Who are you going to play as first?

Originally Posted by pevergreen

As noted, incorrect.



As noted below, both incorrect.


Correct, confirmed and ready to rumble.

For my first relocation campaign. I'm thinking...Mughals to America.

mine were correct but his second option wasnt even register and aks here.

http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/reply...6#reply-559526

the only way we can join the revolutionists is if it happens in the capital.

Originally Posted by ClaymanVTW

mine were correct but his second option wasnt even register and aks here.

http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/reply...6#reply-559526

the only way we can join the revolutionists is if it happens in the capital.

I'm not saying you are wong. But why exactly do you think that they know more than we do? As far as I know CA have not said you can play as the US if they rebel, but they also have not said that you can't. When no information has been presented how can one side or the other be correct? It's just opinion vs. opinion until the game comes out.

If you do have solid information from CA saying that you can't play as the US when they rebel then please copy it and post it here or post up a link. I doubt anyone wants to go through the trouble of signing up with that forum just to ask one question.

Im not saying that you guys know less the point i want to get at now is how much these threads differ from them. But we have seen articles that point it out, currently i must go now though-but i will try to find it later :P

Originally Posted by ClaymanVTW

Im not saying that you guys know less the point i want to get at now is how much these threads differ from them. But we have seen articles that point it out, currently i must go now though-but i will try to find it later :P

Good good. If you can find it post it up and I'll edit the Summary thread. Personally I have no great wish to play as the US in the main campaign as one of the 12 factions. I would rather Portugal was made playable instead.

It doesn't really matter much anyway, since mods will quickly be out that make the US playable if it isn't.

Well I guess CA can just clear it up right now..... *waits several minutes* they missed their cue.

I want to play as France and Britain, two great nations of the period. I like Britain mainly because I want to play as Arthur Wellesley.

Originally Posted by bloodshed

Has it been confirmed that the only way you could play as the 13 colonies in the GC is by a revolt. Or when you beat the RtI it takes you to the campaign? The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1783 isnt the game only from 1700-1799 so when you finish RtI you would only have like 30 something turns to conquer everything your suppose to? Im just confused lol.

Not my concern. We can play past the "end" date. Bad news for blitzers, maybe. But if you play a game like Megas Methuselah does, and try to properly run an empire rather than fight unrealistic, world-conquering superwars, this shouldn't be a concern.

Yes, there's no way to 100% know, but I do recall the ign article...can't remeber which one, mentioned something about if 13 colonies rebelled you could play as them, which led to several spin off threads.


That said, who knows,

The only true way to know of course

is

a


DEMO

Man, the new faction preview for Austria has me really psyched. They were quite low on my list, which went along the lines of Sweden, Prussia, Great Britain, something, something, Austria, but now they're back on top. The opportunities are just endless and someone has to deal with those pesky Ottomans!

france russia and prussia.

Never Fear. Within 10 minutes of me installing the game, I will have a mini fix out to make it longer, and unlock every faction.

Ha ha!

Originally Posted by pevergreen

Never Fear. Within 10 minutes of me installing the game, I will have a mini fix out to make it longer, and unlock every faction.

Ha ha!

Huzzah for mods! Hip hip hurrah!

Huzzah! Now get to it, pever!

Upon further reflection, I believe I'll go through the RTI tutorial/campaign first. (I don't intend to keep playing as the U.S. in the 4th Episode/Grand Campaign, however.)

After that, however, I'm not sure. I'd originally intended to play as the British, but I'm almost leaning more towards France or Sweden now as my official "first" faction. After that, I would say Sweden, Prussia, and the Ottomans round out my top five.

Originally Posted by ClaymanVTW

I know who you play as, but still it only acts as one, yeah the 1st chapter pretty much is but i still think there is a seperate campaign tutorial.

As has been previously pointed out, this is incorrect. It's been stated in numerous articles the RTI campaign is designed in part to ease new/rookie Total War players into the game.

Yep martok is on it, while RTI is a 3 part scripted epic campaign of goodness. It is in very esssence, a long elaborate tutorial.

For instance, you cannot colonize in it, you can't expand much in it.

Think of it as the Julii tutorial but expanded.

I mean you will start out with the very bare bone basics, then each part they add something new, diplomacy, naval battles, ruling a empire, etc.

Of course to truly see this all in action

I wish we had

a

DEMO

Originally Posted by Polemists

Yep martok is on it, while RTI is a 3 part scripted epic campaign of goodness. It is in very esssence, a long elaborate tutorial.

For instance, you cannot colonize in it, you can't expand much in it.

Think of it as the Julii tutorial but expanded.

I mean you will start out with the very bare bone basics, then each part they add something new, diplomacy, naval battles, ruling a empire, etc.

Of course to truly see this all in action

I wish we had

a

DEMO

You'll be lucky if the RTI campaign is included in the demo . Although it might be interesting if that was the case.

Being Scotch-Irish I will probably start with Great Britain although Sweden is tempting.

Originally Posted by USS Providence 1972

Being Scotch-Irish I will probably start with Great Britain although Sweden is tempting.

Cool, I would also like to start with your country/countries, but that is not possible as far as I know. Especially Ireland with its nice isolation and access to the sea has always appealed to me. Not to mention the Scottish, with their bagpipes on the battlefields

If you're going to play Sweden, I recommend NOT marching towards Moscow in the winter. Especially if you are facing a Russian king whose name starts with P and the year is between 1708 and 1710... otherwise the hardy "Indelta" soldiers of Sweden should do just fine. Good luck.

if it is not to hard i will play sweden if it is then france, and kick the royal british behind

Originally Posted by Durango

Cool, I would also like to start with your country/countries, but that is not possible as far as I know. Especially Ireland with its nice isolation and access to the sea has always appealed to me. Not to mention the Scottish, with their bagpipes on the battlefields

If you're going to play Sweden, I recommend NOT marching towards Moscow in the winter. Especially if you are facing a Russian king whose name starts with P and the year is between 1708 and 1710... otherwise the hardy "Indelta" soldiers of Sweden should do just fine. Good luck.

Scotland is definitely in game as an emergent faction. I imagine that mods will make them playable pretty quickly. No one is sure about Ireland, but they seem a likely candidate for an emergent faction.

Highland Clansmen are in game as a unit, and bagpipers have been confirmed.

Originally Posted by Durango

Cool, I would also like to start with your country/countries, but that is not possible as far as I know. Especially Ireland with its nice isolation and access to the sea has always appealed to me. Not to mention the Scottish, with their bagpipes on the battlefields

If you're going to play Sweden, I recommend NOT marching towards Moscow in the winter. Especially if you are facing a Russian king whose name starts with P and the year is between 1708 and 1710... otherwise the hardy "Indelta" soldiers of Sweden should do just fine. Good luck.

I imagine Great Britain will include some Scottish units, not sure about the Irish. That's why I was thinking Great Britain.

With Sweden I would probably leave Russia alone and go after easier targets at least in the beginning. I don't know if the cost of attacking Russia would be worth the benefit. Maybe take some of the Western area as a buffer zone.

One thing I wonder about is whether the AI is improved so that opposing countries will load armies onto transport ships and land them on your territory. That was lacking in RTW.

I don't think I'll play any of the unlockable factions, I just enjoy the speeches and voices to much to play a faction where they are limited at best or stolen from another faction at worst.


I wonder though, if all playable factions are unlockable right off the bat, if any rewards will be given when you beat the grand campaign.

As the reward used to be you could unlock more factions.

Hidden maps, units, new starting leader, i dunno, but i'd be nice to have some reward for your faction when you win.

Originally Posted by Polemists

I don't think I'll play any of the unlockable factions, I just enjoy the speeches and voices to much to play a faction where they are limited at best or stolen from another faction at worst.


I wonder though, if all playable factions are unlockable right off the bat, if any rewards will be given when you beat the grand campaign.

As the reward used to be you could unlock more factions.

Hidden maps, units, new starting leader, i dunno, but i'd be nice to have some reward for your faction when you win.

Some of the non-playable factions will probably have their own voices, especially some of the more unique factions such as the Native Americans and the Indians.

I've always though that TW games need to add in rewards for completing the campaign. It would definitely add even geater replay value.

New units, new colours, a fancy flag, a special building, a new resource, larger starting armies. Any of those would be good rewards for winning as a faction. And it might persuade me to play as every faction if I could unlock something really interesting by playing as them.

Even a decent ending cinematic would be nice. Shogun had by far the best ending of any TW game, and that's saying something really. It was still pretty cool seeing a statue of your leader in modern Japan though.

Yes, I think Barbarian Invasion wasn't bad because at least each faction had it's own little execerpt.

Though Rome sucked, when I won as gaul and got a Briton ending it was sad :(...my guys weren't blue...why did they have to be in the cinematic...


MTW2 was horrid if you didn't play as one of the main five, France, England, HRE, Venice, Spain, you got nothing. No matter who you played it was the same silly movie.

I think some rewards would good, something to expand the faction a little so next time you play it's a slightly different experience.

All those ideas sound good.

Originally Posted by Sir Beane

Some of the non-playable factions will probably have their own voices, especially some of the more unique factions such as the Native Americans and the Indians.

I've always though that TW games need to add in rewards for completing the campaign. It would definitely add even geater replay value.

New units, new colours, a fancy flag, a special building, a new resource, larger starting armies. Any of those would be good rewards for winning as a faction. And it might persuade me to play as every faction if I could unlock something really interesting by playing as them.

Even a decent ending cinematic would be nice. Shogun had by far the best ending of any TW game, and that's saying something really. It was still pretty cool seeing a statue of your leader in modern Japan though.

Ireland also is confirmed by CA and also emerging faction in India it was...Punjab!

Not playable, though.

Yes, it is assumed that the other emergent factions who are not the 13 colonies are not playable.

As for the last two playable factions, no one really knows who they will be. Most guesses are a india faction and another faction.

We will probably here another faction next week as they are running out of days at this point. :)

Prussia

Originally Posted by Polemists

Yes, I think Barbarian Invasion wasn't bad because at least each faction had it's own little execerpt.

Though Rome sucked, when I won as gaul and got a Briton ending it was sad :(...my guys weren't blue...why did they have to be in the cinematic...


MTW2 was horrid if you didn't play as one of the main five, France, England, HRE, Venice, Spain, you got nothing. No matter who you played it was the same silly movie.

I think some rewards would good, something to expand the faction a little so next time you play it's a slightly different experience.

All those ideas sound good.

Kind of like Age of Empires, where you rise in experience and gain benefits from it. I dont think I like that idea.

BUT. What I really want is statistics. Thats all the reward I need. I want to know everything about my faction at the end. How many kills, battles won vs lost, units killed vs lost, etc. Best commander, best income, admiral, etc. Evrrrrything.

GB, and I'll wipe out the French no matter how much it might ruin me and my coffers. It's a thing of principle and tradition. That being said I think Britain has a rivalry of sorts with pretty much everyone in the western world.

Originally Posted by Pinxit

Kind of like Age of Empires, where you rise in experience and gain benefits from it. I dont think I like that idea.

BUT. What I really want is statistics. Thats all the reward I need. I want to know everything about my faction at the end. How many kills, battles won vs lost, units killed vs lost, etc. Best commander, best income, admiral, etc. Evrrrrything.

I'd love to have a statistics screen like this at the end of a campaign! Especially if you could save your results somehow and compare them to others campaigns.

@ IlDuce

Good show! Show those French blighters that us Brits mean business! Take their land and gift it to the Native Americans! That will show 'em.