Just Bugs Me

A few things that bother me in Napoleon Total War.

- Walls, specifically those ones that your troops can take cover behind, they duck and kneel to avoid fire and such. They're never/rarely in a spot where they can be useful.

- The no Unicorns rule. Specifically, this somehow also means 10lber Unicorns which is for all intents and purposes, besides the 50 range advantage, just a regular howitzer.

- Rage-quitters. At one point, I was in an MP game. He called me a hacker and proceeded to quit on me simply because I had flanked him. To elaborate, it was a unit of Hussars against some voltigeurs and grenadiers. He hadn't bothered to form square. Somehow, 2 units of grenadiers had routed and the volts had been shattered.

- Campers. Being a bit hypocritical however, but me, who usually relies on sheer numbers instead of actual tactics, tends to get a bit bogged down.

- Squares. A good micro-manager/south korean can literally render the enemy cavalry useless. I never bring heavy cavalry anymore because of that.

- The adviser.

- That tip that says units travel faster on roads on the battle map. When and where are there roads on the maps in multiplayer?

- The removal of the "admit defeat" button. It's gotten rid of a way for the player to honorably submit to the other in favor of just quitting and assuming the player rage-quit.

- Many of the historical maps, which are utterly stacked for the side that gets the hill (Austerlitz, Waterloo) or the river crossing chokepoints (Lodi, Dresden)

- People who waste their money on historical generals. I find that simply giving the generic general staff a chevron works just as well as the historical one, but I could be wrong.

- Militia. Believe it or not, they can pose quite the dilemma when you've got only one artillery piece and a decision between the Elite units and the utterly horrible militia. Both pose a threat if you focus on one or the other. Which is why I bring two artillery units.

- Enemy cavalry. They always flank you at the worst possible time. I. E. when you're trying to maneuver around an opponent's flank or when trying to climb a hill.

Feel free to add your own.

Squares. A good micro-manager/south korean can literally render the enemy cavalry useless. I never bring heavy cavalry anymore because of that.

south korean????

That tip that says units travel faster on roads on the battle map. When and where are there roads on the maps in multiplayer?

im fairly sure it means campaign map

- Enemy cavalry. They always flank you at the worst possible time. I. E. when you're trying to maneuver around an opponent's flank or when trying to climb a hill.

surely this is showing the ai's intelligence[which it rarely is]

Many of the historical maps, which are utterly stacked for the side that gets the hill (Austerlitz, Waterloo) or the river crossing chokepoints (Lodi, Dresden)

this is how it was

- People who waste their money on historical generals. I find that simply giving the generic general staff a chevron works just as well as the historical one, but I could be wrong.

How do you know other people buy historical generals, people who do this generally do it to eek out the njoyment by roleplaying.


Sorry to be a pain but i had to point these things out.

They just bug me. I didn't say I had a good reason.

Originally Posted by Super Sea Otter

They just bug me. I didn't say I had a good reason.

Well played, sir

Originally Posted by Super Sea Otter

- The no Unicorns rule.
- Rage-quitters.
- Campers.
- The removal of the "admit defeat" button.

Yeah.

- The adviser.

You can turn him off in the options, at least in the preferences.script.txt file.

- That tip that says units travel faster on roads on the battle map. When and where are there roads on the maps in multiplayer?

There are some... at least on the historical maps. I think GF has some too... (?)

- People who waste their money on historical generals. I find that simply giving the generic general staff a chevron works just as well as the historical one, but I could be wrong.

Well, a higher ranking general gives a global morale buff to all troops, it can pay off.

- Militia. Believe it or not, they can pose quite the dilemma when you've got only one artillery piece and a decision between the Elite units and the utterly horrible militia. Both pose a threat if you focus on one or the other. Which is why I bring two artillery units.

Sorry, but.... you bring an additional artillery piece to be able to shoot at militia?
Honestly, fire at horses, then the elites. Ignore militia, it's rare enough they pose a threat.

Originally Posted by Super Sea Otter

A few things that bother me in Napoleon Total War.

The no Unicorns rule. Specifically, this somehow also means 10lber Unicorns which is for all intents and purposes, besides the 50 range advantage, just a regular howitzer.

Yeah I hate people that have no arty rules or stuff like that. I mean its a napoleonic warfare game. Artillery was a key part.

No arty games in MP is a mixed bag. You might get no arty campers but you also get 5 rifle campers.
Personally I like the arty since it's more fun and creates another tactical advantage/disadvantage for the players. I"m not sure why you have problems with militia, they mass rout if you run cavalry into them

MP is dead anyway. You'd be lucky to get a decent game and it seems all players are in US with a few in Europe so no good matches for me. Lag issues are terrible anyway :/