This is the only place I could ask!!!

**Duguntz** · 03-27-2010, 15:49

Thanks for the fast answer! i looked at the trailers, and it lokoed a load of fun in there. I think i'll give it a try! how are the naval battles?

**Marcus Darkstar** · 03-27-2010, 15:55

much the same from ETW but improved overall. Shot and the advatage of ships of the line over frigates more clearly noticeable. and the repair ability is nifty for those longer battles.

Admiral Nelson is a major headache in the French Campaign (as he should be lol). He has a large british fleet under his command at the start of it and loves blockading French and allies ports (which is major in mine since more than 2/3rds of my super large surplus is divered from trade thanks to a super large trade network i established with protectorates etc)

**Duguntz** · 03-27-2010, 16:00

Neeto, sorry to ask so many question! is just that I didn't played ETW, so NTW is a major change for me!

**Marcus Darkstar** · 03-27-2010, 16:03

lol if you dont have ETW then NTW will be utterlly mindblowing :P You didnt have to deal with the various bugs ETW experienced....

**Megas Methuselah** · 03-27-2010, 17:58

Yeah, I enjoyed ETW for a while, though it was disappointing in many ways. I keep hearing really good things about NTW, though, but I'll still wait until it hits the bargain bin.

As for M2TW, it's not all that great. No. If I were you, I'd wait until the EB Team releases EB2 until buying M2TW and the Kingdoms expansion. AI's retarded in M2TW just like in RTW. I noticed, however, that combined with repeated political marriages and small tributes every turn, alliances can become very strong and solid; I played a crazy game as Scotland once, and the Dances & English were strong allies because of these marriages, in spite of the fact that WE SHARED FREAKIN BORDERS. Even in EB, it's difficult (though certainly possible, I do it all the time) to maintain alliances with shared borders. In conclusion, the only things I actually liked about M2TW were the marriage alliances. I guess the multiple skins per unit, blood effects, and re-vamped recruitment system were ok, too.

I really hope EB2 includes princesses in the game, even if only for the Hellenic & Hellenistic factions. Those marriage alliances are realistic and historically accurate, after all, and TOTALLY adds flavour to the game. Heck, we even see marriage alliances occuring between Carthaginians and Iberian tribes in history, too... Even if they're not included, they should at least be disabled (like they were for the Muslim factions), so they can be easily enabled through modding. PLEASE.