Nowake
03-10-2004, 09:49
Well, how about giving some serious thought to surrendering? Nowake's opinion. It would have a major impact on the overall gameplay.
Now, we have two distinct situations:
a) the enemy has you trapped and under siege (brings back some memories, isn't it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif) But maybe the enemy doesn't want to assault or support a costly siege, and maybe you don't want either to have your troops slowly decimated in a war of attrition behind the walls. So both of you should be able to offer terms of surrendering. We can imagine a number of surrendering conditions: an easy way would be to have your besieged army re-deployed in the closest territory (like when having your prisoniers returned) while the enemy gets the city untouched by war (of course, re-deployed is just a figure of speech, because the new sistem will allow you to retreat litterally - thus also to be exposed to a chase; rear-guard recommended)
b) the enemy has you trapped in the open; and maybe the place isn't worth a fight and he just wants you out of there and you just want out of there but you can't because your in a peninsula like Bretagne or in the west of Sicily with no fleet etc. so you let him have the district while he guarantees you safe pasage and a future meeting on a more worthwhile battlefield.
I reckon there are a great many distinct situations, I just revealed the most obvious. It think Creative Assembly should give this some second thoughts.
Also, just thought this one out: c) how about forcing the rebels holding a region to surrender? You give them alternatives: you can fight, join my army, disband. I mean, they are depicting humans. In a game of mine, the other day, I had the classic situation: my 1000 men army was facing some 80 rebel cav. They retreated into the castle and I assaulted etc. But what if I could of given them the chance to disband peacefully? Or, as I said, join me? Nowake doesn't like to bribe http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
My 2 cents
Now, we have two distinct situations:
a) the enemy has you trapped and under siege (brings back some memories, isn't it http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif) But maybe the enemy doesn't want to assault or support a costly siege, and maybe you don't want either to have your troops slowly decimated in a war of attrition behind the walls. So both of you should be able to offer terms of surrendering. We can imagine a number of surrendering conditions: an easy way would be to have your besieged army re-deployed in the closest territory (like when having your prisoniers returned) while the enemy gets the city untouched by war (of course, re-deployed is just a figure of speech, because the new sistem will allow you to retreat litterally - thus also to be exposed to a chase; rear-guard recommended)
b) the enemy has you trapped in the open; and maybe the place isn't worth a fight and he just wants you out of there and you just want out of there but you can't because your in a peninsula like Bretagne or in the west of Sicily with no fleet etc. so you let him have the district while he guarantees you safe pasage and a future meeting on a more worthwhile battlefield.
I reckon there are a great many distinct situations, I just revealed the most obvious. It think Creative Assembly should give this some second thoughts.
Also, just thought this one out: c) how about forcing the rebels holding a region to surrender? You give them alternatives: you can fight, join my army, disband. I mean, they are depicting humans. In a game of mine, the other day, I had the classic situation: my 1000 men army was facing some 80 rebel cav. They retreated into the castle and I assaulted etc. But what if I could of given them the chance to disband peacefully? Or, as I said, join me? Nowake doesn't like to bribe http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
My 2 cents