Quote Originally Posted by Stuperman
Based on M2TW, I predict that on release day, CA will give us a functional beta, 6 months to 1 year later, the full game will be released as the '1.3 patch'.
I couldnt have put it better myself.

And I'll add a caveat to this-

I predict- 6 months to a year into the working beta, CA will announce the next Total War game, despite the fact that RTW, MTW2 and ETW will still have major bugs.


Quote Originally Posted by Divinus Arma
I predict there will be no integration of ship and land combat, like amphibious landings or ships firing on land. (which will absolutely water down the game.)
Completely agree on this point too.