View Poll Results: Has the new patches and content got you playing again

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  • Yes, the new content and patch has got me playing ETW again,

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  • No, I cant get excited about ETW, the horse has bolted

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    the G-Diffuser Senior Member pevergreen's Avatar
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    Default Re: Has the ETW horse bolted

    Happens with R:TW, Happens with M2:TW. Happens with every game.

    Play a different one for a while.
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    Default Re: Has the ETW horse bolted

    thing is I havent BEEN playing it for a long while

    I recently went back to finish grinding through the last 10 turns of my Prussian Campaign

    now Im like start a new Campaign - why
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    My whole experience with ETW angered me so much that it actually made me hate the game but the praise for this new patch was so great around here I just had to give it a try. I must say I'm not disappointed.
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    Default Re: Has the ETW horse bolted

    The patches have helped a lot, but I still find a lot of the battles to be boring. The AI just barricades its units inside the buildings. There is no strategy to the battles because you don't get any choice on how to control the battle. Just right click with your troops or artillery and wait until the victory screen pops up. Sure, the AI doesn't put all their units in buildings but half or more of their army.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Yunson View Post
    thing is I havent BEEN playing it for a long while

    I recently went back to finish grinding through the last 10 turns of my Prussian Campaign

    now Im like start a new Campaign - why
    Try one of the major mods. Imperial Splendor will give you a completely different feel about the game. You'll also get more unit variety and differentiation across nations.

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    Default Re: Has the ETW horse bolted

    Ladies & Gentlemen,

    If you are so bold as to start on H or VH in this version of the game be aware that the CAI is going to be very mean. There is little reasoning with the factions, you can get peace but it is not simple.

    If the level of aggression is too much for you try the game on an easier setting until you can cope with what they are throwing at you.

    I know in the past everyone played on VH/VH but this is a different beast. Even on the easier settings you should not expect for everything to be easy. You will likely not get protectorates for pocket change. You will not get France to hand over all its North American possessions if you offer to give them Paris back. You will have to kill off the Pirates before you are safe in any trade theater. You will need a good fleet to protect your merchantmen, and so on.

    The BAI is improved, not perfect but improved. The AI is back to attacking from two sides at once with reinforcements. It set it up that way. Everything seems improved to some degree.

    They have given you what you asked for and it seems stable but has still a few glitches in places with menus and whatnot.

    It seems to be a challenge at what ever level you chose and it is a different sort of game at each difficulty level.

    There are a few things that happen too regularly. For instance, the Iroquois will go to war with the 13 Colonies on the first turn. The UP will declare war on Spain each time, and a few others.

    The old guides won’t do you much good in this version and I have not seen any faction that is a cake walk.


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    Too right, I got destroyed on VH/VH as GB in this latest patch where as previously it was quite easy.
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    Default Re: Has the ETW horse bolted

    I know that normal mode is for wusses, but people should consider it sometime. It makes the campaign AI much more reasonable and doesn't seem to have a lot of effect on the strategic AI. I've had factions accept reasonable peace terms, very few unprovoked declarations of war from friendly nations, and they've even apparently got rid of the 'scripted' DoW's from nations like Georgia.
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    Default Re: Has the ETW horse bolted

    I wondered about the normal mode for a campaign; it may not appear challenging but you will have a reasonable game with AI diplomacy. Keeping the difficulty on the battle level higher may give you a better gaming experience overall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Quickening View Post
    Too right, I got destroyed on VH/VH as GB in this latest patch where as previously it was quite easy.
    This has aroused my interest... :-)
    Best units and best position in game... and destroyed?! well...

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    Default Re: Has the ETW horse bolted

    I think the new patched make for a much more challenging game, especially on the VH/VH settings. Where some players find it frustrating with "unreasonable" CAI, I like the challenge. As GB I do lose campaigns and I hate it when I get a fleet destroyed as it really effs up my trade, but then this is on VH/VH so what's the point in crying about it - I should only commit to fight when I know I can win, right? This is where the battles do gain strategic importance as if I lose my home fleet then I know I'll be bankrupt unless I take some drastic measures, that I can't spam merchantmen to trade theatres without an escort and that if I even step foot on the continent with Jonny Churchill I know I'm dead. It's a balancing act and an act I like.
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