If you could have CA change one thing...

**Cistavrix** · April 13, 2009, 11:03 PM

If you had to decide between:

a. Engaging and tactical naval battles
b. Nerfed and balanced units (mortars, guards)
c. Improved enemy AI
d. Elimination of major bugs
e. Non-dependent on Steam client
f. Better graphics (because these aren't good enough?)
g. More realistic tactics
h. More maps, unique units and factions

Which would you choose? Putting a spin on the rant for a bit.

**★Bandiera Rossa☭** · April 13, 2009, 11:06 PM

I suppose none of those..An extension of H..they should make the Campaign and battle map be linked..

**I-the-gamer** · April 13, 2009, 11:11 PM

Yeah, what the hell were they thinking? "Hey guys, let's switch attacker/defender sides in Battle to keep things interesting"

**Heartfire** · April 13, 2009, 11:14 PM

I agree with option I (Slurricane's suggestion)

**★Bandiera Rossa☭** · April 13, 2009, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Heartfire

I agree with option I (Slurricane's suggestion)

It makes me feel so important

**Babagitta** · April 14, 2009, 08:22 AM

Only one thing: M A N A G E M E N T ! ! ! !

**Darkpriest667** · April 14, 2009, 07:11 PM

Originally Posted by Babagitta

Only one thing: M A N A G E M E N T ! ! ! !

if that was an option that would be my choice

**mandalore9** · April 13, 2009, 11:15 PM

Where is the "all of the above" option?

**ManKinD** · April 13, 2009, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by mandalore9

Where is the "all of the above" option?

Ok I will play:

c. Improved enemy AI

**Theseus1234** · April 13, 2009, 11:24 PM

d or c is my choice
i really expected better from a game that was delayed a month

**Jingles** · April 14, 2009, 09:58 AM

I vote for more Engaging and tactical nerfed elimination of major non-dependent graphics, more tactics, realistic factions and unique maps.

**~~IhasmadeModLOL~~** · April 14, 2009, 10:03 AM

I would have them change their name to F.A.I.L

**aeoleron9** · April 14, 2009, 10:23 AM

Give me back my Kingdoms reinforcement AI.

**BigB** · April 14, 2009, 10:32 AM

E. Remove Steam. Most of that other stuff can be patched or modded.

What I would really like changed is the era. I dont like the era of uniforms where everyone is "uniform" and everyone is ranged, melee, and anti-cavalry at the same time. I like the pre-gunpowder eras with maybe just starting the gunpowder era like Med2.

**Jingles** · April 14, 2009, 10:47 AM

Well the uniforms isn't a really good excuse for the clones anyway. For example in real life, militia units would have worn all sorts of different items of clothing, all in different colours, different jackets, boots and hats, but for some reason CA decided to simply give them all the same jacket and beret, just with a few different faces and bags. Not to mention the other units like Cossacks and indian melee troops who certainly did not wear uniforms, but all have the same outfit in this game. It's just stupid, there's no other word for it....well, Lazy perhaps?

As for gunpowder and the like, I'm actually glad they moved into this era, to be honest. I've been watching films like Zulu ever since I was small, and massed volleys of muskets and rifles is as about as exciting as warfare gets for me. I tried M2TW again the other day, but the melee combat just got boring. All I had to do was march to the enemy, and crunch, both forces are engaged, and there's little more to it.

I'll never forget those words from Zulu, "AT THREE HUNDRED YARDS, VOLLEY FIRE, PRESENT! FIRE!"

I still play For King or Country though, since it had an excellent balance of melee and muskets to keep me interested.

**caldwell77** · April 14, 2009, 11:17 AM

Just one?! How in the world am I supposed to reduce a month and a half of (dare I say) very articulate ranting down to just ONE fix?

...just one... humpf!

Sorry pal can't do it. The list is just too non-negotiable. But I can prioritize it for you. Interestingly enough, most of what you offer on your list, I wouldn't care about even if they did do it. More units and factions...? Bah! Better graphics...? Humbug! Nerfed units...? What in the heck is a "nerfed" unit?!? No no no. Here is my list of all the things that absolutly, unequivicably, I'm not kidding... fix this, corrections that have to be done:

1. Stability is absolute first and foremost! I'm tickled really about all the belly aching of skins and "faction this" and "unit that". What does any of that matter if you can't get past turn 37 in a campaign?! No my friend, if any one thing had to be fixed, it'd be stability. The eliminataion of bugs. But I just can't settle for that alone...
2. Stability - Because it really doesn't matter what else they fix if the game isn't playable.
3. Stability - This one will coorispond with item 'd' on your list: "Elimination of major bugs"
4. The next 3 are pretty straight forward and not at all surprising: Stability
5. Stability
6. Stability
7. Stability - I don't want to seem redundant about this, but a game that launches correctly the first time every time, doesn't crash, and continues to run normally no matter how many hours you play it would be ...oh gosh, I don't know... REALLY COOL!
8. After and ONLY after stability is fixed I'd really like to see some functional Campaign AI. I have to group naval invasions in as a part of that because there just isn't room on my list for them to be seperate.
9. Battle AI and path finding certainly make the list (how could they not), but my enemies lose the war on the campaign map, not the battle map, so refer to #8 first. It'd also be really nice if, after they fix the Battle AI and path finding, my game doesn't CTD at the very end of a long and hopeless battle that I heroicly snatched from the jaws of defeat.
10. Lastly ...hummm... what should be last on the list of the "one" thing that I would have them fix...? Oh, I know! STABILITY!!!

**NovaColonel** · April 14, 2009, 05:46 PM

It'd be nice if they released Empire:Total War, so that we could exchange the Betas we buyed for it.

**Humble Warrior** · April 14, 2009, 05:48 PM

Admit Steam only was a mistake and give us a NO-Steam option. Or better still get rid of it altogther. The rest I can wait to be sorted out if they did this.

**Jihada** · April 14, 2009, 06:41 PM

There are many bugs but atm for me the major almost gamebreaking bug is AI not able to move armies by sea. By 1750 S.England has 10 army stacks that don't know how to get on the ships at Portsmouth.