Era

[The Doctor]

Hi everyone

I have MTW but not the VI expansion. I am using the latest version of the Wes mode that I can.

Looking at the boards there are a lot of comments about the early, high and late periods in the game. It seems to suggest that some units are not available until certain ages.

Is this true and if so what date does that age start and finish.

I know about the gunpowder and compass ships but it seems that it is more involved then this.

[Kekvit Irae]

If you play the patched version of MTW, or install VI, you are unable to build certain units until certain dates.
For example, you are unable to build Longbowmen until the High era, which starts on 1205.
For the above example, my suggestion is to build all your provinces up to the required buildings needed for those units, then wait until 1205 or so rolls around, then you have several provinces that can be ready to pump out Longbowmen all at once.

EDIT: Late era starts on 1321, and is a fine year for Germans and Italians, as they will have access to Gothic units then.

[The Doctor]

Hi kekvitirae,

Thanks for your help. I was wondering why the build queue seemed so restrictive.

I can't find this in the manual, did they miss it out. Or did they just explane it in the patch readme.

[Gregoshi]

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif Hey hey The Doctor is IN Welcome to the Org. BTW, my wrist hurts when I do this http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif . Just kidding. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif

Sorry, I forgot about this topic. There is a post somewhere in the Main Hall and over at the .Com forums that has a complete list of units and when they are available. I was unable to find it in either place though. I'm sure it is around the Main Hall somewhere.

[Kekvit Irae]

Quote[/b] (The Doctor @ Nov. 26 2003,07:14)]I can't find this in the manual, did they miss it out. Or did they just explane it in the patch readme.
It's a new thing in the MTW patch. When the manual was printed, you could build anything (except gunpowder units) at long as you had the buildings for them, but now it's been changed

[MrWhipple]

I like to keep a copy of bucherPB's building and unit data (pdf or excell) handy. It is not totally up to date, but it does show what eras a unit can be built in, as well as a wealth of other info. I also like frostone's reigon guide

get them here (http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/faq.shtml)