finishing campaigns

[FURRY_BOOTS]

since october ive only finished 1 campaign, that was as the juili.
ive since plated as britons, macadonians,gauls,selucids,germans & carthage,
but i cant bring myself to finish a campaign, i dont know why this is, there is something exciting about starting a campaign from scratch, consolidating your kingdom & advancing your empire, but somewhere along the road i get bored & start again, does anyone else do this or do i just lack patiance

[KiOwA]

No, it's not just you. This is a common gripe among us seasoned RTW players, the endgame just doesnt hold as much challenge & excitement as the beginning. This has existed since MTW (and possibly STW, I'm haven't played it), but is somewhat more obvious in RTW. In MTW, at least there were such things as Crusades & Jihads, faction reappearances, and definitely better battle AI.

[Didz]

This has been a common problem in all three TW games.

STW was probably the worst affected especially during the era of the Hojo Horde. But in all three games the early game challenge is far more exciting than the mopping up period at the end.

[Alexandr III. Biges]

I agree. I think MTW is less afected by this burn out effect. Less moving armies and new units periodically (?).

[jimmyM]

the roman civil war bit was supposed to break the monotony, though i've never bothered playing with rome to that point...i'd have liked other factions to be capable of the joy that are civil wars..but, oh well...

[Red Harvest]

I finished quite a few STW/MI campaigns, a number of MTW/VI campaigns, and so far only two short RTW campaigns. I doubt I'll ever finish a long campaing, it takes much too much time with many monotonous battles where the AI is never a threat on VH/VH. I start quite a few campaigns and once I eliminate my most bitter rivals and begin expanding at will, I tire of the campaign and start another. I do need to play through to a civil war some time, but so far I get bored far too soon.

Yes, all TW games have had a point at which there was little "fun" left in trying to win. RTW gets to that point earlier. With MTW we had enough different era's that we got a flavor for most of the units, although it was rare that one ever got to tech up fully before the elite units were not even needed anymore.