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

**Just A Girl** · 02-01-2006, 05:17

Gaining more provinces would be The main aim of the game,

This is where Your AI units would come in usefull.
As you could use them to defend your provinces, And use your army to attack other player's AI controlled armys.
Or even better, A human players stack!

This would still mean that the delay at the begining of a year would only be the length of the longest battle that happend.

You would be able to Moove Your AI controlled units where ever you liked. But you would not controll them in battle.

also you could take units out of the AI controlled stacks and replenish your men with them.
Once in your stack the AI would no longer controll that unit.
and once out of your stack You no longer controll a unit...

So the AI units you make will just stay where they are unless you moove them after making them.
But You wont be able to command them personaly in battle.

Each human player will be able to build these AI stacks.
For defence of a province. for replenishing his own stack, or even for attacks on other Ai controlled provinces.

So its not like you wouldnt be able to comand them to attack a province,
As i said they will be yours to command, but contorlled by the AI.

This i beleve would be The best solution for A MP campaign.

And with modernday technolagy I beleve it is possible.

And with this format there could be 400 players online at any given time.
This may sound like a huge strain on a server,
but in all honesty.
It should not be.

I do hoppe some 1 at CA makes notes of this.
And prehaps even decide to utilize my ideas.
Along with any Good ideas that Have been/ May be added to the psot.

**Yun Dog** · 02-01-2006, 06:32

the more i think about it - the more i like it

it would be just like MP is now - currently you only field one army against a human opponent in either 1v1 - 4v4

this would be the same but played out over a huge campaign map

I LIKE IT

**Just A Girl** · 02-01-2006, 06:37

Exactly :)

Also loosing a battle would not end the game for you.
mearly force you back to a diferent province.

All 20 of your clans men could be traped on 1 province after a huge attack on al fronts against you.

This would be better than being eliminated from the game if your main province is lost.

And who disnt think it was Plausable.
Or just didnt like it...

you guys have reasons?

**Aetius the Last Roman** · 02-01-2006, 07:36

I personally don't think it is plausible.

Just the idea of time constraints sounds a bit aggravating.

Even if there is only one major army, waiting 1/2 an hour to keep playing sounds a bit to much like a test of patience for me.

However all that said, innovation it always good.

**Just A Girl** · 02-01-2006, 07:48

I think you havent read all the posts
Aetius the Last Roman.

Although i do that at times so all is forgiven.

**King Yngvar** · 02-01-2006, 09:58

I think this is a great idea, however, the years would have to last longer than 4-6 mins, cuz there would always be a battle if the server was filled with people. A year could last a couple of hours for example, allowing you to move across the entire map within that year while not producing much more within that year. This would allow the game to continiue as before while a battle is on. And as I see it, these games would take endless time before being over, so it would be better not to end up conquering Europe with swords in the year 3000.

**Monarch** · 02-01-2006, 16:37

Ity's a nice idea, I'm sorry I didn't read your mid thread posts, just the starter. However Total War....Real Time Campaign Map, do those words even go? Well I like your suggestions, however this would require almost a new game in terms of campaign, I think this would onloy work if SP was the same. And I dont think CA will ever stray away from the successful TBS campaigns, RTS battles formula.