Finally Multiplayer Gets A Lead Role

[UglyElmo2]

http://www.nowgamer.com/features/916...ew?o=0#listing

"We’re not really talking about multiplayer at the moment – but we are really excited about it in-house. What I can tell you is that we’re aiming to make multiplayer in Shogun 2 better than any multiplayer experience we’ve ever created before.
There are thousands and thousands of people out there who play Total War multiplayer hours and hours a week. We’re grateful for that, but we think we can offer them more still. We’re doing this for those guys, and I think they’re going to love it."

I guess that's the reason not much info coming yet.

Which is discouraging because that is what they have said in every release since the original STW which, to me, more than likely indicates they aren't giving it any more thought than in the past, and will tack on MP at the very end as normal.

Hopefully they will realize MP for what it is: A feature that keeps players interested in the series and increases the likelihood they will purchase the next release instead of leaving for other things. If they had worked to keep all the MP community since STW, their sales would be even greater than they are. It's not like the MP community had ever asked for much in the first place, and the time working on MP would have been well spent.

If there was great MP, those people who chose not to play MTW, RTW, M2TW, Empires and NTW, might have bought the game, just to continue playing with their clan/friends, even though the subject matter and time frame did not interest them much.