November 2008

[Martok]

Some interesting ideas there, aftzengeier....one of which brings up a question I'd not yet thought of: I wonder if we'll be able to construct both roads *and* railways? It seems logical that we would, but it's probably wiser to refrain from assuming that's the case unless & until we hear otherwise.

Maybe you should think about november 2009?

Heh. We should only be so lucky.

[Matt_Lane]

I wonder if we'll be able to construct both roads *and* railways?

I'd like to see the ability to build canals and then railways in the second half of the game. If the player invested in developing these they should benefit from an increase in industrial production and therefore increased financial income. In a similar way, as stated elsewhere in the forum, developing sailing technologies (sextant, mapping trade winds) should have a positive effect on trade income.

[Fisherking]

Railways?
You know the first locomotive wasn’t invented until 1803 or there abouts, don’t you?
I don’t think they would have that much of an impact on the game. It would cover less then 1/6th of the game anyway and they didn’t have a major impact until the mid 1830s.

[Furious Mental]

Well the published concept art includes railways. That suggests to me that railways come into it somewhere.

[Matt_Lane]

Wagon ways were used throughout the period but there development increased in pace around the mid 18th century with the needs to haul the bulk goods of the industrial revolution. True steam locomotives did not make an appearance until the early 19th century (Trevithicks Puffin Devil 1801 and Pennydarren 1803) but I would like to see them make an appearance at the end of the game. I'm a little dubious about CA's artwork as they seem to be depicting Locomotion No.1, which pulled the first passenger service in 1825, a little out of the proposed time frame.

[Polemists]

So first since the dev that posted didn't seem to deny the release I suppose that's as close to a unofficial confirmation as we are gonna get.

Second, so does this mean we get a website for empire total war sometime before August now? :)