HAIL New Members! (Introduction) v.III

[KukriKhan]

Welcome to the Org! ~:wave:

Use this thread to introduce yourself to the rest of our membership (and check out how your avatar & sig look).

I am KukriKhan, Entrance Hall Moderator, and member of the Org since 2000. I live in southern California, USA, and work for the US federal government.

Who are you? ~D

For those interested, here is the link to the v.II thread: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=48375&page=40

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome KukriKhan! ~:wave: ~D ~:joker:
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[KukriKhan]

Wise Guy ~D

[Dutch_guy]

we're at part 3 already, that was fast.

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[Craterus]

I'm so honoured. I was in Part 1!

[ozz]

Hi all..... (just a test post...) ~:cheers:

[KukriKhan]

test works fine ozz - we hear you loud and clear. Welcome to the Org ~:wave:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Hi ozz..... (just a spam post... ~D) :medievalcheers:
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[elbasto]

Hi there...

How many posts until you close this thread and start a v.IV?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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~1,000
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[aarya]

hi i am aarya,i am new hear.
curently i am playing rtw, & i read about
mod india:total war ,
& i would like help in history part.
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[The Darkhorn]

Welcome aarya. That sounds great. Except that I play MTW. Maybe someone will make an Indian mod for it too!

[RebelYell]

welcome Aarya
i also only have MTW. THis is a great bunch of people and they will help all they can.

[Monarch]

Welcome Aarya and Ozz :)

[Microwavegerbil]

Welcome Aarya! Always good to have more history buffs on the forum.

[Dutch_guy]

I'm so honoured. I was in Part 1!

come to think of it..me too !

yay, let's drink on that ~:cheers:

And also welcome everyone !

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[bogeys18]

Welcome Ozz and Aarya. If either of you see me on line I'm playing VI (Viking Invasion). I see that I am already a part of the org's history (see V.II). So a shout out to those who came after me in V. II including Empress Meg. ~:cheers:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome aarya! :ave:
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[WhiteProphecy]

Corn On The Cob!

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org all new members. ~:)

[Bohdan, Lord of Courland]

Bow down to the new generation of posters! :charge:
Oh, and welcome aarya ~:cheers:

[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, aarya and ozz! ~:wave:

[Melmoth the Wanderer]

A big welcome to the Org. Aarya and Ozz. ~:wave:

[Oskar]

Okey, I'm new here. Have usually been around at twcenter and at the lordz, I recently went back to Medieval Total War since Rome total war kinda boored me ~D

Glad to be here, take care all.

[Monarch]

Welcome Oskar :D

[naut]

Hi all

[The Darkhorn]

Rythmic, Oscar, Bohdan....welcome!

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome mates! :ave:

RTW can indeed be boring after a while. ~:(
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[Oskar]

Thanks for the welcomes, I bought Barbarian Invasion (actually yesterday because of the time) and its now 03:39 in the morning, been playing it too much. Not that fancied about it all tho, cant really see what the big deal is about it ~D

MTW for me please :duel: :charge:

[WhiteProphecy]

welcome all newbies!! beers for all!
~:cheers:

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org Oskar & Rythmic ~:cheers:

[Tyford]

I am Tyford, Forum Moderator of the Deaf Gamers Forums General Discussion and Multiplayer Gaming, and Administrator of the Deaf Direct Forums.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome Tyford! ~:)
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[nanoc]

hi all

I'm nanoc (not the reverse for conan) and am currently enjoying MTW VI (i'm playing it for the fourth time)

I've recently discovered this forum and found it interesting.... well, that's it... ah, I don't like wedgies, so forget it in case you enjoy embarrassing new people ¿¿¿¿????

Let's be friends ~:grouphug:

jeje

[Antagonist]

Welcome to the Org, nanoc! Enjoy your stay. ~:)

Antagonist

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome nanoc! :medievalcheers:
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[Tyford]

Thank you for the welcome earlier Mouzafphaerre~:)

[Drisos]

checking if my accounts shows 'click santa champion' ~:)

btw welcome all new members!! ~:wave: ~:wave: :bow: ~:cheers:

edit: no, it's not ~:mecry:

[TenkiWarPRIEST]

Welcome nanoc and Tyford! to the org.

[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, all new members.

[Craterus]

checking if my accounts shows 'click santa champion' ~:)

btw welcome all new members!! ~:wave: ~:wave: :bow: ~:cheers:

edit: no, it's not ~:mecry:

The arcade award only show in the frontroom.

[cavalry1]

Hello, I'm Cavalry1, I've just joined. I've been looking around the forums, and I am interested in posting messages to the Monastery section, but it doesn't look like I am able to do that at the moment. Does anyone know how you go about posting replies to(or joining), the Monastery group?

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome cavalry1! :ave:

As soon as you are promoted to member you will be able to post at the "unlockable" boards. ~;) Keep contributing your valuable information and ideas or ask questions here at the Entrance Hall. The promotion will happen soon. Also, Entrance Hall posts/threads are moved to the relevant places by our EH moderator KukriKhan when necessary. So just feel at home and post.

Hth!
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[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, cavalry1!

Just to expand slightly on what Mouzafphaerre said, promotion to membership is based on being polite and contributing, not on postcount (a lot of new members think that it is based on postcount). You'll be made member soon.

[littlelostboy]

Welcome to the Org. Calvary1! Don't worry, you'll soon be a member, just be polite and say hello to all those other members joining.

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org Tyford, nanoc, and cavalry1, enjoy yourselves. :san_cheesy:

[Monarch]

Hail Cavalry1! Dont worry just keep posting and you'll be a full member in no time :)

[Mooks]

I think Iv waited long enough, can I become a full member now? I want to add some stuff but its irrating when it says I dont have the privalages.

[Seleucos_I_Nicator]

Hi ya all...
I'm Kaan from Turkey. ~:cool:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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GAH! :gah2: We have already more than enough of them! :charge:

~D

Hoşgeldin Konyalı kardeş! :ave:
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[Birger Jarl]

Hello all.I have played MTW since 2002.About time I became a member huh.I have probably spent well over thousand hours playing this game.Now I'm only playing mods like the excellent BKB SuperMod.
Glad to be here.:jumping:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome BirgerJarl! MTW is well and alive. Although a great game in its own right, RTW lacks the immersive atmosphere and replayable value of it. You will probably like the Pike and Musket mod, MTW XL and BKB's cooking Viking raids mod as well.

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[WhiteProphecy]

welcome all new members!

[Romulas]

Hello everyone. I've been playing TW since MTW was introduced. Now I'm hooked on BI. After reading "most" of the posts on tactics I've able to greatly enhance my game. How do the mods work? Do you still have the ability to play the original or is the mod a final "fix"?

[Melmoth the Wanderer]

Welcome to the Org Romulas, Seleucos_I_Nicator, Cavalry1, Tyford and Nanoc. :barrel:

[Melmoth the Wanderer]

Welcome also Birger Jarl. A 1000+ hours and still campaigning! :knight:

[Viking]

Hello everyone. I've been playing TW since MTW was introduced. Now I'm hooked on BI. After reading "most" of the posts on tactics I've able to greatly enhance my game. How do the mods work? Do you still have the ability to play the original or is the mod a final "fix"?

Welcome aboard Romulas.

If you copy the original RTW(MTW for that sake)folder, rename it and install the mod in that folder. Now you will still be able to play vanilla from the original folder.
Hope that helped.

[Tyford]

Thank you to everybody for the welcome, and welcome new members.

[Kagemusha]

All new members!Wellcome to the Org!:bow:

[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, new members!

[HighLord z0b]

Hi all
As you can probably tell I'm z0b, I play MTW 1.1 and I'm a medieval re-enacter and history enthusiast (can I call myself a buff? how do you become a buff?).
I'm currently reading The Art of War and have found it very useful.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome Romulas & HighLord z0b!
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[Nikpalj]

Hello everybody, I'm Nikpalj. I've wanted to play STW for a long time, since I've seen it's review in a local comp game magazine in, what was it - '99? But the big problem was that I have been a proud owner of an P - 133Mhz (!) for a looong time... I've finally bought myself a new computer (and a copy of STW with it) and then... I found out just HOW smart a CPU can be, playing against a human. And so... here I am.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome Nikpalj! :bow: I started with MTW, then VI and now RTW/BI. I got Shogun relatively recently but haven't had the chance to install it due to lack of space. :ballchain: This will hopefully change in the days to come. :jumping:

There are a lot of experienced Shogun gurus around here, some of which are still playing the game and even keeping the multiplayer community alive. ~;)
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[Nerigh]

Hello, I'm Nerigh,
I've been playing Total-War Games since Christmas 2002, and I thought after years of just reading in this forum it wouldn't harm to register...:san_rolleyes:

Got many hints and ideas from the Org, so keep up the good work.

[flo]

Hello all,

I'm a great fun of all Totalwar series ..since Shogun time. I welcome you all!

[Templar Knight]

Welcome to the Org Nerigh and Flo ~:wave:

[Monarch]

Welcome to all new members, it is great to have you on board :)

[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, new members!

[Mouzafphaerre]

Welcome to the Org Nerigh and Flo ~:wave:
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+1 ~:wave:
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[Just A Girl]

Hello All new members since I last Welcomed people.

Welcome to the org :)

[Tsavong]

Hello ~:wave:
i thought i should say hello as i havent done so yet, im sorry for forgeting my manners.


and merry xmass :san_smiley: drinks all round ~:cheers:

[-ThundeR]

hi

I've never played any of these games but I'm about to go get them and get insanely good at them.

[Marcellus]

Welcome, Zerg and -ThundeR! I hope you enjoy the Org.

[O'ETAIPOS]

Hi!!

I found this thread so it seems wise to post. :san_grin:

Maybe not that new (26 posts at the moment) but I was visiting almost exclusively EB subforum :san_grin:

[cavalry1]

Hello Nikpalj, Nerigh and Flo! I've also recently joined the forums.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome all! :ave:

:thrasher: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader: :cheerleader:
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[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org:

holybandit
Seleucos I Nicator
Birger Jarl
Romulas
Highlord z0b
Nikpalj
Nerigh
flo
Zerg
-ThundeR
O'ETAIPOS


Enjoy yourselves :san_wink:

[Tanit]

Hello all I am Tanit.

I am a young aspiring archaeologist and historian and have hence been drawn to this site by its immense potential.

If I can help in any way I would be only too happy to do so.

[Kagemusha]

Wellcome to the Org Tanit!~:wave:

[KrooK]

Hello guys I'm KrooK from Sacred Company clan.
You can find us on www.sacredcompany.tk
I hope to find old friends here and meet new warriors.
GL HF

[Alexios]

Hello.

I'm new to the Guild, as well as being new to MTW. Actually, I have had the game for quite some time now, but didn't sit down and start playing an actual campaign until just a few weeks ago. I'm playing my first campaign as Byzantium in Early on Normal setting. It's 1260 and I've just finished off the Golden Horde (quite an experience, really - didn't even know they were coming until 5,000 of them suddenly appeared in my province in Georgia, and another 10,000 or so in Khazar... great fun!!)

[Antagonist]

Hello KrooK and Alexios!

Welcome to the Org. :san_cheesy:

Antagonist

[Reverend Joe]

Uuuuuuh... yeeeeeeeaaaaaaah...

I... never posted here.

So... I was new here... about 9 months ago.

:jester:

[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, Zorba! :san_wink:

And also to all (actual) new members, a big welcome to you to.~:wave:

[KrooK]

guys i got question
i see you accepted my application but i can't post on forums
what should i do (despite reading faqq , which i'm going to read)

[Craterus]

Keep posting around the "New Members" forums, and you'll be promoted to member status soon enough.

Welcome! ~:wave:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Tanit| :cheerleader:
KrooK| :cheerleader:
Aleksios| :cheerleader:

Welcome! :thrasher:
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[maelgwyn]

Hello im Maelgwyn,im a addict of Late Roman,dark age and medieval history and obviously addicted to total war! this is one superb site for one superb game,when ive finished reading all the super guides i might get round to posting ha ha!:san_cheesy:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome Maelgwyn! :ave:
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[Nikpalj]

Just a quick question. Should I buy the Viking Invasion, or just patch up my regular MTW? I'm not really interested in the new campaign, so are the new things added to the VI similar to the ones I get by patching up the original game?
Also, has any one of you tried the Shogun mod MTW? How does it compare in terms of gameplay to the STW (I'm have limited disk space and want to play both of them, so why not just mod MTW, skip on STW)? Is it stable? Thanks and merry Christmas 2 u all!

[Mouzafphaerre]

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The expansion adds a lot to the original game. I don't remember all of them and I'm afraid there is no handy reference that I'm aware of, but suffice to say all mods are for the VI'ed MTW and modding potential is increased by at least two times with the expansion. There are also plenty of gameplay and engine enhancements. I urge you to get VI and then patch up to 2.01.

Unlike the 1.3 and 1.5 patches for RTW, which enable the upgrades of BI and 1.6 for the original game, respectively, there is no VI equivalent patch for MTW. 1.1 is pretty outdated and 2.01 works only with VI.
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[x-dANGEr]

Hello people! I'm ][Sith][Darth_x-dANGEr, co-founder of Sith clan, been playing this game since it's out. First time for me on here because I find this system a little complicated, and time-demanding to get a user going. But at last, I'm here :)

[Alexios]

Hi Nikpalj,

In order to get a lot of the cool mods and stuff that people talk about, you need to get VI. A couple of years ago I bought only MTW, but now wish I would have bought the Battle Collection, which includes both MTW and VI (Battle Collection is now cheaper to purchase then the VI expansion, by the way).

As far as Shogun is concerned, I've never played it and don't really know that much about it. However, if I'm not mistaken, Shogun is a whole 'nother game and does not require that MTW to be installed (but I will defer that to the Showgun experts here on the Guild).

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Shogun is the first, original and archaic TotalWar. AFAIK Medieval is made using Shogun's engine but aside from that they are totally different.
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[Ludens]

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Shogun is the first, original and archaic TotalWar. AFAIK Medieval is made using Shogun's engine but aside from that they are totally different.
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Indeed. Medieval is Shogun+, with more features and more diversity, but sadly less atmosphere and somewhat less balance. Shogun itself is an independent game, but there is also a Shogun mod for M:TW VI called Samurai Wars. Some people claim it is better than the original. You can find the Samurai Wars forum here (link (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=105)). We also discussed the Mod in this thread (link (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=58127)).

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org Krook mate :san_wink:.

Also welcome to Tanit, Alexios, Zorba, maelgwyn, and x-dANGEr.

Enjoy yourselves. :san_cheesy:

[Alameda]

:hide:

[Templar Knight]

Welcome Alameda ~:wave:

No need to hide :nurse:

[Marcellus]

Welcome new members!

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org Alameda, enjoy yourself. :san_cheesy:

[Proletariat]

Hi, Alameda. Welcome to the Org!

[Fr3Nzy]

My lordy. . .

I finally realised i can only post in this particular forum after 3 or 4 agonising days of re-registering and head thumping (an auto Private Message explaining this fact upon registering wouldn't hurt ya know. . .) "All that said", I'm positively chuffed to finally be here!

I've played and loved all the Total War games except the Viking Invasion Expansion for Medieval (the pre patch instant death at 54 years thing totally turned me off and by the time i grew [a little] bored of vanilla Medieval; Rome Total War arrived). :san_grin:

I recently aquired Barbarian Invasion although i must admit, that although its features truly rock, i'm much more keen on the time period and factions in vanila Rome Total War. Still, more Total War is a godsend and i'll soon jump right into the expansion as soon as i utterly dominate the world with my glorious Scipii (for the third time).

Waaay back in the Shogun days i registered with the much hated Gamespy Network (personal opinion, mind you) and enjoyed a few Online Multiplayer battles until i nearly collapsed into a deep psychosis over my dial up connection dramas. . .(i GIGLAN Rome all the time these days, however). My username back then was Seikou Senjutsu ('Unholy Ambition' is a poor translation).

Anyway, I'm Fr3Nzy these days and in many other games and forums (FPS'ers, 40k Online etc).

I'm truly pleased to be here!

Oh BTW, is there any rumours on the next Total War game for PC? I know there's a fairly hardcore historical bias in the series and think that's great but eventually they'll run out of periods (for Europe anyway, pre industrial, and Napoleonic and later eras don't really do it for me, personally). I'm not advocating fantasy, but mythological or romanticised Ancient Periods (like Sumeria, Egypt under the actual ancient Egyptians etc would be awesome.)

Asia would also be fantastic to revisit methinks. China this time tho, the '3 Kingdoms' period (at least i think that's what it's commonly known as) before unification.

Anyhow, Greetings to you all!

Game on!

[Templar Knight]

Welcome to the org Fr3Nzy ~:wave:

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org Fr3Nzy :san_wink:


I recently aquired Barbarian Invasion although i must admit, that although its features truly rock, i'm much more keen on the time period and factions in vanila Rome Total War.

I felt the same way when I first bought BI but soon after playing for a while I came to love the BI factions and time period. :san_cheesy:

[Loucipher]

Hello there!
I am Loucipher, the devilish touch to this fine forum :)
I have been playing both S:TW and M:TW from the moment they hit the shelves. I always suspected that such brilliant games would have a community forum somewhere, but perhaps I was to lazy to look :)
But then I came across one fine fellow on some other forum, and upon reading his sig there I realized that we share yet another interest :)
Hail t'ye Mouzafphaerre, the respected L.I.B. brother, for pointing me towards here :)

[Templar Knight]

Hello Loucipher, welcome to the Org ~:wave:

Hope you enjoy your stay.

[Tyler379]

Hi everyone! I am new here, just registered last night. So, hi!:san_cheesy:

[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, Tyler379, Loucipher and Fr3Nzy!

[Tyler379]

Thank you Marcellus.

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org Loucipher and Tyler379, enjoy yourselves. :san_wink:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome brother Loucipher and others! :ave:
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[WhiteProphecy]

Welcome all new members!

[gunslinger]

Nice to meet you everybody. I just got MTW, and I think it's an awesome game. I've read all of the guides here, and I'm amazed at how deep and complex the game can be. I haven't tried MP yet. Can newbies have a good time there, or do we just pretty much get in the way?

I'm looking forward to spending more time here once the mods give me access to the rest of the very interesting posts.

Merry Christmas!

Gunslinger

[WhiteProphecy]

I've never played MTW, but i have RTW and its awsome!! I never played STW either.

[gunslinger]

I'm trying to log into MP for the first time, but I keep getting an "invalid CD key" message. I've tried the key several times with capital letters and without and with dashes and without. I bought my game at Wal-mart, so it's not a piracy issue.

If anyone has any ideas/advice I would appreciate it greatly.

BTW, MODS, I tried to post this in one of the Multiplayer threads. The bottom of the thread said You MAY post replies, but when I tried I got the access denied message several times. I couldn't think of another place to post besides here.

Thanks all,

Gunslinger

[Craterus]

Type your CD key AS IT IS on the back of your manual.

For example: 9a99-9a99-aa9a-aa99-9999-9a99 (not a real cd key (i hope) but that's the layout).

Lower case letters.

[gunslinger]

that's what I did, but I still get the message.

Thank you for replying so quickly

gunslinger

[Craterus]

No problem. I don't understand why it doesn't work then. Maybe you should email CA or something, to send you a new CD Key.

Welcome to the Guild, by the way ~:wave:

[gunslinger]

Ok, I guess I'll try that. Thank you, and Merry Christmas!

[Craterus]

Of course. Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays, to you too.

[teja]

Welcome to the org to any new member.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to anybody:san_grin:

[arcade81]

Hi, im new to this site and to multiplayer Total War, an im really looking forward to playing some multiplayer STW and RTW here.

Seasons Greetings

[Dutch_guy]

Welcome to the forums arcade81 , enjoy your time here - and good luck MP battling !

ANd merry christmas !

:balloon2:

[Antagonist]

Welcome to the Org, arcade81!

(and Merry Christmas :san_smiley:)

Antagonist

[arcade81]

Thanks for the welcome :san_cheesy:

Merry Christmas everyone ! my new comp's arrived and im V.happy !

Thought i might post some of my SP battlefield tactics, but dunno which forum to use !?

Any help ?

[Craterus]

Depends which game. If it's RTW or MTW, go to their respective guide forums. If the tactics are faction-specific, just post it in the faction's thread.

The Guides can be found under New Members from the Guild Index.

[arcade81]

Depends which game. If it's RTW or MTW, go to their respective guide forums. If the tactics are faction-specific, just post it in the faction's thread.


Im a junior member so cant post in those forums.

[KukriKhan]

You can post there, but only in already existing threads.

Feel free to post a new thread here in the Entrance Hall, if you like (here, no topic is off-topic).

Either way will get you noticed, and speed up your advancement to full membership.

Joyous Yule!:san_grin:

[Copperhaired Berserker!]

Hi! Welcome to the fourm! PS.This post was done on my PSP!

[Craterus]

Hi! Welcome to the fourm! PS.This post was done on my PSP!

Pretty cool. How do you pay for internet on PSP? If you don't mind me asking.

[Copperhaired Berserker!]

You don't! It's brilliant!

[Mouzafphaerre]

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What is PSP if not Paint Shop Pro? :stupid:
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[Craterus]

PlayStation Portable.

Free internet?! Those things might be worth the investment.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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How do they connect? ~:confused:
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[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org all new members!

[Copperhaired Berserker!]

It's easy! it's just on the menu and off you go!

[KukriKhan]

http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=381377&seqNum=8&rl=1

An ISP connection must exist nearby; Playstation Portables can be Wi-Fi-enabled.

[kennosen]

Hello all. Just to say that I heard of the mod from another TW player, downloaded it and played for hours last night! Great stuff lads, well done. Its a joy to play, even at beta stage, no problems at all apart from some missing content. Thanks again, just what the doctor ordered.

[Viking]

Hi! Welcome to the fourm! PS.This post was done on my PSP!

I tried to post with my old mobile phone, but it didn`t work. :rtwno:

[KukriKhan]

Hello kennosen, welcome to the Org ~:wave:

I presume you refer to the EB mod?

[Hard Aun]

Ave, Members! The names Aun, and I have joined to try to get the best out of Rome:Total War. Looking forward to chatting to you!

[FalcoFalcula]

Greetings Org!

After several nights of sleep being lost to a recent RTW addiction, I decided it would be best if I figured out how to play this game. I went in search of knowledge and companionship and found you! I look forward to future interaction!

[Craterus]

Welcome to the Guild Aun and FalcoFalcula ~:wave:

FF, if you want to learn more about the SP (Singleplayer) aspect of the game, check the RTW Guides area. It's got a guide for each faction, so you should find what you're looking for.

[FalcoFalcula]

Thanks Craterus! Two hours of digging and reading has already made me a better player! Can't wait to try it out tonight!

[Craterus]

I'd also recommend frogbeastegg's Guide and Quietus' Guide.

[Sartaq]

Greetings all. I joined to discuss games, history, and the savior of RTW AKA EB :rtwyes:

[Fecker]

Ya, like howdy, joined some time ago, haven't posted at all, suppose I should now. Looked up this forum for advice on RTW BI (loads and loads of advice) but, I still think this game sucks. Finally finished a successful campaign today (the first after about 10 tries) I have now such a sense of anticlimax, it's worse than sex. Anyways, I'm sick of these prompts to announce myself so, this is it. Thinking now I should have used 'Dr. Nick'.....................Anyways,
Hello Everybody!

[Papewaio]

Howdy Fecker! Nice to see a lurker post.

[Fecker]

Ooh, Lurker? Makes me seem sooo seedy...............Thanks anyway

[Mamba]

Hello.

As it may be amazingly obvious as to my screenname upon this particular webforum, I'll spare you the obvious 'Hello, I'm <insert random screenname here>!'

My interests include snakes, sarcasm, world domination (hence the Total War games), and women.

I've been lurking the RTW Guides forum for about a month now and only recently registered.

Anywho, have fun trying to discern whether or not I'm being sarcastic about various subjects, and feel free to ask as such: I don't mind answering. The last thing I want are any misunderstandings.

[Romes Finest]

Hullo!
I'm new as well and have never seen so much SPAM in my life but I suppose that's the whole idea with this thread. Mamba, (green or black?) our interests pretty much coincide. I might add Black Metal and football while I'm at it.

[Viking]

My interests include snakes, sarcasm, world domination (hence the Total War games), and women.

You`re interested in sarcasm? Then welcome aboard. :ave:

Welcome RF, you`ll find much more spam in the Frontroom. Great spam, I might add.

[crossbow]

Hi there...........I'm new as from today and hail from New Plymouth, New Zealand

[Taranaich]

Greetings, all.

I've been lurking about the forum for a few months now, but the prospect of modding Rome:Total War has proven too much for me. I'm still very green when it comes to the actual modding, but I'm an artist by trade (doing my degree course in Computer Animation and Digital Art at Uni), and combined with my fascination with the ancient world it seemed obvious.

Bwian has very kindly taken me under his wing so I can learn more about modding, and I've always been quite interested in the historical discussions on the forum, particularly Ranikas.

Anyway, in short, I'm new here, please don't flank me or anything.:2thumbsup:

[KukriKhan]

Hello Mamba ~:wave:

Ave Romes Finest :ave:

How'ya crossbow Kiwi-mate! :2thumbsup:

Warm Greetings Taranaich, welcome aboard! ~:wave:

Happy New Year and Welcome to all!:balloon2: :balloon2:

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Greetings, Taranaich. Happy New Year, and good posting to you!

[GrandTheftAutoFanboy]

Hello everyone. I lost my last Gtafanboy account. So hi again(I know no one remembers me).

[Ludens]

Hello everyone. I lost my last Gtafanboy account. So hi again(I know no one remembers me).
TosaInu may be able to do something about that. You can contact him through PM.

edit to add: Working on it. ~Kukri

[skandranon]

Hi all , ive been looking for a few months and decided to join in.
I play Rome TW and have recently got BI and wondered if anyone could tell me where i might find a unit list

[Father_Ted]

aloha.

I'm new!:2thumbsup:

[skandranon]

Hi Father Ted and thankyou for the list

[Father_Ted]

No problem!

And hi!!!

:2thumbsup:

[genjuro]

hi...

i play MTW ... and played STW too... both are hazardous for my health... cause when i play MTW i tend to smoke much more


i dont like RTW

[Taurus]

Welcome all new members. :bow:

[Praefectus Castrorum]

Ciao to everyone!
I'm a new member of this forum. I'm from Italy and I like RTW and I think EB is a great mod.
Thank you boys! :2thumbsup:

[Marcellus]

Welcome new members!

[buteo]

Hi everyone. :laugh4:
I have been perusing the various forums here, and I am impressed with the information available, and how helpful everyone is. :2thumbsup:
Just wanted to say hello. I haven't started playing the game yet. Just loaded it and am configuring now. :dizzy2:

[Baldrick]

Morning Folks.

Been lurking for what seems like an age but as the EB OB (oo that rhymes) is out I thought it polite to join up and add my little weight to the anomoly finding...you notice I said anomoly that would be 'cos I do software tech support and we don't do bugs we do anomolies and challenges.

I live in England by the way

I only play RTW at work in my lunch break as the wife hates 'puter games.....she doesn't mind me drinking beer though so thats OK in my books:2thumbsup:

[Ainafoeht]

Hello and happy new year to all;

I came across this site just 2 days ago.Soon I gathered that I will like it here!

Basically I got bored by my RTWv1.5, and its been a week since I started my first attempts to modify little things in my game!

Knowing only how to turn on/shut down your pc and getting fascinated by the idea of moding your game is a deadly combo!Trust me!But it is so adventurous that I just cant stop it anymore!

Already I spend 2/3 of my RTW time in trying to alter values and commands (repeat,without having a single idea!) and 1/3 playing it!

Loading,kicked back.Reloading,Ctd.And again.And again!Untill it loads up :)Its a narcotic!

When a total amateur (like me) sees that some of his modifying (no matter how simple work it was,from just changing traits to creating a whole brand new unit) actually 'works' and the game 'accepts' it,then it makes me happy.And every time I go KBM or CTD it makes me more stubborn to make it happen !

So,having said all that above, -and sorry in advance for that- expect more questions than answers,from me!

Btw,I live in Greece.But I hate Greeks in the game :)

ttyal;

[Pretorian]

Just here to say Hi all.
I've restarded playing RTW and discovered this site full of info and tactics, as well as great mods.
It will be fun to read this forum, and chat with you all.~:cheers:

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org Praefectus Castrorum, buteo, Baldrick, Ainafoeht, and Pretorian. Enjoy yourselves. :bow:

[dagiz]

Howdy!

Recently just got R:TW after playing with M:TW for the better part of the year. Haven't delved into yet as I am still going through another go around in M:TW.

Must say that this site has proved to be invaulable for information and has made the game that much more enjoyable. Can't wait to get started on R:TW.

[Taurus]

Welcome to the .org dagiz, enjoy yourself. :bow:

[geoffrey]

Greetings one and all.

I've just enlisted with the Guild and so am looking forward to discussions on all things late roman. I've been playing RTW:BI for a couple of months now. Being an iold wargamer it has been great to finally come across a computer game that I can enjoy. But I am certainly looking forward to the modifications that are being planned. Can anyone tell me when these mods will be finalised.

Cheers

Geoffrey of Antioch

[WhiteProphecy]

Welcome all!

[Zain]

Hey people! I am new to the site, but have been playing the game for a long time now...

I know it's probably somewhere, but could somebody point me in the direction of the "UnitBuildProj_Editorv2.0"? I think it has something to do with creating a new faction on Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion. This was mentioned by "Duke John" at the link: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=31896 :

Please help!!!

Thanks :laugh4:

-ZainDustin

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome newcomers! :ave:
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[Loucipher]

Being a newcomer myself, I'll gladly welcome all the other people fresh off the reality into these fabled lands :)
Bow t'ye all ~:wave: :bow:
Come on in freely - they don't bite here :spider: :croc:
So no need to creep :creep:
Enjoy your stay here ~:cheers:

[Matrixman]

Hi,

I'm new to this community.

I've been a MTW fan for ages......just ordered a copy of Shogun......and I can't get into Rome TW yet because of computer limitations......oh well maybe this year I'll upgrade.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to checking out this forum....I'm particularly looking for good MTW mods. I've played Hellenic and I'm currently playing a Napoleonic TW campaign.

Cheers:coffeenews:

[Archer]

Hi everyone!

Got Rome TW last month, my first Total War game and this is an awesome, awesome game!! I've been a MMORPG player for the past several years but have gotten burnt out lately on the current offerings so I decided to try a single player standalone game and have been very pleasantly surprised at this great game! This site looks great also and I got a lot of questions!

[KukriKhan]

Howya, Archer, welcome to the Org! ~:wave: This is the place to ask questions, so fire away.

Hi there, Matrixman, welcome to you too! ~:wave: If your machine runs M:TW, S:TW should be a breeze. There's loads of techies here to help out if you have any problems.

And Thanks :bow: Loucipher, for helping new guys get the feel of this place.

Oops, almost missed ZainDustin...: welcome ~:wave: I'll PM Duke John to see if he can help.

[Duke John]

ZainBustin
It's been too long for me since I last modded M:TW to be of much help, but the tool you asked for should be downloadable here:
http://www.totalwar.org/Downloads/Tools.shtml
(Under Medieval Tools look for UnitBuildProj_Editorv2.0)

Good luck with modding!

[Matrixman]

Thanks for the welcome KukriKhan! This is my first foray into anything like the Guild...or in fact any type of forum at all. I was pleasantly surprised to see a welcome posted so quickly.

I'm fairly "old" - 44 just before Christmas! I'd be interested to know if there are many baby-boomer members out there.

Because I work as a counsellor at a school I get to talk with heaps of children and young people from ages 5 right up to 16-17. Particularly with guys, computer games are a great common point of interest for us. I'm really into the games, especially the Total War series of course. In fact I'd like to see computer games used as eductional tools - there's heaps of history, story telling, art, critical thinking that may help to switch kids back into learning....or add to it for them.

What do other members think?

Anyway looking forward to keeping involved.~:wave:

[Archer]

Thanks Kukrikhan....I don't know if this thread is for asking questions so I started a new one. It's great to be here, this is a awesome game!

[Nikpalj]

Is there anywhere I could actually find out about what all the downloads actually do? I tried downloading some campaigns for MTW, but there are just names in that list, nothing specific about what they're about. I tried the utilities - the same thing, just sends me to the 3D downloads page. I don't know what I'm downloading, help!

[Zain]

Thanks for the Welcome!

[Zain]

Duke John, The link to the actual instructions to the mod isn't working anymore. Something wrong? :wall: :help:

[KukriKhan]

I'm fairly "old" - 44 just before Christmas! I'd be interested to know if there are many baby-boomer members out there

About every six months or so, someone here starts a "How Old Are You?" thread. Based on those responses in the past, we have members ranging in age from 10 years old to 60, with the average age hovering around 25.

[Marcellus]

Welcome to all new members!

[LA_Maximus]

Hail all:

Name is Maximus, Im 43 years old and my occupation is a mechanical engineer. Im married and have (2) boys.

I was in the US Army for (4) years as a 19E tanker from 1980-1984 and I think thats why Ive fallen in love with RTW. Its the most incredible game Ive seen yet and after months of playing...Ive yet to tire of it.

Barbarian Invasion was a rude wake-up call for me after thinking I mastered RTW...I tried to play the Western Empire (Red) and got frustrated, because I don't think theres any way to beat BI playing the Western Empire. Everyone attacks you from all directions and theres too much to cover with too few resources (troops and Money).

I started a new game playing the Eastern Empire (Purple) and its going much better.

Anyhow, I hope to learn from the Masters in here and Thank You for allowing me to join your Forums.

Sincerely

LA_Maximu§

[Viriatus]

Good evening to all of you, gentlemen!!!I'm from Oporto Portugal, Invincta as Rome, famous maybe by FCP and it's excellent wine...It's nice to join this community with the name of one of the most famous Barbarian Generals from the Iberian Lands. The total war series is allmost all that i expected from a perfect strategy game...so, here i am...And may Ataegina, Endovelic and all the Iberian Gods be with you. Let's celebrate the ones that have designed and conceived(?) this serie of games with humble words and friendship!

AVE!!!


~:cheers:

[Glyndwr]

Hello :2thumbsup:

[KukriKhan]

Hello LA_Maximus, veterans of all types (and we have many) are welcomed here ~:wave: I think you're our first 'tanker'.

Bem-vindo Viriatus Nice name selection! :thumbsup:

And 'How do you do?' to Glyndwr, good to see you joining in. ~:wave:

[Zalmoxis]

Good day LA_Maximus, Viriatus and Glyndwr, welcome to the Org.

[Banquo's Ghost]

Greetings!

I just realised I have not introduced myself properly. I live in England, work as a project manager and have a keen interest in history and particularly of the steppe and Mongol peoples in mediaeval times. I was an officer in the Royal Artillery and this sparked a lifelong interest in battlefield psychology.

My favourite game is MTW and I'm currently enjoying the XL mod hugely. Great thanks to all modders for their work.

I'm glad to have discovered this forum. It adds such an extra dimension to the game to be able to share one's own experiences and learn from others.

[matteus the inbred]

Greetings Archer, LA_Maximus, Viriatus, Glyndwr and Haruchai. any barbarian history-loving people are friends of mine!

Mongol General: What is best in life?
Mongol: The open steppe, a fleet horse, a falcon on your wrist, the wind in your hair!
Mongol General: Wrong! Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women!
Mongol General: That is good!

[Mouzafphaerre]

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:ave: Welcome all! It's still festival time so take your :barrel:
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[Cash]

Welcome new members. You will find most questions will be answered in these posts. I am in the great State of Florida, where it seldom gets freezing cold. I enjoy playing RTW, MTW and STW/WE. I am 64 years old and have not grown up when it comes to games with a challenge. So Kukrikhan you are still a young man.

[Zain]

ZainDustin Duke John, The link to the actual instructions to the mod isn't working anymore. Something wrong? :wall: :help:

[Mouzafphaerre]

ZainDustin Duke John, The link to the actual instructions to the mod isn't working anymore. Something wrong? :wall: :help:
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I wanted to check if I had the tool myself but I'm afraid it's under dust and rubble with the rest of my archive. ~:mecry:
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[talonferguson]

Hey people... My names Talon.

I'm a somewhat new player of MTW. I've read all the strategy threads here & have been playin for a week. I've so far only played in the early era/ hard difficulty rating. I really like the polish, for their retainers...

I was wondering. I'm fine on tactics/strategy, & unit selection for the most part, But I've had a problem in my last few matches, & that was, My king or major generals will die off, & I'll be left with only a 2 or 3 star general. Which is disgustingly frustrating when your attacking a large force with a 6 star+ general.

Any advice on gaining command for my generals? What influences gains? Just number of victories, or is it also the difficulty of those battles? Is more command gained for offense, or defense? Are there any other factors affecting command advances? Anything you could tell me would be greatly appreciated.

Talon

[Monarch]

Welcome all to the Org, hope to see you around the forums :)

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome Talon, son of Fergus! :viking:
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[Ludens]

Any advice on gaining command for my generals? What influences gains? Just number of victories, or is it also the difficulty of those battles? Is more command gained for offense, or defense? Are there any other factors affecting command advances? Anything you could tell me would be greatly appreciated.
The only way to gain command stars is to win battles unfortunatly. However, you can get good-when-outnumber and expert attacker/defender virtues if you often win under these conditions.

Your royal line is also important. If the King has high command and high influence, his sons also tend become great generals upong maturing. However, if his command ability is higher than seven, there is a good chance that his sons will be zero-star duffers for some reason.

Welcome to the Org, everyone! ~:wave:

[talonferguson]

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Welcome Talon, son of Fergus! :viking:
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Son of Fergus indeed =P

Too bad the celts are just a nuisance to the brits and not a seperate entity of the game =P but I'll have to try out those highland clansmen, they're supposed to be low-support cost, & my upkeep is getting up there, I'm fighting just to pay for my continued troop production right now =P But I guess that's the game in a nutshell. Unfortunately I'm romping through constantinople & the Holy Land right now, but I'll get those clansmen eventually. =)

[talonferguson]

The only way to gain command stars is to win battles unfortunatly. However, you can get good-when-outnumber and expert attacker/defender virtues if you often win under these conditions.

Your royal line is also important. If the King has high command and high influence, his sons also tend become great generals upong maturing. However, if his command ability is higher than seven, there is a good chance that his sons will be zero-star duffers for some reason.

Welcome to the Org, everyone! ~:wave:

Ludens, thats great stuff, thank you!

SO all victories regardless of kills/valour gained/forces faced stand to rank you up the same? Hmm.. That's slightly dissapointing, but at the same time good news, I guess!

Another question now =) Since you seem to be the one to ask... The other stats, Piety, Influence, & Accumen... , Can they be changed? How are they gained? & what are there effects, respectively? I know governors effect the income of a province via accumen, & Dread prevents revolts... But that's about all I know. Any help? Specifically, On influence.

Also can someone explain how you open trade via boats? I made some caravels & sent them out in a chain over 6-8 ocean territories, along with my docks & tradinhg posts, but noticed no real change in the 30-50 trade income in those territories, I don't get it, am I missing something? Is there more to it then building the boats/docks/trading post & putting some boats in the ocean where other docks are.... ( and every connecting square between yours & theres )

Sry for all the Q's. :help:

Talon Ferguson
CA, USA

[talonferguson]

[QUOTE=Ludens]The only way to gain command stars is to win battles unfortunatly. However, you can get good-when-outnumber and expert attacker/defender virtues if you often win under these conditions.


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Oh, and what do you mean by "virtues"? :idea2:

[Marcellus]

Welcome all new members! I hope you enjoy your time here.

[talonferguson]

Thanks for the welcome KukriKhan! This is my first foray into anything like the Guild...or in fact any type of forum at all. I was pleasantly surprised to see a welcome posted so quickly.

I'm fairly "old" - 44 just before Christmas! I'd be interested to know if there are many baby-boomer members out there.

Because I work as a counsellor at a school I get to talk with heaps of children and young people from ages 5 right up to 16-17. Particularly with guys, computer games are a great common point of interest for us. I'm really into the games, especially the Total War series of course. In fact I'd like to see computer games used as eductional tools - there's heaps of history, story telling, art, critical thinking that may help to switch kids back into learning....or add to it for them.

What do other members think?

Anyway looking forward to keeping involved.~:wave:



I dropped out of High-school to play Starcraft/Starsiege tribes/Myth: The Fallen lords. Seriously... You couldnt keep me at school with a gun, when online gaming was waiting at home.

I've recovered =P lol... Im a healthy & succesful adult, & almost a college graduate now ( at 21 ), but yeah... Computer games are WAY too engrossing & distracting for kids & teenagers. Seriously... I'm a prime example, & games have only gotten better / more engrossing since.

God knows what would've to me had I discovered Ever'crack earlier =P


It's not to say that games don't stimulate thought & study, they do, I study the crap out of every game I play, from guides to forums, to films, & practice practice practice, but it's not the kind of study that leads to success in school =P

[Tarkhan Samsam]

Hello everyone. I'm a big fan of the Total War series even though i only have MTW. I've had the game for more than a couple of years now and have completed it victoriously on a few occasions. I love history, primarily Roman and Dark Age European history and how the barbarians shaped modern Europe. Being a desecendant of one of the steppe peoples i find myself interested particularly in the origins and history of peoples like the scythians, huns, sarmatians, magyars etc.

Looking forward to many good discussions here.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome Tarkhan Samsam! You will find plenty of history at the Monastry and many steppe enthusiasts (eg. Steppe Merc) and occassionally true experts (jurchen fury) too. May I ask, which steppe people is that? :charge:
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[Seagrave]

Howdy folks, I've been playing RTW since November and love it. Before that I've mostly played WoW and SWG. I've been reading these forums for several weeks and have seen alot of good advice and interesting posts. I hope I can cotribute to both.

[Mithras]

well meet. Board members long time lurker but I've been motivated to sighn up to present guides to barbarian invasion battle tactics and on if you decide to stay pagan rather than go christian or vice versa in some cases.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome! :medievalcheers:
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[Samurai Waki]

Greetings all new members:balloon2:

[Tarkhan Samsam]

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Welcome Tarkhan Samsam! You will find plenty of history at the Monastry and many steppe enthusiasts (eg. Steppe Merc) and occassionally true experts (jurchen fury) too. May I ask, which steppe people is that? :charge:
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My family are from Hungary but i was born in Canada.

[Ludens]

Oh, and what do you mean by "virtues"?
virtue - 1) Behavior showing high moral standards: paragons of virtue.
A quality considered good or desirable in a person: patience is a virtue
A good or useful quality of a thing: Mike was extolling the virtues of the car | There's no virtue in suffering in silence
Archaic: virginity or chastity, especially of a woman
(New Oxford Dictonary of English)

In the game, your unit leaders (whether they are king, prince, general, governor or just commaning officer of a group of peasants) will develop vices and virtues (often indicated as V&V's), like good/bad commander, pious/heretic, drunkard, corrupt, herioc leader, great warrior and so on, that will affect their performance either in battle or as governor. Most of them directly influence piety, command, acumen, loyalty or dread, but some are less noticable, for example susceptibility to bribes or increases/decreases in farming, trade or mining income. Agents do not get V&V's.


The other stats, Piety, Influence, & Accumen... , Can they be changed? How are they gained? & what are there effects, respectively? I know governors effect the income of a province via accumen, & Dread prevents revolts... But that's about all I know. Any help? Specifically, On influence.
Yes, they can be changed, most often through V&V's. Most V&V's are random, but there methods to increase your generals stats.

Influence can be gained by succesful crusades, conquering provinces and relieving sieges of your allies' castles. Failed crusades or losing provinces decreases influence. Influence improves loyalty of generals and provinces and should make it easier to bend other nations to your will. Also, high-influence kings tend to get sons with higher stats, and also will get an occasional one- or two-star general or admiral when recruiting.

Loyalty is mainly dependent on the King's influence, but marrying a princess to a general or giving him titles also helps. Treason trails may increase the loyalty of other generals, provided they succeed. If they fail, expect a loyalty hit, not in the least with the tried general. If all else fails, keeping generals in the King's stack will make them more loyal, as well as making it impossible for them to revolt. Loyalty determines susceptibility to bribes and the chance a general will revolt against you. A low-loyalty, high-command general commanding a powerful stack is a severe liability, especially if he is of royal blood or married to a princess.

Piety is gained by staying in high-zeal provinces. An inquisition trail can give both piety-increasing and piety decreasing V&V's, provided the defendant does not get burned. Commanding crusades also increases piety. Piety is mainly useful as defence against inquisitors. Also, high-zeal provinces don't take wel to low-piety governors and low-zeal provinces don't like high-piety governors.

Dread scares the populace into loyalty. It is gained by killing prisoners on the battlefield or ordering all rebels put to death after a rebellion. Remember though that the first action also results in a lower morale for the army and the second decreases the hapines of the population (although both actions need to be carried out two or three times before the adverse effects appear).

There is no known way to gain acumen, but with a governor it increases the provinces income with ten procent and with the king it increases the kingdom's income with two percent.


Also can someone explain how you open trade via boats? I made some caravels & sent them out in a chain over 6-8 ocean territories, along with my docks & tradinhg posts, but noticed no real change in the 30-50 trade income in those territories, I don't get it, am I missing something? Is there more to it then building the boats/docks/trading post & putting some boats in the ocean where other docks are.... ( and every connecting square between yours & theres )
To trade you need a trading post or higher merchant, a dock and an unbroken line of ships to a port held by a neutral or allied faction. You cannot trade with your own or enemy provinces, or with provinces that do not have a port. Also remember that profits from exports are shown in the merchant building-scroll and not the port building-scroll. The port derives income from importing goods from other factions (I though it was 20% of the export profits, but I am not sure).

Incidentally, if you want to ask more questions, you should start your own thread in the Entrance Hall. This thread is just for introductions.

[Mouzafphaerre]

My family are from Hungary but i was born in Canada.
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Nice Magyar guys we have here, and more than enough Canadians! ~D
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[Ravenloch]

geetings and Salutations...I have been playing MTW for about 2 years...and thought I would join. Hope to be talking with you all soon.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome and well met Ravenloch. :knight:
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[BrSpiritus]

I got MTW as a Christmas present from a friend, now I can't get away from the computer because this game is just great! I look forward to meeting everyone on here and getting to know you.

BrSpiritus

[Matrixman]

Hi BrSpiritus,

Just wanted to say Welcome and hope you enjoy your involvement here at the org. I wonder if your friend knew he or she would change your life forever with MTW for Christmas eh?

Do you think you'll get VI?? :viking: :viking:

[Matrixman]

It's not to say that games don't stimulate thought & study, they do, I study the crap out of every game I play, from guides to forums, to films, & practice practice practice, but it's not the kind of study that leads to success in school =P

Hey talonferguson.....thanks for your comments...I can see what you mean.

Heck I would I have loved History a la Medieval Total War when I was at school.

:book: :bounce:

It's just that when I see a significant number of kids struggling with mainstream academic work, it'd be great to somehow channel the energy and enthusiasm they have for games into something that does contribute to their school success.

The Head of English at my school apparently wrote a paper on this - he was a Diablo fan back then - he's left us now unfortunately.

Anyway.....here's to many victories on the fields of MTW for you.....hope you enjoy the org

[shadowarmy75]

but it's not the kind of study that leads to success in school =P

Depends on who you are. Age of Empires:Rise of Rome made me interested in ancient history. And RTW only added to that interest.

[Marcellus]

Welcome to the Org, new members.

[Tarkhan Samsam]

Depends on who you are. Age of Empires:Rise of Rome made me interested in ancient history. And RTW only added to that interest.

I signed up for an Ancient Civilizations course in high school after playing Centurion: Defender of Rome. Anyone else remember that game? Its availible as abandonware nowadays.

[BrSpiritus]

Hi BrSpiritus,

Just wanted to say Welcome and hope you enjoy your involvement here at the org. I wonder if your friend knew he or she would change your life forever with MTW for Christmas eh?

Do you think you'll get VI?? :viking: :viking:


Yes, I plan on it but money is a little short right now. Maybe a couple of months from now, I still having enough fun with vanilla MTW.

BrSpiritus

[talonferguson]

THanks Ludens, You the man!

MatrixMan... Will kids ever be engrossed in learning? Im skeptical =P
My 8th grade history teacher had us do a Paper-&dice 'risk' game for japanese history, on a huge board, assigning a rice value to each square, I'm amazed now at how much it was like Shoguns strategy mode. I also did a 'jeopardy' on middle eastern culture. I won both these games =P Hardy-har. but they were my most remembered study subjects, without a doubt, because of this competitive, interactive approach.

I dunno... Maybe tie lessons into a MMORPG 'quest' type system =P and let the kids play WOW all day =)

I think we're a long way from grasping an entertaining learning system, where kids would prefer school over.... anything but =P

but it's a great idea. It'll happen someday, In our lifetimes? I wonder.

I'll take my rants to a more appropriate forum now =) :oops:

Talon

[Judge]

Hello to you all, for some time now i havnt been able to post , untill i found a thread somewhere telling me to post in new members section :wall: , lol

i am Tiger_Judge from the Tiger clan in mtw/vi, maybe some of u have seen me in there.

at last i have post , now there will be no stopping me :idea2:

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome Judge! ~:wave:
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[Andy Shadows]

Hello folks. Im little off from net around these times, but I try to pop in and discuss about things when possible. I have been playing rome total war for god knows how long and haven't played anything else since. Im going to try out total realism since it seems to change the colours of the troops a little more bearable, like those horrible eachaching parthians!

[Matrixman]

Hello to Judge and Andy Shadows.........~:cheers:

Talonferguson......I guess I'm a glass-half-full type of guy rather than glass-half-empty....so I'm always on the lookout for creative strategies.....I'm back with students next Monday......Summer holidays are just finshing here in Queensland, Australia. -

Thanks for your comments.:trytofly:

[dkdnt]

to all people who cares.

hello, i`m Andrija, but you can call me dkdnt(it`s a game of letters and spelling, meaning descedent), and i`m from serbia, so you will understand bad english.
there is not much to say except i love bloody toatal war, and altough i didnt play mtw and stw but only rometw, i can say this is greatest strategy game of all time.
this is my first total war forum(i hope and last), but i share my opinion about this game on some other(serbian) forums.

to all fans of Seleukid empire, I salute to you, to all other people, i respect you, even as enemies(khm, khm).
greatist thing about total war for me is loading screen proverbs, so expect lot of wise talk from me.

keep your swords sharp, and your eyes bright...

[KukriKhan]

Dobrodoshlo...Hello dkdnt,welcome totheOrg! ~:wave:

We look forward to your wise talk. (And please pardon my Serbian, if I used the wrong greeting).

[dkdnt]

well you was close enough(you missed gender, cuz im male it should be...dobrodoshao).
i cant believe you know this, and im very honoured by domestic greeting. thanks man.
duke of serbia, i hope this is his nick here said few good things about this place on some serbian forum. he also said that there is only two members from serbia here, so im third. thats why im so surprised abuout this greeting.

i know that this is not right place to ask, but i hate to write lot of posts, so i`ll use this as it is.
how can i put avatar from my hard disk, or from another url.

[Ludens]

i know that this is not right place to ask, but i hate to write lot of posts, so i`ll use this as it is.
how can i put avatar from my hard disk, or from another url.
I am afraid the board does not allow custom avatars. There is some discussion on this subject going on, but as yet it is impossible

Welcome to the Org, dkdnt ~:wave: .

[KukriKhan]

Thanks for the language correction. :bow:

Yes, DukeOfSerbia has been with us for almost a year now.

Ludens answered your avatar question. Near the top of each page, look for the link "show avatars". That will display the pool of avatars we ask you to chose from (they are from the 3 games and expansion packs).

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Welcome dkdnt! :ave:
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[dkdnt]

Thanks for the language correction. :bow:

Yes, DukeOfSerbia has been with us for almost a year now.

Ludens answered your avatar question. Near the top of each page, look for the link "show avatars". That will display the pool of avatars we ask you to chose from (they are from the 3 games and expansion packs).
yes, i know that, but i thought that i can use my avatar(one i use on other forums and halfhandmade). anyway i disabled show avatar option, but now i will choose some other. thanx

[Zalmoxis]

Hello new member.

[KukriKhan]

... but i thought that i can use my avatar(one i use on other forums and halfhandmade)...

We would be glad to at least view your custom avatar dkdnt. If you have it on your hard drive, you can have ImageShack upload and host it.

[to do that:
reply to this post,
scroll down below the text area,
see the "Image Hosting by ImageShack" box;
browse to your avatar image; select it, then
click "host it";
from the ImageShack page that appears, copy the "thumbnail for forums" link, and
paste it into the org's reply text box;
add any text you like.
To check before posting, click "preview post";
your image should display]
click "submit"

Looking forward to seeing your artwork.

[HalfThere]

I'm testing my posting. It seems erratic.

[KukriKhan]

So far so good, HalfThere - looks like you're 'all there' here. Welcome to the Org ~:wave:

[dkdnt]

my lovely avatar.
https://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9205/avatarribapop3tj.jpg KukriKhan, once again thanx man

[Crian]

~:wave: Hello everyone!

My name is Crian, I'm technically new here but I've been reading these forums for the past 2 years, and I felt that it's time I started posting. :2thumbsup:

I'm from the Philippines (and probably the ONLY one), and I'm a single player veteran of the Total War series. I've never played online before (high-speed internet in my hometown is expensive and we can't afford it so there...) I played Shogun for a year, then Medieval, and finally, Rome. I'm currently playing Rome: Total Realism because vanilla became so boring after a year. So hello again to everyone and I hope someday I could contribute something worthwhile to the community. :bow:

By the way, English is not my native language so kindly forgive any mistakes. :laugh4:

[Matrixman]

Hi Crian,

Welcome to the org.......Good on you for deciding to get involved.....hope you have a great time. :balloon2: :balloon2: :balloon2: :balloon2:

By the way....having played all 3 of the Total War games....do you have a favourite?

[The Darkhorn]

my lovely avatar.
https://img12.imageshack.us/img12/9205/avatarribapop3tj.jpg KukriKhan, once again thanx man

:hide: Arrgghhhh! What is it!? Make it go away!!

Welcome!

[dkdnt]

but it`s just a naughty girl...
and i can not maki it go away... help?

[Crian]

Thanks Matrixman! That's actually a very tough question... and I really can't give a simple answer. :sweatdrop:

In terms of the atmosphere, I feel that Shogun is the best as opposed to the other two (putting in consideration the time at which each game was released). The throne room, the excellent music and sound as well as the movies really immersed me in the game experience. In terms of gameplay... Medieval because of the huge variety! Overall though, it would be Rome (with RTR of course) because of all the features added through the lessons learned from the past two games... so there. :2thumbsup: