This campaign jump-in feature is fantastic. I love getting a win against a superior player made force with an unbelievably shitty CPU setup. How does that affect their game btw? Are those real unit losses or is it attributed to the avatar system and not mess up their real campaign?
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Shogun 2 |OT| This is Total War
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The best was when the AI started moving its units randomly, ending up with attacks carried by 1 unit at a time against an entire line of riflemen or with cavalry units spazzing back and forth in an open field while my cannons were shooting at them (and missing every time).DurielBlack said:
It made for some perplexing battles.
And yes, I have used both activation codes...
edit: bonus historical mission and hattori clan are there, just not avatar armor or xp bank
Well stupid me, the xp bank is a little bit a text under your avatar name and the armor set is the "goldfish scale" set.
DurielBlack
Member
Volodja said:
Ha-ha yeah, that happened a lot and still does even after patching. AI also seems to like to melee their infantry a lot, I think its in response to being surrounded by my often-times superior troop placement.
Also I noticed the AI cheats and knows when you switch to grape shot on canons, it also knows perfectly what their range is and will hover just outside that zone.
Heard some good things about Shogun 2 AI, so hopefully we won't have a repeat.
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Is there a good primer on how to get into the Total War combat? I've been playing the games for campaign since the original Shogun and despite multiple forays into trying out the RTS aspects, I usually just give up quickly and go back to campaign and auto-calc battles.
Man...now I'm reminding myself of Lords of the Realm. I loved those too...
Man...now I'm reminding myself of Lords of the Realm. I loved those too...
bonesmccoy
Banned
Is the performance in the retail version better than the demo?
My aging rig could handle Empire and Napoleon quite well, but the Shogun 2 demo was quite sluggish.
My aging rig could handle Empire and Napoleon quite well, but the Shogun 2 demo was quite sluggish.
How can you replace the CPU army in a drop in battle?DrBo42 said:
Didnt see any menu option for that anywhere.
I did encounter a real life enemy during my first battle in my campaign. Didnt even realize i had drop in battles on when i marched my pretty much equal strength army unto the CPU enemy.
The battle turned out into a total loss for me due to his defensive positioning.
I would love to be able to play as the cpu enemy in other peoples campaigns and make life harder for them!
fizzelopeguss
Banned
I have no idea how you Multi GPU peeps do it, i'd be going fucking apeshit if a gpu of mine ended up a paperweight.
Yeah I'd like a combat primer as well. My first Total War game, i did tutorial 1 and 2, too lazy to do 3.
Played like 10 1v1's, won 3 lol.
Right now this is my understanding:
Yari tank [front]
Sword dps
Bow rigged as hell
Cavalry move separate from main army to kill bow dudes from side/behind and dodge spear dudes
Step 1: Choose formation
Step 2: Right click a building, enemy will be nearby
Step 3: double right-click enemy while maintaining formation and charge
Step 4: Micro units and see result?
What do I need to do to bring my game to the next level?
Played like 10 1v1's, won 3 lol.
Right now this is my understanding:
Yari tank [front]
Sword dps
Bow rigged as hell
Cavalry move separate from main army to kill bow dudes from side/behind and dodge spear dudes
Step 1: Choose formation
Step 2: Right click a building, enemy will be nearby
Step 3: double right-click enemy while maintaining formation and charge
Step 4: Micro units and see result?
What do I need to do to bring my game to the next level?
fizzelopeguss said:
Most games support multi GPU. When it doesn't, it's not the end of the world. The reason why I got CF is because 6950 CF cost $500, and yet performs 40% faster than a GTX 580 and matches a 6990 but at $300 less. It could be I was using a single 6950, but didn't realize it because a single 6950 isn't that slow.
TheExodu5 said:
No idea. Everything was on max settings by default at 1080p when I loaded (using HDTV). I turned on HW shadows, added something about ambient line shadows, hit apply, didn't really notice a difference, and then started a campaign. Did I need to restart to apply changes? I noticed that the highest level shaders and AA were not selectable. Is patching directX 11 and AA the next generation of patching?
Going to bed soon, I can check tomorrow. But generally recall everything running smoothly. Remember there being some jaggies zooming in on the battle field on plants/foliage.
Is there a console with a command to display FPS?
BudokaiMR2
Member
I ended up buying this on a whim last night. Didn't get too far into it but I am liking it so far.
Pretty bummed about the exclusive retail content though....Keep that shit out of my PC gaming!
Pretty bummed about the exclusive retail content though....Keep that shit out of my PC gaming!
schragnasher
Neo Member
I am INCREDIBLY impressed with the multiplayer feature set in Shogun 2. The persistent nature of the general and elite units is a awesome feature. There is actually a reason for clans to exit and fight. And the drop in battles for the campaign is a cool addition.
I was going to wait to build a new PC for Battlefield, but I think this might push me over the edge. As soon a I find out how ludicrous my property tax bill is going to be I am going all out on a new PC. This game is pretty, but I guaranty with a nice rig it is absolutely gorgeous.
Runs fantastically on my 4 year old machine though.
Runs fantastically on my 4 year old machine though.
Know what's annoying? Normally when a game doesn't support SLI, I usually just set "Single GPU" in my SLI settings for my game profile. For some reason, that doesn't work in this game and ends up just cutting my fps in half. I have to actually disable SLI completely (for all games) to get it to work.
Things like this are why I will never be going with a dual GPU solution again.
Things like this are why I will never be going with a dual GPU solution again.
Alex Connolly
Member
eznark said:
Awesome to read, sir! I've got a physical copy coming in from the UK, really looking forward to it.
BotoxAgent
Member
loving this game, but god I suck....I have no idea how to approach battles
So i ended up doing the tutorial missions, and I actually ended up losing against the AI in the fortress seige....in a fookin tutorial!! that's pretty sad on my part, lol
So i ended up doing the tutorial missions, and I actually ended up losing against the AI in the fortress seige....in a fookin tutorial!! that's pretty sad on my part, lol
schragnasher
Neo Member
Orgun said:
Neither had I. It was always a bit clunky feeling. But this is done well. Makes finding a game quick and easy.
The multiplayer mode is pretty addicting, I must say. It's so much fun trying to level up your veteran troops and gaining more skills & retainers for your avatar. The avatar customization seems to pretty deep because there are plenty of different skills and they all have their uses. I think I'm gonna make my general an archer next.
BotoxAgent
Member
eznark said:
the old guy tells me to use my special units to overtake the fortress w/out actually giving any specific strategic advice and I couldn't move to the next advice until it was completed.
I am like...uuuuhhhhhhh, so I tried to invade and lost, lol