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I have finished rome total war with about half the factions, on very hard, not HARD at all once you get the hang of micro managing, towards my last 20 turns i can take 30 minutes to do everything needed to be done in a single turn. Rioting is pretty easily solved, I never really let any city get away with low taxes, so when it starts to get rowdy and out of control, i bring in an army, let it revolt, and execute the population, that then guarentee's their loyalty for a good 50 + turns if you properly manage the city.

M2:TW has been fantastic so far, ALTHOUGH the collision of squads has not been quite what was promised in my mind, BUT still a fantastic game.