Thing you would change?

[Wasp]

I always thought it would be neat if you entered the battlefield on the other side if you attacked the province from that side.

Vices and Virtues were a neat idea too, some of them anyway.

Castle attacks could have been more fleshed out.

Can't think of anything else at the mo, besides a brilliant and agressive AI.

I can agree on the province idea, it's a very logical thing to have, in my opinion.

Perhaps the rebels could use a bit more personality and diplomacy (that you could participate in small alliances with them; to attack a common foe, or to negotiate a cease-fire for x years).


@ Martok: What would you like to improve concerning the AI? Better tactical skills?

[Martok]

@ Martok: What would you like to improve concerning the AI? Better tactical skills?

I was thinking mainly of the "suicide general" phenomenon and the fact that cavalry isn't the greatest at flanking attacks (which Puzz pretty much outlined in his previous post). Making the AI better able to attack river provinces would've really helped as well, although I admit I'm not really sure how that could be accomplished -- even though I'm no programmer, I have a feeling that would be pretty difficult to code.


Incidentally, I thought of a couple other things I wouldn't mind seeing changed in STW. Tosa has mentioned one of them already, which is that heirs don't automatically appear with their own bodyguard unit.

The other thing Shogun could've done better is how reinforcements are handled; since unlike in Medieval and the other Total War games, your reinforcements don't necessarily appear on the same side of the map as your starting army. Also, having a pre-battle setup screen similar to Viking Invasion's (where you could organize in what order reinforcement units would appear) would've been nice as well.