I'm hating ETW multi-player...

**gollum** · 03-27-2009, 17:08

Its really funny that in this sub-forum you ll never see titles as *I am loving ETW mp!* and the like...

**Tsavong** · 03-27-2009, 18:40

lol. Well i have been just the odd player you find there can ruin the match.... though there is not alot that can be done with that there will allways be people who cheat or are abuseive.

**gollum** · 03-27-2009, 18:45

Indeed you are right Zerg, its unfortunately part of the mp scene. Most people are unerved by this actually. There are however people/groups of people that strive to accomodate new recruits. TW mp has many interesting personalities and players...

**Puzz3D** · 03-27-2009, 19:42

Originally Posted by Zerg

lol. Well i have been just the odd player you find there can ruin the match.... though there is not alot that can be done with that there will allways be people who cheat or are abuseive.

That's where the clan system comes into play. Cheaters or dishonorable players get kicked out of clans, and if whole clans are cheaters or dishonorable they get ostracized by the clan community. The game itself has to be good enough to attract enough serious players to form such a community. Total War MP once had such a community, and they wouldn't had left if the quality of the online game had been maintained.

**tgi01** · 03-27-2009, 22:11

Originally Posted by gollum

Its really funny that in this sub-forum you ll never see titles as *I am loving ETW mp!* and the like...

hmmm .. you just gave me an idea ...

TGI

**Lethaface** · 03-28-2009, 03:37

Well, untill now I had quite a blast playing ETW online :)

Played RTW, M2TW & ETW untill now. Not really played a lot of mp before ETW though.

The early quitters are indeed sad, however I cant really blame someone if he decides not to watch how his partner gets eradicated by the same enemy that mangled him up :D

It should not be a reason for quitting back to lobby, altough I noticed I still earned points and scored a win during those times. Perhaps the worst thing is that when it happens, I loose the opportunitie to save those beautiful replays of pure ownage! ;)

Mortars seem overpowered but are also sitting ducks, so Im not really getting all the stress about em. I have yet to see the person that takes mortars only. Have been defeating enough players with 2+ mortars without having any mortars myself. Against mortars you gots to keep moving. When I can keep the enemy occupied, its rather easy most of the time I to kill them mortars with some sacrifice cavalry charge, which is noticed too late by the distracted opponent.

I must admit though that at the moment I usually take 2 mortars along with 1 or 2 horse artillery.

I have witnessed lagging here and there but I blame it on internet connections. I only witnessed lag in 2vs2 games and then only when all 4 players got into action.

And yes, like in all games with mp you are bound to walk into some people of 'another' level or perhaps its better to say they are at another check point in life. As I try to be the adult, I try not to be bothered to much by them. Hey, once we were young too, right?

If you see my game online (lethaface) your sure to have a rule free game with (at least 1) 'normal' persons that are in for the fun.

Few nights ago I won my hardest victory ever. Wanting to try out the persians in MP (after the unlock modpatch), I found out how bad they suck in melee hehe. However I first sort of eliminated my opponent using cav, guns and my elefant general (big grin on my face when it trampled through 4/5 stacks of line & light infantry). Then the other opponent killed off my teammate, leaving him with 1 organ gun and 1 mortar. I attack with a massive stack of 8 almost 100% strength line infantry against a mixed group of survivors. Probably I had more numbers then both of m combined. It started well with me shooting one remaining cavalry to pieces but then he charged 1 half depleted line inf into my line inf. Perhaps it was because of the 'fire & advance' stance but this 80 men routed 1 full regiment and mangled another one before being routed itself. Then I slowly lost all my units in the fight that came, mostly in melee. In the end the enemy had probably only left 200 man over different units. I quickly moved my last cannon to protect my 2 remaining mortars. And with a lot of luck, many grape shots and mortar shels I routed all his units. 3 of them only meters before the cannon barrels. With sweaty hands i finally clicked the victory button :)

Yes, I love ETW MP ;)

Cheers