Complaint.

[cunctator]

I also want some sp. events such as emerge of the Golden Horde in MTW.

Maybe we get them back. From the wargamer preview, talking about factoions:

Adding to the chaos, still others will emerge when circumstances are right, so the strategic situation will keep a player on his toes, regardless of which faction he chooses.

[vale]

Yeah, now I definitly think about it when the expan come out with feature like that. As some of you said but after you take the insurgent army side will you able to become the faction that you turn against once you defeated the loyalist army? Cause that will be great

[Magraev]

The GH emergence needed at bit of polish to be good. They always came in the same year, so empty those provinces the year before (so they come with less troops) and move your army in to quench them the first year. Seemed silly.

Loved the idea though, but HA's are just so annoying to fight i'd usually autoresolve...

[Jambo]

Agreed, Horse Archers were a nightmare to fight. Chasing skirmishing horses all over the battlefield with Infantry is not my idea of fun. For HA units it might have been better to give them fewer arrows but make them far more deadly.

[Puzz3D]

Agreed, Horse Archers were a nightmare to fight. Chasing skirmishing horses all over the battlefield with Infantry is not my idea of fun.

It's funny because that's what LongJohn said when Magyar asked about improving cavalry archers in STW. Cavalry archers had an anti-unit in STW which was the faster yari cavalry. It wasn't historical, but it provided an interesting gameplay within the cavalry units.

[Jambo]

It's funny because that's what LongJohn said when Magyar asked about improving cavalry archers in STW. Cavalry archers had an anti-unit in STW which was the faster yari cavalry. It wasn't historical, but it provided an interesting gameplay within the cavalry units.

Heh, and all the better it was for it! This is one of these clear situations where gameplay should supersede historical accuracy. Good on you LohnJohn (I wish he'd never left CA). As a result I never minded horse archers in STW simply because I knew I could build a unit of Yari cav to counter them. Now, in Rome it's a case of Ctrl + A and target the horse archers until they (hopefully) get caught or rout. Otherwise, it's leave computer and get a beer while the insanely stupid chase round the square battle map ensues...

For that reason alone I never play against the Eastern factions. One could consider making all horse archer units use the "heavy horse" model because I think I'm correct in saying that it's slower??

[cunctator]

Foot archers are good and accurate counter against horse archers. There is no need to introduce ahistorical elements in gameplay. I never have problems fighting eastern factions.

[Betito]

Yeah, now I definitly think about it when the expan come out with feature like that. As some of you said but after you take the insurgent army side will you able to become the faction that you turn against once you defeated the loyalist army? Cause that will be great

Don't know how it would work in Rome, but in Medieval, once you chose a side, the other side appeared as rebels, and you got to keep the faction colours. Now, i don't remember if you kept the alliances if you backed the disloyal generals...

[Jambo]

Foot archers are good and accurate counter against horse archers. There is no need to introduce ahistorical elements in gameplay. I never have problems fighting eastern factions.

Not every faction has access to foot archers ...

[Orda Khan]

If the answer to HA is to simply make a counter unit like the ahistorical Yari cav unit, why would anyone then bother with HA?
Eastern armies would lose their uniqueness and westernised warfare would prevail. How is this a good move?

HA can be countered and if a faction has no archers I am sure they have slingers who are adequate. Inventing some cock and bull unit because HA are hard to catch certainly is no answer IMO

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Re-emerging factions.......yes
Civil war.......definitely!!!

.......Orda

[Puzz3D]

If the answer to HA is to simply make a counter unit like the ahistorical Yari cav unit, why would anyone then bother with HA?

Because the yari cav had a counterunit. That's why.

[Orda Khan]

That is fine, if you are playing STW and have identical units. Both MTW and RTW feature different factions with unique units so giving each a yari cav type counter would return to STW.
The one thing I really enjoyed about MTW campaign was the different tactics required with each faction.
But I am off topic

......Orda

[Bigfootedfred]

Originally Posted by The Shogun (of the .COM)
Q. In addition to barbarian invasions, will we see signs of internal strife in the western empire with break-away empires such as the Imperium Galliarum.
A. Yes. And no. There are mechanisms in place to allow for rebellions to flare up into civil wars. We also have taken account of the rival Emperors that appeared from time to time, so a Roman faction may split and have more than one Emperor in being. The Gallic Empire is 100 years before the period of BI, so you won't see that happening. You might find that there is a breakaway faction in that area, though, if you don't keep an eye on the internal order of Rome as well as defending the borders.

Q. Will there be civil wars?
A. Yes. The rebellion mechanisms have changed to allow for rebellions to spread, and to allow for disloyal generals making a stab for ultimate power themselves.

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i knew they wouldnt let us down!

[Divinus Arma]

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[antisocialmunky]

I camped in the woods with Byzantine infantry Kats. I usually had four units of Trebizonds too. After I break their Heavy Calv, I run the archers out and pepper what's left and withdraw after I'm out of ammo. It's pretty effective except for the fact you have to wait the rest of the battle out.

[Jambo]

If the answer to HA is to simply make a counter unit like the ahistorical Yari cav unit, why would anyone then bother with HA?
Eastern armies would lose their uniqueness and westernised warfare would prevail. How is this a good move?

HA can be countered and if a faction has no archers I am sure they have slingers who are adequate. Inventing some cock and bull unit because HA are hard to catch certainly is no answer IMO

.......Orda

Slingers have a lower range and so aren't an adequate counter.