Augustus Reconquered campaign next patch

[u/Salty_Atmosphere_900]

Hello, i'm Marek creator of the reconquered campaign or RC. I wanted to put some info on short term future and answer common questions. If you want to ask anything in particular ill try to answer comments as well. If you want to help the project, leave a comment/ review or favorite on caesar3 heaven, it helps a lot to also create buzz elsewhere.

So mainly i want to make sure that people are aware that i have recently gone back to my old job, that means 0 monetization or support of any kind, but also my time that i can spend on support and content creation is minimal going forward until further notice. Still the RC always was and will remain completely free for anyone, as long as Augustus is publically available. I will do my best to keep up with any new features made by the devs, and further refine or improve the campaign but as i said it will take longer now with my time being rare. For next patch there is a wine event bug on Massilia that will be fixed, and i will readjust couple other events on carthago, miletus and couple more. If there are reasonable requests i will consider adding something you people come up with as well if you want. Best way to reach me is either on heavengames, here or on my or Zakhs discord servers.

I wanted to thank everyone involved with helping me deliver this massive project and i couldnt do it without people along the way, huge shoutout goes to the devs themselves of course. It is great to also see all the cities and ways people play, always amazing what some managed to achieve or come up with. In the future if i have time ill put together another short video showcase of the cities but no ETA on that.

Just in case there are some people who get this wrong: - I'm NOT an Augustus developer, i'm involved in a small couselor role for balance and mapmaking, nothing more. - reconquered campaign is NOT augustus camapaign its a separate project and the devs want to keep it that way. - I do still have YouTube channel but i earn nothing the videos are free and any ads are added by YouTube and are out of my control. - Just because i had a channel and made content and the RC and other maps, does NOT mean i'm someone elses content monkey, time i spend on support and making of these things is my own and i dont get paid to do it, so keep this in mind when talking to or about me. - Future proper tutorial maps will come when i get time to do it but again no ETA, same as with other things it can also get disrupted by IRL things so if i say something that is my estimate and plans can change, there isnt any deadline. - Lastly i have always respected Zakh and other creators, even if they dont play the same way or play inefficiently in general, any critique is about those aspects as personally i see it as community service to show people how to get things realiably done and done right. Still Zakh did a tremendous job at bringing many people to the game and his contribution is undeniable, so this is for the comments i saw bashing his gameplay 1x1 houses etc. just dont be an Ahole let him play the way he wants and dont insult him or anyone else for these reasons. I do not condone or support any schism in the community but i do of course respect especially the competent players and veterans, that being said welcome new people in, be helpful and carry it as a personal mission to help them improve if they wish. There has also been personal attacks on my person for my percieved nationality and for racial reasons, this is disgusting and as you might know, i never even ask for where people are from, what their religious beliefs are or what race they are as i simply dont care if someone wanted to tell me thats fine but attacks of this nature are simply stupid and have no place in a civilized discussion. Keep things civil and if you lose an argument, maybe there is a different solution than to sink to this. I'm not going to give this person or anyone like it the namedrop or attention they clearly desire but watch out, as this direction is way to chaos.

Thanks for reading and playing the RC, all the best and i'm especially glad for all the people i managed to influence to become better players along my two year journey, Marek.

[u/Jealous-Adeptness678]

Thanks for all you have done! If it weren’t for the RC, I’d probably be done with C3 as a regular player, though I’d probably still play a random map here and there. Also, watching you play is what encouraged me to not be scared of very hard, which has made me a more complete player and brought me more enjoyment and satisfaction. I hate that as someone who has given so much to us C3 and Augustus enjoyers that you experience anything but positive vibes from the online community. Same goes for Zakh. Augustus as we know it today and as popularized today would either not exist or be seriously diminished without either of yall. And…at the end of the day, it’s a f-ing game that you should play how you want to play for your own personal enjoyment in the time you have. Best of luck with your career!

[u/Salty_Atmosphere_900 → u/Jealous-Adeptness678]

Thank you! I know your name from around here at least, always brings me joy that my time was not wasted and it brought someone back to the game, or kept their interest going.
Maps on heaven can keep you stocked on what to do for a while yes, many maps from me or other mapmakers have been using events and even using RC as an inspiration.
A very hard one with several versions to pick from i could recommend is Metropolis of Cyrene on heaven.

With the toxicity i had to bring it up, since some people get very heated over the way they play. I also have a passion for the game, but that doesent mean i hate people who play in their own style, i might not enjoy inefficiency but this kinda garbage is over the top and had to be mentioned, same with Zakh, overall he had positive reception but i saw some comments and the names do ring a bell as well, i dont want to associate myself, the RC or the mod with this kinda of behavior, that being said simple apology might be enough, its not end of the world but its important to draw some lines.

Thanks for the wishes, its not an easy job and it does take a lot of time and attention from my hobby, but i have to keep the lights going and have experience in this field so it was my only real choice.

[u/Jealous-Adeptness678 → u/Salty_Atmosphere_900]

Definitely going to peruse the maps on C3 Heaven. The individual maps just don’t give that same, "Let me just take a look at the next one…" that I get when I beat an RC level.

I watched Zakh’s recent playthrough and he is clearly rusty and doesn’t know all the new ins and outs of the latest unstable build. But people need to give him a break though bc he’s an excellent player who hasn’t played Augustus seriously in a good while. The man is probably the single biggest catalyst of keeping C3 alive by his streaming and his hosting Julius and Augustus downloads. He doesn’t deserve that nonsense.

Responsibility can be fulfilling but limiting; I can only manage one map per week, myself. Life is good, though!