1.02 patch mainly addressed many SP issues and few MP ones. As far I've played-I've managed to play couple of matches, I would say that there is a difference.

I've not been seeking for any bugs as I do not have time for this, so others will mention how many bugs there still are.

- it seems that spears and pikes work well
- schiltrom formation doesn't seem to work imo
- heavy and light infantry do good work vs spears
- archers seems to have better effect now but far from desired
- cavalry is still very strong (people frequently using max 8 or 10 cav rule)
- AP units animation are working now
- hybrid units stop on the spot; javelin units don't start using javelins when
they could
- musketees (I have not tested them yet)

This is short and quick note. All other observations are welcome.

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game is better balanced now than i thought it would be. cavalry are a no gooda against spearmen now which is perfect.

spearmen are perfect now. strong against cav and weak versus heavy infantry.

no more all cav armies i think. it seems that an all cav army will be a fools choice patch 1.2 or at least i hope so.

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Hehe everybody reported 1.0 to be perrrrrrrfectly balanced and sooooo bug free when the game was released and then a months later...Boom!!!...

Now I give it 2 weeks before people starting to moan about some ISSUES. ;)

But...Do not worry! 1.3 will fix it aaaaallllll!!!! In September! I mean it. Honestly. They are even gonna fix the lag with 1.3.

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That's why I've made this post. I've mentioned first impressions without being too enthusiastic. To go in this process slowly. I'm not a player who would be searching for a bugs due the fact I don't have too much time on disposal. I'm waiting for comments of more people like Paolai, Elmo and others who have traveled long road in Total War series and have gathered a lot of experience during those days.

Lag indeed is still an issues (still it is better then it was before that), archers are still not as effective as many would like them to be, on the other hand spears and pikes seems to do their job. MTW 2 v1.02 compared to RTW/BI in my opinion is vastly improved.

Let me stress here that Shogun was exceptional same as it was MTW/VI but strangely Viking expansion despite most balanced era in MTW was not that popular.

Ok back to the topic. In RTW/BI lately you were winning with armies which were designed to win and in MTW 2 v1.02 you can win because of the way how you use your army and your victory is not altogether based on the units you have picked.

I don't want to mention more then that. Let's not be enthusiastic too much and take slow steps. Some are working hard to bring back some life:
http://www.clancommunityshield.net/website/

I'm convinced that TW MP when Shogun was established was unique community. Fragments of it remained and from them fresh community started to develop. As many times mentioned before I will do this once more. Shogun offered many excellent players and individuals and later followed by Medieval. Total War was a glue and nothing more then this. People come and go. That's the law of nature.RTW was not the only cause that people left. Some get tired and others had other issues in life which needed to be addressed. They can still come back later on.We can be nostalgic. Memories remain and we usually remember good old days which we are not going to enliven but we can look forward for new one. Post your opinions and observations.

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I just played few games and it is too early for me to decide if now its a better game. First impression is that rushes are still too strong cause archers are too weak and spears kill rate is not good enough, but I have to play more games. I need at least about 2 weeks more.

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Palamedes (unoficially) told me that most of the balancing will be put into 1.3 (aka kingdoms). Also, for tournaments and such, Pala is making it so the game can be edited at any time and this version can be used by the tournaments ( I assume you would need a seperate install). So at least tournaments can work on their own balance schemes.

As for this patch, I have not played it yet because d2d version is not out yet. How I DO regret using d2d...

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