Trait: Dislikes Gunpowder

[Divinus Arma]

How boring: Men with pointy sticks lining up and smashing into each other until one side runs away.


I think we shall all be pleasantly surprised. Pre WWI gunpowder warfare is every bit as compelling from a gameplay standpoint, and is just simply DIFERENT.

While previously we loved the sight of catapults launching flaming stones at random into a settlement (I will NEVER forget my first RTW seige), we will now be awed by rows of men dying enmasse at a well timed volley combined with a well placed cannon barrage.

I think the pace is something that is of concern to the worried. But I believe that we shall find the slow steady death march of musket fire and the success of victory after to be just as rewarding. Again, just different. It begins with a march up to the volley, moments of fear as men in the front ranks collapse under fire and as cannonballs spear through the ranks, continues with the charge into the defensive line, and ends with the route. The suspense from this new pace should be splendid!



I can't wait.