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The square formation is just embarassing by Fortinbras 10/19/2009, 5:06pm PDT
I mean, I've never really thought they've been able to get the tactical AI down pat in any of their games. If you take personal command of an army unless it's made up of militia and the Short Bus brigades you're going to win. The only reason Rome Total War still kicked my ass was because 5-6 battles per turn tends to wear you down with all the long loading screens. Similarly I use auto-resolve a lot in Empire Total War. Sometimes the auto-resolve will still surprise me and make me flip my keyboard (Your single fifth rate frigate sunk THREE of my fourth-rates before he was sunk? Really? REALLY?). Word to the wise: Save before every auto-resolved battle.

The square formation thing is also absurd. Why you couldn't add a switch that says "If enemy army cavalry=0 DO NOT USE SQUARE FORMATION"

Spanish Galleons also seem to be fucking bullshit. Like Fourth or Third rate stacks of guns at the beginning of the damn game, AND it can fucking run South American/African trade ports?! Fuck you, Spain!
Playing the Dutch is a serious challenge, since their only special unit is a ridiculously overpriced trade ship with extra guns (and by extra I mean nowhere near that of a galleon). If you try to capture a galleon you'll probably lose 2-3 frigates in the process and you're guaranteed to make an enemy of them within the first 5 turns. Meanwhile Spain already has several trade ports in the Southern Hemisphere and as soon as you declare war it'll basically own that region with its galleons. I tried to wipe out a stack of them with a stack of fifth rates and lost half my ships. >:(
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I totally called the expansion. Also this game is now playable by Fortinbras 10/12/2009, 11:54am PDT NEW
    Re: I totally called the expansion. Also this game is now playable by N 10/12/2009, 4:02pm PDT NEW
        The Warpath expansion is BULLSHIT by Fortinbras 10/12/2009, 5:10pm PDT NEW
            GAWD HOW MANY POLACKS DO I HAVE TO KILL BEFORE THEY MAKE PEACE?! NT by Fortinbras. And maybe Hitler. 10/13/2009, 3:26pm PDT NEW
                The Creative Assembly has fucking RUINED this game by Fortinbras 10/13/2009, 9:30pm PDT NEW
                    I changed my mind: The AI has gone from retarded to suicidally retarded by Fortinbras 10/14/2009, 8:21am PDT NEW
                        Re: I changed my mind: The AI has gone from retarded to suicidally retarded by N 10/18/2009, 10:26pm PDT NEW
                            The square formation is just embarassing by Fortinbras 10/19/2009, 5:06pm PDT NEW
                    fortinbros doesnt understand what a quagmire is he thinks its a family guy NT by gruman 10/14/2009, 3:14pm PDT NEW
                    Re: The Creative Assembly has fucking RUINED this game by FABIO 10/14/2009, 6:54pm PDT NEW
                        I don't remember unrest being a problem in Medieval Total War by Fortinbras 10/14/2009, 8:19pm PDT NEW
 
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