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Empire Total War
Topic Started: Dec 13 2008, 11:18 PM (3,438 Views)
stoicblitzer
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i like to take over hungary. that's why i play sp. ;)
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you must keep the vampire/jypci population down, folks dont forget to spade and nuder them bob barker says!
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Dinadan of Logris
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stoicblitzer,Mar 20 2009
12:07 AM
i like to take over hungary. that's why i play sp. ;)

And I like to watch how the 13 colonies get integrated into Britain within 10 turns :D
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haven't got there yet. :D
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i'm playing on easy campaign diff so i can get the achievement and it's wayyy too easy. battles are kinda smart but nothing like even a retarded human. technology rules everything. once i get ring bayonets or something, my line inf killed everything.

some complaints:
i experienced my first freeze during a naval battle. the game lags for me when scrolling around the campaign map and when i click on a large regional capital like paris, france. i don't know why since my computer could probably handle 4 etws running at the same time. i found a bug where i could end a siege as the besieged. the AI in land battles seems to know exactly where the range for my art is and sits right on the edge of it. AI as a whole is a joke, but i thought that was kinda funny. i offered england 15000 for new york and they said no. :S

i also got an error about insufficient video memory when loading a land battle. i guess 1GB dedicated VRAM isn't enough. :lol:
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Anton of Soyidia
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Also the AI seems to have something against you even if theey think of you as friendly.....keeping an alliance after getting a rather big emperium no one wants to team up with ya...It should be the other way around.
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Ghazan of Karakorum

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You have a steam ID?

Or are you smurfing until you shake the rust off your aging sword? 


Merc what would make you think I would do such a thing? :ninja:

Seriously though I haven't played any mp yet. My account name is Ghazan and username is RTK4Ghazan. I'll definately try some out this weekend. Possibly unranked to begin with so I don't do too much damage to my stats page.

I was reading up on the .org today at work and Tomi said he had fun playing
4 v 4's the last few nights. I thought this game was only 2 v 2?

He also said that he set up a tw steam chat lobby that already has 300 members so I'll probably join that too.

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stoicblitzer
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there is 1 4v4 map.
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Dinadan of Logris
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Only a few maps are available, only two 2v2 and one 4v4 for team games. No 3v3 map, but apparently you can start a 3v3 on the 4v4 map as long as the game is passworded.
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Dinas of Cheshire

Alright fellas, just bought this game and wondering whether or not anything is still happening in the world of TW?!? Im up for some online fun anytime(strictly gaming ;)), let me know if you are still playing it!
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Adelmo Of Otranto
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We are still playing it Plat. Even Cow just bought a copy :o
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YellowMelon
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It's a piece of... :yuk:
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Barrett of Maidstone
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YellowMelon,May 26 2009
02:06 PM
It's a piece of... :yuk:

:lol:
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Mercurius of Cappadocia
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Dinas! Wow... my pm's finally reached you.... :)

Mel played for about two weeks and rage quit.... Bazz is just waiting for better company.....

how you been m8? In Gambler's anonymous yet?
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Pete of Yorkshire
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gah plat long time no see
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Barrett of Maidstone,May 26 2009
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YellowMelon,May 26 2009
02:06 PM
It's a piece of... :yuk:

:lol:

qft
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Dinas of Cheshire

lol i was hoping this wouldnt be the response, so I take it not much love for the new game then huh! haha merc, managed to avoid the wrath of gamblers anonymous for the time being :P , are you playing this game yourself then mate? What is RTK up to if it isnt bashing noobs at TW games?! Ive just moved into a new flat and got myself a proper office set up so looking to get some hours in online again!

P.S Whatever happened to that deimos fella aswell, is he still knocking about somewhere?! I saw ghaz posted not so long ago either, get back in touch man!!!
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Dinas of Cheshire

Also, how are you guys communicating online these days? Xfire seems like a baron wasteland everytime I fire it up!
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Dinas of Cheshire,May 27 2009
04:06 PM
Also, how are you guys communicating online these days? Xfire seems like a baron wasteland everytime I fire it up!

Xfire/vent/steam mate ;)
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Mercurius of Cappadocia
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Dinas of Cheshire,May 27 2009
04:04 PM
lol i was hoping this wouldnt be the response, so I take it not much love for the new game then huh!

Gods...don't take your cues from those 3...haha... You can't have a conversation about ETW without one or all of them urinating in the general direction. :D

They like the gameplay, too.... It's just that CA delivered an unfinished product, yet again. They gave us a crap set of maps, none of which are flat, killed the chat lobby, and there are bugs.

That said, I haven't been as addicted to a TW games since 2005.... and flat maps will make the game come alive.... there are map packs now, but everyone has to have the pack installed.

RTK is about as active as it has been since i've been here... which is unfortunate, but we'll be playing in all the tournaments, as usual. :P

Mel, Blitz... you guys tried it on flat maps yet? You'll certainly like the game more on flats.... just dl and drop it into: ....\program files\Steam\steamapps\common\empire total war\data

http://files.filefront.com/MapPackrar/;137...;/fileinfo.html

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Abu of Agrabah
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Wise words B)

Empire, with all the mistakes is in my opinion, still 10 times better then mtw2 ever was.
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Barrett of Maidstone
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Yes but mtw2 was one of the worst games i have ever played lol
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stoicblitzer
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No, I have not played on a flat map. I did like the gameplay to an extent but I just can't deal with how they did MP this time. they removed a ton of things that were present in older tw games and replaced them with broken or unfinished things. There weren't even names on the armies in MP until a patch fixed that 4 weeks later. the mp is dying already btw. i go online and see like 10 1v1s up. 20 people? LOL
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YellowMelon
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I can't even connect to games anymore. It was never, ever Gamespy. I use Gamespy for other games and it works flawlessly...it was CA and their awful programming. Let's see, where to start...

Cons

  • I can't connect to games
  • There is unlimited ammo on art (fixed yet?)
  • North American prime time is already dead
  • no chat lobby
  • no leagues and ladders AS ######ING ADVERTISED
  • no flat maps (or even symmetrical maps) w/o the community fixing CAs awfulness
  • a broken lobby, you can't see what games are ranked, you can't filter your friends games, and theres a whole whack of bugs like seeing people type but not their name on the game's list.
  • Skirmishers, despite being necessary for quick movement, have that awful bug where they are aiming to god knows where (that been fixed?)
Pros

  • Devs are talking to the community
  • Balance is better than it ever has been
  • less lag because of a downscale in gfx
  • naval battles, despite me finding them boring as hell
I basically tolerated these games in the past because CA does them better than anyone else, in fact, they are pretty much monopolizing the concept. Good for them. Except, without competition there has been no progress with the genre, in fact they are steadily making the game worse, and despite pledging a focus on multiplayer, came across with a half-assed effort, a bunch of new broken features, a bunch of GOOD features taken away, and some features they lied about to get people (like me) to pre-order in anticipation. I have always seen the potential in TW, and have waited 8 years or so for them to realize it. I own 3 copies of RTW (One retail, one because I didn't have my CDs so I downloaded it, and one that came with the preorder of ETW) , 2 of MTW2 (D2D version wasn't patching fast enough, so I got the retail), and one of Kingdoms (4 separate launchers????). I have been too loyal, in fact, and I am finally seeing that despite my own hopes for the series, it will never be realized. Time to play basically any other RTS that does MP properly, or FPS games that are purely MP. ######, I've seen that free Quake game have a better MP system, and even Crossfire. I bite mine thumb at you CA.
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Mercurius of Cappadocia
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Cons: the chorus of harpies.





Pros: GG's Cow and Pigeon.... :mtwcheers:


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YellowMelon
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pah
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Mercurius of Cappadocia
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Lusted just posted a Mod for the balance changes in the upcoming patch.... for our comments:

http://www.clancommunityshield.net/castle/...nges/#post68614
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stoicblitzer
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YM, save that post. you seem to be having to post something of that nature a lot. it basically sums it up. merc, go play another game and find out what TW is missing. ;)
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Barrett of Maidstone
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Logged on and couldnt even connect to cow = fail...
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Dinadan of Logris
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What, you don't call that a blessing?

Well then maybe Cow will :D
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Mercurius of Cappadocia
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Bah... Cow already put in 40 hours on ETW...

Get going Dinas!!!

:D
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antoine of padou
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if you want to try a good mod who work on mp.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=260024

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Mercurius of Cappodacia,Jun 2 2009
02:54 AM
Bah... Cow already put in 40 hours on ETW...

Get going Dinas!!!

:D

single player?
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YellowMelon
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I put over 100 and I haven't played in like 1.5 months :P
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YellowMelon,Jun 2 2009
12:52 PM
I put over 100 and I haven't played in like 1.5 months :P

same here.
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