An ingenious idea, no?

I've always been quite fussy over borders and whether they're... adequate? No, perfect. I like my country to have shaped borders (no, not straight like America). So, I thought, wouldn't it have been (or could be) a great idea to make the borders adjustable.

For example, you send an army from East Prussia into Courland, your army is a few centimetres in and your borders alter in regards to your, or your enemy's position. So, the land around you, you control, makes sense, no? The towns you raid, you don't necessarily have to raid, you could take the produce from it? You can do effective flanking, squashing the enemy, they're losing territory and that can be the reason for them surrendering or begging for peace - not you sieging their major city.

You could negotiate border changes, draw out the border changes, count up the percentage of the region that amounts to?

Understandably, these are complicated demands, but with the growth of technology, don't you think it would (have been and be) a great idea to include in Total War games?

Too time-consuming and mostly resource-consuming for the computer to include. I know what you mean, I like the Hoi3 system too, but I don't think it suits a TW game either.

Hearts of Iron and Civilisation use a pentagon border shape, that's rather revolting. But also, computers are advanced, surely they could handle such things?

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Originally Posted by RO Citizen

Too time-consuming and mostly resource-consuming for the computer to include.

Bollocks. Time-consuming to implement, I'll give you that, but the latter part is total nonsense.

Okay, so the general gist here is that you all like to eradicate nations rather than make it realistic and only take small parts of it? I mean, in a campaign of Russia, taking cities that control hundreds of miles makes no sense whatsoever. Nevertheless, I suppose it isn't very Total War like - just a suggestion though. It wouldn't turn it into a completely different game, it would just add some boundaries fun!

Originally Posted by CarradiceFrench

Okay, so the general gist here is that you all like to eradicate nations rather than make it realistic and only take small parts of it? I mean, in a campaign of Russia, taking cities that control hundreds of miles makes no sense whatsoever. Nevertheless, I suppose it isn't very Total War like - just a suggestion though. It wouldn't turn it into a completely different game, it would just add some boundaries fun!

Total War to me is :

1/ A 'realistic' Strat map with 'realistic methods of resource gathering and trade and diplomacy between the different factions
2/ A 'realistic' battlefield and tactics system

Which made total war a huge lep forward from the 'Age of Empire' type game.

What happens within that is not closed for fan -specualtion and idea throwing , I think your idea may be a good compromise between lots more provinces and the current Huge sized single provinces like France, spain etc.

But I doubt anything can or will be done to NTW - maybe some game a couple of years from now

Personally I would like a much more intelligent diplomacy system and more realistic (to the time/scenario being portrayed) objectives.

Lucius

Yes Lucius. Of course, not on Napoleon now - it's too late and would require too much work for what Creative Assembly now consider an 'old game'. I think it would help so much in regards to realistically controlling large regions. Marching into a city and suddenly controlling the entire region seems odd, especially how there are no rebellions just because you have some line infantry and have exempted tax!

Sorry love we now have to pay higher taxation becasue the Prussian armed forces are parked outside our house having a picnic.

I'll go with the guy above. No...

I like the idea, but it's not like NTW will get any more of CA's attention.