An embarrassing question from a MTW newb.

[Dayve]

Goodday to all.

I got MTW today (Yes i realise i am several years late) and just started my first campaign as the English a few hours ago... I'm enjoying it immensely and i have to say that even on normal difficulty it is more of a challenge than RTW was on very hard... Those bloody Welsh have defeated me 3 times now 3! Anywho, in battle i cannot seem to get my units to move as a group... I put them in formation, group them, click for them to move somewhere on the battle map and their formation becomes jumbled up. How do i rectify this? Thanksmuch.

[rvg]

ALT + Click onto the destination.

[Dutch_guy]

You could also just bribe those longbowmen/Welsh - especially if you start in the early era, gives you the added power to hurt the Frenchies

[Dayve]

I think i've cracked it now, i was trying to left click + drag out a formation, like you would do in RTW, but i realise you simply have to left click once and they stay in formation.

I started in the early era, beat the Welsh (finally) and the French took Wessex from me, but how did they get over the channel? I don't see any navies and none of their towns have a port even, so wtf? I took it back and also took Britanny from them and i'm kicking behind at the moment as i have a big army of spearmen and archers and all they seem to have are peasants.

I have to say this game is very enjoyable, despite its old looking graphics... I like the risk style campaign map very much so but i haven't seen much intelligence from the AI yet, although i am playing on normal... Does playing on hard or very hard give battle bonuses or just make them more smart on the campaign?

Just goes to show you don't need great graphics for a great game... Maybe i'll get Shogun and see what i think of that...

[drone]

I started in the early era, beat the Welsh (finally) and the French took Wessex from me, but how did they get over the channel? I don't see any navies and none of their towns have a port even, so wtf? I took it back and also took Britanny from them and i'm kicking behind at the moment as i have a big army of spearmen and archers and all they seem to have are peasants.

The Channel, and some other waterways, have a line with 2 dots connecting two provinces on either side of the water. This means you don't need boats to cross, the theory being that the passage is narrow enough that you don't need naval vessels to get troops over.

Welcome to MTW. If you can look past the sprite graphics after playing Rome, you will find the gameplay much better. Soon you will understand what all the old-timers were complaining about in the Colosseum.

[Dayve]

I already see that this is a brilliant game... I believe graphics don't make a game... Always have. Final fantasy 7 has been my favourite game of all time since the day it came out almost 10 years ago, and look at the graphics on that!

Anyway i've 2 questions... I won't start another thread i'll ask them here. What bonuses does hard and very hard give to the AI exactly, and also:

My England campaign just ended abruptly with my king dying with no heirs to the throne... I'm sure he had a child but, i can't find him... I probably got him killed using him as heavy cavalry ANYWAY! Surely i can set a heir? By marrying one of my daughters perhaps? He is 70 years old and i have had to stop my campaign because everytime he dies it ends... Surely any king would choose a heir before he died even if it wasn't his son?

Thanks for any help.