Increased interest in MTW lately?

[Martok]

Perhaps it's just my imagination, but it seems like there's been a lot more people in the MTW section of the forums this last month or two. Not that I'm complaining, mind you; I think it's fantastic! I'm just curious as to why this is happening.

Are a bunch of us "regulars"--just by coincidence--suddenly getting back into the game again at around the same time? Has the upcoming release of Medieval 2 spurred some of the relatively newer TW players into checking out its older brother? Or is it some other factor that I'm not even thinking of? (For myself, I'm still playing MTW almost as much now as I was when I first got the game over three years ago.)

Either way, I've seen more activity here in the Medieval forums in the last several weeks than I have in months, and that's awsome!

[Mithrandir]

I had a break last month, that should explain the increased forumtraffic.


;)

[TosaInu]

I'm playing some Dux and STWmod at times (it was a sabbatical of more than a year for me). So I also contribute a little bit to this increase.

[naut]

Just got VI, so I guess that got me going ...

[bretwalda]

I took up MTW VI (XL) after a brief break to play Civ3 and Colonization (in dosbox ) and also some other things like playing music and life

Now I am back on track...

[Dayve]

Waiting for EB to make the 1.5 port and decided i would try MTW since everybody always says it's a better game than RTW.

They're right.

[Vlad The Impala]

I just started playing a few months ago after I saw RTW at my brother's place. My own PC is too crap to run RTW, so I'm 'stuck' with MTW, which I happen to like better than RTW anyway. :P

[edyzmedieval]

Waiting for EB to make the 1.5 port and decided i would try MTW since everybody always says it's a better game than RTW.

They're right.

Exactly. MTW is much better than vanilla RTW.
With EB, the balance shifts much.

[Martok]

I'm playing some Dux and STWmod at times (it was a sabbatical of more than a year for me). So I also contribute a little bit to this increase.

Pardon my ignorance, but what's Dux? It sounds like it's a mod of some sort, but I confess I haven't heard of it.

(By the way, when did you demote yourself back to regular member? And why?)

[Mithrandir]

(By the way, when did you demote yourself back to regular member? And why?)

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=63113

[L'Impresario]

Pardon my ignorance, but that's Dux? It sounds like it's a mod of some sort, but I confess I haven't heard of it.

It's a MP mod, you can see the sticky in the Jousting Fields forum if you 're interested in some serious online playing;)
(And should you say you don't play MP due to the usual reasons, look at Tosa: he abandoned his Admin post in order to be able to play more often online:p).

[Dayve]

CTD's? It isn't even out yet is it? Is a demo out or something? I can't visit the .com... Banned.

[BHCWarman88]

I love MTW and RTW< but my passion for MTW is coming back again :-) :-)

[Barbarossa1221]

I like Medieval Total War a little better than Rome simply because its so much easier and fluid, all the provinces are clearly marked out and you can travel the globe in pretty much one turn with ships. Its just a little easier thats why I like it.

[Martok]

I had a break last month, that should explain the increased forumtraffic.


;)

Yes, of course, that must be it.

[Lord Godfrey]

For whatever reason, I played but never really got into RTW. With the MTW 2 announcement, I have started playing MTW again to get ready for the new release.

[DukeofSerbia]

I started to play MTW+VI+XL mod after 5 months. I have problems with drivers for my graphic card. I remoded XL and now mod is almost perfect balanced.

[gaijinalways]

I haven't played MTW in over a year or more. Recently I have less time to play computer games coupled with some buggy computers (will start to get those fixed soon). Great game, one of my favorites, love those battles and the economic management as well. Still, I have learned a few things on the forum, so I plan to return to playing it when I can sneak in games when my wife is out !

[Craterus]

I borrowed the game from a friend, and decided I like it, so I bought it yesterday. Gold edition cost me &#163;10, btw. Bought STW for &#163;4.99 too.

Now I have all 3 TW games, still undecided as to my favourite.

[ajaxfetish]

Dang, right when I stop visiting regularly is when this place heats up? Come on, guys, I promise I shower everyday! I can't be that bad to hang around.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear it, and sorry for my frequent absence of late. As in Bretwalda's case, it's been other games and real life (and finals currently, ugh).

Here's hoping for plenty of continued traffic in the MTW section!

Ajax

[Martok]

Dang, right when I stop visiting regularly is when this place heats up? Come on, guys, I promise I shower everyday! I can't be that bad to hang around.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear it, and sorry for my frequent absence of late. As in Bretwalda's case, it's been other games and real life (and finals currently, ugh).

Hey, Ajax, long time no see! I'd noticed I hadn't seen you much for a while now, but I thought you'd just decided you were too good for us. Nice to see you around again!

[cunobelinus]

I borrowed the game from a friend, and decided I like it, so I bought it yesterday. Gold edition cost me £10, btw. Bought STW for £4.99 too.

Now I have all 3 TW games, still undecided as to my favourite.

He borrowed the game off me and i think wen my graphics card gets fixed i will play mtw and rtw again. i need to get STW as its only 4.99 .Also im still undecided what my favourite is between mtw and rtw but i think i need stw then i will decids.Also i think the posts on mtw have increased lately because people are going back to it as they know mtw2 is coming out and they getting feel of Mtw again.