Just got home, going to play around with a couple quick battles and then I'll be ready.

what's your steamID so I can add you?

nvm I found you!

Your complaining about dling empire? My computers max DL speed is 32kb/s... and thats when nothing else is using the net...

It took like two and a half weeks to get ETW downloaded.

Its worth it though, 130 hours and ETW is still entertaining.

Steam ID: Rilder

BTW, if you like Lets plays/ AAR's I did one for ETW on the Dwarf fortress forums! :DL (Doing this AAR, someone actually gave me all but two of the DLC, the guy ended up spending more on my copy of ETW then I did since I got it on sale!)

LP: Empire. Total. WARRRRR!!!!

I'm adding you Rilder. I do enjoy AAR's and was actually thinking of starting one for my campaign, whenever I start it. :haha:

Here's a rundown on the battles between rsslcs and I.

1st Battle on map Homestead, I was America and he was England.
I almost won when I broke his line, by flanking with linemen, but due to my poor use of Calvary I did not take the victory. Although it was a Heroic defeat due to my 4 units of 24lbers and my flanking capabilities. I wasn't expecting the melee ground units with shields to discrete my Calvary units. Although I do pride myself in having the fewest units set in and the highest number of enemy units killed.

2nd Battle, Some map in Mexico, I was Spain and he was France.
I had the higher advantage, but made the mistake of meeting him halfway. My cannons should of won me the battle but didn't, my main problem was the fact that I forgot about my Calvary until halfway into the game. Although I was able to use them to flank and take down his artillery. Was a close defeat

3rd Battle, Syberian Desert, I was Russia and he was Austria. Early on I sent some Dagoons to the very far left flank to flank his units, and I had also made my Rifleman build spikes. I had a standard 24lb cannon and 2 units of rockets. He realizes the the Dagoons are going in to flank and moves 4 units of Grenadiers to engage them. I make my dagoons dismount and send them to run at the enemies. They start firing at the enemies and I move the camera to focus on another part of the battle. When I look back all 3 units of dagoons are fleeing due to his grenades. They only lasted a minute. :o He gets 4-5 units of Howitzers up to my units and begins firing. It's not until half way through the battle do I realize I can charge the Howitzers with my Calvary through a hole in his defenses. I do and wipe most of them out but lose most of my Calvary. The battle lasted about an hour, despite him outnumbering me for most of the battle.Ended up with a close defeat.

Yeah Spike88 did well, jus a few oversights needed correcting. :up: (now Officially going to bed XD)

So I decided to buy Napoleon Total War too. It's running at 350kb/s a second. Tobad it's 21gigs instead of the 15 that Empire Total War is.

Yea, but Napeleon is a great game.:yep:

Just woke up and NTW is finished. :yawn:

I want to start a campaign in NTW and ETW, to bad I have to go in work last minute. This is what sucks about being a supervisor/bookkeeper. But atleast
I make overtime. :up:

Whatever you do just don't forget to rock to some Musket Guitar. :arrgh!:

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/3...guitarmsic.png

oah, and you might want to start looking into mods also, some of them really help, like the mass fire mod.(for NTW)

Does the mass fire mod fix the fact that it seems half of your men don't seem to fire at certain times? Like when I was defending myself in the first Road to Independence mission. Only Three of my musketeers shot at the approaching Indians.

In ETW, if you don't have Fire by Rank researched, only your first rank will fire at the enemy if it has line of sight to it. Once you have Fire by Rank, it becomes much more of a massacre...

Added you also Ridler. Hopefully on my return to England i will be able to enjoy ETW and NTW on-line.

Have been on the fence trying to decide which of the games to get, ETW or NTW. I would get NTW if they do anything like a mod of the American Civil War for it!

The one thing that I've noticed that is better about NTW, is the fact that when your Cannons fire, if you're watching them up close, the screen will shake. It also seems, although it might have been just my imagination, that after the battle progressed more and more, the map started to get foggier from the cannon and musket fire. There is also improvements the AI and such. Although the map in ETW is bigger I think.

An American Civil War mod or even an addon would be great.


If anyone wants to add me to steam my steamid is Spike88.

Someone did a American civil war mod for ETW.

Oah, anouther thing about NTW I like is that the cannons can knock people down, not just kill them.

Is this the one you mean?

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=304229

Also can anyone recommend a major mod for NTW?
The are several out over at twcenter. But i wondered if anyone here had tried any out so far?
Was a little sad when i saw that Darth was not going to mod NTW.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=260572
no this one, I dont remember if this one has a campaign, one of the does tho.

for napoleon, I use this one.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=345863

Unfortunately total conversions, with proper campaigns and such, are impossible without CA's bloody mod tools for either game.

@Spike88 - Added you.

Thanks will give it ago.