Land battles FAQ

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 10-21-2008, 07:54

Link http://blogs.sega.com/totalwar/2008/...tal-war-faq-6/

Will the battle maps be bigger?

Yes they are. The battlefield playable areas are currently up to 1.4km2.

**Megas Methuselah** · 10-21-2008, 22:51

How big were battle-maps from RTW and M2TW?

**Jack Lusted** · 10-21-2008, 23:26

About 800m x 800m in RTW, so Empires 1.4k x 1.4k is quite an increase.

**CBR** · 10-21-2008, 23:45

Hm so is it 1.4 km² or 1.4x1.4 km?

CBR

**Megas Methuselah** · 10-22-2008, 05:33

Good question. I await an answer, although I would imagine it would be 1.4k x 1.4k. That's sweet.

**hoom** · 10-22-2008, 07:12

The current mechanism assumes that the battlefield chosen is the best that could be attained as a result of manoeuvre and counter manoeuvre of opposing forces and the limits of terrain in the area.

Was not particularly happy with the answer here.
At least in the RTW engine, you could place your army on a hill on the campaign map, expecting a battle to have your army sitting on a hill & the enemy on the down face, only to find yourself on the downside facing up to the attacking army sitting on your hill!

**Jack Lusted** · 10-22-2008, 08:18

Hm so is it 1.4 km² or 1.4x1.4 km?

As I said 1.4km x 1.4km.

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 10-22-2008, 11:23

Good news. Although 1.4*1.4 is almost 2km2

**CBR** · 10-22-2008, 11:57

Originally Posted by Jack Lusted

As I said 1.4km x 1.4km.

Thanks.

Yes 2 km² maps are a good improvement although it depends a bit on artillery range. It does not take much before a centrally placed battery position can dominate most of the map.

CBR