Quote Originally Posted by Bhruic
CA makes single player games, first and foremost. All of the TW games have been single player games. They included a MP component to those games for people to enjoy. But the focus of their efforts has always been in making a superior SP game. With RTW, it would appear that they decided to focus even more on the SP side of things and less on the MP side. You may be personally unhappy with that decision, but in no way is that CA "giving up" on anything.

This melodrama acting as if CA personally went around and stabbed each and every MP player in the back is silly. ... If it's not the game for you, well, that's unfortunate, best of luck finding something better.

Bh
It is not a matter of taste, MP in it is current state is a half finished product. I have friends trying to play on MP but they cannot because of connection failures. MP is an advertised feature of RTW, all we ask is to make it work properly, nothing more nothing less. If it does not work then does not advertise it, if you advertise it then make sure it works.

As for my taste, I am sure that RTW MP has a lot greater poitential than MTW had as far as gameplay concerned!!!

Archers are stronger than in MTW, horse archers work as they always should have, spear type units are match for swords, cavs are not overpowered, elephants are not overpowering either (!!!!), chariots add an interesting spin to the game, factions have markedly different strenght and weaknesses, overall IMHO a much greater potential for an enjoyable MP.

Given this potential it is crying shame how CA/Activision handled the MP part of RTW. All that they should have done is to put in a minimal investment to make sure that the basic functions/features work smoothly. IMHO CA/Activison missed a golden opportunity to increase MP share, I am sure that with a minimal amount of care they could have easily doubled or tripled (or even got higher) the size of MP community, firts because all the hype RTW got, second because RTW does have the potential to be a good MP game.