Patch 14 Beta Notes

[Ishan]

-Fixed Siege AI?
-Elephant Trunk throw animation?
-Critics actually reporting and confirming the above points?

work, i gotta test this myself as soon as i reach home!


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[Lionheart11]

-Fixed Siege AI?
-Elephant Trunk throw animation?
-Critics actually reporting and confirming the above points?

work, i gotta test this myself as soon as i reach home!

hahaha it tis a sign the end is near lol

I do agree with Toon, we have been alpha/beta testers and its not acceptable business practice..

[Humble Warrior]

I liken it to a mirage in the desert. Don`t get excited when you see that Oasis you`ve been waiting for... It might not be quite what you expect...

Still testing although I am only doing this because I see a little hope. If the final patch removes the torches and fixes the issues this game might at least have been worth some of the coin I spent on it nearly a year ago. Sheesh, if someone told me I`d waiting a year to see a siege AI that`s inferior to MTW2 and RTW, I would never have bought this game.

And don`t you dare release any DLCs, CA, I know you want to now.

[The Roman Republic]

Units on the battlefield now blend / fade out when they get very close to the camera, to avoid ugly clipping / seeing into the unit models.

Still nothing on the LOD.

[IlluminatiRex]

This patch has seriously made it feel like another game entirely. I renabled LoB and had a 25 minute siege, and it was actually fun.

The AI had their archers, slingers, and melee infantry on the walls. Their cavalry stayed back near the town square, save for their archer cavalry which was going up and down the wall firing at my units on the wall.

It was a brilliant battle. It really feels refreshed and new!

[alQamar]

This patch has seriously made it feel like another game entirely. I renabled LoB and had a 25 minute siege, and it was actually fun.

The AI had their archers, slingers, and melee infantry on the walls. Their cavalry stayed back near the town square, save for their archer cavalry which was going up and down the wall firing at my units on the wall.

It was a brilliant battle. It really feels refreshed and new!

sounds cool, have you tested without mods, though?

[IlluminatiRex]

sounds cool, have you tested without mods, though?

Yes I have, and the experiences have been similar to that one, albeit faster. LoB really just slows battles down. 'Gunny wanted me to make sure it worked with the latest patch for him

[Praetorian_BGX]

Didn't have much time for testing but as i remember till patch 14 all sieges from attacker angle were same. Their ranged units were on walls, infantry and cavalry camping (blobbing) in downtown. Battles are won by simple bombing the blob with explosive rounds.

I can say that from defender angle things are improved, not fixed but improved.

[anonimo272]

wait wait, what ?
Siege AI seems to be somewhat good now ?

[baptistus]

wait wait, what ?
Siege AI seems to be somewhat good now ?

I will not say "good", but "fixed". The AI is still stupid. But it is a very very good news !

[mr mojo risin]

wait wait, what ?
Siege AI seems to be somewhat good now ?

seems to be...but it is still retarded.

[johan_d]

Too little, too late.

All I see is now a small improvement to Siege AI, and still a mess.
Can we trust CA still on fixing this ? our beloved Rome ?
We all did go far for Rome, but how far will CA go for Rome ?

[Causeless]

Too little, too late.

All I see is now a small improvement to Siege AI, and still a mess.
Can we trust CA still on fixing this ? our beloved Rome ?
We all did go far for Rome, but how far will CA go for Rome ?

Small?

A "small" change?

It's an astronomically huge improvement.

[baptistus]

It's an astronomically huge improvement.

I don't think so . It is a good improvement of the siege AI ,nothing less nothing more. But it doesn't need to use this kind of superlative.

[ToonTotalWar]

We all did go far for Rome, but how far will CA go for Rome ?

to the point and brilliantly quoted! I could not have quoted this in any better way! +reps mate

[von stoker]

So far they have gone 14 patches and counting. So I'd say they are going a long way for Rome.

[Humble Warrior]

So far they have gone 14 patches and counting. So I'd say they are going a long way for Rome.

Compared to how far we`ve gone, it`s not far enough.

[Abdülmecid I]

The first battle I played, a siege of Sardis, was not much better. The ai attacked only once with the siege weapons.

[Col. Tartleton]

A few more months/years of patches and they may yet polish this coal into a goddamn diamond.

[stevehoos]

I figured I would test some of this beta 14 today, a catharsis self undoing, yes.

Tried a siege battle at Petra Defending:

-Path finding is still messed up, the siege ram crossed into the path of a siege tower and stalled multiple times.

-The AI ram and the torch brigade both should up at the gates at the same time LOL!

-The siege AI is better, but it still issues and is not as good as Medieval 2 in terms of stability.

-At least they fixed the Siege scene at Petra, it took them a damn year to do that, tells you how completely bungled this whole project was and is.