A little concerned.....

So I'm reading about NTW right, and I notice how the game will be set up.

2 of the campaigns will be small, and story driven like the Road to Independance was. I'm sure they will be fun, but ultimately no more than 5 hrs each more than likely. The last one will be a GC style campaign, but will only be from 1805-1812. Seven freakin years for a GC?!?!? Am I missing something here or is that just nuts??

Thats enough time to build some roads, some new units, and then maybe start to plan an attack on someone. Thats it.

The freaking turns per year better be at least 10, or thats not even a campaign, and that means NTW is totally not going to be bought.

Not too bash or anything, really I think NTW might actually have some hope now, but if the actual GC is that short..... then well I dunno. That's ridiculous.

One turn = two weeks.

Are you serious? That's like..... perfect actually. Even more realistic that way IMHO. It doesn't make sense to me that a Navy can only move from one side of the Atlantic to the other in a year. Two weeks definitely seems more reasonable/realistic.

Yep two weeks per turn and much smaller regions should make for a much more operational wargame. I have been wanting this for years. I hope CA can execute this well.

Campaign means nothing to me Custom Battles thats all i do on total war games

@dogs990,

Hey man, did you ever get the "melee bug/pathfinding issue" with your copy of ETW?

I'm curious because you seem to praise the game and don't realize that custom battles is where the "melee bug" shows most clearly

hellas1

Originally Posted by hellas1

@dogs990,

Hey man, did you ever get the "melee bug/pathfinding issue" with your copy of ETW?

I'm curious because you seem to praise the game and don't realize that custom battles is where the "melee bug" shows most clearly

hellas1

I've started playing the game with Patch 1.3, and never found out what the melee bug is...
Well, what is it?

Originally Posted by Fev

I've started playing the game with Patch 1.3, and never found out what the melee bug is...
Well, what is it?

The whole enemy army just zerg-rushes against you, without using firearms. The bug has been introduced yet again after patch 1.3, but it seems fixed now. Atleast with DarthMod.

The bug was caused due to overlapping infantry units trying to get into position to fire, but never actually fire. Just shuffling about, until they reach your lines and are forced to melee without a charge. Really gamebreaking bug If you ask me

Originally Posted by dogs990

Campaign means nothing to me Custom Battles thats all i do on total war games

i really hope u mean multiplayer and not against the AI!

Originally Posted by TheAussieDigger

i really hope u mean multiplayer and not against the AI!

It's fun to play custom battles against the AI! Just spawn, without lining your men up, put on fire at will and go make dinner. When your back, most of the enemy army will have routed and you can win easily

Yeah 1turn=2weeks. I'm interested to see how buildings and such are handled in this new setup. Also hope to see more tactical stuff invovled under this time scale.

Yeah, that sounds crappy