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**Elmar Bijlsma** · 08-21-2009, 19:46

Actually, I'm thinking the opposite. Since it's practically the same game there is a good chance that some improvements or fixes for NTW will be retrofitted back in to ETW.

**Slaists** · 08-21-2009, 20:34

Originally Posted by Elmar Bijlsma

Actually, I'm thinking the opposite. Since it's practically the same game there is a good chance that some improvements or fixes for NTW will be retrofitted back in to ETW.

Well, improvements made in the Kingdom's version of the MTW2 never made it into MTW2.

**Lemur** · 08-21-2009, 21:10

Has anybody from CA posted anything anywhere about the AI?

**sassbarman** · 08-21-2009, 22:41

Originally Posted by Lemur

Has anybody from CA posted anything anywhere about the AI?

nope! and until it is confirmed that significant work has been done on the CAI and DAI i will be taking a pass on this one(NTW). I have been a firm supporter of CA for a long time and have faithfully purchased every game and expansion on release day without hesitation, but with the prospect of more shoddy game play merely repackaged with a shiney new map and units, that streak maybe over and I fear my blind trust has been compromised.

**Elmar Bijlsma** · 08-21-2009, 22:46

Originally Posted by Slaists

Well, improvements made in the Kingdom's version of the MTW2 never made it into MTW2.

Clearly not all features of Kingdoms would have gone towards the patch. They'd want people to buy the expansion. Yet there was a patch released hot on the heels of Kingdoms release that contained some of what had been improved in Kingdoms.

Having said that, I will require a great deal of patching before I can consider purchasing NTW. CA, if you are reading, more then the current figleaf of support for ETW is required.

**peacemaker** · 08-21-2009, 23:39

Having said that, I will require a great deal of patching before I can consider purchasing NTW. CA, if you are reading, more then the current figleaf of support for ETW is required.

The focus for the update has been AI, both campaign and battle along with improvements to sieges and the naval rebalancing. A lot of work has been put into the campaign and diplomacy AI, focusing on how it wages war, makes alliances and peace as well as use of naval invasions. Battle side improvements have been made to most areas of the AI with the focus on the siege AI which has had major changes made to it. Sieges have also had a lot of work done on them with a lot of bugs fixed, improvements made to pathfinding and how guns and troops on walls work.

It seems to me they are doing a great deal of work. Give them time, they're trying to sort things out. I think that sooner or later they're going to end up with some competition and therefore start trying to fix all these things.

**Elmar Bijlsma** · 08-22-2009, 00:09

Unsurprisingly, I'm less interested in what they tell me of improvements then in the improvements they show me. It's been too many months, too many claims made and not realized.

Give them time? It would seem I have no other option.