MP patch wishlist

**t1master** · 03-29-2009, 14:54

cavs should get a penalty when charging through the forest and all bunched up. i played two games yesterday where cavs ripped through my line infantry in the woods as if they were on a flat plain. cavs were also massed/spammed like in rome, a big wedge all attacking the same unit.

**gollum** · 03-29-2009, 17:30

Thank you t1master. Updated.

**Postino** · 03-29-2009, 19:13

a) technical issues/bugs
Game/Server disappears late in battle when playing as guest without an end battle screen/player left and battle will end screen. this also seems to affect windows live achievements, I never got the achievement for my first naval battle b/c of this.
Fix the chat bug-I'd like to talk to allies w/o the enemy hearing it!

b) Bugs

Light Infantry; (perhaps linked to special light infantry, riflemen stance) wont do a decent about face (facing rotation) when ordered to withdraw a bit. A few clicks on the "forward" button fix it, but it is annoying nonetheless.
Often when I give multiple units the same shooting order on an out-of range target, my inf will just keep walking toward the target as if it were an melee attack order.
Limber-up and fire at will seem to have arguments with each other, please fix it so that I can press limber once and comeback to guns that are ready to tow-I am tired of having to hold their hands to get them to move.
Cavalry in my games have 2 speeds, normal charging speed and slow as molasses. Why dose it take 2 forever's to walk my cav somewhere when it takes only 10 seconds to get to the same place by running them.

c) mp enhancements
Chat lobby would be nice...
A way to check steam servers in other regions from within the game would also be nice.
An indicator, as opposed to a filter, for whether a game is ranked or not would be great too.

d) balance issues/game suggestions
+Stamina, +penalty from woods for Cav.
Don't adjust morale effects for Cav!
Mortars:too powerful, accuracy doesn't matter with mass-barrage weapons, adjust range a little and price a lot.
Horse artillery needs greater accuracy, and foot artillery slightly less so(excepting the 24lber).
Artillery is extremely vunerable to counter artillery fire, losing a whole battery to one explosive shell is nuts!
Steaks should be adjusted to VI properties.
Limited artillery ammo.

**gollum** · 03-29-2009, 19:14

Thank you Postino, updated.

**Postino** · 03-30-2009, 12:47

two for naval battles:
Please increase the effect of wind on ship speed; naval battles are just a tad too slow.
Ships of the line were historically extremely vulnerable to shot from the bow or stern but this doesn't seem to translate to the game. If possible I would like to see ships having directional vulnerabilities to round shot.

**gollum** · 03-30-2009, 13:09

Thank you Postino, updated.

**Postino** · 03-31-2009, 00:04

(1) - Artillery - Make foot artillery slightly less accurate save for 24clb.

What I had meant was make both horse and foot art more accurate, but horse moreso. For simplicities sake just include foot art with the horse art.

more:
Show the names of players on their unit info pop-ups.

Give the host control how many units of foot, horse and art that a player can select for his/her army.

Add a few more fund denominations.

Give us more maps or a map editor.

Gollum is now taking bets on how long it will be before I reply to this thread again.