What are you looking forward to?

[Freedom Onanist]

Factions?
UK, France, Spain, Portugal, The Netherlands, the Ottoman Empire, Kingdom of the two Naples(?), Prussia, Austria, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Persia, Moghul India, African nations, the USA. Any more? How far exactly does the map extend?

Naval combat?
How are they going to model this? Are you going to be able to create "superior" naval units by specialising. Britain ruled the waves because she invested heavily in achieving this (and becasue of secure land borders of course), others didn't. How will that be modelled if at all?

How are you going to be able to lead your men in boardings?

Gunpowder
Will European armies have a clear advantage over eastern ones as they did historically? Again, the result of different development paths before anyone gets hot under a nationalistic collar. Or will it be entirely down to you as leader?

Questions, questions....

I am just looking forward to the whole bloody thing - at last an era that seems to fit exactly the battlefield structures of the whole TW series. Ranked formations manoeuvring coherently on a battlefield.

For me that is the heart of the TW series, not as the blurb says the campaign map - there are other games that do that (better?), none other does the battles anywhere near as well or as immersively.

Not looking forward to.
I'm worried about the emphasis on the campaign map and elements like diplomacy, spies etc... Again, other games do these. Also, because the campaign impacts directly on the battles if it doesn't work 100% you get borked battles (weird little stacks moving randomly on the map, stacks of catapults/peasants anyone?). Just a bit worried is all, I'm sure it will all work perfectly. And I for one have never had a real problem with any of the games so far.

Can't wait.

[Haudegen]

Actually I am very fond of the emphasis on the campaign map

I hope the map will contain the whole world and that it´ll be possible to make expeditions around the globe, with some dark spots to be dicovered, like Australia or central Africa.

Further I´m curious whether they create a new game engine from scratch or whether it will be an upgraded version of the RTW engine, like M2TW. I wouldn´t be too disappointed if it were the latter case, because it would probably make things easier for the modding community.

[Jack Lusted]

It uses a brand new game engine.

[Mylae]

It uses a brand new game engine.

I wonder what will be the hardcoded limits. M2TW expanded to 31 the faction slots. If Empire is gonna raising tis limit to 50+ possible factions i'd like it.
Also, I'd like a more "historical" approach, in which historical messages will play a decisive chioice role. Look at Europa Universalis to see what i mean.

[icek]

Im looking forward to see japan in tokugawa's family hands and to make sme "last samurai" on some english azz. but on the other hand japan was closed for the rest of theworld in that time and im afraid this game will be just another all-graphics + naval battles enviroment to create boring mods.

[Freedom Onanist]

to make sme "last samurai" of some english azz

Huh?

[ELITEofWARMANGINGERYBREADMEN88]

It uses a brand new game engine.

Guess alot of people might have to upgrade their RAM if they didn't do so already For MT2W?


Moghul India and USA

[Stuperman]

@ Jack lusted (or any other CA official)

Will ETW support multi-core cpu's and/or Agea's physics processing unit?

@SaFe - agreed

[Fate]

The main parts of this game that i'm looking forward to, the ilberian war; England and portugal against france. Battling in the Americas, (hopefully) fighting in the carribean (would be awesome!), and the turmoil of india, sikhs vs muslims, whilst the british sit and the sidelines waiting to take out the victor.

I cant wait!! XD

And they'd best do british riflemen the respect the need!

[Nobunaga]

wondering how battle engine / battle mechanics will be. Am mostly interested in mp balance / good mp experience.

sometimes more means less...

[Freedom Onanist]

I like the Campaign map as well but if that doesn't work too well it massively impacts the battles.

Also, how will factions that don't engage in the Industrial Revolution be modelled? The Ottoman empire declined throughout this period becasue of its inability/unwillingness to engage in the kind of technological and social changes happening in the West at the time. Similarly for the others - Persia, India, China, etc...

Will you be able to play any African nations?

[Nobunaga]

will their be a mp campain?

[ramela]

I'm looking forward to modding Finland in (as a challenge faction of sorts) and kicking Swedish and Canadian (!!!) ass.

Take that for always thwarting us in Ice Hockey.

[Odin]

what am I looking foward too? Well seeing how Tosa is the only mod listed, im looking forward to seeing him deal with all the hooligans like me...

Seriously: The naval warfare looks pretty sweet... I mean if we can get an engine that has the kind of land warfare sim and naval sim of the TW series, and its moddable

[NagatsukaShumi]

PIRATES

Rebel pirate ships will now actually be awesome

On a serious note, if the sea battles are anything like Sid Meier's Pirates I'll be in heaven.