NEED SUM HELP

**King_William** · February 22, 2009, 11:00 PM

newbie here...am looking for a strategy guide for MTW2. dunno if i should start with the HRE or the ENGLISH?? would like sum help and a strategy guide. thanks

**★Bandiera Rossa☭** · February 22, 2009, 11:23 PM

May I be the first to welcome you to the forum. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...strategy+guide this what you were looking for?

**Viking Prince** · February 22, 2009, 11:38 PM

Welcome. Perhaps you are also interested in archived articles in the Scriptorium:

The Catalogue Pt. 1: The Total War World

Also you can use the search function on advanced and pretty much find anything that exists on the fora.

Good luck!

**★Bandiera Rossa☭** · February 22, 2009, 11:40 PM

Originally Posted by Viking Prince

Welcome. Perhaps you are also interested in archived articles in the Scriptorium:

The Catalogue Pt. 1: The Total War World

Also you can use the search function on advanced and pretty much find anything that exists on the fora.

Good luck!

Yes the scriptorium is quite good

**King_William** · February 23, 2009, 12:38 AM

thanks guys...it helped. ive still got questions but im sure when i can think of a few i'll ask. oh what difficulty do you usually play on??

**Spartan90** · February 23, 2009, 12:43 AM

Well if you've only just started playing, play on Medium. Most veteran players are avid VH/VH players.

For some really good guides, click on the link on my signature for some excellent guides from various members.

**★Bandiera Rossa☭** · February 23, 2009, 12:49 AM

I play on VH/VH or sometimes VH/H so the battles don't run away so easily..I recommend Normal or Medium for Beginners.. if those are to hard try easy

**Viking Prince** · February 23, 2009, 01:05 AM

Start on the default and get a feel for the game. You will not be able to determine what the changes are if you fiddle too much before you get to know the game.

Plenty of time to fiddle on later campaigns.

**Last of the Mohawks** · February 23, 2009, 12:36 PM

Medium/Medium England and play on normal unit sizes.

**King_William** · February 23, 2009, 07:09 PM

thanks alot guys....these guides have really helped..im starting to get the hang of it. is this game better as a short campaign or long campaign??

**King_William** · February 23, 2009, 07:42 PM

one more thing?? if i want to get a mod which mod should i get?? SS or any one of the other mods for MTW??

**Old Geezer** · February 23, 2009, 08:11 PM

SS is very good but goes slowly because there are many turns to go with the huge map. LTC plays faster; I like it because you can recruit generals - mounted and foot. I recommend playing the Retrofit Mod from Kingdoms first, if you have it.

**Grazz** · February 23, 2009, 08:37 PM

SS is golden, but like geezer says turns do take awhile.

Strategy though, basics against AI for me are all variations of hammer and anvil for western troops, meaning spears and heavy infantry to engage the enemy's foot and cavalry encircle to kill archers/artillery and then charge the rear of enemy infantry resulting in routes. encircling with foot helps too. add archers/artillery to personal flavor.

Eastern troops are similar only with a greater reliance on horse archers chewing up the enemy first.

The only battles that get difficult are the ones where you get stuck without your cav and the AI has it and then you just dig in and hope your archers chew them up.

Oh and always fight on hills! The advantage of the high ground is very real.

I usually play on H/H, VH/VH for me just seems like the AI is cheating and I wind up killing stacks that would take me turns to make every turn. It's mostly because I like to play the game on the strategic map as well, VH gives you tons of battles you have to fight personally so it takes me forever to make progress. M/M is a good starting place, the game is very easy when you get the basics down.

**King_William** · February 24, 2009, 03:28 AM

ok thanks guys. i just downloaded SS so im gonna try it although im not sure how SS works. should i get the 1.3 patch too and then play or do i wait it out??

**Conquistatore** · February 24, 2009, 04:17 AM

*Shameless self-promotion*

If you are looking for a quick summation of the playable factions (for Vanilla) then it might be worth your while taking a look at my faction breakdown guide.

/endpromo

Hope it helps.