Who thinks this could work and would be a good idea?

[Just A Girl]

Ok as MTW 2 is coming.
i was thinking of New aspects that could have been implimented.

And the bigest improvement i could wish for "apart from AI" Would be A MP campaign mode.

A campaign would need 2 players in the begining before you start.
And then the game would begin much the same way.
With all but the 2 players controlled by the AI.

the Map would be real time,
With 1 year lasting aproximatly 4-6 mins. (adequate time for most to compleate the essentials)

Movement would be regulated much like RTW, with specific movment rates.

Battles would need to be accosiated with the real time in the Campaign map.
and as such the campaing map will not progress 1 year whilst a battle is underway.

Now lets say some 1 els wishes to Join, your game whilst you are already there.
I beleve this would be possible.
And the new player should be asigned one of the AI controlled armys. And pick up from there.

This new player could then March in to the feild of battle, And Join in "provided he was close enough"
As he would only get to moove 1ce as a year will not pass whilst a battle is underway.

I beleve this would make an EXELENT mp campain.
And hope that its Possible,
I also hope that CA May read this post,
And think about Implimenting such a campaign For MTW 2 Or prehaps its expantion.

I really think its a good Idea.

Hope more agree

[Reenk Roink]

It's a good idea, but the only thing is, wouldn't that be so long? I mean those games would last forever, and what if someone needs to leave.?

Ah well, for people who can devote enough time to a good sitting, it would be great. Probably not me though, I get yelled at when I stay on the computer for 20 minutes.

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[Just A Girl]

Well Its much the same In ACES high.
Wher an on going war. well just keeps on going...

People leave and then when they come back they notice they dont own that base any more.
you could also have it Clan based.
Where the 1st time you join a game You are named the king of those people,
then as the room fills up there could be dosens of people playing as the same people.
And with out the abilaty to change Unless you extrodite them. Thus providing you with Loyal followers,
Extroditing people would make them become A rebel faction that has to aly itself with one of the other clans "As it were"
within a specified number of years.

This Mp campaign could be hosted on a specific server and have only 1 or 2 servers of its kind.

thus ensuring that there will always be a steady suply of people in the game Fighting for there clan.
This would allow people to come and go as they please.

Happy in the knowlage that theres some 1 there.

I beleve that could work.

And as for how long the game would last...

I really dont think it would end

[Yun Dog]

what would the other players be doing, while one of the players has a battle? against the AI

waiting....

how long can battles take.... 1/2 an hour or so with set up


I would get bored waiting that long.... what if one player had several battles in a row and the other player none



I think this is the fatal flau of the MP campaign

what the solution :all battles would have to be autoresolved

its the only one I can think of

[Just A Girl]

Battles could be delayed untill the end of the year.
the begining of the new year the battle would start.
Allowing people who are not in battle to try and micromanage there lands There would be NO AI help whatsoever.
given the 4-6 mins year time,
the aditional time provided when others are in battle could prove invaluable to a well maintained country/province(S)

On the other hand.
this time could also be used to march men in to battles that have already begun.

and messages of diplomacy could be issued Only if there is a battle in progress.
Thus eliviating the boredom, by making the people who arent in battle, need to think about what to do next.

Time limits could also be imposed on the attackers in any given battle.
thus allowing people to know precicley how long they could be waiting for at the most.

combining all this should eliviate if not remove the boredome,
And allow people to actualy do Every thing they need to even in a situation where the years roll on regardless of what you have managed to acomplish.

its also a bit realistic that you have more time to concentrate on your own problems When 2 of your enemys are fighting.

[Yun Dog]

+ you could have the option of watching the battle - lets say if you were allies with the other Human player

ya i thought about the battles resolved at end of turn - so lets say its the end of my turn and I have 6 battles with the AI?

and you have none and its early game so ... how much micro can you do with 2 provinces

and next turn i have another 6

not trying to be mr negative just trying to be devils advocate because Id like to see a mp campaign one day too

edit: this comes from playing HOI2 which has a quite challenging AI by the way,

anyway playing a multiplayer campaign one of my allies was having war after war so he kept stopping time to give orders - fair enough - but I was building up waiting for 1939 which was 2 years away - that 2 years took 2 days of him playing and me staring at the screen - waiting... that really sucked