Comments on: Empire: Total War FAQ 4

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:23:20 +0000

***I have a question for you***

In naval warfare of the time it was expected to quite often use landing parties to take over an enemy ship (As was the case with pirates, whos personal weapons/skill were better then the ships they used). For this reason, will a boarding option be implamented in the game, and certain units whos strength will be dispatching the crew of a ship and not the vessal (One of the first uses for Marines was using them to board enemy ships and engage in combat)

If this has not been considered I am sure it will offer a new comcept to naval warfare other then just firing cannons at each other till one ship sinks.

By: BARON_oF_hELL

BARON_oF_hELL — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:03:40 +0000

Yes I would LIKE TO KNOW MY PC REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS GAME…IS THERE EVEN A COMPUTER OUT THERE THAT CAN HANDLE THIS GAME!?!?!@ IF AND WHEN I BUY THIS GAME…MY PCS GOING TO CRASH!!! ESPECIALLY DURING MULTIPLAYER…I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I MUST DO TO NOT KILL MY COMPUTER…CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT MY REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE !!!!!

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 08 May 2008 22:57:15 +0000

So since it’s been 4 months since this FAQ, any news?

I was wondering if there was any chance of seeing the new screens… I know PC Gamer’s UK branch got some, but it’s really crummy trying to get some screenies in the states. Seems to cater to a small fan base when you think that worldwide, we all want to see some land battle screenies…

By: Feild Marshal Danny Boy

Feild Marshal Danny Boy — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:42:34 +0000

Hi, I’am an avid total war gamer. I’ve got all of your previous tittles.
Now I may be an avid gamer, but im also an avid historian. I love this period.
Now:
1) Will there be standard bearers? I mean in this period the standard was everything. if it was captured in battle then the regiment would be shamed. (Disbanded even) and the capture of a standard would bring a lot of honour.
2) Will standards actually be held by men, not floating above the unit like in previous tittles and if the bearer is killed will we see another man grab the banner?
3) Will the guns have different amunition (for land) like canister, grape and good old round shot?
4) Like in Medieval 2: total war will the experience be shown as banners, and if so will you include it on the regiments banner as ‘Battle Houners’
5) What sort of scale are the units going to be? are they going to be whole regiments? companies? platoons?
6) Will units have Majors, Captains, Leiftenats, Cornets(Cavalry) Ensign(Infantry) and Ncos like Sgt Major, Sgt, Corp and if so will there different ranks be visually identifiable?
7) In a sige will you be able too choose a unit which will be able to become the folorn hope?
With Artillary will you add more peices of artilary and less spare crew? this would be more realistic.

Thats all for now.
if carried on i good go for ages (i.e. hundreds of pages)
Danny Boy

P.S.
9) Will artillary amuntion be able to give real time damage to the ground? by this i mean will you be able to see rents in the ground where the shot has bounced and torn up the ground. If so in wet wether the shot will not bounces as far.

Bye

By: Rod

Rod — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:54:09 +0000

Will ship’s crews in a blockaded harbour lose experience, due to a lack of training, and will ships maintaining a blockade gain experience. Also will the ships in the blockaded harbour deteriorate due to a lack of naval stores getting in to the harbour?

In RTW the generals command rating didn’t really matter unless you did an automatic battle. Will it be seen in the Empire battles? For example if you are using a general with a low rating will the troops have a delay before they respond to a command and / or are they more likely to run away. And if you are fighting against a general with a low command rating will he be likely to do something stupid?

With unit recruiting will it be regional? For example British troops were recruited in Britain, Sepoy regiments were recruited in India (mainly as John’s Company troops), and the Highland regiments were recruited in Scotland. And will the King’s German Legion made an appearance if Hanover is occupied by a foreign county?

Will independent states be one big rebel conspiracy or will you be able to on good terms with some and be at war with others?

How will the East India Company (John’s Company) and the Dutch East and West Indies Companies work?

By: Hutchins

Hutchins — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:27:30 +0000

Im deeply looking forward to this game as i am a Huge fan of the total war series, I hope that you can buy upgrades for your units and ships as i was very disapointed at ROME:Total war’s lack of upgrades. Some things that i think would be good about the game is if you could do things like Painting and fully customizing your ships - Maybe even have a flag ship full of officers or special units Ect.

By: tinhorn

tinhorn — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:01:22 +0000

give me my FAQ 5

By: bill

bill — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:52:26 +0000

WHEN IS THE NEXT QA AND A COMING OUT WWWWWHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEENNNNN!! I CANT WAIT

By: jamie cullum

jamie cullum — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:38:28 +0000

thanks for the years of fun,i like many of the above have been playing since the release of rome total war. i woulf like to know if cannons will be able to move onto walls during sieges. Also during on the campaign map will it be possible to hvae an army dig in on a hill. building trenchs and the like.

thanks

jamie

By: Bruno Garibay

Bruno Garibay — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:11:46 +0000

I need to know system requirements!! I know the game is gonna be awesome…. but is my computer awesome enough to run it??? How much will i have to upgrade my computer?? How many paychecks am I going to have to spend???