Swedish Pre-order "Mistake"

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 11-03-2006, 21:55

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

**Lusted** · 11-03-2006, 22:07

www.totalwarforums.com

**Furious Mental** · 11-04-2006, 10:15

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** · 11-04-2006, 12:04

Lucky doog... I want M2TW too.

**Puzz3D** · 11-04-2006, 12:14

Originally Posted by 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.

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

**Ferret** · 11-04-2006, 12:18

Originally Posted by Puzz3D

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** · 11-04-2006, 12:34

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** · 11-04-2006, 13:00

Originally Posted by Bob_the_great

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.

**Brutus** · 11-04-2006, 13:43

Did anyone notice this?
Seems there still are "years" in the game.

**ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88** · 11-04-2006, 18:00

Originally Posted by Puzz3D

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** · 11-04-2006, 21:34

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

**Censor** · 11-05-2006, 02:50

I don't think people would just drop it and leave it if it was historically accurate. Most people who have common conceptions are easily swayed anyways, I bet they'll stay with the only game on the market that combines RTS with TBS strategy into one glorified, glinty, glowy package.