The Pet Peeve thread

**Joshwa** · 06-06-2007, 15:37

It really, really gets on my nerves that some roads don't meet up, cf. the cross-roads in Sofia, Aleppo and whatever the moorish capital is called. Sometimes i deliberately avoid taking over those territories just so i don't have to look at them. The default farmland annoys me as well, ive changed it to middle_eastern_2 now and it's much more appealing

**Tusk** · 06-06-2007, 15:51

Something that really p's me off is how, when I am struggling to build even basic units in a region's castle (due to lack of money/technology) a stack of 6-8 rebel units will suddenly, miraculously spawn with soldiers which my castle can't even build yet (the only castle in that region, mind you). Did the rural scum suddenly figure out how to beat pikes and plate armour in their straw huts?

On that note, also the way that a city, when it rebels, is suddenly filled with a full stack of hardcore, advanced soldiery whereas most of those units can't be built in the city in the first place, and even if they could, should take many turns!

It would be nice to see rebel forces build themselves up over time, with you knowing that the longer it takes you to nail them, the tougher they'll be.

**Callahan9119** · 06-06-2007, 15:56

heres mine

guns dont seem to fire and reload properly most of the time, half the time i have them in my armies my brain is screaming WTF are you doing, reload or shoot

and another is after a unit has engaged with another, if i send it out charging after the routers, or to another unit, only the first row go, the others stand around or "stalk" around looking for an imagined foe

also pikes and halbs (especially halbs) are to quick to break formation if one enemy gets in the line, seemingly every man within five yards of him feels compelled to drop his pike and grab a sword, while the fellows in the back shuffle around, pikes to the sky, waiting and hoping for that man to get within 5 yards of them...so they too can drop the pike

these 3 are the ones that cause me the most trouble, other things i can ignore or work around

**Kobal2fr** · 06-06-2007, 16:03

Originally Posted by sabutai

heres mine

guns dont seem to fire and reload properly most of the time, half the time i have them in my armies my brain is screaming WTF are you doing, reload or shoot

and another is after a unit has engaged with another, if i send it out charging after the routers, or to another unit, only the first row go, the others stand around or "stalk" around looking for an imagined foe

also pikes and halbs (especially halbs) are to quick to break formation if one enemy gets in the line, seemingly every man within five yards of him feels compelled to drop his pike and grab a sword, while the fellows in the back shuffle around, pikes to the sky, waiting and hoping for that man to get within 5 yards of them...so they too can drop the pike

these 3 are the ones that cause me the most trouble, other things i can ignore or work around

All of those, I'd classify as "serious stuff", in that they can ruin the game by themselves, or in that fixing those would make a lot of people scream with joy. But this is not what this thread is about, more about the very, very minor stuff that everybody but you would just zoom right past without noticing there was a problem with them.

**Tusk** · 06-06-2007, 16:12

Another peeve is how, everytime after I've JUST started a new campaign, i discover something that makes me want to play another faction! How can I play 10 campaigns at once?!!!

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 06-06-2007, 16:14

Originally Posted by Tusk

Another peeve is how, everytime after I've JUST started a new campaign, i discover something that makes me want to play another faction! How can I play 10 campaigns at once?!!!

Buy nine more computers

**Ranos** · 06-06-2007, 16:40

Originally Posted by Tusk

Another peeve is how, everytime after I've JUST started a new campaign, i discover something that makes me want to play another faction! How can I play 10 campaigns at once?!!!

I have that, play a new campaing every day. Save to say i havent seen the aztecs yet.

**Whacker** · 06-06-2007, 16:50

More

Sapping - It's gone. Why????? That was one of, if not the, premiere tactic for breaching enemy wall defenses. This is honestly probably more of a "major" thing for me as opposed to a peeve, but I'll stick it in here anyway.

Huge 240 men units as opposed to measly 150 - Yet something else to blame the MP crowd for. I'm just kidding guys.

Time control slider - Yeah I know we can shift click now, but that's not the same as the almighty slider.

**crpcarrot** · 06-06-2007, 17:09

tower defences firing flaming sho when they cant even hit the target with normal ammo

**Kobal2fr** · 06-06-2007, 17:43

Originally Posted by Ranos

I have that, play a new campaing every day. Save to say i havent seen the aztecs yet.

*looks away*
I...I've never... I've never seen the Timurids....I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN GUNPOWDER, DADDY !
*bursts into tears*

Yah, I've got grass-greener-on-other-faction's-soil-itis too

**HoreTore** · 06-07-2007, 20:33

Originally Posted by Kobal2fr

*looks away*
I...I've never... I've never seen the Timurids....I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN GUNPOWDER, DADDY !
*bursts into tears*

Yah, I've got grass-greener-on-other-faction's-soil-itis too

The solution: Make gunpowder, both invasions and world is round event take place earlier. In my current game, I have gunpower at 30, mongols at 50 and world is round at 60. Can't remember when I put the timurids though.

I actually had high hopes of FINALLY seeing the aztecs, but then I noticed that Mount&Blade thread in the arena....