General Speeches - (& Turks lacking them)

[Burns]

I find the speeches too much of a waste of resources. Doing something is one thing, but you might as well do it right. The speeches are something that I think were not done right and clearly distributed only among the first 5 playable factions. Given that there are 17 playable factions it clearly shows where CA's priorities lay. While these speeches may be fun to listen to, they dont actually add anything to the gameplay. They are pointless and the time spent on them could have been applied elsewhere. Think of it this way: You are the general, you should know what the enemy has. You have spies and watch towers that can tell you. And don't you usually take a look at the enemy army and see how much cav it has, where its infantry is, how many ranged units it has, siege engines? You do this all whether or not you listen to the speeches. Odds are, I think, most of us dont actually bother to. So aside from their amusement value they have really nothing good going for them, Half baked and half done as they are.