Petition to reduce RTW speed

[CBR]

One reason for the high casualty rates might be the big differences in valor. So it might be alright...too early to tell without modding it to equal valor.

Poeni inf are in phalanx formation from start and that would slow them down. Maybe if you disable their special formation they can run?


CBR

[The_Emperor]

The speed is fine... The User Interface is not however.

[Stuie]

Personally I wouldn't petition for anything until we see the final product. The demo is obviously a one-sided affair that makes it very easy for the player to slaughter large numbers of men.

Give me comparable armies meeting on the campaign map and then I can judge speed/casualty rate. This demo tells me nothing except that the graphics work on my system.

[GFX707]

The speed is fine... The User Interface is not however.

This is not a thread about user interfaces. That's what the demo impressions thread is for.

[The_Emperor]

This is not a thread about user interfaces. That's what the demo impressions thread is for.

Isn't speed also what that thread is also for? I'm just saying if you are going to petition for something, make it something good.

A lot of players like the speed in the demo as battles often took too long to resolve in the old TW games, but as far as I know almost all hate the Interface... Its more of a major gripe than unit speed.

[RTKLamorak]

well.. Yukki's stats show that the speed is indeed to fast in terms of realism, and when comparing run/walk speeds throughout the last 2 games, and when compared to marathon runners ~:p

I do like the increased speed however, and always disliked the crawling along of mtw (compared to shogun anyway).

I wouldnt mind a small reduction in speed i guess, but not much ;)

[Orange]

I also think running speed could be a little bit slower. Just a little bit, because the maps are big, running a unit for even a small time will considerably lower its fighting power as usual, and while marathon is a bit fast, I like the explosive charges.

Killing speed: I think it depends a lot on the valour, especially with respect to the Sacred Band. Just have your Poeni stand and fight against the triarii (which the AI sends in first, not very Roman ), and it will take a lot longer before any line breaks. Now imagine TWO phalanxes battling it out.

So, no premature critics from me as well, I will wait for the full release. Just having some fun with the demo, getting used to the controls, so I can jump into the full game immediately ~:p

[spacecadet]

The speed is fine... The User Interface is not however.

What he said

[Kommodus]

I think it would be great just to include an option to adjust game speed. A number of games have a feature like this included. (In fact, the Total War games do have it - it's just that the slowest speed is still a little too fast for some people.) I personally think the marching/running speed is fine.

Of course, this still wouldn't address the casualty rates. It would be nice to be able to adjust this too somehow. The issue a lot of people seem to have is that, percentage-wise, casualties pile up extremely quickly, making it difficult to execute complex maneuvers before the melee is resolved. I would like to see head-on melees take longer, to allow for more maneuvering combat.

[Sjakihata]

Poeni inf are in phalanx formation from start and that would slow them down. Maybe if you disable their special formation they can run?

This is correct. Disengage from phalanx formation and they can run along happily

[ShadesPanther]

This is correct. Disengage from phalanx formation and they can run along happily

They actually fight like Principes then. Very nice