Forum: Academy - A Guide to M2TW MP

Hey guys I'm new here and I'm starting to play M2TW. I have a problem going online though. I log in through Online Battles in the Multiplayer Menu and I enter the main lobby. I see a lot of players in the lobby but no games? If I do, I only see one but it's in progress. Is their something wrong? Do...

Also know as The Elmohead Missile Army of Doom. It has been used succesfully more then once, and it is hard to break. It's designed to counter armies that are Cavalry heavy ... ie. if you play no rules 1v1 and your opponent is Timurids, Mongols, Russia or Poland expect him to have loads of cav. ...

Hi guys, after years playing with the AI i'm triying to play in MP. My problem is that any guide look this: i can't begin the procces. When i choose MP the game say me "The register can't be done. Uncorrect email" ?? I've the original game, and most of the gides focuse on the problems as "choose...

Hi Sorry its my first post but my brother and i would like to play MTW2 over LAN in the ‘multiplayer option’ but I can’t see the option to enter in his IP address, we are connected to the same router too, but I can’t understand how you use it. Can anyone help me out please Thanks

If I want to play Multiplayer it say's Invalid CD-Key Why because I bought the Original game just a week ago? If you ain't believe me that I bought the original I could exactly says what is in the Manual? Can somebody help me?

Hi there ppl. I had noticed that all the rooms of Hamachi are full so I created a new one. Feel free to join :viking: I am from Portugal all ppl allowed Gamename: Medieval 2 TW Pass: 12345

I've been thinking of trying some multiplayer,if I can bring myself to challenge the lobby full of various clan players,as I really don't want to get owned to hard first-off,and have been trying to come up with a competive Byzantine army,as I have the most experience using them. My single-player...

Ok, I made a bet with a friend that I would beat him in Medieval II multiplayer. The problem is that I have never played the game being a strictly Rome:Total War and EB fan. My friend however has spent many hours on the game. I need some tips on which faction and combination to use. We...

Is there a way to play the Great Campaing form the basic M2TW? I have the Kingdoms expansion installed, but I can't play the standard Great Campaign in hot seat... though the game book says it is possible? What shall I do?

I just bought this game about a week ago and I am ready to play online and ive got a gamespy id like it told me to but i dont know what to put in the section where it says profile________ its probably a dumb question but a little advice please?

I registered at gamespy but it doesnt let me log on, saying (nonvalid cd key, or incorrect username, or just error). Anyone know how to solve this?

yo im new on this forum and am looking for a decent russian list but its tough finding one. any tips/ideas or even better lists? o yea i usually play 10k

sorry but i need to know do you need gamespy registration to sign up the ones you have to pay for?:wall: sorry if its a stupid question

For simplicity in case i make future armies, i will number them by faction! Yey! Fileing! Money Needed: Ummm...Not Sure. Units Needed: Optimal Units: General's Cav 4 English Knights 6 Retinue Longbowmen

(NB: This will be a collaboration. This is not my idea, but Elmo's. He is yet to start, so I thought I would get the ball rolling.) Freshman MP 101: MP Ettiquette: A guide to smooth your entry into the M2TW MP community. The multiplayer scene is a scary one to a new player. People curse, use...

another one of my inventions i stumbled upon several months ago that will be super powerful in version 1.2 is the martels anvil or super schiltrom. i usually pick the papal states and purchase in high age 4 papal guard, 4 italian spear militia, 4 armored seargeants, and 4 seargeant spearmen. i...

:help: Ok tech experts. The message "this battle exceeds your current system settings you may experience degraded performance." pops up at a certain number of total soldiers in a multiplayer battle. This seems to be regardless of what actual "settings" my computer has. Whether through my graphics...

http://www.battlefield-command.com/forums/imagehosting/32470bba7e819a3.png Oke, I've been searching for a long time how to get rid of these Problems to play Medieval 2 Online. I've managed to do it, but once i installed Kingdoms, it was all f*cked up again. In the Community EBC we play a...

Ok, since this forum part is going nowhere with useless armes, I'll post one as well. :laugh4: First you order large quantities of wine. You then drink all the wine and pour naphta inside. You give all that to one to four groups of highly skilled jugglers. :juggle2: In the end bring all...

i sign in and all and it says u have an invalid cd key any one know how to fix this sorry if stupid question but im new

After re-installing to solve a patch problem I realised I no longer have my CD-key. luckily the game accepts any key of the right length for offline play, but I want to start laying online again. Is there anyway to retrieve it from Sega?

A guide to multiplayer in medieval II total war for high era This guide is intended mostly for tactics/strategy, and a break down of game mechanics to allow a new (or not so new) player to better understand which units to take and how to use them, although it will no doubt include examples...

Hy guys i dont know if its the right place to post this so pls if its not move it:beam: ok i got this problem lately when trying to egt logged on to gamespy everytime it says : "connection lost" :thumbsdown: no Cd key error no nothing just conenction lost pls help and if you need more...

First of all, hello. I'm kind of new here, as a member that is. Lurking has been my specialty for a few weeks. A very short while ago (in fact, it was yesterday) I played my first MP game against a friend of mine, and it was the most intense battle I ever played. (in my experience, that is. If...

Ello, I know this area can kinda be vague and different for everyone even with the sdame setup but I just thought I'd check. My multiplayer games can be really really choppy, even with 2v2 on small army settings - all graphics setting on low. I can host but again its really choppy - not always...

Yay, 1.2 out, finally M2TW online time...!...yay, a game I can join, better not say im an utter noob, golly 100,000 monies, I'll go egypt coz no one likes them apparently...oh dear its a seige, uber fortress, oops, lucky I got a (1) cannon...put a hole there...put a hole there...run troops!, make...

heres how to make a good elephant army for beginners using only 10k you recruit two elephants, two rocket launchers, 5 or 6 horse archers, only four if it goes by ccs rules and the rest as some kind of foot infantry. wont be much left after the elephants and rockets so your army will be...

where do I find awesome replays of this game, 1v1 replays, so I can improve my own game? I googled, and came up with nothing. any links will be helpful.

This was an experiment with the Bro Clan and I. In many circles it is believed the strongest attack is a flank attack, but in this replay I will prove an extremely strong center will also win in a 3 vrs 3. I'm in the center with nothing but pikes, rear line of pikes have 3 cheverons plus to prevent...

Another pearl to help you out... here it is, 5 Crosses and 15 2v peasants.