Quote Originally Posted by Puzz3D
Actually, I don't want 1 hour battles in MP. A better pacing for MP is an average of 15 to 20 minute battles. In the STWmod for MTW/VI, we have that kind of pacing with the movement speeds low enough that you can control all 16 units and make many tactical moves during the height of the battle. Part of the reason for this pacing is that ranged units use their ammo fast enough. Guns will use all their ammo in 7 minutes of continuous shooting, and archers will use all of theirs in about 4 minutes. Contrast that with MTW where it takes 15 minutes for an xbow to use all of it's ammo.
Well, most of the battles that last 15-20 have been unsatisfactory, border-line to rush fights. The most enjoyable game of Rome for me was one 2 on 2 fight that lasted for one and a half hour. That was before the time everybody just started rushing you at the very start, that is.