what is the point in playing a M2TW battle...

[hrvojej]

Everyone saying RTW 1.5 is better, that happens in 1.5 as well. Not often, but still happens.

I wouldn't know, since I didn't buy any of the RTW expansions, and stopped playing it altogether after 1.2. I ended up spending more time modding it for fixes than playing it and got bored of that. At least M2TW is better than the RTW I remember, that's for sure.

[Seign Thelas]

The people who are complaining about cavalry charges in the game are basically wrong. You definitely are doing something wrong. I can easy get a charge when I want it. It helps to have your men charge head-on with the enemy for the most effect and least formation breaking. And in the Middle Ages, cavalry were mostly used for the initial charge to break the formation, anyway.

[Lord Ovaat]

Actually, I've been having a lot of fun with MTW2. That said, I still can't understand why the AI isn't near as good as it was in MTW. Most all of the problems we've whined about since the release of RTW didn't exist in MTW. OK, so the graphics have greatly improved, but just what effect should that have had on AI? Mounted skirmishing was a bit lame, and there were no true pike options, but overall, it was far superior in my opinion. Well, at least I seemed to have a lot more fun. I can't even reinforce my army now with what I want to bring onto the field. I either fight three stacks a AI alone, or put an army under AI command to get slaughtered. By the way, why is the AI on player's side so much dumber than on AI's side? Do they watch Monty Python?