This is the only place I could ask!!!

**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.

**lionhard** · 03-27-2010, 18:44

What game are they bringing out next in the series?

**Duguntz** · 03-27-2010, 18:52

Originally Posted by lionhard

What game are they bringing out next in the series?

Rome2 Total War (i hope!)

**Marcus Darkstar** · 03-27-2010, 20:01

Originally Posted by Duguntz

Rome2 Total War (i hope!)

God yes.

Then there could be a EBIII? With an all improved AI think about the wonders EB can be!

**WinsingtonIII** · 03-27-2010, 20:32

I think the M2TW AI is better than RTW, but it's still not great. Megas is definitely right that the campaign AI is much better about maintaining alliances and accepting reasonable proposals, however, it can still be very stubborn. The changed recruitment (with recruitment pools) also helps with AI army composition, because it cannot simply recruit the same unit over and over, especially with elites. In terms of battle AI, it's roughly the same, however I've personally found that the AI generals are a bit less suicidal.

Of course, the biggest improvement in the M2TW AI over RTW is that it is moddable.