Any questions for the official M2TW FAQ?

[okeenan]

Why does Medieval total War 2 appear so Negrophobic, lol. Is it too much to ask to include ONE trully African empire in the mix. Ethiopia would be a great inclusion because of their interaction with Muslim factions and the Papacy. The Mali Empire would also be good considering it was larger and wealthier than the Holy Roman Empire. Not to get too far off subject but a third of the world's gold supply came right out of Mali until the colonization of the New World. Niether of the proposed factions (Christian Ethiopia or Muslim Mali) were that deep in Africa (Mali is right underneath Morocco) and they HISTORIC interactions with Muslim and Christian factions whereas the Aztecs and Mayas (as cool as they are) DIDN'T. What's the deal CA?
PEACE

I gotta agree. It seems there's no end of nubian this and nubian that. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to include a faction. Personally I'd love to see an army of huge white Nords squaring off against an army of huge black Africans. It'd be like chess on grand scale. It's true that Mali and Ethiopia were both forces to be reckoned with unlike some of the included factions.
What's the deal CA?
PEACE

[Tamur]

Oh bother, looks like I'm a bit too late coming back but here's two. I fully expect not to get an answer, as has been the case for, well, years now. But one can always ask.

1. It appears that there is much going on with diplomacy. Yay. What I'd like to know is, when Ian says that "the AI will not only remember previous dealings you've had with it but your dealings with other factions, too", does this mean that M2:TW is employing some sort of gossip model? Or will every transaction that every faction does with every other faction be available in some sort of collective memory?

2. Ryan Lodata at gameplasma.com wrote that there will be a "details and behaviour" section that shows "a character's reputation, power, wealth, and priorities". I don't know if I'm looking at the right screens, but priorities seems to be stretching it a bit. Is this actually going to be in the game, or is this just Ryan waxing poetic?

Tusen tack.

[roman pleb]

Will the battlefield be bigger/smaller than in Rome:Total War?

[Little Legioner]

Good points romanpleb and sunsmountain. I was thinking to ask same subject. The battles!

Will there be options to change kill rates?
Will there be options to change battle types? Arcade, normal or epic level?
Will there be option to determine the size of battlefields in campaign?

[JFC]

1. Will we be able to catapult dead bodies into cities under seige, so as to start disease? Or taint the nearby water supplies by use of the assassins?

2. Can we rename areas that have been conquered? I so want to rename 'Lyon' as 'Peckham' and turn Bavaria into Clapham Junction !