Empire Total War, Again

[Scipio]

So, is this game any good yet?

It beats a shit sandwich.

[jimmy olsen]

So, is this game any good yet?

It beats a shit sandwich.

High praise indeed from a Russian. 

[Josquius]

What was the problem?  What was it doing?

Units completely ignoring what I told them and doing wacky things. Like forming up in to single file lines...with only 1 soldier facing the enemy at a time.

[Caliga]

I had that happening prior to the latest patch, but I haven't yet seen it since.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Units completely ignoring what I told them and doing wacky things. Like forming up in to single file lines...with only 1 soldier facing the enemy at a time.

I had that happening prior to the latest patch, but I haven't yet seen it since.

Damn that sucks.  Did/does it do it all the time, or is it only on certain map types?  I know buildings and really any sort of little...things...on the landscape can potentially screw everything up.

[Josquius]

Yeah, much of it was to do with buildings. My troops on some walls particularly pissed me off. They just stood there and died despite me repeatedly telling them to get the hell off the walls.
The cavalry on the ground were doing it too. Perhaps the walls confused them though.

Sadly though taking/defending forts and cities is where most battles take place.

[MadBurgerMaker]

Yeah, much of it was to do with buildings. My troops on some walls particularly pissed me off. They just stood there and died despite me repeatedly telling them to get the hell off the walls.
The cavalry on the ground were doing it too. Perhaps the walls confused them though.

Sadly though taking/defending forts and cities is where most battles take place.

Yeah, sieges with walled cities/forts are still all fucked up.  It's gamey and lame, but the "best" way to defend (and the quickest way to get it over with) if you want to play a siege battle is to just position your guys around the center circle there.  The attackers will just run to the middle and stand there, giving you easy kills.   

Interestingly enough, I've had some pretty fun fights in cities without walls.  There's no flag circle thing that grabs the AI's attention like a shiny penny, so instead it comes after your troops.     You just have to be really careful when moving your units around, since, as you know, buildings can ruin everything.  When you're attacking, the AI will both occupy buildings and send troops out to attack you with no walls to get in their way.

Edit:  It's still an AI, so you're always going to be better than it, but at least it's better than the fort thing where they either run to the middle (when attacking) or crowd up in a corner or something (when defending).  There also aren't any walls for your little retarded pixelated troops to get stuck on/do anything stupid on.

[Caliga]

The smoke and blood mod + drum and fife mod make this game OSSUM.

Marching my redcoats to the tune of "The British Grenadiers"  to mow down Frenchmen = WIN.

[Viking]

Any of the mods deal with AI tactical blobbing that turns every single battle I fight into a Cannae.

[Caliga]

Dunno, the mods I installed purely alter the graphics/sound.

[Viking]

Dunno, the mods I installed purely alter the graphics/sound.

Gameplay 10/10, graphics/sound 2/10

[Caliga]

[viper37]

Any of the mods deal with AI tactical blobbing that turns every single battle I fight into a Cannae.

Darthmod.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=246153

[Viking]

I care for gameplay 10/10 and care about sound/graphics 2/10

[Viking]

Any of the mods deal with AI tactical blobbing that turns every single battle I fight into a Cannae.

Darthmod.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=246153

Any big change since 1.9?