Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
Now the question is will there be another before the expansion? Would it be better to stick with this title and keep improving it than trying to come up with another new TW game?
Hello Gawain of Orkeny,

I do not know, sorry. The Sega site lists August 2007 as release date. I doubt we'll see a 3rd patch before that. I think there will be a 1.3 to make M2TW online compatible with Kingdoms. So, no 3rd patch before release. But, that's just me.

It would be -for MP, but maybe also for SP- a nice thing if this took a slightly different route. MP is a lot of fun, and there's still a lot to do with gamemodes. I understand that content is something that sells, but I'ld rather see some more polishing of the engine, expanding the options and ensuring that this not too big community had means to stick together, even though they do different things.

It's basically the same game from the same developer, roughly attracting the same fanbase (whether you like a given title or not). All titles are played, by the same kind of people, yet each has to use his own lobby. The small base is confined to individual islands.

It's a dutch daydream perhaps and I'm sure it can't be done with what has been released so far (unless you find a moneyforest). MP is a lobby for likeminded to chat, arrange battles and then a game starts which is some sort of chess using graphics and rules. Those graphics and rules change and you can add new options, but it's always that (anything computer is dynamically changing 1 to 0 and vice versa, so nothing bad about it).

The gamedeveloper updates his engine, adds features, modes, graphics, units. Most will have to be purchased, but there can be some free files too. If only patches to ensure the coremodules continue working. I have 'STW' with old features, perhaps it's updated a bit, you have 'M3TW', but we are in the same foyer and not 1,000 cybermiles apart from each other. You can decide to have a game with me, as you also happen to have the required modules to play 'STW'. No rebooting or swapping required.
We can also plug in a free fanmade mod and play that. No rebooting, no swapping, no pulling hairs to make it work. The mod is written for an older version, but that's no problem as the core handles all, after all it's a chess game with graphics and rules.