New to the board, returning to R:TW (Thanks to RTR)

[Deathkorpsman]

Hey folks,

I'm a relatively new lurker over the past few weeks and have picked up quite a bit of insight into this great mod for one of my all-time favorite games. I hadn't really payed much attention to the mod work going on with R:TW until a friend clued me in to the RTR project and earlier iterations. I've since been whiling away a great number of hours reacquainting myself with R:TW and getting up to speed with this new world that has been forged from the old.

That being said, I don't really see much in the way of good guides on how to do, well, everything there is to do in the game. There are a few snippets here and there, with individual posts detailing specific nuances of the game, but nothing generic that takes a new player and/or a veteran player new to RTR through the paces without all the headache of having to figure it out the hard way. Granted, figuring things out the hard way is part of the fun, but feeling like you're missing something when you are halfway through the game and hear from your friends that you are way behind can be frustrating.

My personal dilemma wasn't that I felt behind, but that I wanted to know certain things about the game and how it worked and there really isn't a repository of information I could easily access to get it. I ended up figuring stuff out eventually, but would have appreciated some basic guidance on how things are supposed to work.

To that end, how much interest would there be in a general strategy guide with hints, tips, tricks, and how-to's for really making this expansion shine for a new player (or even a not-new player who doesn't know they've been doing something in an inefficient manner)? I've been thinking about the idea quite a bit lately and I believe I have a good grasp of how I'd want to do things if it seemed worthwhile.

- Deathkorpsman

[Finn]

I assume you referring to RTR VII? which is the latest offering from Team RTR. If so, check out this link RTR VII: Feature Highlights which is stickied near the top of the page. This should be more than enough info to get you started. And please feel free to post any questions you have in the Feature threads.
Welcome to the forums!

[Deathkorpsman]

Thanks for the welcome!

Indeed, RTR VII is the version I'm deeply involved in playing through ATM. I looked through the feature highlights previously and they either didn't cover the information I always found myself looking for, or they only covered it very briefly. One of the main ones is how battlefield combat was rebalanced, but I digress. If there isn't interest for such a guide, no big deal. There are other things I could be doing (like crushing the Celtiberians)!

[Maurits]

Of course, feel free to write such a guide. We just haven't been able to make a real VII manual as of yet because the team keeps being busy with bug fixes and improvements to the mod.