Returning after a long absence.

**YAKOBU** · 09-20-2013, 11:43

Hello again everyone

Well I'm another returnee after a 4 or 5 year absence. Very sursprised to see I could get back on with my old logon.

I spent many long hours on MTW + VI, RTW and MTW2 and enjoyed multiplayer battles mainly against Tricky Lady.

I swapped PC wargaming for tabletop wargaming playing Fields Of Glory. My competitive spirit didn't change and I hold a number of trophies for tabletop wargaming but the pinnacle was playing for team GB in Lisbon and winning as a team. Definately a more face-to-face social experience, a lot more costly, and a lot of tabletop disagreements over rules and millimetres.

My son who is now nearly 14 was enjoying Total War Battles on the Kindle so I decided to rebuy both MTW + VI and MTW2. He isn't too interested in the battles at the moment but enjoys the campaign and conquering.

We have started on VI being the smaller map and I also believed the game played better on the Risk-style map. We are both playing the Saxons, him on Easy, me on Expert.

He has virtually completed the map whereas I cannot get past the Mercians. Just for the record I don't use mercenaries as I believe they make it too easy.

So my returning question is:

If you are playing the game totally using auto-resolve is Expert level too difficult?

Good to see you all again.

Rob

**AntiDamascus** · 09-20-2013, 13:46

Welcome back!

**edyzmedieval** · 09-20-2013, 14:56

Good to see the old guards coming back here. Welcome back Yakobu.

**Andres** · 09-20-2013, 17:43

Welcome back Yakobu

**Barkhorn1x** · 09-22-2013, 18:06

Welcome back.

**Shahed** · 10-03-2013, 14:11

Welcome back!

**Seamus Fermanagh** · 10-07-2013, 20:55

Welcome back.

Auto-resolve is almost always -- any TW -- too deadly for my forces, even when I win.

Fight a battle and you can manage your people. Auto Calc it and your cream units demand the honor of leading the forlorn hope.

**YAKOBU** · 10-18-2013, 14:13

Hi guys

Thanks for the comments.

Just a quick update.

I got a relatively new PC from Ebay and have now moved my son onto RTW 2 and he's quite happy not going back to MTW. He isn't really seeing the issues with it at the moment and is autoresolving on Easy. I'm playing the game and fighting the battles on Hard at the moment. Unsure whether it is patches or not but the battles definately last longer on Hard so give more time for manouvering. On Easy routs pretty much start as soon as contact is made.

Oddly although I really like the Roman period in Total War I tend to more play the medieval period when wargaming. I think this is because the Roman army tends to struggle in the ruleset I play whereas my Ottoman army was happily sweeping all before it.

Rob