Multiplayer for NTW

Something I have come to find about MP in ETW is that because unit upgrades mean much less (no more gold/gold urban spam) the number of troops is now what seems to matter. A 20 stack army can easily decimate a fifteen stack army with chevrons it seems due to the 'flankability' of the larger army.

Because of the 20 unit cap, however, some of the smaller units (e.g. light Infantry, Minutemen, etc) have limited usage and cannot be used to make a competetive army. They have their uses, to be sure, but times I have tried to make an army of minutemen only to find that I had 2k cash left and upgrading the units would be pointless.

Any possible way to support bigger armies in MP in NTW?

No, 20 unit limit.

Will there be a multiplayer campaign with Napoleon: Total War? Anyone have a scoobies?

Originally Posted by ccqwert7

Because of the 20 unit cap, however, some of the smaller units (e.g. light Infantry, Minutemen, etc) have limited usage and cannot be used to make a competetive army. They have their uses, to be sure, but times I have tried to make an army of minutemen only to find that I had 2k cash left and upgrading the units would be pointless.

Minutemen are essentially glorified militia which means that they aren't supposed to be able to go toe-to-toe with line infantry. Anyway, the only thing i wish for when it comes to NTW's multiplayer is centralized servers and some additional game modes.

All this is in addition to 355 new Napoleonic-era units, new buildings and technologies, a selection of scenarios recreating the Emperor's most famous battles and an unspecified range of multiplayer modes, though judging by Creative Assembly's smiling silence it seems online campaigns won't be one of them. (Update: Wrong! Creative Assembly has been in touch to say that online campaigns will be included, with an announcement due soon.)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/na...l-war-hands-on

Originally Posted by sertorio67

All this is in addition to 355 new Napoleonic-era units, new buildings and technologies, a selection of scenarios recreating the Emperor's most famous battles and an unspecified range of multiplayer modes, though judging by Creative Assembly's smiling silence it seems online campaigns won't be one of them. (Update: Wrong! Creative Assembly has been in touch to say that online campaigns will be included, with an announcement due soon.)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/na...l-war-hands-on

My question is, why would they think the online campaign wouldn't be a part of NTW, when we are beta testing online campaigns in empire for the purpose of having a more polished one for NTW?

Wasn't that one obvious...?

i hope theres gonna be a MP campaign