New Developer Blog: AI and Battles

**Ituralde** · 09-15-2006, 10:24

http://totalwardev.blogspot.com/

Some major heads-up for all the folks out there complaining about stupid AI, fast kill rates and ridicolous movement rates degenerating the game into a clickfest. The best news I've heard so far regarding Medieval 2: Total War.

Site seems to be down at the moment but hopefully it will be up in a few minutes.

Cheers!

Ituralde

**Stig** · 09-15-2006, 10:50

It's down yes, Shogun hopes to get it back online somewhere today

**AussieGiant** · 09-15-2006, 11:37

Damnation!! Now I really want to read it

**Wishazu** · 09-15-2006, 11:52

well its back up. just scroll down a bit.

Good news then, seeing the ai use a proper tactic :)

I hope they removed the ai behaviour which made it send units under fire to auto attack the units shooting at them, easiest way to break up an ai army in rtw. esp phalanx`s.

**Mount Suribachi** · 09-15-2006, 11:53

With slower combat speeds and greater control, strategy now plays a bigger part in battles.

**AussieGiant** · 09-15-2006, 12:06

Maybe screwtype and Puzz can shed light on what...

"As a little teaser I must mention unit sizes! For those that have played TW since STW you will know what the magic numbers are and should be really be happy to see them make a return in M2TW."

...means.

**Ironside** · 09-15-2006, 12:22

Sounds really, really promising

Originally Posted by AussieGiant

Maybe screwtype and Puzz can shed light on what...

"As a little teaser I must mention unit sizes! For those that have played TW since STW you will know what the magic numbers are and should be really be happy to see them make a return in M2TW."

...means.

60 men units on normal size. Almost all units had that size (2 had 12 and one had 1 and 2 of those units came in MI).

The cav didn't have a smaller sizes in STW right?

Too long since I played it.

**screwtype** · 09-17-2006, 16:05

Originally Posted by AussieGiant

Maybe screwtype and Puzz can shed light on what...

"As a little teaser I must mention unit sizes! For those that have played TW since STW you will know what the magic numbers are and should be really be happy to see them make a return in M2TW."

...means.

Thanks for the vote of confidence AG but I'm really just an opinionated casual gamer. There are heaps of guys who know more about TW than me. I'm not even in the same league as Puzz, TW-wise - he's the real deal.

But since you asked - I really have no idea what is meant by this sentence, perhaps they mean a return to classical TW sizes, ie 60/80/100/120 men per unit or something.

**R'as al Ghul** · 09-15-2006, 12:07

I must send out a big thank you to all the players that have spent time with me discussing their wants and needs for AI and combat. For the last few months QAOZ has been in contact with a few of the veteran players that have been playing TW games for years.

Now I'm curious. Who might that be?

The bits about speed and battles being more about tactics sound promising.

**R'as al Ghul** · 09-15-2006, 12:12

Unit sizes have traditionally been 60 (normal), 80 (large) and 120 (huge).
Rome had smaller units on default and used different steps to large and huge.

I guess that means that a default unit will have 60 soldiers.