Empire Total War, Again

[Josquius]

Ran into my first bug today.
The enemy attacked me though they quite oddly kept their army sitting out of cannon range like a bunch of ninnys and doing nothing- in hindsight this may be down to the bug.
I sent in some cavalry and eventually managed to draw their cavalry closer and closer taking shots at it with cannon the wholewhile until it was close enough to most of my army to jump on it and rip it to shreds- then their main army finally decided to come at me and battle was met.
I won the fight. As their last professional infantry unit started to run I was prepared for the standard pursue or end battle message...but it never came.
Investigating they still had some units at the edge of the screen. Their banners were not in nonetheless the men were visible and highlighting them showed them to be units. I had to walk my cavalry literally onto them and let them slowly hack this unit down...but then another unit came in the same sitauation, then another, it happened a fair few times. Gragh.

[I Killed Kenny]

question: How do I start with any nation? And what mods should I use?

[Syt]

I tried playing again yesterday, but somehow the whole game feels so bland and lacking atmosphere that I quickly got bored again.

[Caliga]

Ok, perhaps I won't bother with it then.

Interestingly, the two campaigns I played the most by far in the Total War series were both part of expansions: the Viking Invasion addon to the original M:TW, and the Spanish conquest of Mexico in M:TW2.

[Warspite]

Is this game fun in MP?

[viper37]

there's no MP yet...

[Josquius]

Yey for no MP.
Very odd they wouldn't include it though.

Ok, perhaps I won't bother with it then.

Interestingly, the two campaigns I played the most by far in the Total War series were both part of expansions: the Viking Invasion addon to the original M:TW, and the Spanish conquest of Mexico in M:TW2.

Now that I think I never played either of those. They were good? :s
I took them to just be the old games but on a different, smaller map.

[Cerr]

there's no MP yet...

There isn't even Battle MP like all their other games?
I know they're planning to add a MP campaign at some stage.

[Faeelin]

There's battle MP.

[DGuller]

IMO, Total War is made for Medieval period.  I'm still wasting most of my free time playing M2TW with Stainless Steel 6.2 beta mod.  I think this type of game doesn't work well with combat that is almost 100% ranged.

[Ed Anger]

the Viking Invasion addon to the original M:TW,

I loved that expansion. Nothing like taking a Viking army and smashing Saxon and Irish armies to bits.

[Caliga]

the Viking Invasion addon to the original M:TW,

I loved that expansion. Nothing like taking a Viking army and smashing Saxon and Irish armies to bits.

Agreed.  I thought I was OSSUM when I conquered all of the British Isles as the Norse. 

I wonder if someone has made a M:TW2 mod that effectively remakes that campaign.  I'd so play that.

[Viking]

Conquering the British Isles with the Norsemen in teh "Braveheart" wannabe scenario in MTW2 Kingdoms. Do that and then come back.

[Razgovory]

IMO, Total War is made for Medieval period.  I'm still wasting most of my free time playing M2TW with Stainless Steel 6.2 beta mod.  I think this type of game doesn't work well with combat that is almost 100% ranged.

What does that mod do?

[Caliga]

Conquering the British Isles with the Norsemen in teh "Braveheart" wannabe scenario in MTW2 Kingdoms. Do that and then come back.

No.  I want to be able to do it starting in 793.