STW

[gollum]

Hello BB,
i am heavily biased towards the original version, however i do believe that the mongol invasion is worth having and playing (especially if one is willing and able to try different stats that make the SP game in the japanese and mongol camps more balanced). This however may cost you more because the combined edition (warlord edition) does not permit you playing the original; ie you have to buy them in seperate sets (that will cost definitely more).

And yes it is different in some aspects that are definitely worth it, imo. For starters the battle engine is slightly different - say in STW you cannot disengage units from melee and so match ups matter more (in MTW you can). Additionally in STW you have 4 turns per year, and the seasonal weather that goes with them. Also in STW you have the harvest ie collecting money only once per year, and the tax rate is adjusted for all your teritorries at once (you cannot set different tax rates for ind. terotorries). There are also atmospheric aspects like the throne room and the assassination movies that are unmissable for dedicated TWers like yourself imo.

In terms of balance, the SamWars team tried to recreate as far as that was possible the balance of the original. This can be also re-created in MI by altering the stats. I'll give you a link soon...



Link:https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...old-unit-stats...