What are you looking forward to?

[Trax]

Entire 3D globe perhaps...

A man can dream, right?

[BoyarPunk]

Being able to conquer the world as the Russians, of course.

On a minor side note, pleeeeeaaaase bring back titles! Pretty please?

[Randarkmaan]

I'm looking forward to marching Red Coats forward against an enemy line, being fired upon once from too far away, walk up to point blank and fire!

http://www.gardesmusik.nu/musik/Svea...Grenadiers.mp3

Would also be fun to be some of the more eastern nations, like the Ottoman Empire and keep them from becoming as weak as they did, I hope that such nations, like the Ottomans, who I believe would have had an opportunity to industrialise and to reform their army, something, they did, in the 1830s their army was reformed along Western lines, would be cool if there was the possibility to do that earlier, ofcourse you would have to defeat the Janissaries first, who would likely rise up in revolt.

Naval battles will also be fun.

[Stuperman]

I'm really looking foreward to a bigger Campaign map (maybe more than 199 provinces this time?) improved Diplomacy AI and Campaign map AI.

I'm most certianly not looking foreward to musket heavy battles, finding cover for my men, ordering them into buildings..


And CA Developers/programmers/designers if you are reading this, I know that your bosses/publishers/fans will be pressuring you to get the game out ASAP, but please, please, please take an extra 6 months to iron out bugs. The 2hand and shied bugs in m2tw were amazingly annoying, and the subsequent re-balancing is still needed. I would rather wait a few months to get a more polished out of the box game than have the M2tw situation repeat it self.

[SaFe]

Marching with your own soldiers lined up at the enemy also lined up and firing muskets sounds not terribly tactical b.t.w.

[Jack Lusted]

Marching with your own soldiers lined up at the enemy also lined up and firing muskets sounds not terribly tactical b.t.w.

Well that's not, but that's not what most battles in the time period were. Battles in this time period were some of the most tactical in history.

[SaFe]

Well that's not, but that's not what most battles in the time period were. Battles in this time period were some of the most tactical in history.

Well, that is your opinion.

Normally the english won the field battles because their ability to shoot and reload faster than their opponents was better.
At least in the english-france wars.

The cannons and the muskets will win the day.

Tactical perhaps, but tactical battles like Zama or Alesia?

Diversity of troops for the different nations?

I'm not convinced that the tactical level of the Total War series except eye candy and naval battles will improve with the musket and cannon era.
Nothing can be said about diplomacy at this time naturally.

[Rakker]

Well, that is your opinion.

Normally the english won the field battles because their ability to shoot and reload faster than their opponents was better.
At least in the english-france wars.

The cannons and the muskets will win the day.

Tactical perhaps, but tactical battles like Zama or Alesia?

Diversity of troops for the different nations?

I'm not convinced that the tactical level of the Total War series except eye candy and naval battles will improve with the musket and cannon era.
Nothing can be said about diplomacy at this time naturally.

I think it is a tactical era. Its the time of Frederick the Great, king of Prussia. In the battle of Rossbach in the seven years war he won a brilliant victory. He was outnumbered 1:2 (22000 prussians against 42000 austrians. The austrians also held the better position on a ridge. By a brilliant flanking manoeuvre he managed to defeat the austrians, losing only 550 man. The austrian losses where 10000 (including prisoners)

This battle is not widely known, but in my opinion it stands besides more famous battles as Gaugamela, Canae, Agincourt and Austerlitz.

Another battle of interest is the battle of the Narva. The Swedes with a little more than 10000 men where 3:1 outnumbered by the russians. With the loss of only 700 men the complete russian army was destroyed. This victory was achieved by tactical, technical and disciplinal superiority.

I think that this era has a lot possibilities for tactical warfare. Ok, technical superiority is a nice thing, but a commander has to use the right tactics to win a battle. And well, didn`t the romans have technical and discipline superiority (their legions) at Alesia and Zama

(References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_%281700%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rossbach

[Monarch]

Marching with your own soldiers lined up at the enemy also lined up and firing muskets sounds not terribly tactical b.t.w.

If you're saying the 18th century is that then thats like saying the time of the romans was just charging and stabbing at each other. Play the Napoleonic Total War mod for rome, since it was online only tactics were fantastic.

[earl of shrewsbury]

a bit early but will the game ram for the game be bigger than mtw2 as i don't really like the idea of buying a new pc for the game as i will lose all the campagian i have allready done

sounds good though

[Eng]

Two words:

!!-NAVAL BATTLES-!!

I'm hoping that u will have the ability to make your own custom ship.
just one, the one that leads the navy

[Nikos_Rouvelas]

Well I WAS looking forward too the American civil War but I guess mow I will have to look forward too The American Revolution.

[TinCow]

And CA Developers/programmers/designers if you are reading this, I know that your bosses/publishers/fans will be pressuring you to get the game out ASAP, but please, please, please take an extra 6 months to iron out bugs. The 2hand and shied bugs in m2tw were amazingly annoying, and the subsequent re-balancing is still needed. I would rather wait a few months to get a more polished out of the box game than have the M2tw situation repeat it self.

Hear, hear. And PLEASE spend a significant amount of time on both the campaign and battle AI. A strong AI can make a game enjoyable even if it has bugs and various flaws. A poor AI can make a game unbearable, even if it is otherwise perfect.

[Randarkmaan]

Marching with your own soldiers lined up at the enemy also lined up and firing muskets sounds not terribly tactical b.t.w.

No, but it's fun and if they do fire on you too early, you will obliterate them... And doing so with "the British Grenadiers" playing would be really, really awesome. Tip to CA, include some variation of that song (played on flute or fife, together with drums) for Great Britain.

Also, would be great if the option to view your settlements came back in some way.