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The Truth about Empire
^Kazemoto^ on Thu 05 Mar 2009, 03:16
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We’re friends, so I got to tell you the truth right?
Well, the truth in my humble opinion is that Empire Total War looks to be pretty much the best damn game that Creative Assembly has come out with yet!
It is awesome, incredible, and fabulous, worth every penny you can manage to squeeze out to get the best machine you can, with the best graphics you can manage.
Just my personal opinion mind you, but playing this game in the Total War mode, it handles very much like MTW/VI, but with the very best graphics you have ever seen.
I’m sure there are still some bugs, I didn’t see any, but there always are some. But even if there are, I have to say that in all respects, including the automatic match finder (oh yes this works great), Empire is undoubtedly head and shoulders above any game I have ever played in my whole life.
Yup, that’s what I said
We’re friends, so I got to tell you the truth right?
Well, the truth in my humble opinion is that Empire Total War looks to be pretty much the best damn game that Creative Assembly has come out with yet!
It is awesome, incredible, and fabulous, worth every penny you can manage to squeeze out to get the best machine you can, with the best graphics you can manage.
Just my personal opinion mind you, but playing this game in the Total War mode, it handles very much like MTW/VI, but with the very best graphics you have ever seen.
I’m sure there are still some bugs, I didn’t see any, but there always are some. But even if there are, I have to say that in all respects, including the automatic match finder (oh yes this works great), Empire is undoubtedly head and shoulders above any game I have ever played in my whole life.
Yup, that’s what I said
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Re: The Truth about Empire
BHCKingWarman88 on Tue 24 Mar 2009, 15:12
Yup, I am very disapponted with ETW lobby wise and that. You need a lobby to see who is on and that. Can't just use the Stream list....
Plus with the stat problem and the American/European players and that, I expereinced this first hand with some of my European clannies, I think CA screwed up big time here.
Gameplay imo is really good to be honest..... But, I don't think it can live up to full potenial until they
1. Add in a damn Lobby
2. Fix MP unit stats problems
3. Fix the Player Location problems
Plus with the stat problem and the American/European players and that, I expereinced this first hand with some of my European clannies, I think CA screwed up big time here.
Gameplay imo is really good to be honest..... But, I don't think it can live up to full potenial until they
1. Add in a damn Lobby
2. Fix MP unit stats problems
3. Fix the Player Location problems
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^HUN^ on Tue 24 Mar 2009, 20:17
Unit stats as in you can mod your units and still play without desync you mean?
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Re: The Truth about Empire
KenchiNem on Tue 31 Mar 2009, 22:41
Hun,
I know where you are comming from but we must at least give it a chance. I have heard some very good and bad pionts about the game, but if it has a good engine thats the most important criteria needed to make it work.
I remember the bugfest mtw was when it was released, as i'm sure we all do, but look how fondly it's remembered now.
Until I buy it and play it I can't give an opinion, if I did i'd have to join Takiyama
I know where you are comming from but we must at least give it a chance. I have heard some very good and bad pionts about the game, but if it has a good engine thats the most important criteria needed to make it work.
I remember the bugfest mtw was when it was released, as i'm sure we all do, but look how fondly it's remembered now.
Until I buy it and play it I can't give an opinion, if I did i'd have to join Takiyama
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Glyndwr^ on Tue 31 Mar 2009, 22:54
Hi KenchiNem
Welcome back to the forum.
It's been a long time since your last visit.
Welcome back to the forum.
It's been a long time since your last visit.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Kazemoto^ on Tue 31 Mar 2009, 23:31
Hiya Nem 
Saw your post over at Hunters also, but no time to say anything.
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There are rumors galore concerning this game...but the truth is that I have 40 Clan Teams in a dual competition over at Clan Wars. Each Team is required to have 6 members (4 to play and 2 backups) to be allowed to compete. That's a minmum of 240 players engaged in practicing for this major event.
I have a special forum for reporting problems due to software, hardware, or internet, function or performance.
There are no posts there!
http://clanwars3540.yuku.com/directory
There are hundrededs and hundreds of people who have and are playing this game online, not all games are perfect (some variations in lag, some with out any lag at all) but they are all having fun, in spite of the fact that not all of the fixes are in yet.
That's the truth about Empire!
Saw your post over at Hunters also, but no time to say anything.
*****
There are rumors galore concerning this game...but the truth is that I have 40 Clan Teams in a dual competition over at Clan Wars. Each Team is required to have 6 members (4 to play and 2 backups) to be allowed to compete. That's a minmum of 240 players engaged in practicing for this major event.
I have a special forum for reporting problems due to software, hardware, or internet, function or performance.
There are no posts there!
http://clanwars3540.yuku.com/directory
There are hundrededs and hundreds of people who have and are playing this game online, not all games are perfect (some variations in lag, some with out any lag at all) but they are all having fun, in spite of the fact that not all of the fixes are in yet.
That's the truth about Empire!
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Kazemoto^ on Wed 01 Apr 2009, 10:42
I have a special forum for reporting problems due to software, hardware, or internet, function or performance.
There are no posts there!
Did get one today.
It has not caused any problems so far, but may become a serious issue in 4v4 tournament games.
STEAM is performing servers conservation every day around 22GMT (usually it makes people loosing connection at 21:30-22:30 GMT)
Can you imagine what may happen to every tournament if it remains unchanged......
I have big doubts here as we re simply forced to start battles around 18GMT and after the break we ll go deep into night hours playing tie-breaker. Hours mentioned above should be simply avoided if we do not want to have complaint festival here.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Glyndwr^ on Wed 01 Apr 2009, 14:28
Thanks for the info ^Kazemoto^
So that would explain why my Steam connection was lost during a conversation with Marcus when we were trying to set up a game to test joining.
So that would explain why my Steam connection was lost during a conversation with Marcus when we were trying to set up a game to test joining.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^HUN^ on Sat 04 Apr 2009, 20:31
Hello Nem,
I know what you mean but too much change. Unless the MP experience is a simple, straight forward procedure, there is little chance of a community as there used to be. I read reports of thousands playing this game yet that could quite easily be just twenty MP and the rest on SP.. Forgetting my lack of interest in this era, the whole thing sounds too messed up and fragmented IMO.
At the very least a few old names have reappeared and it's good to see Kenchi enjoying a bit of a revival.
I know what you mean but too much change. Unless the MP experience is a simple, straight forward procedure, there is little chance of a community as there used to be. I read reports of thousands playing this game yet that could quite easily be just twenty MP and the rest on SP.. Forgetting my lack of interest in this era, the whole thing sounds too messed up and fragmented IMO.
At the very least a few old names have reappeared and it's good to see Kenchi enjoying a bit of a revival.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Kazemoto^ on Sun 05 Apr 2009, 13:14
As I have already said, there are rumors galore flying around the community, these are being spread sponsored by people who in some cases don’t even have the game, and in others by people who don’t know how to play the game (it is all new and requires study).^HUN^ wrote:The latest reports on MP make sorry reading. So players can modify stats and play online without causing desync
As far as cheating goes, I have seen the rumors, but no proof at all, only the paranoid delusions of people who have lost a game because they don’t know how to choose units properly, or how to use unit upgrades.
Besides Steam has an automatic, permanent, irrevocable, ban function, for anyone who would risk modifying their game.
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?s=ee794f829be54b6d8f99bae950510307&ref=7849-RADZ-6869
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Kazemoto^ on Sun 05 Apr 2009, 13:18
Gee, I wonder if the game is a success?
Current Players...Peak Today...Game
20,349...23,525...Empire: Total War
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
People joining groups to provide an online identity.
The dot com group today at 1,788.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/empiretotalwar
The dot org group today at 223.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/etwmp
The Gammer Replay group today at 231.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamereplays
And many mant more...
I personally have 35 friends, 6 are in a game, I think I will go join them.
Current Players...Peak Today...Game
20,349...23,525...Empire: Total War
http://store.steampowered.com/stats/
People joining groups to provide an online identity.
The dot com group today at 1,788.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/empiretotalwar
The dot org group today at 223.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/etwmp
The Gammer Replay group today at 231.
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamereplays
And many mant more...
I personally have 35 friends, 6 are in a game, I think I will go join them.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Glyndwr^ on Sun 05 Apr 2009, 16:39
^HUN^ wrote:I read reports of thousands playing this game yet that could quite easily be just twenty MP and the rest on SP..
You only have to look at the MP Battle Lists to see that this statement is incorrect.
Battle Lists as in Ranked and Non Ranked games. Yes, you have the choice to play a Ranked game or an Non Ranked game.
The 4v4, 3v3, 2v2 games are many.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^HUN^ on Mon 06 Apr 2009, 10:45
A slight exaggeration on my behalf? Should I take it that the figures quoted by steam are all MP then?
Should I also believe that negative comments posted on other sites are simply from those who do not have the game or don't know how to play it? Remember, there are those who find and exploit game flaws long before they become general knowledge. I don't suppose there are any bugs or imbalances either.
Furthermore, if a dedicated lobby was up and running, actual numbers would be there in plain view, for all to see and we would know whether these so called community figures were fact or fantasy. Maybe there is a good reason to keep the real figures invisible.
Should I also believe that negative comments posted on other sites are simply from those who do not have the game or don't know how to play it? Remember, there are those who find and exploit game flaws long before they become general knowledge. I don't suppose there are any bugs or imbalances either.
Furthermore, if a dedicated lobby was up and running, actual numbers would be there in plain view, for all to see and we would know whether these so called community figures were fact or fantasy. Maybe there is a good reason to keep the real figures invisible.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Glyndwr^ on Sat 25 Apr 2009, 12:26
I have noticed a drastic fall-off in the number of games being hosted over the last three to four days.
At first, you had to scroll down to show all games being hosted, similar to viewing two pages of battles.
Lately there has been as few as 6 to 8 games non ranked but increases to about 10 to 14 when adding ranked games.
Are players getting 'fed up' with ETW already?
This is on the UK Server.
I have not looked at other Servers because I understand that all are now available without having to change servers?
At first, you had to scroll down to show all games being hosted, similar to viewing two pages of battles.
Lately there has been as few as 6 to 8 games non ranked but increases to about 10 to 14 when adding ranked games.
Are players getting 'fed up' with ETW already?
This is on the UK Server.
I have not looked at other Servers because I understand that all are now available without having to change servers?
Last edited by ^Glyndwr^ on Mon 27 Apr 2009, 17:00; edited 1 time in total (Reason for editing : typo error)
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^HUN^ on Mon 27 Apr 2009, 16:38
This all sounds very frustrating for you and Marcus.
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Re: The Truth about Empire
^Glyndwr^ on Mon 27 Apr 2009, 17:12
Frustrating is the understatement.
Last night I changed the Server to seven different regions and the only host name I recognised was FearofNC on the US Chicago Server.
See my post reply here...=> http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2222741&postcount=11
Last night I changed the Server to seven different regions and the only host name I recognised was FearofNC on the US Chicago Server.
See my post reply here...=> http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showpost.php?p=2222741&postcount=11
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