Quote Originally Posted by holybandit
Sooo basically its another move by CA to dumb down the game?? Preparation for a battle is one of the funnest and key factors of the game.

MTW2 might very well be the last TW game I ever play
Actually, I believe that if you enjoy/enjoyed RTW/BI you'll most likely enjoy MTW2. That game pacing and style of play seems to be what they are shooting for.

That's not a shot at CA though. Since CA never planned on re-writting the engine but only improve the existing one, what they are doing might be the best solution. Basically they had no way of logically spreading new units and new events (i.e. Golden Horde) over 900 turns when most if not all players would complete the game in under 250 turns. Thus abstracting years into turns ends up being perhaps the best solution... at least for now.