First Impressions

[The Stranger]

oh god... please increase movement range by like 300% atleast for navies and armies in friendly territory... it takes me 8 years to move an army from one side of my empire to the other, playing as carthage.

[CaptainCrunch]

oh god... please increase movement range by like 300% atleast for navies and armies in friendly territory... it takes me 8 years to move an army from one side of my empire to the other, playing as carthage.

[Sp4]

Coop campaigns are a lot of fun at 2 turns per hour because the AI spends ages doing whatever the hell they are doing.

[Hooahguy]

oh god... please increase movement range by like 300% atleast for navies and armies in friendly territory... it takes me 8 years to move an army from one side of my empire to the other, playing as carthage.

Thats why I use forced march and turn it off right before I need to fight. Is it risky? Hell yes, but the benefits outweigh the risks.

[The Stranger]

Thats why I use forced march and turn it off right before I need to fight. Is it risky? Hell yes, but the benefits outweigh the risks.

i do that too, its still taking me hella long.

and worst part is, cant defend the minor settlements since there are no walls and you can only have so many armies. and while it takes you ages to get a decent one, the minor AI nations just spam 20/20 stacks of cheap shit units. they melt against any decent opposition but they will swarm your minor settlements... and since reinforments take like a billion years to get from a to b...

i quit in frustration and im now playing EB... nuff said.


also, javelin troops throwing FLAMING missiles... really CA? REALLY? And wardogs are op... dunno if anyone used them XD

[Hooahguy]

i do that too, its still taking me hella long.

and worst part is, cant defend the minor settlements since there are no walls and you can only have so many armies. and while it takes you ages to get a decent one, the minor AI nations just spam 20/20 stacks of cheap shit units. they melt against any decent opposition but they will swarm your minor settlements... and since reinforments take like a billion years to get from a to b...

i quit in frustration and im now playing EB... nuff said.


also, javelin troops throwing FLAMING missiles... really CA? REALLY? And wardogs are op... dunno if anyone used them XD

Yeah that annoys me too. I do worry about the small settlements.

Which is why I do think there needs to be a way to make it more feasible to defend those settlements, maybe like increased defenders that automatically replenish or something.

And Im with you on the flaming javelins.

[Furunculus]

doing the tutorial.

about to beseige busputiam of whatever its name is.

how do i attack the city, i seem to have nothing that will attack the walls to get my chaps through.

i have researched seige'y stuff, and i requested two seige'y units at the start of the seige.

and yet they do not appear in the seige, so my troops just wander about aimlessly.

am i being stupid?

[Hooahguy]

how do i attack the city, i seem to have nothing that will attack the walls to get my chaps through.

i have researched seige'y stuff, and i requested two seige'y units at the start of the seige.

and yet they do not appear in the seige, so my troops just wander about aimlessly.

am i being stupid?

Cant really help you there as I have yet to be in a serious siege with battering rams and stuff like that, but any unit can throw torches at the gates. Though I definitely loved the ninja-style way the STW2 units climbed up the walls, which was insanely gamey but looked funny and so useful.

[Furunculus]

how?

[CaptainCrunch]

doing the tutorial.

about to beseige busputiam of whatever its name is.

how do i attack the city, i seem to have nothing that will attack the walls to get my chaps through...

Definitely no need for any of that, you can just burn down the gates like Hooahguy said and it's open sesame.

At this point it's actually surprising CA didn't add any magic spells. True.

[Hooahguy]

Definitely no need for any of that, you can just burn down the gates like Hooahguy said and it's open sesame.

At this point it's actually surprising CA didn't add any magic spells. True.

Though the problem with burning down the gates is that its costly if the enemy has any ranged units on the gates. Unless you have a reserve of cheap units to just throw at the gate, I dont recommend it unless its a last resort.

[Nelson]

doing the tutorial.

about to beseige busputiam of whatever its name is.

how do i attack the city, i seem to have nothing that will attack the walls to get my chaps through.

i have researched seige'y stuff, and i requested two seige'y units at the start of the seige.

and yet they do not appear in the seige, so my troops just wander about aimlessly.

am i being stupid?

No, not stupid. The siege equipment appears as white symbols on the map. I didn't notice them at first either. Build ladders because the sheds won't help get in if you don't burn the gates. The units will climb the ladders and if you can get to the the wall above a gate you will eventually capture it and be able to enter.

The flaming missiles have always bugged me if a building or ship is not the target. I won't use them in a field battle but of course the AI never passes on a chance to "Flame On!".

[FesterShinetop]

Yep, also took me some time to figure out too. But it IS in the help text during the siege. You have to pick units to man the ladders.

The game certainly has it flaws but I am very much enjoying it so far. I am sure they will polish it some more with upcoming patches!

[nafod]

Anyone else having extreme lag in Rain?

My rig is quite dated, (3.16 Ghz Core 2 Duo, Nvidia 470, 8 GB ram) but I can get away with decent settings (think medium with a select high) and yet keep fps in the 20-30 range. Rain battles are at 2 fps. Can't even play.

I must say I started to get a little pulled in by this game, but the fact that I cannot play a battle in rain at all is a little troubling.

And I can't stand flaming javelins......

[The Stranger]

Anyone else having extreme lag in Rain?

My rig is quite dated, (3.16 Ghz Core 2 Duo, Nvidia 470, 8 GB ram) but I can get away with decent settings (think medium with a select high) and yet keep fps in the 20-30 range. Rain battles are at 2 fps. Can't even play.

I must say I started to get a little pulled in by this game, but the fact that I cannot play a battle in rain at all is a little troubling.

And I can't stand flaming javelins......

i had it once. really sucked :S had to quit game in taskmanager. and ya wtf flaming javelins =_=