News on the patch.

[Fisherking]

They can take as long as they like on the patch, but I personally won't even consider buying the game until (a) the patch is out, and (b) it's been tested and confirmed by the community that the major bugs have been fixed and no new ones introduced.

I have seen some games where this was the best plan. But this one is not like that at all.

Some of us may think that it needs some things need changed, but I have encountered very few actual "bugs". I am not saying that it is perfect and I would love to see some changes but as far as game releases go I would say it pretty problem free.

But they need to put something out soon...the unpacker...so we can mod this thing.

[mor dan]

Having been a beta tester and forum correspondent i have to agree...

Listening to the community at large would ruin the game.


When I was doing Star Wars Galaxies there was always public outcry for the dev team to listen to the forums about what they should do. For a long time the dev team refused to listen, and in that frame I would have agreed. They should have listened to us. However, after they totally screwed up the game mechanics they started listening to the community. The resulting chaos is a game that contains Star Wars name and places, but plays like a very, very bad version of World of Warcraft.

What the dev team did wrong is they strayed from the orginal plan to make SWG take place in a time period beginning between Empire and Jedi. We learned from the mistakes in SWG taht the community all ave different ideas and thoughts of how the game should play, but the reason the people went out and bought the game was because of what Star Wars is. Had they stuck tot heir guns people would have left. Had they done everything we asked, people would have left. Had they done nothing, people would have left.

The truth is, some of you played Shogun and liked it. Then you played MTW and didn't like the changes. Then you played RTW and didn't like the chagnes. Now you've tried M2TW and guess what? You still don't like the changes. Some of you just started playing with RTW. Others have played many other RTS games, and this is your first veture into the Total War series. You've played it and decided if you like it or not.

If the dev team used all the forums on the Total War site to determine what to change/fix or patch they would constantly be changing, fixing, and patching because some people are just never satisfied. No, they need to stick with their idea of what the game should be and allow the modding community to do what they wish for the style they like. This is the ultimate plan, anyway. In fact, I think more gaming companies should take the lead on that and do the same thing. Create the game you want and leave it moddable. Some will play your vanilla and love it for generations. Others won't and will seek other mods or create their own. In this way, no one feles like they got cheated out of their $50.


When you are the leader you never let the grunts tell you which direction to go. How could a general who let such a thing happen ever maintain positive control? No, you lead and others who are like minded follow. Those who aren't get off the band wagon. If I suggested every weaponsmith Idea I got from the community and Thunderheart and the dev team went to work on everything I requested nothing would have ever gotten done because not everyone agreed what needed to happen. It is the same for any game anywhere. We all have different ideas we think are great.



that's probably not a well put together thought, but it's after 1am and i'm tired...