every fight – a levy spearman may kill a heavy legionnaire because of a stroke of luck.
Vanilla – the original, unmodded game.
Hardcoded – This refers to things, like aspects of the CAI and BAI, that modder’s can’t change because they were locked (…) by the developers. These hardcoded behaviors can be Somewhat nullified or changed by scripting and careful balance (…). Don’t let that scare you—many of these mods are absolutely fantastic at mitigating them. (borrowed from matbitesdog’s RTW mod guide).
CiG – Caesar in Gaul, the first expansion (a mini campaign actually) for R2.
TTT – Traits, Talents & Toadies, a Hellbent’s mod that expands the RPG element of R2’s generals. Adds and elaborates on traits and ancillaries present.
DeI – Divide et Impera, one of the most comprehensive R2 overhauls.
STIM – Silven’s Total Improvement Mod, a (now obsolete) overhaul aiming at historical accuarcy.
TWC – Total War Center, the virtual TW modding centre.
Stack/Full Stack – A stack means an army on the campaign map. A full stack means a 20-unit army.
GEM – the Graphic Enhancement Mod

Paid expansions/DLC for R2:
Greek States – the first DLC, featuring Athens, Sparta and Epirus as playable factions.
Nomadic Tribes – the second DLC, featuring Roxolani, Royal Scythia and Massagetae.
Blood & Gore – the third DLC, featuring blood & gore. And decapitations!
Caesar in Gaul – the first mini-campaign, similar to one of those in Napoleon’s Campaigns; CiG means a new campaign map (in Gaul, duh), a few factions and certain new cool mechanics as well as improvements to the main game.

How to install the mods?

Unless otherwise stated, find the particular mod on the Steam Workshop and click the green SUBSCRIBE button.

Off we go!

OVERHAULS

Radious Modan enhanced vanilla. And more explosions.

Links: Radious Total War Mod, Honga.net encyclopedia

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Radious (and later on his team) has started modding R2 since the release day and haven’t stopped since. He’s a modding veteran, having done an outstanding job with his Shogun 2 mods. Arkham knight new story plus. His mod for R2 is the most popular overhaul mod to date according to Steam subscribe statistics.

Radious Team has broken his mod into a few parts, allowing you to modify the game as you wish. As for the general mood of the changes, he made the game less historically accurate, but more action-packed. That means that players can field huge armies (due to a lower upkeep, +1 to the recruitment slots and extended imperium limits), more diverse units (due to a grand amount of unit packs) and basically fight bigger battles. The AI doesn’t starve and is able to manage its provinces better. The generals get more skill points at each level and the Civil War mechanism is removed. The mod also aims to make the game more of a challenge, thus increased bonuses (boni? ;) for the AI on the higher difficulty levels.

Radious mod has been criticised for it’s arcadey feel, allowing you to field historically nonexistent armies and letting one-settlement AI nations field three full stacks of decent units. Battles last longer due to an extensive rework, yet some people claim that the new flanking mechanic renders the hammer & anvil tactic ineffective.

My take: Radious is a good way to feel the game to its core. You fight bigger, 3-4 stacks battles often, don’t have to rely on levy units only during the early game and see the AI actually put up a fight – I’ve often got my ass kicked during the open field battles. I’d start with this overhaul if I was green to using mods. However, if you’re a historical accuracy freak, you’d rather should go for Divide et Impera.

Divide et Impera I try to be accurate and… I’m hard.

Links: Divide et Impera, Honga.net encyclopedia

This one is huge. Crafted and maintained by 10 people, DeI aims to be as historically accurate as possible. Battles last way longer, formations are a must (the creators recommend to keep them on at all times), there are certain new stats introduced (like weapon initiative, i.e. basically the increased effectiveness of long weapons) and the game feels harder. Resources actually matter, research times are way higher and all units appearance differs from the vanilla look.

What I like in DeI is the fact that factions do differ. Radious added loads of units to every faction, so even the steppe nomads can deploy some decent cavalry, while in DeI a Greek faction, relying on phalanx would require a different take than a barbarian mob army. In some ways DeI plays like Third Age Total War – the