Suggestions Compiled

[Forward Observer]

Empire appears to be the first total war game where the weather is just graphic window dressing, and it really bugs me to no end to have to fight a battle in a pouring rainstorm with black powder weapons. It is basically a total immersion killer for several reasons

1. Armies consisting of troops armed with black powder weapons (muzzle loading flintlock small arms and artillery) tended to not fight in such conditions since it would quickly render their weapons useless.

2. Commanders would have little or no visibility to aid in controlling their armies.

3. All would become mired up in the resulting mud--especially artillery and supply wagons.


Suggestion:

They need to add back the feature that has been in every other total war game to date--and by this I mean to add back the option for the player to delay the start of a battle in an effort to avoid unfavorable weather and at the same time make the weather realistically affect battlefield conditions.

Cheers