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Kamui_Imagawa
08-08-2002, 22:33
I wonder if MTW will receive an expansion like the equivalent of STW/MI? I think that one thing definately could be modified (if its true...i believe so...) with the naval battles being automatically fought for you. I think you should be able to be commander of the seas as well as commander of the land! Launch your ideas upon the waters of this forum for any improvements that we might expect to find in an expansion for MTW. (i have a feeling the whole siege crew issue might crop up again here...)

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Zawath
08-08-2002, 22:37
Maybe CA is saving player controlled ship battles for a future total war game that happens during pirate era.
Kamui_Imagawa
08-08-2002, 23:10
yeah but why wait for that when you can have it now!!! I mean you could do a siege crew style idea with it as well. Less crew, less cannons or slower the boat goes etc. maybe even put units of men on a boat and then get a "boarding action", could be great...i mean after all an expansion would be a future release anyway so why wait to make a whole new game?

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The assasin of night is a dangerous foe, the assasin of day is extremely dangerous
Vanya
08-08-2002, 23:38
Quote Originally posted by Kamui_Imagawa:
...i mean after all an expansion would be a future release anyway so why wait to make a whole new game?

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So that you spend your money twice. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif
NagatsukaShumi
08-09-2002, 00:07
It's pretty safe to say, if a expansion does come along it's highly likely that the factions people wanted would be added to the game.
Kamui_Imagawa
08-09-2002, 00:51
Quote Originally posted by Vanya:
So that you spend your money twice. http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/smile.gif[/QUOTE]

Yeah but you would be spending money by buying an expansion!


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w00tage
08-09-2002, 03:18
an expansion usually costs £20 and a full game at least £30

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Kamui_Imagawa
08-09-2002, 15:14
Ok then, just for the convienience of you people, for an expansion costing £30 what things could be improved for this?!!!

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The assasin of night is a dangerous foe, the assasin of day is extremely dangerous
Funky Phantom
08-09-2002, 16:41
How are we expected to answer that? We dont even have the actual game yet :P

We dont know what features the finished game will include, it might include a lot of things you didnt know about or expect...
el_slapper
08-09-2002, 17:35
An add-on may cost less than a full game for purchasing, but it costs muuuuuuuuch less to make. so we WILL have at least one add-on. Because we live in a financial world. Remember that AOE did sell more add-ons than original game(hehehe piracy). So the editor probably forgot one or two important thing to fill the add-on. It's not a shame. It's capitalism. You might like it or not.

I dunno for naval battles. Sounds far too different for me. IT's not the same job doing both kind of games. The more probable is a fast-done, frustrating part. Not my cup of tea.

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youssof_Toda
08-09-2002, 17:48
I wouldn't worry about an add-on if MTW hasn't even gone gold yet.
mizuYari
08-09-2002, 18:05
There are several ways to do sea battles:

1. To resolve the control of a sea space, a battle is fought on a beach.
This compromise wouldn't require any changes to the game engine, only some new beach maps.
This is also realist: except for a few famous naval battles, most battles are done on land.

2. Each "army" consists of a group of ships and each ship can fire a range weapon or ram the enemy. I believe this won't require much change in the game engine. Instead of rendering a knight on horse, render a boat.

3. The ship is like a movable seige weapon. The difference is that men on ship, not stanby ship. This requires massive change in the game engine.

MizuYari
MagyarKhans Cham
08-09-2002, 21:17
the most sensible add on will be

a version where u play a campaign from europe to japan

with japanese mongols elephants and so on, like in koeis genghis khan II