City viewing (not in the game)

[Ignoramus]

That is disappointing. Especially since the settlements are supposed to be more diverse than RTW.

[JR-]

quite, all this work gone into creating unique settlements like Krak du Chavaliers, Canearvon, etc, and no opportunity to see it in all its glory.

is there any technical reason why the feature ws abandonned, and if not, might we see it return in a patch?

[Tamur]

I agree with several above in this thread: the atmosphere of the cities is really tremendous, much better than Rome, and it's a big loss not to be able to experience it without seige equipment.

Technically it's a matter of kicking on the battle map (already done), getting peasants and such to walk different paths at random (not terribly difficult), and that's about it. I'm guessing they simply ran out of time for it. I doubt it will be added in a patch though - major functional additions like that equal expansion-pack material.

[BeeSting]

It's a shame they got rid of this feature after all the work they've done to improve the look of settlements.

[hoom]

While I miss city view & had been hoping for introduction of Army View (zoom in to see your army march through the tile/mill around a camp) in M2TW, I guess I'd rather see good gameplay improvements like the better AI.

[BeeSting]

While I miss city view & had been hoping for introduction of Army View (zoom in to see your army march through the tile/mill around a camp) in M2TW, I guess I'd rather see good gameplay improvements like the better AI.

Agreed... There are still many improvements to be made with AI.

The MTW2 AI has significantly improved from RTW though. Meaning, it's not as nearly as stupid as it was. I doubt they can ever code an AI that can beat veteran players.

But the little features like the city view on battlefield map sugar coats the overall feel of the game. So I can enjoy and take my silly pride in having built such spectacular cities.... Other things to aim for in the game than beating the AI armies senseless….

I hope to see this little feature come back in one of their future patches.

[Dooz]

Y'know, I wonder if there's some way we can get the attention of the devs about this small matter and perhaps they'll see enough people want it back in that, if it's a simple enough process of just re-including the code, they'll do it in an upcoming patch. A petition might be a bit too strong for something like this, but it'd be nice if something caught their eye.