Patches for MTW2

[olly]

Does anyone have any clue if this game is going to be as heavily patched as RTW?

CA didn't seem to have RTW finished really until the 1.6 patch IMHO with things like naval invasions working and infantry with a couple of javelins being able to throw them without having to charge.

Does anyone have an inside scoop, or uneducated guess, on how complete the game will be?

Thought I'd chuck in a poll as well.

[The_Dark_Legion]

i think their will be 2 patches! i HOPE! coz it seems quite annoying...i get weirder bugs when new patches come out in RTW!

[Amalith]

i think their will be 2 patches! i HOPE! coz it seems quite annoying...i get weirder bugs when new patches come out in RTW!

2 patchs?

I hope it needs none but it WILL so I hope they patch it to complention.

Their should NEVER EVER be a set amount of patchs, that is just stupid. They should patch a game until its complete.

[The Mongol]

Heavy amount of patches?

Heh, look at Betafield-- err Battlefield 2.

[=Vastator=]

i think their will be 3 patches, 1 less than RTW

[Spart]

3 or 2 is quite realistic in my opinion. I think they have learned from their previous mistakes, and it's basically the same engine this time, so...

[Darkarbiter]

i think their will be 3 patches, 1 less than RTW

There are actually 3 patches. 1.2, 1.3, 1.5/1.6 are essentially the same thing. Unless you count the french patch comepletely different to the english patch.

[Spart]

^^ I remember there was also 1.1 patch?

[the_mango55]

Probably 2, one coming out within a month or two to get the immediate bugs, and another coming out 6 months later when less obvious bugs start becoming visible.

[SnArF|D]

If they optimize it better than they did RTW, I think we'll see a limited number of patches with relatively small fixes. I hope they can finish the game by November, but if they cant they have to delay it. A delay is better than a unpolished game.

[DougyM]

I dont see a game having a lot of patches as being at all bad.

The BF series and starcraft and WoW have like 1000 all together....

Keep in mind CA's previous patches were all controlled by Activision... CA is sega's ***** now.... (and i mean that in a good way... cos segas proving to be much better)

[carl-the-conqueror]

the game will always have a few ways to improve, and one patch cannot fix everything, though i dont think it will be as bugged as rtw.

[RMXtreme]

Two or three would be my guess.

[Shazbot]

3 patches = quite annoying?

Every game needs at least 2 patches and I don't think that there has ever been a game without any patches. But patches can also be a blessing (turning off the battle timer in campaign) and are usually not that big or take that lopng to download.

[Publius]

The fewer the better simply for the sake of mod compatibility, but quite honestly I could care less how many they had as long as they kept improving the game. Patches are gifts from the company - it shows that they care about the people playing it even after they have bought it (except in extreme cases where the game crashes perhaps, which has not been an issue). They dont get any profit out of it.

[HorseArcher]

I favor the "autoupdate" available, (the game goes online searches for new patches and updates the game) and also small but continuous flow of patches.

How many? As many as it will need.

Today's gaming world, with all the codes and programs running while playing a game, it is not possible to make a completely flawless game.

I do not favor few and large patches, because they usually end up causing newer problems while fixing the old ones. (hint: BF2?; RTW 1.2?)

Not to mention, I am completely against downloading 500Mb+ size patches.

[Spiff]

Personally i like huge patches, since they usually add new media content to the game, makes it all seem nice and fresh when you load it up compared to 1.0.

I'd expect at least two patches, there will always be bugs and balance issues that need sorted, and if they release two it atleast shows they care about the community

[olly]

Just to clarify I find patches annoying because it screws up modders and the seige bug that occured when reloading a game that wasn't fixed until patch 1.5 was very annoying.

And if there must be patches then there should be enough to make the game complete. I just hope they are not required.

[Lusted]

The siege bug was in RTW 1.0 and was not caused by patches, and was fixed in 1.3.

And for the most part the patches have been helpful for modders, with 1.3 and 1.5 adding many useful options for modders, such as the ability to change a factinos culture.

[Darsh]

if MTW2 has a lot of patchs just to fix bugs it'll be very annoying but if MTW2 has a lot of patchs which 'll add a lot of news maps,multiplayer campaign,news historical battles etc. it would be great.