Stainless Steel Players....Habits & Choices

**Mega Tortas de Bodemloze** · December 06, 2009, 02:40 AM

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Player Choices and Habits 101...for the record....

1. What campaign settings do you use? Example M/M medium campaign/ medium battles...

2. Do you play for the battles, changes in the campaign map, role playing, or all of it.

3. What Stainless Steel version do you use and do you use any sub-mods?

4. Do you have computer skills or are you a computer dummy like the guy that made this thread?

5.Do you change the game data? Example: All spear militia now have 2 hit points instead of one.

6. If you could add one thing to the game what would it be?

Thanks for taking time out to answer...

Yes, there is a poll but I really would prefer to hear what you'all have to say. Now I clicked on the poll option now where is the thing???????...

**helmersen** · December 06, 2009, 03:26 AM

I like to play the game because it's sooo much bigger and better than vanilla

The units are cooler, the campaign map is larger, the 2D-art is way better, and me likes some good 2D-art

All I ever change from the data, is perhaps having some sub-mods, but the only thing that I do myself, is take away the region borders between regions on the campaign mini-map

**KittySN** · December 06, 2009, 03:33 AM

I play for an escape. The harder without the game being plain stupid, the better. I also do the RPG approach; I like getting attached to characters and units. (It was more fun in RTW with the better experience system.)

**Radiso-FIN** · December 06, 2009, 05:47 AM

I always play with very hard battle and hard campaign difficulty settings. Stainless Steel makes Medieval 2 campaign so much deeper and detailed. Sometimes I like to role play some characters.

**Navajo Joe** · December 06, 2009, 06:26 AM

1. h/vh
2. I love the battles, I never auto resolve on land battles, I play everyone, like to practice new tactics and skills.
3. 6.2 with RR/RC sub mod, although not BGR4, just find it all too much.
4. No I am a complete and utter computer noob!

**Santiago de Pola** · December 06, 2009, 07:42 AM

1. H/H
2. Well mosty for battles..I roleplay a bit too, but overall the whole package is very alluring!

Also using several house-rules to make things more interesting..
3. Using the SS 6.2 with latest RR/RC!
4. Yeah I tweaked a thing or two..eg., fastened all cavalry by value of 0.15(around 15%), recently increased all troop morale by 2, added more standard bearers to all bodyguard units, disabled strat map forts(cause AI utilises them poorly), fixed some missing unit cards for mercs..I know some basic tweaking, but still a noob!

**JorisofHolland** · December 06, 2009, 07:44 AM

VH/VH, 6.2 R4, not submods; no changing of stats. I have the skills (the only things I can't for sure are modelling and art-related stuff) but not the time to test it properly. Working on a new map, though.
Oh and I play for the campaign; battles aren't nice without a campaign.

**meese** · December 06, 2009, 07:49 AM

VH/VH

Hmmm...I guess I play for everything. The battles wouldn't be fun without the campaign map and I'd get bored of the campaign map by itself very very quickly.

Er...6.2 with the newest RR/RC compilation

I've done nothing..all I might ever do is tweak the unit stats a bit..

**Loose Cannon** · December 06, 2009, 09:32 AM

Are we only allowed one choice in the poll?

And where is very hard?

So with that
1. very hard/very hard-the only way to play

2. the Battles are the best part of Medieval 2 otherwise I'd be playing Civilization. There is no role playing in a strategy game (except one It's spelled G O D. Think about it)
3. as chief beta-tester, its obviously 6.2 Usually with RR/RC sometimes with BGR IV. And every upgrade to the Battle AI that Germanicus 5 comes up with.
4 HA HA you're funny. I'm worse than you, but I'm learning. And intend to make my own changes as soon as the submods are finalized

**Mega Tortas de Bodemloze** · December 06, 2009, 09:40 AM

Are we only allowed one choice in the poll?

And where is very hard?

No Sir, it's mutiple chioce. Ahhhh....well....

...

...EASY/MEDIUM/HARD are just generalizations...It could'nt possibly be that the OP forgot to add options for
the "Hardcore" players....

Thanks MT voted now.

No worries, thanks for your time. I think the info here could be useful and give us all a better understanding of the community..for example it seems that alot more people like to see the game board grow and change, plus roleplay

....So they'd probably go for visaul enhancement stuff like the modders have done for The third Age...

**Loose Cannon** · December 06, 2009, 09:58 AM

Thanks MT voted now.

**Selukon** · December 06, 2009, 09:34 AM

I play VH/VH and it really is hard! (for me at least)

I play for everything

I have 6.0...I really need to update

I dont tweak it, I dont know how to

**Kazuhiro** · December 06, 2009, 10:06 AM

All of it; Hard; Sub mods; Don't change data

**JorisofHolland** · December 07, 2009, 12:52 AM

Oh and I play with some house rules, just to make things more challanging.
1 Release prisoners
2 Occupy
3 Be noble in all other ways
4 Don't exploit
5 Don't cheat either (obviously)

**StyggeKrumpen** · December 07, 2009, 04:24 AM

First Joris i like your house rules very similar too mine.
1. Very hard very hard no other way too play
2. I play mostly for the battles especially in the start where one unit can turn the battle.
3. 6.2 with RR/RC sub mod, although not BGR4
4. me stupid

**Mega Tortas de Bodemloze** · December 07, 2009, 04:57 AM

6. If you could add one thing to the game what would it be?

Oh ya....I forgot to ask this one...

{updated OP}

**Navajo Joe** · December 07, 2009, 05:01 AM

Mega Tortas,
Governors, particularly for Cities, so my Generals can go out and build me an empire

**Souka** · December 07, 2009, 05:57 AM

Originally Posted by Navajo Joe

Mega Tortas,
Governors, particularly for Cities, so my Generals can go out and build me an empire

RS have a unique and cool feature for governors wich would have been perfect for ss.

**sbroadbent** · December 07, 2009, 01:45 PM

1. What campaign settings do you use? Example M/M medium campaign/ medium battles...

I used to use M/M, but in a few more recent campaigns I tried H/H, and now I'm onto VH/VH.

2. Do you play for the battles, changes in the campaign map, role playing, or all of it.

I'm primarily into the empire building. The Real-time battles are not one of my top preferences. I don't have the patience or interest to micromanage a dozen units while using a semblance of reasonable tactics. If I'm playing a Norse faction, swarm the enemy and see how quickly the enemy routs.

3. What Stainless Steel version do you use and do you use any sub-mods?

I had been playing 6.1, though I recently downloaded and have been trying 6.2. No sub-mods yet.

5.Do you change the game data? Example: All spear militia now have 2 hit points instead of one.

I generally don't feel the need to change game data, though I'm finding in SS6.2 I might change a few things.

6. If you could add one thing to the game what would it be

An agent that acts like an engineer, that you can send out and build watchtowers and forts with, rather than wasting the time and risking a general on such trivial task. I've been ambushed more than once by the enemy when trying to setup watchtowers, and get forced into a battle that you can't opt out of, all because you have to use a military unit.