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If you get approached by French or Americans and you turn them down, will the British eventually come knocking and ask for a foreign trade center?
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Mar 16, 2016 17:52
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Arcsquad12 posted:If you get approached by French or Americans and you turn them down, will the British eventually come knocking and ask for a foreign trade center? British will only approach if you are imperial. Edit: French are for shogunate only, and Americans will make offers to both
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Mar 16, 2016 17:56
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and don't refuse too many times because eventually they stop asking.
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Mar 16, 2016 18:01
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Sober posted:CA kinda has to reach into the lesser known pop history period stuff IMO but then that just turns most people's eyes over in their sockets I'm guessing. Total War: Hussites would be pretty fuckin' boss.
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Mar 16, 2016 20:07
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Napoleon Total War might just have the first historical battles I've actually enjoyed in the series since Rome 1.
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Mar 17, 2016 03:32
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canyoneer posted:I like the description of the Warrior as a "floating death star". Solo entire fleets err'day Until the plucky rebels fire a cannonball through a window and hit your magazine.
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Mar 18, 2016 02:41
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Arcsquad12 posted:Napoleon Total War might just have the first historical battles I've actually enjoyed in the series since Rome 1. Yeah I got it from the Christmas bundle and just played around a little; surprisingly close to Shogun2's greatness so far. The cute little campaign tutorial blew me away  Definitely a buy if you're ok with being limited to playing Napoleon, Napoleon, Napoleon, Napoleon, Britain Russia or Prussia/Austria.
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Mar 18, 2016 02:52
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sauer kraut posted:Yeah I got it from the Christmas bundle and just played around a little; surprisingly close to Shogun2's greatness so far. Why even bother with anyone else? It's not called Wellington: Total War, after all 
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Mar 18, 2016 04:25
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Unless my game bugged only napoleon has spoken narration which is a shame. It's certainly an improvement on empire total war but they definitely cut some corners with napoleon
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Mar 18, 2016 05:09
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You can use mods to play as anyone else on the map you'd like to, so there's that, though a lot of factions lack complete roosters and are pretty much a joke to play as.
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Mar 18, 2016 12:08
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Don Gato posted:Why even bother with anyone else? It's not called Wellington: Total War, after all The Peninsular campaign DLC makes up for it though as the British.
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Mar 18, 2016 13:02
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The Ottomans are the most obvious cut content faction. They have a ridiculously complex roster that never shows up due to them getting steamrollered by the Russians/Austrians by 1808. I figure CA did the work then realized that putting them on the world map would mean adding at least a dozen provinces that would never be relevant in 90% of campaigns. It's a worthwhile sacrifice for a game as polished as Napoleon. The AI isn't quite as good as S2, though. Two things that spring to mind: I wound up in a short, bloody war against Russia in my Britain campaign because they conquered northern Italy (  ), then declared on my Swiss vassals ( ). In the same campaign, I invaded Norway (you have to fight Denmark in the Britain campaign, for reasons that make historical sense but feels forced in game) with two armies, a well rounded main one and a reinforcing stack of infantry to replace losses. An army of Norwegian militia snuck up on my second stack, outnumbering them 3:1 with several artillery units reinforcing. I figured I'd go down swinging, took it to the battle map. Found my starting position next to a village, set up my skirmishers in the buildings and set my line to the chokepoints. Wound up in a ridiculously long (and fun) fight, with the enemy never moving their artillery from the initial reinforcement position and sending waves of militia over to tangle with my crack infantry. If they'd moved their artillery over, I'd have been completely hosed since they could force me out of the buildings and scrambling for lovely cover. But they didn't, and I won.Pick it up if you can, though, if only because it's the last TW game where you can change your units' names. This post in memory of Sir John Moore, rampant homosexual felled by a cowardly Danish spy. 
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Mar 18, 2016 13:22
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Exceedingly Lucky. (considering the man died horribly to cannon ball to the chest, one of the worst phrases to be remembered for now) If you haven't got over Empire yet and not given Napoleon a try, what the gently caress is wrong with you? Roll the dice.
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Mar 18, 2016 13:27
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In my Russia campaign, I gave northern Italy to the Brits as a gift, hoping that sharing a border with France would get them back in the fight; they'd peaced out dozens of turns ago, in spite of suffering no defeats or invasions at all. A few turns later they declared war on me, and lost super loving hard. Prussia also betrayed me out of nowhere, due to expansion diplo penalties, and were completely overrun by my 10-odd stacks across Germany. Oh, it was the best. On the plus side, the AI in that game was quite good at setting up multi-stack battles.
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Mar 18, 2016 14:51
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I also really like how the historical battles encourage you to know your history. I was able to beat the Friedland, Waterloo and Austerlitz battles from what I've rad and seen of the battles.
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Mar 18, 2016 15:00
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The only problem with Napoleon is the landscape, it's so much more generic than in many other games in the series. A battle map in the desert in Egypt often looks the same as a battle map in northern Italy, same buildings and everything, with a few colors shifted. And unfortunately there's not really any mud in these games which is dumb since units getting stuck in mud is a major factor in many battles throughout history - it can't be that hard to simulate can it?
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Mar 18, 2016 15:07
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Earwicker posted:The only problem with Napoleon is the landscape, it's so much more generic than in many other games in the series. A battle map in the desert in Egypt often looks the same as a battle map in northern Italy, same buildings and everything, with a few colors shifted. And unfortunately there's not really any mud in these games which is dumb since units getting stuck in mud is a major factor in many battles throughout history - it can't be that hard to simulate can it? That is an unfortunate leftover from Empire, randomized battle maps. Granted, most of Europe was cultivated farmland at the time, but it gets frustrating when you have the same flat landscape for every battle without any tactical options. The villages are also horrendous looking. Shogun 2 had a similar issue which devolved every campaign battle into "identify which of the three preset hills will spawn and occupy it to force the AI to attack." Thank god they moved back to geographical features for Rome 2 and Attila. I like fighting on the side of mountains.
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Mar 18, 2016 15:55
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So who are the brave fools who pre-ordered Warhammer that we'll be relying on in the future?
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Mar 18, 2016 16:08
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I hope it goes through another Rome 2 launch so that I can get it super cheap when the emperor edition comes out and its actually good
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Mar 18, 2016 16:12
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Man Whore posted:I hope it goes through another Rome 2 launch so that I can get it super cheap when the emperor edition comes out and its actually good I love the Total War and have enjoyed pretty much all of them (even Empire, as disappointing as it was), but I have literally never bought any of the games on release.
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Mar 18, 2016 16:27
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SeanBeansShako posted:So who are the brave fools who pre-ordered Warhammer that we'll be relying on in the future? Me, I'm the poor bastard who lacks impulse control when it comes to Warhammer video games.
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Mar 18, 2016 16:44
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SeanBeansShako posted:So who are the brave fools who pre-ordered Warhammer that we'll be relying on in the future? Call me the forlorn hope.
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Mar 18, 2016 16:51
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I'm this year's goat on a chain.
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Mar 18, 2016 23:16
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Krazyface posted:I'm this year's goat on a chain. What's the matter, kid? You never had lamb chops?
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Mar 18, 2016 23:33
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Demiurge4 posted:I picked up Fall of the Samurai and all the DLC on the sale. It's pretty good fun so far but I think I'm not very good at army management, I have large armies of line infantry and artillery that pretty much slaughters anything the AI puts against it, even if they're twice the size of mine. On the other hand my trade routes are constantly being raided by sea and I don't have any boats. I just finished conquering eastern Japan and sided with the Emperor, so now I'm at war with all of Japan and I think maybe I should have held off a little and consolidated. Navies are expensive. They are! You also have to have two, one for each side of the island unless you somehow just hang out on one half of it or something. However, there's one cool trick that the AI doesn't want you to know; if you buy into one of those foreign iron clads you can basically solo it for most of the game. Eventually the AI will research better shells that can actually dent your armor, but as long as you never auto-resolve you can just sail away, maybe even assuming direct control and sniping enemy ships into explosive fireballs. That said, to memory being on the east side of Japan gives you more inconvenient trade routes, so in some ways you'll have to put up with it and just be retaliatory. Being at war with nearly all of Japan is Okay, but you basically reached the game's climax-state, so have fun with the wild ride. Given you're on the east side, you'll only need two swole armies on either side of the island going province by province, preferably making vassals so you have people to trade with. Alternatively, you could just cheat and swap allegiances if you get in over your head but the victory conditions are met. The game's difficulty is high in the beginning and becomes more of a test of endurance later on once you get the proper techs. Combat difficulty won't really help the battles themselves to much, sadly, but that's more a testament of how god drat murderous things are.
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Mar 18, 2016 23:35
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ZearothK posted:a lot of factions lack complete roosters Which is ironic since most major figures of the 18th century were, indeed, complete cocks.
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Mar 19, 2016 05:35
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Man, playing as the ERE is really making me love Attila. My first time around as the Saxons was very successful but rapidly became super boring due to the barbarian hugbox that develops because of everybody being at war with the WRE. The ERE seems to strike a really fun balance: you have a lot of economic potential and other factions don't have quite the hateboner for you that they do for the WRE yet you still have to deal with all the challenges arising from having a big empire. The Sassanids have collapsed into obscurity, mostly due to the White Huns, while I managed to make a surprisingly durable peace with the Huns after some nice victories. For a bit I thought it was going to be smooth sailing but now I'm dealing with waves of barbarian assault coming from the ruins of the WRE.
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Mar 19, 2016 06:37
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there's a mod that changes AI relationships from "likes someone who share common foe" to the personal trait of the leader, which means that the diplomatic map is contantly shifting, making it possible to not only have wars between barbarian factions (!!!!) but also allows you to take opportunities to ally with kings who might respect empires. it's actually a really game-changer.
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Mar 19, 2016 15:18
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SeanBeansShako posted:So who are the brave fools who pre-ordered Warhammer that we'll be relying on in the future? It's me, I'm the problem with gaming 
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Mar 19, 2016 16:42
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DaveCG posted:It's me, I'm the problem with gaming Well, your certainly helping me saving money now. I'm hoping though this time around they've at least learnt to test and get actual feedback about the UI this time around.
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Mar 19, 2016 17:04
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Mans posted:there's a mod that changes AI relationships from "likes someone who share common foe" to the personal trait of the leader, which means that the diplomatic map is contantly shifting, making it possible to not only have wars between barbarian factions (!!!!) but also allows you to take opportunities to ally with kings who might respect empires. That sounds really cool, I'm gonna have to check that out whenever I'm done with this campaign.
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Mar 20, 2016 02:30
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Mans posted:there's a mod that changes AI relationships from "likes someone who share common foe" to the personal trait of the leader, which means that the diplomatic map is contantly shifting, making it possible to not only have wars between barbarian factions (!!!!) but also allows you to take opportunities to ally with kings who might respect empires. Gonna need a name for this one
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Mar 20, 2016 13:40
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Please tell me there's a mod for Shogun 2 that makes the naval maps smaller. I hate having to trawl across the giant blue box for five minutes on triple speed because the single loving enemy boat is camping at the far side. For that matter, is there a mod that stops the enemy from sending single ship fleets against me like an rear end in a top hat?
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Mar 24, 2016 07:33
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I'd settle for a cheat that just lets me click on a stack to destroy it and use it solely for single loving gunboats.
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Mar 24, 2016 12:54
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SeanBeansShako posted:So who are the brave fools who pre-ordered Warhammer that we'll be relying on in the future? I'm seriously loving tempted just because I love almost everything Warhammer.  But, I'm not an expert at all things Total War or Warhammer so I'd be unhelpful.
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Mar 24, 2016 15:10
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Deakul posted:I'm seriously loving tempted just because I love almost everything Warhammer. Don't hold back and take the risk if you can afford it and stand a possibly buggy release for fun. All views are pretty good, and I have to say outside these forums the Total War Bitter Vet view of things will always sadly be UGH gently caress THIS ISN'T ROME 1 THIS GAME IS DEAD TO ME *plays 1200 hours of it makes anal realism mods* so hearing somebody new to the whole thing as well as game would be more helpful now.
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Mar 24, 2016 15:32
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https://www.humblebundle.com/sega-strategy-bundle so can i buy that fall of the samurai pack thing and i'm good to go or do i need to buy shogun 2 separatly?
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Mar 24, 2016 22:31
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Mans posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/sega-strategy-bundle That bundle will unlock the Shogun 2 "game" aka the main menu plus some multiplayer, and add the Fall campaign (and its little sub-DLCs) as a DLC. To play the vanilla campaign (middle ages) and Rise (early middle ages) which are also cool but with less gunpowder, you'll need to pop this on your account: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/18408/ it goes on 75% sale quite often Steam gets confused in Segas byzantine web of DLC, so you'd need to buy the vanilla collection as a gift if you wanted to activate it after Fall already put "Shogun 2" into your account. sauer kraut fucked around with this message at 02:27 on Mar 25, 2016 |
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Mar 24, 2016 22:41
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Mans posted:https://www.humblebundle.com/sega-strategy-bundle Fall Of The Samurai is a stand alone campaign. You'll just have access to the Fall stuff, none of the earlier Shogun 2 antics yeah.
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Which is okay because Fall of the Samurai is somehow the greatest Total War game of all time.
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