Swedish Pre-order "Mistake"

[Lusted]

Yes, he's posted lots of screenshots in the thrad, and been answering questions. He's said the battle ai is

The AI is great ive had some realy hard battles witch i would have won easy on RTW. They flank the move archers from the wall when you get closer with you units. All in all they are you bloody smart now

I think atm he is busy playing the game and enjoying himself, and will likely give more feedback tomorrow.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

dumb question, but I ask anyhow. Where has he been posting at,just wondering??

[Lusted]

www.totalwarforums.com

[Furious Mental]

Apparently the ability to dismount cavalry before a battle, which I had thought was in the game all along, is out. Lame. Very, very, very lame.

[edyzmedieval]

Lucky doog... I want M2TW too.

[Puzz3D]

Apparently the ability to dismount cavalry before a battle, which I had thought was in the game all along, is out. Lame. Very, very, very lame.

CA said they make their game conform to popular conception rather than historical actuality.

[Ferret]

CA said they make their game conform to popular conception rather than historical actuality.

Yeah but everyone does like dis-mountng cav. before battles so they haven't made it to popular conception or historical actuality.

Does anyone know whether Amazon ships early?

[Furious Mental]

Indeed. Personally I am not familiar with this popular conception that dismounted cavalry were in fact infantry with the word "dismounted" in front of their name. Such a conception seems unlikely to be popular except possibly among those unfamiliar with the English language because it entails a complete reversal of the plain meaning of the word "dismounted". In fact what CA have done is simply not bothered to make a meaningful effort beyond naming some units one thing and not another. That's just disappointing I'm afraid.

[Puzz3D]

Yeah but everyone does like dis-mountng cav. before battles so they haven't made it to popular conception or historical actuality.

I doubt the majority of people who play the game think dismounted knights fight better than mounted knights. CA does make decisions on the basis of what they ascertain to be the popular conception, and this conception is largely shaped by movies. Also, the people within CA who advocate historical accuracy and realism has steadily lost influence over the years. Just prior to the release of RTW, CA said that historical accuracy and realism are not their focus. This was their reason for why hoplites didn't use overhand spears, Egyptians had chariots and the game had exploding projectiles.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

CA said they make their game conform to popular conception rather than historical actuality.

of course m8, they want to make money, so they will tend towards the populaar conception and let the modders deal with the historical acutsalliy.

[Incongruous]

I am certain that they said one could dismount knights.
Oh the disgrace!