Here we're publishing forty menu screenshots from the game........

Interesting screenshots. Apparently the choices upon capture of a settlement are to occupy it, sack it, or exterminate the populace.

No enslavement...

I wonder if the sack will be the same mechanism that the hordes in BI have now? Get loads of loot and the province goes rebel...

finally CA give the best western cavalery to France and the injustice is repaired after the first MTW :2thumbsup:

Gendarmes rules.

Too bad no more enslavement:no:

I think that sacking will probably yield the same amount of loot that extermination does, but spare the population........i wonder if that contributes to a generals dread or chivalry?

Well, enslavement wouldn't be particularly accurate in the Medieval era, so I suppose we should be happy about that. :2thumbsup:

I wonder if 'sacking' a settlement does the same thing as it did in BI (generating an immense amount of cash, destroying most of the infrastructure, killing most of its population and handing the remains over to Rebels) or does something new entirely, like CaesarAgustus suggested.

Russia in medieval? No, it not possible.:wall: It's Novgorod.

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Originally Posted by Hastiati

Here we're publishing forty menu screenshots from the game. You can see there all settings options, Custom Battle screen, main camapaign, multiplayer mode and all historical battles (setups of armies, descriptions and maps). Here goes the full list of all historical battles implemented in MTW II:

- Agincourt;
- Arsuf;
- Hastings;
- Otumba;
- Pavia;
- Tannenberg (Grunwald);
- Hattin;
- Setenil

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As far as I know in Battle of Pavia Fernando de Avalos defeated François I because of terciosa units (pikemen + musketeers). And François I lost because he came mostly with knights who were annihilated by terciosa units (François I was even captured and imprisoned!). On screenshot I see only three French knight’s units from twenty of them.


Campaign map has some unhistorical “things”:

1. The Byzantine Empire held Bulgaria, Epir, Crete and Rhodes in 1080. :book:
2. Portugal holds Navarre?! How is this possible?:wall:
3. Milan holds Genoa?!:wall:
4. Moors hold southern Iberia, but in fact, Almoravids (Al-Murabitun) weren’t crossed from Africa into Al-Andalus in 1080. Anyway, it’s at least ok compared to:
5. Zagreb is capital of crippled Yugoslavia in Western Balkan Peninsula. :laugh4: Bucharest is capital of Wallachia?!:laugh4: Sofia is capital of Bulgaria?! It seems that somebody in CA opened modern political atlas and put those towns here (no offense). :oops:

So far, my conclusion is that MTW was more historical accurate on campaign map.

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Originally Posted by ChewieTobbacca

I'm glad that M2TW seems to be more historically accurate and flavored

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Maybe for units but campaign map don’t. At least in original MTW there were Serbia and Croatia as provinces and now there is crippled Yugoslavia with Dalmatia separated.

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Originally Posted by Maizel

Hmm i read in that article that CA is considering to put a full multiplayer campaign in the expansion.

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You mean on this:

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Originally Posted by MTW II in Leipzig – report

There is also a very positive news although I'd prefer to stay realistic and do not fall into too big optimism. Anyway, the man from the Sega's stall said, that the Creative Assembly team is seriously considering adding a full online campaign to the expansion pack of MTW II. Probably you will be shocked by this news - just as I was, so I will repeat it once more – this information is unofficial and not confirmed. It of course doesn't mean that it has to be just a rumour but.. Anyway, fingers crossed.

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Originally Posted by econ21

Of course the mercenary system in RTW makes dependence on them less problematic than in MTW. IIRC, in MTW, you play double upkeep for mercs; in RTW, it is just double the recruitment price. Ultimately, it is upkeep that is the key economic consideration, so an army of mercs need not be prohibitive in RTW whereas in MTW it would be rather a profilate use of funds.

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The main problem with mercenaries in both MTW and RTW is that AI never uses it. The real improvement will be that AI uses them finally.

I have to say, it does not look brilliant

......Orda

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Originally Posted by DukeofSerbia

The main problem with mercenaries in both MTW and RTW is that AI never uses it.

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Do you play campaigns on Very Hard? In my experience under that setting, the AI often hoovers up the mercenaries. I try to only hire one or two per stack, but sometimes I hire them just because I can't face fighting them under AI control.

Agreed. On medium RTW, they never do. On hard RTW, they do.

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Originally Posted by Nathanael

Agreed. On medium RTW, they never do. On hard RTW, they do.

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I was going to say... Sometime I find myself wondering where all the mercs are and boom an enemy stack turns up and it is half full of mercs...

Maybe it is a money issue? The AI gets bonus cash on Hard and Very Hard...

Looks pretty damn sweet overall....

2 things that bug me-

1) I want the ceremonial Varangian Guard!! I know they might not be exactly historical but they were cool as hell in MTW1! The pic of them in the byzantine select screnn doesnt make them look very elite IMHO.

2) Also Byzantine related...Byzantines have no access to gunpowder??? I hate this historical determinism that creeps into games...if the byzantines survived past 1453 it is quite reasonable to assume they would have developed this technology.

If a player survives past 1453 they would develop it too most likely...just because byzantium didnt survive in real life does not mean that all research possibilites should stop at that date! :furious3:

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Originally Posted by econ21

Do you play campaigns on Very Hard? In my experience under that setting, the AI often hoovers up the mercenaries. I try to only hire one or two per stack, but sometimes I hire them just because I can't face fighting them under AI control.

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Only few times in RTW. I don't like when AI cheats with attack and morale bonuses.
So, I didn't know that and my friends who played on hard and vh never noticed that.:inquisitive:

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Originally Posted by DukeofSerbia

Only few times in RTW. I don't like when AI cheats with attack and morale bonuses.

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Neither do I, but you are talking about battle difficulty. I am talking about campaign difficulty - that mainly gives the AI a lot more cash. I find it compensates for the AIs deficiencies without making individual combats unrealistic.