How many old clans are really coming back?

[jodmeister]

Well, mines ordered.

So that'll be JOD the ronin back.

I never joined any clan after palying STW for quite some time.

Cannot wait to get stuck back into it.

JOD.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

All of these old vets are coming back .

[Judge]

Aggony have recieved a handful of new recruits , who were infact VETS of Old , im sure you will recognise the names when you see them :)

[DthB4Dishonor]

Aggony have recieved a handful of new recruits , who were infact VETS of Old , im sure you will recognise the names when you see them :)

Yes, I saw many Old Vets have joined Aggony. Amp and Lady Anne to name a few.

[Swoosh So]

Hello masked :) just to let u know magyarkhan and kocmoc are still playing totalwar and plan to reform wolves in stw2, i left wolves to join aggony tho last month. Nice to see u back and OMG JOD! i remember u!

[UglyJun]

welcome back Masked and Jod :)

[Succi]

Hey thanks for the replies, nice to see this place still has a community.

My memories of how I played STW are quite hazy, I used to have this notebook where I would write down armies, and how to attack/defend with them but I can't find it :< . As a result of this 10 year gap I few some questions, and also some about S2 multiplayer (which people might not know yet).

1. In the original shogun, the fairest/flattest original map had a small ridge in the middle - what was the name of it? 4th something?

2. I've played some subsequent games in the TW series, and it feels like friendly fire has been messed with. Is it now always best to rain arrows down upon a melee of both enemy and friendly troops? Aka has CA added some dumbed down rule-set to pander to people who want arcade style gameplay, which means friendly fire does e.g half damage. Does this also apply to musket fire? I'm failing to see how you could 'arc' muskets firing behind your lines to predominantly hit the enemy

3. In S2 is there anyway to 'drag' (rotate/turn) the camera with the mouse besides using the edge of the screen? I feel this is by far the best control setup. I recall in some of the TW series, you could how down mouse 3 to have this effect. I find having to move the mouse all the way to the side of the screen clumsy when APM really counts in MP action, plus I use 2 monitors so my cursor will simply carry onto the next screen on one side

4. Do any replays exist of the earlier (2000-2001) tournament finals?


5. From the recent MP Dev videos, I'm increasingly aware of the upgrade/progressive elements of the MP. Every games dev wants to tap into the progressive/grind elements on online games these days, as it sets targets for people and essentially helps get them addicted (a sad substitute for addictive actual gameplay). My question is, will there be a simple mode where these are either all accessible or locked out to make sure both sides have exactly the same chances when entering the fight? If not, I fear the competitive elements of S2 will be damaged to the extent of

1. either needing to grind all the achievements or

2. one general always having a clear advantage prior to the fight even starting

thanks in advance