Empire: Total War
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Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
Well, I bought it, and I've seen precious little other than "Connecting to Steam..." and "This game is currently unavailable"
Going back to the shop tomorrow.
Going back to the shop tomorrow.
Cid
Proper break this time
I got that, sorted itself out after I restarted steam properly (closing the steam window doesn't quit it). It's not a problem with the game afaik, it just requires patience.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I started playing yesterday, a fully patched version. Not encountered any problems yet, seems ok. Slow to start off, the campaign map is a lot different and there is less management so far, but this seems to be a simple story mode to ease you in gently. You can occupy buildings in the battlefied, and hide behind cover. This would work ok, but when you try to stick 120 men behind a log then can hide behind it in single file!
dilute micro
esse quam videri
I haven't got it yet but from the looks of the screenshots they've got the units fighting in files of 7 deep. 
WTF
WTF
I haven't got it yet but from the looks of the screenshots they've got the units fighting in files of 7 deep.
WTF
you can set them however you wish.
camouflage
gaslit at scale.
Shogun for the win
I was tempted to get Empire: Total War, but it won't have the depth and richness as a strategy game of Europa Universalis: In Nomine. So why bother, probably down there with Civ4.
Jorum
Well-Known Member
native americans + very hard/very hard = pain the fucking arse. I've been killing Huron and Cherokee for nearly 10 years now and still not really getting anywhere.
If I ever meet a 18th century tribal warrior I may have to slap him.
Oh - and the US has just popped into existance with shit loads of troops and conquered half my protectorate.
Fuck the new world, next time I'm sodding off to India.
If I ever meet a 18th century tribal warrior I may have to slap him.
Oh - and the US has just popped into existance with shit loads of troops and conquered half my protectorate.
Fuck the new world, next time I'm sodding off to India.
Yeah, I finally bought it, but thats happened to me too, what i have done is lower all the bells and whistles before loading up the savegame: AA, HDR, put the graphs to mostly medium, then the CTD's were for me much less, weirdly, I can then hike them all back up again though, amazing game imo...
dilute micro
esse quam videri
I've been testing some naval tactics. 3rd rate vs 3rd rate.
First thing is I get the enemy to trail me as we both head downwind. Then I turn broadside right quick and hit them with a volley then head again downwind. This way I can get a few shots on them before going into full battle. It's kind of tricky though. If you don't time it right and with the right distance they can put it on you.
First thing is I get the enemy to trail me as we both head downwind. Then I turn broadside right quick and hit them with a volley then head again downwind. This way I can get a few shots on them before going into full battle. It's kind of tricky though. If you don't time it right and with the right distance they can put it on you.
hendo
Fish finger sandwiches
Can't believe our great great great grandparents tried to do both.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Still enjoying this, though still very much a n00b.
I realise it is the Total War series, but I do think diplomacy needs a bit of work, as does the AI's insistence on suddenly declaring war on you for merely sharing a border.
In the Road to Independence campaign, I was more than happy to leave the natives alone, but they got shirty as soon as I expanded to the limits of their territory, so I had to wipe them out of existence.
You should be able to:
a) grant captured lands back to those that owned them originally with the result of having a good future relationship with those people.
b) raze the fuck out of towns and cities you do capture in order to ensure no local resistance from then on.
Oh well.
As an aside, I also found that the latest 190 series NVIDIA drivers actually perform worse on TW than the 186 series, so I have rolled back...
I realise it is the Total War series, but I do think diplomacy needs a bit of work, as does the AI's insistence on suddenly declaring war on you for merely sharing a border.
In the Road to Independence campaign, I was more than happy to leave the natives alone, but they got shirty as soon as I expanded to the limits of their territory, so I had to wipe them out of existence.
You should be able to:
a) grant captured lands back to those that owned them originally with the result of having a good future relationship with those people.
b) raze the fuck out of towns and cities you do capture in order to ensure no local resistance from then on.
Oh well.
As an aside, I also found that the latest 190 series NVIDIA drivers actually perform worse on TW than the 186 series, so I have rolled back...
dilute micro
esse quam videri
I think so too groke.
Something else, one thing I see different than the other TW is that the battle assessment is way off. I had 2 1/2 armies all routed by a unit of cavalry and one of regular soldiers.
you can mop the floor with the native americans if you have artillery especially mortars.
Something else, one thing I see different than the other TW is that the battle assessment is way off. I had 2 1/2 armies all routed by a unit of cavalry and one of regular soldiers.
you can mop the floor with the native americans if you have artillery especially mortars.
The Groke
hot hail/Paging Dr. Beat
Imperialist monster, know what you mean though...
I did feel a bite of liberal guilt each time another proud people vanished forever...
Canister shot goes through natives like a shotgun through jelly.
But yeah, it is a bit annoying that all it took was my border neighbouring theirs and they would declare war on me out of the blue.
It didn't really make sense as it was a war they couldn't hope to win, given my power, technology, army and wealth at that stage - plus, I had done nothing else at all to aggravate them at any point.
I had even presented a few state gifts to try and keep them happy.
