Why not play multiplayer?

[Sardukar]

I played my first ever total war game online (MTW2) and only just lost. I think ppl dont play online because there doesnt seem to be much of a clan community. If anyones interested in playing some newb total war, PM me :)

[GrimeReaper]

I played my first ever total war game online (MTW2) and only just lost. I think ppl dont play online because there doesnt seem to be much of a clan community. If anyones interested in playing some newb total war, PM me :)

There is a great clan community. Take a look at the tournement links on the .org website for more information. Some of the clans that play I think have been going for years. Destoyers is a young clan a only 1 and half yers old.

[RtkBedivere]

Thanks for bringing it up grime its something ive been wondering for a long time.

I understand why many may not play m2tw activly online simple because the requirement for online are much higher then they are for SP mode. On the other hand i think there is a great part of the community you are missing if you dont play online. Sure the RTW lobby was notorius for its flammers and illtempered children but there is a great community that you can reach out to in SP.

I used to beat the commputer soundly on SP in RTW then i started playing online heavily. Then i went back to SP for fun about 3 months later and realized i was absolutly thrashing the computer. The level of play on multi drives you to play better and I think thats the best part.

Sure everyone who logs on multi is going to loose a few games. But once you get used to it and you start getting accustumed to how everything goes then you can really have some fun.

Also its much more satisfying to beat real people as opposed to the AI.

Sox

[Bellum]

I really doubt I'm good enough. I haven't acctually, tried, but I'm not really good at online games against other people. Starcraft and Warcraft III(Which I loved for the stories and settings, but for which I was so bad that outside of the campaign I couldn't even beat the AI on easy), Counter Strike(Which I'm not horrible, but still not good compared to other players), Quake, Whatever.



I might try it, though, if I get a more stable connection. The AI is just so weak.

[naut]

What Caravel said.

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

Thanks for bringing it up grime its something ive been wondering for a long time.

I understand why many may not play m2tw activly online simple because the requirement for online are much higher then they are for SP mode. On the other hand i think there is a great part of the community you are missing if you dont play online. Sure the RTW lobby was notorius for its flammers and illtempered children but there is a great community that you can reach out to in SP.

I used to beat the commputer soundly on SP in RTW then i started playing online heavily. Then i went back to SP for fun about 3 months later and realized i was absolutly thrashing the computer. The level of play on multi drives you to play better and I think thats the best part.

Sure everyone who logs on multi is going to loose a few games. But once you get used to it and you start getting accustumed to how everything goes then you can really have some fun.

Also its much more satisfying to beat real people as opposed to the AI.

Sox

very true. Just because you not "good " enough, doesn't mean you can't play. For Example, I wasn't that good when I first did BF2, but after a few dayd I became fairly well.Getting promoted 3 times in a 3 week time span,which I like to brag about.

[GrimeReaper]

thats the mith about multiplayer, that people have to be good at it.
You get a lot more respect by treating your other gamers in the way you would like to be treated, than if you were a really good player who was just rude to everyone.
Reach out and touch the multiplayer communoty,you'll find that maybe you're better than most of us who are already in it.

[Fragony]

It bores me. All multiplayer matches are on the flat maps, wait till the pas abs have run out and melee.

[RTKMercurius]

As soon as I spent about a month online, it became impossible to go back to playing AI... I really can't stand battles vrs AI anymore, and the campaign gets tedious after your first two campaigns. As soon as you figure out how Campaign works, the rest is all clicking buttons until your eyeballs bleed.

I get into the sporting aspect of mutliplayer, and the community... some genuinely great peeps online, and good times to be had. Also, there is nothing like a great battle in a good tourney. You want more realism? Play in a sudden death final against a great opponent....I've played a lot of sports, and I can't remember anything causing such a sudden spike in heartrate as when it's deciding time in the middle of a grand melee....

Multiplayer takes on a new meaning once you clan up and get competitive... it's not about winning some battles against some randoms. It's more like shooting some stick with some m8's to get sharp enough for a real match that matters... and then jabbering about the bad moves and the good, or other existential questions on your clan forums....

The new tournament of MTWII, the Clan Community Shield (props to Bedi, and the other admins), has 34 or so clans signed up... it'll be a huge league that will last 6 months at least (sadly, lol)... and there are 3 other major TW tournies, and a collection of smaller tournies.

It's all 'just for fun', of course... the competitive aspects just add some sense of purpose to the play....

And it's easier to convince the wife that it is a legitimate hobby if you have to "practice for tournies" once in a while....

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

It bores me. All multiplayer matches are on the flat maps, wait till the pas abs have run out and melee.

well that's the only way Fair games can really be play. if you go online, you generally play with the standed 10K flatland games, or you do the "nooby" 99K hilly games. It's not boring m8, you just have to experience it for yourself