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  1. [Proposal] Stopping the AI's constant 'shuffling' when it is on the defense.

    Is there a way to get the AI to not shuffle constantly when on the defense? I simply cannot stand how the AI, when on the defense, barely fires a shot, rather it just seems to dance around.

    For...
  2. [Proposal] Mod Request to Accompany a Tutorial: Increase Artillery guns from 4 to 10

    Hey, I put up a very simple, very basic tutorial for increased unit sizes (tutorial), and it seems that most use the tutorial to increase unit sizes to about 2.5 times the original size or more.
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  3. Re: Shield decrease melee battle performance?

    According to the Sega guy then, spear militias should wion, since they are peasents, plus a shield, and better weapons.

    Since peasents should lose to peasents who have better weapons. Simple...
  4. Re: Is it time for CA to increase the number of troops presented in their games?

    I msut admit I was wrong about Supreme Commander, as there were a flurry of new previews in past weeks, and some prior immediately to the start of this thread before which previews Supreme Commander...
  5. Poll: Re: If one present faction were to be cut from this game...

    The reason he put Scotland as a choice was because Sctoland, in game terms, probably has the least impact on gamplay of any European Nation. Think about, unless your playing as England, you probably...
  6. Re: Game crashes whenever a battle starts, right when the deployment phase starts.

    Nope, these are the settings I always played at,
    AA at X2
    V-Sync On,
    1024X768 res,
    Grass Low,
    Shadows Off,
    Reflections On,
    Unit Scale Huge,
    Trilinear,
  7. Game crashes whenever a battle starts, right when the deployment phase starts.

    Alright, I messed up modding, and had to reinstall my game, saving the moded files that I know worked, that is, I saved my anciliaries file, and my text files. Thats it. Besides those files, I am now...
  8. Poll: Re: If one present faction were to be cut from this game...

    Well, I suppose the Aztecs since they are seen THE LEAST or any faction.

    The mongol COULD NOT be taken out since they nearly conquered all of Europe, conquering up to the Danube itself, and thus...
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    Re: when I destroy the papal states...

    ARENT going to execute the Christians?!?!?

    What about the Martydom of the Patriarch of Antioch being tortured until death?
    Or the massacre of Jerusalem?!?
  10. Re: Two generals / family members in stack - neither die during battle, but 'heroic death' upon returning to campaign???

    At this point, ANY bug within this game, no matter how illogical, or inexplicable would surprise me.
  11. Thread: bishops

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    Re: bishops

    The reason the Orthodox Church in this game is rather "Left Out" is because unlike the Roman Church which did such things as call crusades and inquisitions, the Orthodox Church was, though a true...
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    Re: so, any 1.2 news at this point?

    Personally, I play with a number of my own small modifications, which I may or may not release publicly, but yeah, I will update to 1.2, and the simply add in my mods,

    My personal mod include,...
  13. Re: Shield decrease melee battle performance?

    Let me ask you this tajl, would a group fo say 500 hunters, armed with hunting rifles defeat 250 British Light Infantry or 250 US National Guard troops in a fire fight, given equal footing and cover...
  14. Re: AI aside, what in your mind keeps MTWII from being truly great?

    Save your money for "World in Conflict"coming in march.
  15. Re: Shield decrease melee battle performance?

    Living a hard life as a peasent you say? But werent the militia spearmen also peasents before being given basic training, and therefore didnt the militia spearmen also live that same hard life, on...
  16. Re: Shield decrease melee battle performance?

    Why should peasents beat spear militia or town militia? Just look at their equipment.

    The peasnts have nothing but a farming tool.

    The spear militia have a shield, usually a leath cap, and a...
  17. Re: I am looking for a certain kind of game....Please Help.

    I dont really se what Theatre of War is, info, I dont see it.
  18. Thread: Bored...?

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    Re: Bored...?

    I know, they go from a labryth of clusted cities in Western Europe, to cities more than three turns apart in Eastern Europe!

    Couldnt they have just made the map bigger, and have avoided this...
  19. Thread: Bored...?

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    Re: Bored...?

    @ sgt. But when people complain that omething is too hard, they have the option to turn down the difficulty, but when something is downright easy at "Very Hard", you have no option but simply to play...
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    Re: Chat with Palamedes(CA Oz Dev)

    So CA is testing for balance after the game is released????? :huh:
  21. Thread: Bored...?

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    Re: Bored...?

    No SEGA guy, I am afraid that this game simply is lacking that "Certain Something" that ALL previous Total War games had, heck, I played Shogun right up until my machines became too new for it to...
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    Re: winter battles

    Well, there were ALOT of winter battle in Russia during the Mongol invasion thereof. Again, because the Mongols favored fighting in Winter, when surprise could be achieved.

    Also, dont forget that...
  23. Re: Mongols aside, has anyone actually ever been conquered in this game, or RTW?

    Hmm, the general consensus, wtih a few exceptions seems that evryone seems to agree that while MTW1 and STW (again, with a few exceptions) provided a challange, and people in those games oftn found...
  24. Re: Shield decrease melee battle performance?

    Also lusted you said the 2handed bug was because we complained about the animations in the first demo. So what your saying is that CA in thier wisdom replaced a silly looking animation, with a broken...
  25. Re: Even on VH does anyone actually lose because of Ai strategy?

    Hmm, Empire at War? I didnt mention that game. Remember though, saying, "It's complex, therefore it has a right not to work" is simply excusing CA from not finishing their job.

    CoH has an...
  26. Re: Mongols aside, has anyone actually ever been conquered in this game, or RTW?

    Playing as the West Rome in BI meant you were essentially programed to lose unless you did some strategic withdrawls early on. Other than that I didnt have any problems in RTW:BI
  27. Re: Even on VH does anyone actually lose because of Ai strategy?

    I would agree with the notion, "They focuesed on Graphics, and therefore the Ai suffered" if there were no games out there with both GREAT graphics and GREAT AI,

    Games with both excellent...
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    Poll: Re: Pikes/halberds... useful or useless?

    But when ANY kind of infantry charge into them they simply switch to thier swords and summarly get cut down.

    What is their purpose, aside from defending against cavalry, which ANTY heavy infantry...
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    Re: winter battles

    The Mongols commonaly attacked during the winter months in order to surprise their enemies, according to the Encarta Encyclopedia.

    So I guess since the Mongols are in the game, winter battles...
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    Poll: Re: ?TW - What's the next TW?

    I think a Shogun Total War 2, where the maps extnds through China and Korea would be perfect.

    Faction diversity, plus more than enough factions, you would have three factions in Korea, up to...
  31. Mongols aside, has anyone actually ever been conquered in this game, or RTW?

    In MTWI and Shogun, I often found myself either compltely defeated, or at least in most campainges where I was edging on defeat, but since the first day of RTW, I can honsetly say, I have never, EVER...
  32. Thread: Bored...?

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    Re: Bored...?

    The TW series either has to refine the RTW engine with new INNOVATIV features, or completely reinvent itself while at the same time staying true to its Shogun/MT1 roots.

    RTW was great after the...
  33. Thread: Bored...?

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    Re: Bored...?

    It's not you, and it's not TW, it is MTWII, I found that MTWII kept me interested FAR LESS than ANY of the previous TW games, esspecially Shogun, my personal favorite of the series.

    MTWII is just...
  34. AI aside, what in your mind keeps MTWII from being truly great?

    The poor AI aside, what in your mind truly keeps MTWII from being a great, game of the year quality game?

    I for one say it is the lack of "true" unit diversity among cultures.

    For instance,...
  35. Re: Shield decrease melee battle performance?

    Given ALL the now well known bugs, does anyone finally have the nerve to say that CA simply released this game either with minimal beta testing, or with the intent of fixing most of the bugs...
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    Re: (((Open Source DarthMod))) - 12/1/2007

    Hmm, sorry to say, but your thesis on why Darth has changed the mass of units is completely wrong.

    Mass has to do with the impact of units, and in RTW would even effct how the AI would use those...
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    Re: Civ with best infantry

    I dont believe that this is a fair question until the bugs are worked out.

    For instance, the 2handed bug which affects many otherwise excellent units.

    Also, we know now from CA itself that...
  38. I am looking for a certain kind of game....Please Help.

    TW gamees are fun, but sometimes you need something a little different, and nothing in my current collection really seems all that exciting anymore.

    I am looking for an RTS, preferably WWI-modern...
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    Re: Ceasefire issues

    I had the same problem with the Ultimate one, which i think is highly overrated. The AI in that WONT agree to a ceasefire, and thus I dont see the big deal quite honestly.
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    Re: Are you leaving TWC?

    WHAT? I just joined~! I love this place.

    Ah, well, where is the refugee site? Where are we all going to withdraw too?

    The .org?

    Or is there a new site under construction?
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