Got my first heroic victory today! I had a 12lb gun, a unit of provincial cavalry, and a unit of militia sitting around in the field. I was attacked by 4 units, 2 militias, a pikemen, and a General's Bodyguard.
Trench went up for my militia, and sandbags around the cannons, as they went to charge my units I threw my cavalry at them, for no other purpose than to pin them down, I knew they were going to die. Then I set my cannons to canister shot, between that and constant firing from the militia I killed them all really quickly, and only lost 22 cavalry.
Awesome game.
I really wish you can set a defender/attacker round in "Play Battle".
I have yet to try out the mines.
[QUOTE=KillerTV;14136369]Got my first heroic victory today! I had a 12lb gun, a unit of provincial cavalry, and a unit of militia sitting around in the field. I was attacked by 4 units, 2 militias, a pikemen, and a General's Bodyguard.
Trench went up for my militia, and sandbags around the cannons, as they went to charge my units I threw my cavalry at them, for no other purpose than to pin them down, I knew they were going to die. Then I set my cannons to canister shot, between that and constant firing from the militia I killed them all really quickly, and only lost 22 cavalry.
Awesome game.[/QUOTE]
I am still only getting Close Victories even if I win with the odds deadly against me, maybe sometime I will get Heroic.
I just bought the collectors today, just waiting for it to install on steam.
[QUOTE=Thom12255;14137223]I am still only getting Close Victories even if I win with the odds deadly against me, maybe sometime I will get Heroic.[/QUOTE]
Yeah the victory ratings seem to be pretty bad right now, I often get close victories even if it's not close in the least.
[QUOTE=KillerTV;14137384]Yeah the victory ratings seem to be pretty bad right now, I often get close victories even if it's not close in the least.[/QUOTE]
Enemy Kills: 10
Your Kills: 10000
CLOSE VICTORY
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Finally got the multiplayer working after 2 weeks of trying! Played my first land battle, it was pretty even till the end, when after my calvalry flank they kind of fell apart. Then the host just quit the game, no loss for him and no win for me :(
If they're going to have a ranking system then they need to put something in place so games dont become just about the stats so people wont quit. It's lowering the quality of the multiplayer to be honest (from a community point of view, the actual battle i had was really good fun and flawless from what I saw).
[QUOTE=Xystus234;14089403]They need to make a modern day total war. Or at least a world war 2 one.[/QUOTE]
War Leaders: Clash of nations.
Too bad the battles suck, and most of the game is pretty bad. But it's fun to crush the world.
[QUOTE=Orkel;14134019]Looks so awesome with the music, and cannon shells exploding in the lines.[/QUOTE]
I fell in love with this mod the moment it tried it. I recommend it to EVERYONE. I got the pipes and drum mod and the enhanced smoke mod. Trouble with the smoke mod is - get 6 or more line squads firing about 3 volleys and my pc slows by about half due to the smoke cloud covering the battlefield. It looks awesome, and also obscures quite a lot - making you have to look harder and pay more attention to whats going on.
The pipes and drum mod however, is forever making me loose battle, lol, im always zoomed in on the drummer to hear the music, following them into battle...and forgetting about all the other squads.
Well that worked, installed it on steam, downloaded the update and activated the special units thing and the game crashes.
[QUOTE=angelangel;14136305]Someone answer this man.
My list of saved games is almost never ending.
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Oh well, CA should have anticipated this and have included a huge "Delete Save" button.
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Yeah, you can tell by checking their relations on the diplomacy menu. I guarantee you that every nation in the Americas will have at least -100 relations due to territorial gain.[/QUOTE]
Where exactly can I see why a Nation doesn't like me?
[QUOTE=Killuah;14139444]Where exactly can I see why a Nation doesn't like me?[/QUOTE]
Diplomacy tab; mouse over that nation on the minimap and wait a second.
Well i know now why it didn't work, after i installed it and downloaded the update i had to restart steam.
Who needs the Thirteen Colonies when you have
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The United Kingdom of America!
[QUOTE=Thom12255;14141592]Who needs the Thirteen Colonies when you have
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The United Kingdom of America![/QUOTE]
Interesting sidenote, the British part of that flag is just for Great Britain. The "United Kingdom" is actually the "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland". The Flag for that ( Which is used today ) has a red x over the white x part.
Empire is actually a bit off in that for the first 7 years of the 18th century the Union Jack didn't exist.
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_jack"]Really intresting article on the Union Jack[/url]
[QUOTE=Andy101;14137651]Finally got the multiplayer working after 2 weeks of trying! Played my first land battle, it was pretty even till the end, when after my calvalry flank they kind of fell apart. Then the host just quit the game, no loss for him and no win for me :(
If they're going to have a ranking system then they need to put something in place so games dont become just about the stats so people wont quit. It's lowering the quality of the multiplayer to be honest (from a community point of view, the actual battle i had was really good fun and flawless from what I saw).[/QUOTE]
What'd you do to fix it? I can never join. Can't get connection to host or something like that. I can host, and some people can join, but I can never join.
[QUOTE=Canesfan;14141775]What'd you do to fix it? I can never join. Can't get connection to host or something like that. I can host, and some people can join, but I can never join.[/QUOTE]
Well i opened the relevant ports, but I dont think it did much, and then i switched my steam download region from UK to East America. It's not guaranteed connection to everyone but I've actually managed to join a good few games (although one "desynced" on me :( )
[QUOTE=Andy101;14141951]Well i opened the relevant ports, but I dont think it did much, and then i switched my steam download region from UK to East America. It's not guaranteed connection to everyone but I've actually managed to join a good few games (although one "desynced" on me :( )[/QUOTE]
Hrm. Well seeing as I AM East America, I doubt that'll do much, haha.
Does anyone know a better way to change your government type, than to make either the nobility or the worker class do a revolt in your capital? My people are starting to get unhappy with the current government, i want to see if a republic will make them more happy.
[QUOTE=Thom12255;14141592]Who needs the Thirteen Colonies when you have
[URL=http://img13.imageshack.us/my.php?image=unitedkingdomofamerica.jpg][IMG]http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/5143/unitedkingdomofamerica.jpg[/IMG][/URL]
The United Kingdom of America![/QUOTE]
How about the East India Company?
Downloading the sound mods now.
Lol my friend downloaded Antivirus 2009 while looking for mods for this game.
Idiot.
Finally I can use light infantry properly. Charge them out in front of your main force, put them on Light Infantry Mode and make them snipe the enemy officers at long range, then run before the enemy get in firing range, keep repeating until the line infantry of both sides finally clash. The enemy should run much faster without an officer, drummer and standard bearer.
God damn, I'm learning fast to NEVER auto resolve, EVER. The system is totally broken, I had 5 units of the native American British infantry, plus one cavalry regiment, against ONE Huron lancer regiment, I was like, fuck it, auto resolve, and I lost, that's some bullshit right there.
Works fine for me...
[QUOTE=Zatharon;14148064]God damn, I'm learning fast to NEVER auto resolve, EVER. The system is totally broken, I had 5 units of the native American British infantry, plus one cavalry regiment, against ONE Huron lancer regiment, I was like, fuck it, auto resolve, and I lost, that's some bullshit right there.[/QUOTE]
Works fine for me. In fact I win MORE battles when I use auto-resolve.
I can go into battle with equal forces and auto-resolve, I win 'em every time with minimal losses. (50-100)
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