What Campaigns do you prefer

[USMCNJ]

After actually finishing each faction atleast once on Early. I tried palying on late. And i feel cheated. Even though i hate the last 2/3 of the game (you know, once no one can stop you it's just the metter of controlling the revolts.) The late game ends to soon and it leaves me with a question "what if?"

What time period do you usually start with?

[andrewt]

Early. I don't like the direction some of my provinces are taking when I do high and late. Also, late is a little too quick for me.

[Brutal DLX]

I usually like to start on Early, it is better for the player, although starting at the High era sometimes results in a more challenging game, as the AI factions get better men and buildings to start with and don't get fragmented/ rise to Superpower status until perhaps a 50 years before end of campaign.
Right now I am playing Russia, started at High, and it wasn't that easy to get going. Nice.
Starting at Late, it would be very tricky to achieve Total domination, I think that starting point was rather intended for GA play..

[Lord Of Storms]

I like all of them but I use late because I like the artillery

[troymclure]

Depends on what faction i'm using. If it's someone like Byzantium, or egypt etc. I'll go early but if it's say Germany or Italy or Turks it's High, mostly because i actually want to use their Late game units and if i start with say Germany in Early then the game is generally over by the time SAP and Gothic troops are available.
Also gots to agree that games are tougher in High and Late than in Early.

[A.Saturnus]

I like to start with the weak troops and get better and better over time. That`s why I usually play early. I`m not so aggressive that the game would end before late this way. Ìt`s just a great feeling "two years and I`ll have halberdiers"

[Basileus]

I always start from the begining same with shogun, bulding up thing as i want etc http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[The Last Emperor]

Early is the choice for me. Like to start from scratch and slowly see my empire grow. The rest r either too developed or already stablized where the fun is taken away imho.

[Praylak]

Yes, I agree. I usually start in the Early era. I've tried the high and for the most part I don't like how some countries have developed. The Italians and Germans for example both have access to iron mine provinces, but all that stands there is a fort, if that. From the early era, these provinces are fully developed when I play them out.
One gripe about the early peroid though. It's unfortunate that half the worlds factions kill each other off with peasants and urban militia by the 1200's. If they would just make more effort developing instead of swapping states, they could kill each other with some class in the high.

[1dread1lahll]

Gotta hand it to you..... I've never finished a campagin, but in multi player I like early

[ShadesWolf]

I am very selective in which factions I play.... usually it is either england, Spain, Almohad or Byzantine.

And always on early....

However,I must admit, while creating my web stuff on SP Byzantine, I really enjoys playing them in the High Period.

I should really try some other factions......

[deejayvee]

I prefer High because while the development is not quite to my taste, it's still early enough to change a lot of things. I find that if I play early, the majority of the AI factions don't upgrade enough. At least with starting on high, they start with some good units and buildings.

[Teutonic Knight]

early definitly because I like to build up from scratch

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[Satyr]

I like high better than early, but I like early a lot too.

I am in the middle of a late Russia game and while I am doing really well considering what you start with and the poverty of the surrounding provinces, I don't think I can get to 60% before time expires. It will be close, but I think I will come up about 10% short.

In early, I try to upgrade to Feudal troops really fast. I build as little as possible before I have them. Sometimes I am done before I get to high, but usually my games end around 1250 so I don't get too many high troops. This is why I have switched to starting in high so that I at least occasionally get some late troops and artillery before I achieve total domination.

[cugel]

"One gripe about the early peroid though. It's unfortunate that half the worlds factions kill each other off with peasants and urban militia by the 1200's. If they would just make more effort developing instead of swapping states, they could kill each other with some class in the high. "

You should try Wes W's MedMod v. 1.7, the factions start out with better tech. I'm playing in the high period and it's a lot tougher

BTW: Teutonic Knight Way to Spam Baby http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
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[pyhhricvictory]

I really like Early, just because I like using the smaller factions (Swiss, Danes, Poles and Novgorod) and it gives me the time to build up a decent empire by the time the good units roll around. Plus, with the little countries, it is harder to keep the big guys (like HRE and Byzantines or Turks and Almos) from destroying you. I play a lot of personally modded games trying out new things to see if they work and it also gives those time to develop.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Starting on early is more enjoyable, but can be annoying as the computer fails to tech up. Starting on high or late the AI's infrastructure is already in place, making for a more challenging game.

[LordKhaine]

I used to do Early, but now I'm starting to favour High. If you start an early game, the entire world has changed before you get any "advanced" units. I've only done one late game, and that was fun. But still.. I think I'll stick with high for a good balance, with the odd Early/Late game here and there.

[Maniac]

I haven't tried anything but Early but I really doubt I'd enjoy Late since not much time is left and less economy building is needed. High might be interesting since then the AI should pose a more serious threat having a few higher tech buildings which he is so reluctant to build http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pissed.gif

[ShadesWolf]

Early all the way, I then have a longer time frame to conquer the world

[Heraclius]

definately early. otherwise I feel rushed trying to conquer the world and I really enjoy building up my empire myself (buildings, ships, units etc etc) and not having all of that in place when I start the game.

[FesterShinetop]

Always in early. That way you get all the control

[USMCNJ]

i noticed that people say that Late doesn't give them enough time to do their thing.
Just edit the late file, (\medieval-total war\campmap\startpos\late.txt).
Type in
SetGameEndDate:: 2003
(or what ever)
Enter it after the SetLatePErodStartDate:: 1321
make sure that there's only one tab between the"::" and the date.
p.s. late is defenetly harder then Early i resently gave late a change, and it was harder then life. You can forget about building updates untill you defeat atlest two neigborgs.

[Dîn-Heru]

Early, it feels more medieval.

[Striker]

I play mostly Early period campaigns. I've started a couple of them on High, but none on Late unless I was just going to experiment with something. When I play SP, I just like to develop the nation through all of the eras, and of course if I'm going for the warmonger approach, Early is definitely the best choice. Wish the AI wasn't so stupid about upgrading things.

[Tigger]

if you want to play late for longer just run the end date cheat so that you can play for ever

[Swoosh So]

I generally play early but im pretty bored of the single player game, All the battles seem to be too easy or the enemy has valor 10 troops 6000 of and withdraws its general so all 6000 troops will have 9 valor etc and yours have 3 valor so its no win http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[NewJeffCT]

Well, I got the game for Christmas, so am a relative newcomer, being on only my 4th campaign. However, I can't imagine not starting from "early" as, you get the feeling of building everything up from scratch - getting to get your Spearmaker's Guild in Mercia to get Billmen, and your Boyer's Guild in Wales to get Longbowmen, etc.

[Michael the Great]

does anybody play the danes other than early??

[sbreden]

I am really torn on this one. I like to playout my empire from the beginning but i can barely stand waiting for the gothic knights and etc. Some days I feel that it would be interesting to have a single unit of gothic knights or janissary heavy infantry or whatever in the early era just to see how influential they could be. It would be like the movie the "Final Countdown" or like using an m16 in the civil war. Does anyone know if there's a mod or editor out their that would facilitate this?

[Shahed]

Always early. I love to develop my empire into an economic and cultural superpower. I love to create the magnifcient buildings, and of course have a standing army that thwarts any aggresor. I like to start from scratch.

[Shahed]

Does anyone know the no end limit cheat ?

[Nowake]

Quote[/b] (Michael the Great @ Mar. 28 2003,14:20)]does anybody play the danes other than early??
Yes, I do, Michael, even if I can't use vikings (too weak), but I consider the longboat a very cheap and resourceful ship; plus, I like to fight the HRE's gothic knights.

I played in late as Byzantium and that was the finest game of all ...

[Panther]

Quote[/b] (SeljukSinan @ Mar. 29 2003,22:55)]Does anyone know the no end limit cheat ?


yes
go to the downloads goto fixes and download
MTW_julien_year1454_limit_fix

this changes the date to 1454 ( 1 year after end date) so you can play "till your peasants travel to the moon" as it says.

NB thsi can make your kings old as i found out on my first try which made my king to be 86 years old http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif which made my heirs really old luckyly one had a son then died and it passed along to line of sons until my little boy was old enough http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
so only use this VERY close to the end date

[whiskeyjack]

I had to go with early. Its way more enjoyable to build up your faction from a couple of forts to nation of fortresses. The late period i find is only good when playing GA.

[Axelthorpe]

I think it's best to start early, but the late units is most fun.

And if I start early, by the time I get to the late period there is only two or three giant fractions left and therefor no fun to continue.

[Lord Godfrey]

Until last week, I had started all of my campaigns on early to have the challenge and entertainment of building my empire. I just started a late campaign because I have never gotten the experience of using pikemen and cannon units.

[lonewolf371]

Almost always early, just the building empire process is amazing. Unfortunately, the Russians aren't available for the Early Age.

[Dr_No]

like to play from early so i get a 'full' game.. but after a while i find that i can win a bit too easily- mainly because the AI has a problem teching up quickly so i've started playing high just for bit more challenge....

[Aleborg]

I prefer also early.

And true, why Russians arent available on Early??

[lonewolf371]

Racism http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Surprise]

i like high period... glad i can post in this forum now
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[The_Emperor]

I prefer playing in the Early period, gives you plenty enough time for your conquests to start and to organise your empire the way you want it to be... In the later periods when times is at a premium you have to focus much more on conquest than on empire management, and seldom have the time to conquer the whole map

[jones21]

I enjoy playing the early peroid. gives me time to actually build a empire not rush around and kill. i tried late once and it felt too short not fun enough

[MiniKiller]

Early, longer gameplay, makes me feel like I am ruler more so then high or late, feels like I "Stole" the thrown (that spelled right?)

[jadast]

I have only played early so far. Its enough of a challenge trying to crush your opponent with peasants and urban militia to keep me coming back.

[Maelstrom]

High - That way the game is still interesting when some of the more advanced units come into play and it is harder to completely out-tech the AI..

[Longasc]

I tended to start always EARLY, but because I was everytime finished before I reached HIGH Era or even LATE... I decided to play some more High/Lte Era games.

And I can really recommend it: The AI has some better troop producing castles then and will do somewhat better than in early age

[galingula1]

I play the Early set up, but in the late period. This let's me start from scratch but all units become available as I build the proper buildings.
I've also got it set to play past the normal end date so I keep playing and playing...

[Orda Khan]

Early......I really hate it when the guns arrive. They are generally bad units but you always see them

.......Orda

[Dogmeat]

I'd say High. In Early i become a superpower too soon and before you know it, its the 'everyone pick on the human' time. I find it hard not to go on a conquering spree, as when i am attacked, i get revenge by elimating that faction and taking their land. So as i get more land, more factions become jealous and invade me, and so on, its a vicous circle.
In high, the AI is a bit more of a challenge in my opinion, its easier to roleplay more and go for the GA goal instead of TD. But if you get bored you still have enough time to conquer the map. Its also where the horde show up, and they're great fun http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Suppiluliumas]

I prefer the high period. The opposition is teched up reasonably and, you also get to encounter some formidable rebel goups from time to time. In early, too many factions just never seem to get off the ground properly, and rebels are generally peasants, with the exception of some region specific troops. The late period shares the advantages of the high period, but the game just seems to pass by too quickly.

[Wheatley]

I would say early. Early leaves the most room for expansion, and plus you get more time to become a superpower yourself. Sometimes I like to play high because certain units are available to build, and some factions have more land and more developed land too.

[Jeff]

I play most all of my campaigns on Early. I tend to expand slowly as I like to tech everything up along the way and plot some decent strategy. Usually I only annex 1 or 2 provinces every 5 turns or so until after the Golden Horde shows up. Then I become a bit more agressive and start to expand by leaps and bounds. I find that playing in the late period doesn't give me enough time and playing int he high period makes me feel as though I didn't build it myself. Plus I like the battles.

[insolent1]

Late as I like using arty & the later units, but i always add set gameenddate 2000 so i have plenty of time to finish. I recommend the swiss on expert for some great battles against the odds. Best tip I can offer is get some coastal property preferably venice within first 3-4 years

[Red Emperor the Invincible]

always Argonese at late as most challenging and have LANCER.
and dominate 2/3 by 1400. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/cool.gif