Anachronisms ?

**Meneldil** · 02-02-2009, 01:06

1799 as the end date is just stupid.

MTW, RTW and M2TW had significant starting/era/ending dates. What the heck is this 1700-1799 period ?

**lars573** · 02-02-2009, 01:56

The 18th century, that's what. The age of elighenment. Of course we have no idea on what the turn:date ratio is like.

**Megas Methuselah** · 02-02-2009, 03:04

Despite that, I do wish they included the Napoleonic era. I guess it'll just be an expansion of sorts...

**Incongruous** · 02-02-2009, 03:37

Dragoons continued to use their firearms even after they were reformed into cavalry proper.

Pikeman were used by poorly trained forces all the way into the French revolution, to some effect, it will be useful to have when your luck is down.

**Polemists** · 02-02-2009, 05:35

The 18th century, that's what. The age of elighenment. Of course we have no idea on what the turn:date ratio is like.

Hate to break facts to you but it was mentioned in another thread that CA is doing the two turns=one year model again.

You can probably mod it out later of course, and customizing events happening through adjusting a file number, but the out of box game is going to be two turns a year.

So you have 198 turns to play ETW grand campaign, I could be wrong of course if they change the dates or something but the 1700-1799 seems pretty solid.

It's not a period like MTW or Rome's four hundred year span. So it may seem short to many, but it's just way it is.

**lars573** · 02-02-2009, 06:18

With only 200 turns I might actually finish more than one campagin. For the second time ever.

**Polemists** · 02-02-2009, 07:06

exactly, while CA is going for a more fast paced, quicker momentum game, hopefully with new ai, new battle system, and new graphics there will be tons of replayablitiy (and I think there will). Even playing the same faction again is now different because of individual faction tech trees. Plus with emergent factions, colonies, and like, you new know who you might end up facing.

For those turtles in the crowd who enjoyed the 50 years build up, it pulls some of that away, though hopefully with quicker armies and buildings a couple years will be more then enough time to build up before you begin.