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**gollum** · 03-23-2009, 16:40

AFAIK ETW is made by CA UK not CA AU.

**quadalpha** · 03-23-2009, 17:20

I suppose I'm in the happy minority which have virtually no complaints, or perhaps the angry people are just more vocal.

**AussieGiant** · 03-23-2009, 17:27

Certainly one thing to keep in mind is the largely silent majority.

If you think there have been 20 000 plus people recorded as playing on Steam, the question is, what are the "real" proportions of CTD's? That's the million dollar question.

There is certainly a phenomenon which is the "vocal minority", does this vocal minority represent more than just those saying something and/or are there many more simply watching and not making comment that are experience no issues or the same issues.

Certainly I've never experienced this level of CTD since I started playing back in the STW days.

The build up of code and tracking things seems to increase instability in the late game.

**andrewt** · 03-23-2009, 17:30

While the game may have balance and AI issues and whatnot, I'd be content if they just fix the CTD and performance issues. That's really my biggest gripe right now, the lag, the crashes and the long loading times. I feel the game is playable with those issues, even with balance the way it is.

**AussieGiant** · 03-23-2009, 17:34

Originally Posted by andrewt

While the game may have balance and AI issues and whatnot, I'd be content if they just fix the CTD and performance issues. That's really my biggest gripe right now, the lag, the crashes and the long loading times. I feel the game is playable with those issues, even with balance the way it is.

You don't do anything but solve stability issues as the first order of business in this situation.

I'm confident that is what they are working on right now.

**Quickening** · 03-23-2009, 18:01

Originally Posted by quadalpha

I suppose I'm in the happy minority which have virtually no complaints, or perhaps the angry people are just more vocal.

Well the happy people with no complaints have, like me, been playing the game rather than talking about it

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 03-23-2009, 18:05

I have some complaints but the game is playable. And the modding community has already made some progress to improve the game.

For those who are living under a rock: Darth Vader is back and released his mod to improve the game. Check TWcenter .

**footprint** · 03-23-2009, 18:28

Oh I knew the mod guys would come to the rescue. This game has so much potential. I cant wait to for a good realism mod for Britain.

Silly question whats a CTD? I assume it's a good thing that I've never had one of these.

**Sheogorath** · 03-23-2009, 18:31

Originally Posted by footprint

Oh I knew the mod guys would come to the rescue. This game has so much potential. I cant wait to for a good realism mod for Britain.

Silly question whats a CTD? I assume it's a good thing that I've never had one of these.

Crash To Desktop.

It happens when the computer thinks you're doing too good, or thinks your blood pressure is too low

**CookieRawr** · 03-23-2009, 18:47

I'm one of the few with only one major complaint,The Ai taking forever to finish turns. I finished my British game and am now halfway through my Prussian campaign. I have had only 2 ctds so far, trying to click on one of my British fleets in the English Channel, and one of the the dockyards froze up a few times.

**BigTex** · 03-23-2009, 19:22

This is the only total war game since medieval tw that I did not preorder to get it on release day. After rtw and mt2w showed that the games were getting less and less completed by release I didnt even bother to preorder ETW. Kinda sad that it turned out to be the smart thing to do, was hoping that I would be proved wrong and a good solid game would be released. But seems that's more and more what gaming companies are doing, releasing half made games and fixing them after they get most peoples money. Not looking forward to SWTORO becuase of that.