MTW/VI Vs MTW2

[Gawain of Orkeny]

I dont want this to become a battle over which game is better. I know it appears to be from the title but what I really want to know is what parts of VI would you like to see re introduced in MTW2 and what things did they actually improve in MTW2 over VI. Im sure many of these have been covered in other threads. So Ill just throw up a few.

Things better in VI that should be in MTW2

the chat system both in the lobby and in the game

Balanced hilly maps

Attack Defend

Weather option


Things that are better in MTW2


You dont have to wait to redirect your army and keep it in formation

Its easier to locate your army exactly as the cursor is now the middle of your front line, not the center of your army.

In deployment all you need do is click on you units in the order you want and thats they way they line up when you drag a line.

Needless to say HA are far better and more realistic.



Again lets try to make this constructive not destructive. I dont want to hear how MTW2 is messed up but what we can easily do to make it better.

This is for the mp community only plz. In that I only want to hear how to make that better.

[Ghost of Rom]

Hey Gawaine! Nice post.

Fatigue has been fixed.

Vi was a bit of pain with the excessive fatigue. Just sitting around for a while drops all you troops 2 bars after a while. Try hitting anything with your archers when they are fatigued! Mtw2 is quite nice, you can run around quite a bit before exhaustion hits your troops. I've seen em go back all the way to fresh with a bit of rest.

Muskets don't skirmish by default!

If you ever tried fighting an ai army consisting of muskets you know what I mean. Stand and bloody fight!

[Gawain of Orkeny]

Other things from VI that should be in MTW2

The fatigue bar
Letting you know who has and has not deployed
A number rating for morale
Being able to move the annonying messages from the center of your screen in the in the deployment phase.
Get rid of the spy bug. You know the push down on the mouse wheel button.
F-1 should give you the same screen as in VI
Hold position hold formation

All these things were good in VI and for the life of me dont know why they removed them

[Puzz3D]

All these things were good in VI and for the life of me dont know why they removed them

I told you why good features were removed, and you're going to be waiting until hell freezes over for them to come back.

[Gawain of Orkeny]

I told you why good features were removed, and you're going to be waiting until hell freezes over for them to come back.

There is no reason I can see that the new engine cant handle these things. Please tell me again. In fact it has nothing to do with the battle engine in most cases.

[Puzz3D]

It's due to the market that Creative Assembly is now targeting. For instance, they flatly refused to fix the mouseover info with the reasoning that it would only be of interest to hardcore players. So, you can forget about making suggestions that are only of interest to the hardcore group. All of my suggestions fall into this category. I made some suggestions in the official multiplayer feedback thread at .com, but I know they won't be implemented.