I give up

[Dimeola]

My first love was STW and played thru to now. Yes there have been many fine folks online. Have appreciated the decorum and friendship. There was something of a sense of Honor in those days. These days there are too many trolls wearing the robes of royalty. `When` I can get into RTW MP and `if` I can get into a game there is no one hardly saying `good-game`. There is very little communication between allies. There is no planning and no co-ordination. Tonight while waiting for my third game the lobby broke into a long discourse of profanity. There is no longer Honor and no...shibumi...refinement.
I am going back to STW and Japanese graphics. Would like to see STW redone but on a larger scale. Take the map and increase the size and break the provinces into sub-provinces. Add a ton of detail and some other things. This old Ronin is going back up into the mountains for awhile.
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[Voigtkampf]

Indeed, very few high valor opponents on R:TW these days. I always pay my respects, wish the opponent a good game, fun, strength and honor, and I always thank for the game no matter how rushed, stupid or otherwise lacking my opponent/the game itself was.

The opponents mostly don’t sound a word or simply say “lol”. Gah.

I imagined it would be different, according to the high amount of high valor members on these boards but I guess they are all still playing Medieval.

I’m not giving up though.

[Dionysus9]

The final version of the MTW:Shogun mod will be released by the Mizus here very shortly and then, Dimeolas, you will have much of what you've asked for.

[Puzz3D]

We got in two 1v1 and three 2v2 test battles last night with the STWmod, and it's looking good. We noticed a couple of things that need adjusting, and I'll make those changes tonight. I want to release this stat as soon as possible, but I don't want to release it with known problems.

[DisruptorX]

I'll have to agree with the sentiments expressed in this thread. I haven't played Rome for weeks, the game is just so inherently flawed on the basic level. There is no hope for it unless they remake it from the ground up, which is unlikely. I was really looking forward to this game, and the end result has left me very dissapointed and discouraged. I had never even looked at the totalwar series before I saw early screens from RTW. I thoght it looked so impressive that I went out and bought medieval. Well, it appears that yet another company has decided to sell out to the knuckle-dragging, drooling hordes of x-box owners. Is it so hard to release a fun game, when your game is a sequel to the most impressive strategy game ever. CA ruined everything that was great about MTW. Just thinking about trying to order my units to move in Rome makes me mad. I am utterly disgusted and saddened by RTW.

[Puzz3D]

Creative Assembly does make comprehensive patches, so I wouldn't give up entirely on RTW yet because a lot could change from v1.1 to v1.2. At the same time, there are a lot of issues to be addressed. So, they have their work cut out for them.

[TenjoArthurWellsley]

I will not give up.

Admittedly I have gone back and played the odd MTW game, but on the whole have been trying to work through the maps and factions of Rome.

Although patch v1.2 will hopefully sought out some of the problems, I cannot imagine it will solve all. I assume that the expansion pack in say a years time will really make Rome work. Will it be "Visigoth Invasion".

As to politeness & honour I too always begin Rome games with a suitable salutation, and end them with an appropriate epithet. I have worked on the belief that since many players will be new to totalwar when coming to Rome, if the old hacks (me, the rest of you are veterans) induct them into our ways, then the gamers who stay will begin to follow the old ways.