Massive MP battles

[Vanya]

GAH

Vanya has read through a number of posts, and recalls something about a playa being able to relegate part of His army to an AI subordinate during the 3D tactical battle itself.

Vanya then thinks... can this be done in MP battles as well?

FOR EXAMPLE...

Say youz join a $50000 game. Youz can fill up your standard slots and go be happy. But, can youz say, let me get a subordinate to boot, and thus fill TWO army arrays up, and have an AI "ally" play your second army with youz able to give it directions like "take hill" or "cut heads off" ?

This would be interesting. Though, naturally, it begs the question as to how effective the whole "Oops, game has diverged on different machines" situation will be in RTW. It would be more like "Oops, my copy of your AI general turned right, but yours went the OTHER right... Doofus GAH"

Would be funny though... leading TWO of your own armies out into MP battle. Would sure add more muscle to the quality vs quantity debate here, as the "quantity" would no longer be limited by army slots or live on only in low koku games.

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GAH

[R'as al Ghul]

I could imagine to give away command over single units for a while: "Please hold the Line, while I'm off to do some skirmishing" or the like. It would be great if you could have more confidence/ control over what your units do when you're not looking (making funny faces in your back, I bet).
But to control two armies http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-stunned.gif youz needs the insane multiple (identities?) powerz of the Vanya http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif
Arrgh

[Nowake]

Well, as I understood at some point, the individual units can be given more or less autonomy .. so maybe it'll be like: "My AI general is allowed to chop heads off, but the head soup will need my entire attention."

[R'as al Ghul]

Quote[/b] (Nowake @ Mar. 11 2004,12:13)]"My AI general is allowed to chop heads off, but the head soup will need my entire attention."
As things are they should rename RTW into:
Kitchen: Total War or Recipe: Total War
or even better:

Headsoup: Total Cooking

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[FuNkY mOnKeY]

Heheh Total cooking, I likes that =) http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-gossip.gif