[Medieval II: Total War] I pwn

2007-12-25 15:39:47

#26

Aries_37: arrivederci frog; +368|6836|London

lol total war AI is flawed, play against friends for real fun

I did very hard/very hard as turks and got victory in very few turns

General rules are: armies should be at least 50% cavalry, deploy your army as far as possible from the enemy when given the choice (unless they have reinforcements coming), cavalry>everything if you kite with one unit and hit with another you should lose very few of your horse. Take out their cavalry as a FIRST PRIORITY then just demolish their infantry with missile units and cavalry movement (movement, no need to engage) at your leisure.

2007-12-25 19:08:10

#27

Hallvard: Member; +263|6783|North Norway

Peasent archers ftw

https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v302/kmjnhb/m2twk-20071026-150720-1.png

and yes, they got inside walls... they had 2 archer militia, 1 spearmen and 1 mailed knights...

Last edited by Hallvard (2007-12-25 19:36:10)

2007-12-25 19:14:25

#28

aj0404: It'll just be our little secret; +298|6611|Iowa...

https://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/large/b255d8de175976a22e1a409adb71e20484e21f0d.jpg

yay!
not that impressive,but it's still a Heroic Victory dammit!

2007-12-25 20:50:12

#29

The_Mac: Member; +96|6486

Lol, I don't play much with the campaign map, I found the Creative Assembaly Aussieland to be much lamer and a lot more lacking in atmosphere than CA UKs' Total Wars. (Medieval 2 is the first, and probably, as well as hopefully, the last total developed by CA Australia).

I play custom battles with the Deus Lo Volt Mod.

I'm also working on the Basileia Total War Mod.

2007-12-26 15:20:20

#30

bullit: Tank Troll; +71|6950|London, UK

This is on Kingdoms and it was sooooooo laggy!

http://bf3s.com/player/175948227

2007-12-30 03:17:49

#31

Phrozenbot: Member; +632|6876|do not disturb

The_Mac wrote:
Lol, I don't play much with the campaign map, I found the Creative Assembaly Aussieland to be much lamer and a lot more lacking in atmosphere than CA UKs' Total Wars. (Medieval 2 is the first, and probably, as well as hopefully, the last total developed by CA Australia).

I play custom battles with the Deus Lo Volt Mod.

I'm also working on the Basileia Total War Mod.

I've never played any of the mods for RTW or M2TW, but they look good. That Basileia mod looks pretty interesting, can't wait!

https://screenshot.xfire.com/screenshot/natural/d5493c694d0ad76472d62722f03b0965d9bf0040.png

I made the Timurid's elephants run amok and kill their mans I hate the Timurids! Will they be in the mod?

2007-12-30 06:12:59

#32

mikeyb118: Evil Overlord; +76|6859|S.C.

I lost my game disk.
It won't run from disk 2.

2007-12-30 10:55:46

#33

Phrozenbot: Member; +632|6876|do not disturb

mikeyb118 wrote:
I lost my game disk.
It won't run from disk 2.

That sucks.

2007-12-30 11:15:28

#34

SEREVENT: MASSIVE G STAR; +605|6368|Birmingham, UK

I have this, the guys that split Spain with Spain and Portugal are the best, i forgot their names, anyway, just be them and you will win.

2007-12-30 12:20:16

#35

The_Mac: Member; +96|6486

Bf2-GeneralArnott wrote:
I have this, the guys that split Spain with Spain and Portugal are the best, i forgot their names, anyway, just be them and you will win.

You mean the Moors?

2007-12-30 12:54:31

#36

The_Mac: Member; +96|6486

Phrozenbot wrote:
The_Mac wrote:
Lol, I don't play much with the campaign map, I found the Creative Assembaly Aussieland to be much lamer and a lot more lacking in atmosphere than CA UKs' Total Wars. (Medieval 2 is the first, and probably, as well as hopefully, the last total developed by CA Australia).

I play custom battles with the Deus Lo Volt Mod.

I'm also working on the Basileia Total War Mod.
I've never played any of the mods for RTW or M2TW, but they look good. That Basileia mod looks pretty interesting, can't wait!

Deus Lo Volt has been reworked in many instances, but it offers a deeper experience. A lot of the units have been reskinned, but some only look a but different. The Venetians got reskinned, and the Italian Militia, for example, has patterns and coat of arms specific to each city (well, not quite, but you do get that impression). New factions are added, including the Teutonic Order, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, the Armenians, and I think that's it.

One cool little bonus: the Byzantines get entirely reskinned, they get some new units, and they look absolutely phenomenal! It's amazing!

2007-12-30 21:35:16

#37

Phrozenbot: Member; +632|6876|do not disturb

Oh this is for kingdoms? I don't have kingdoms

2007-12-31 09:40:25

#38

The_Mac: Member; +96|6486

Phrozenbot wrote:
Oh this is for kingdoms? I don't have kingdoms

You might as well get it.

2008-01-05 05:07:04

#39

ShowMeTheMonkey: Member; +125|6963

I've conquored every single territory on the grand campaign as the British, No cheats involved! It's really easy on hard mode if all you use are masses of Retinue Longbowmen and Armoured Swordsmen:

https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/alexstirk/Medieval2.jpg

And yes you can have mecenary elephants.

https://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c321/alexstirk/Medieval.jpg

Last edited by ShowMeTheMonkey (2008-01-05 05:07:39)

2008-01-05 05:16:56

#40

Lai: Member; +186|6412

~Smokey~ wrote:
Anyone know how/when a Jihad against you will end?

The Turks keep sending their armies at my capital (Constantinople), and though its easy to fend them off (I have 6 full banner armies lulz), its rather annoying

You'll have to set up a trade center first,..

~Smokey~ wrote:
Byzantine Empire > All

It does and it a f*cking shame they changed the capital's name to Instanbull even as late as in modern times. If you want to enjoy some of it's former glory, take the Orient Express from Paris to Constantinople, though it will cost you at least about 7000 euros for a single one-way ticket, your apparel required by the on-board dress code excluded.

2008-01-05 07:17:43

#41

ShowMeTheMonkey: Member; +125|6963

Is it just me who thinks the Byzantines are rubbish in this game? Their units are pants. Britain with longbows can kill everything!

2008-01-05 07:28:47

#42

Shocking: sorry you feel that way; +333|6260|...

why is it that I saw a pic posted on the original total war site by some whole other guy depicting the same battle you posted in the OP? Btw, most of them were peasants against a phat wall with xbowmen

inane little opines

2008-01-07 03:53:54

#43

masterbakery: Member; +4|6260|London

Byz start well but get gradually shittier through time.

2008-01-07 04:01:36

#44

TimmmmaaaaH: Damn, I... had something for this; +725|6700|Brisbane, Australia

dayarath wrote:
why is it that I saw a pic posted on the original total war site by some whole other guy depicting the same battle you posted in the OP? Btw, most of them were peasants against a phat wall with xbowmen

I'm pretty sure there is this thing called a "campaign" where you play a string of missions driven along by a story. Not sure though.

https://bf3s.com/sigs/5e6a35c97adb20771c7b713312c0307c23a7a36a.png

2008-01-07 04:15:18

#45

FlemishHCmaniac: Member; +147|6673|Belgium

TimmmmaaaaH wrote:
dayarath wrote:
why is it that I saw a pic posted on the original total war site by some whole other guy depicting the same battle you posted in the OP? Btw, most of them were peasants against a phat wall with xbowmen
I'm pretty sure there is this thing called a "campaign" where you play a string of missions driven along by a story. Not sure though.

There's no story in the campaign. It's just conquer, conquer, conquer.

I enjoyed M2 but Rome was way more entertaining for me somehow.

2008-01-07 15:23:24

#46

The_Mac: Member; +96|6486

Rome had atmosphere, purpose, grittiness, realism (although somewhat spoiled) and color.

All M2 really has is a cluttered map, and higher resolutions/graphics.

2008-01-07 15:29:30

#47

naightknifar: Served and Out; +642|6822|Southampton, UK

Talk to kmjnhb - He rapes you.

2008-01-07 15:36:41

#48

bullit: Tank Troll; +71|6950|London, UK

naightknifar wrote:
Talk to kmjnhb - He rapes you.

I beat him once

DAMN! Not today but a few weeks ago thanks to Mr. Kmjnhb aka Hallvard Special tactics.

http://bf3s.com/player/175948227

2008-01-08 11:56:23

#49

Hallvard: Member; +263|6783|North Norway

bullit wrote:
naightknifar wrote:
Talk to kmjnhb - He rapes you.
I beat him once

http://i16.tinypic.com/6ylccw0.png

DAMN! Not today but a few weeks ago thanks to Mr. Kmjnhb aka Hallvard Special tactics.

pff.. I went with Hungary! I had never tried them before and just choosed random crap units and still you only got a close victory

2008-01-19 20:47:33