Suggestions Compiled

**Fisherking** · 06-01-2009, 15:19

How about adding to unit cards or some place in the lists the names and ages of the various brigadiers and captains.

When promoting generals and admirals it is blind as is recruiting them. I am rather tired of spending money too hard come by in this game on 90 year olds who die next turn.

**SMZ** · 06-01-2009, 16:15

updated again - good suggestions Monsieur Alphonse, Didz & Fisherking - i particularly like the idea to include privateers... i think more subterfuge related economic warfare is definantly needed - it is Total War, but an intelligent leader softens his target up before he strikes and/or harms those more powerful than him as best he can without their knowledge

a few notes: I left out the Diplomacy and How Goes the War suggestions because if I remember correctly one of the daily updates said they were already testing something like that for the next patch... we'll see how well it works - I was under the impression that the status of your relations was displayed during diplomacy in the bottom corners - I guess I need to pay attention to see if it happens always, but so far I've always seen alliances falling apart when someone attacked me and their ally refused to join in - for Building Seeker you can filter the Building Browser various ways and 'by Type' is one of them - and for the last three, if I remember correctly CA has said they plan on releasing a set of mod tools eventually... I guess we'll see how well that happens too

**Didz** · 06-01-2009, 17:16

Bomb Ketches
Bomb Ketches should be prohibited from firing their mortars in battles taking place in open water. However, they should be the only naval units able to engage ships in harbour giving them a unique function more in keeping with the historical usage. Thus a bomb ketch should be able to force an enemy fleet to leave harbour.

Originally Posted by SMZ

a few notes: I left out the Diplomacy and How Goes the War suggestions because if I remember correctly one of the daily updates said they were already testing something like that for the next patch.

Thats good news if your correct.

Originally Posted by SMZ

I was under the impression that the status of your relations was displayed during diplomacy in the bottom corners

At the moment all you get on the diplomacy screen is a rough summary of the results. However, from a strategy game perspective the Diplomacy Screen or the provide the explanation of the reason they feel the way they do about your faction, and at the moment that is only available in a mouse-over view.

**SMZ** · 06-01-2009, 19:36

bomb ketch note added

since I was paying attention I think I may have noticed what is going on with the alliances not falling apart - britian did not lose its alliance with portugal despite refusing to join them in their attack against me... however earlier I saw that britian did lose its alliance with portugal when it refused to assist in their defence as I declared war upon them. Thus, I think the answer is that it is ok to decline joining an aggressor, but not ok to decline to defend your ally. Which means there is probably either a bug where the player does not get that same leniency or a bug where the AI is getting a break it was not supposed to

also as I was just playing I had a notification of raiding and it had the snap-to button... it's been a while since I was blockaded - did you mean that it's just the blockade notification that's missing a snap-to?

**Didz** · 06-01-2009, 20:21

Originally Posted by SMZ

also as I was just playing I had a notification of raiding and it had the snap-to button... it's been a while since I was blockaded - did you mean that it's just the blockade notification that's missing a snap-to?

Its not the notification thats the issue, its after the notification when you are checking your trade screen and trying to work out why your suddenly going bankrupt.

The list produced very nicely tells you which trade lanes are being raided and blockaded but there is no way of finding out Why, Where and by Whom. What is needed as a simple 'spyglass' style link on the trade screen so that when you click on 'Your trade with Russia is being Raided' it actually shows you exactly where the problem is.

**Obadiah** · 06-01-2009, 20:40

How about an ability to negotiate (buy-sell-trade) an attack on a mutual 3rd party? ie, "I'll pay you 20,000 if you attack (Spain) next turn". Currently, I don't see any way to coordinate attacks or wars, either offensively or defensively, other than simply calling on allies (whose responsiveness varies dramatically and unpredictably).

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 06-01-2009, 21:13

It would be nice if a peace agreement would include the transition of a trade node. The first that occupied them is their owner. Just give the trade node a name and demand that they be handed over. Wars were (are) fought over trade.