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  1. Hey Murmeldjuret - from Sweden I recon What a good lead: That book looks seriously interesting and this reviewer caught my attention: As the author points out Sun Tzu's military maxims were based on common sense. It appears Robert Edward Lee - the saint of the South - lacked some common sense. A Confederate soldier was more likely to end up wounded and dead fighting under Lee than in any other Southern army. Why? Because Lee liked to attached - straight ahead like an angry bull. The author compares that to the brilliant Valley Campaign of Stonewall Jackson. Avoid strength, strike weakness, deceive, confuse - Jackson understood there were . And then we have Gettysburg - Longstreet understood what Jackson did: make the enemy come to you, on the ground of your choice. But Lee was in charge so the Rebel army attacked straight ahead.
  2. I think ammo should be a part of the concept you've already introduced: If you Loose too many soldiers early on, it will affect later battles. Same here - supplies actually were a great problem for the South, and as soon as they attacked Northern heartland, they pillaged the countryside and towns. Of course one must be aware of not ending up with too much micro-management if too many details are taken into the battles.
  3. Hey Nick This book written by famous military historian Sir John Keegan must rang amongst the best on the subject. It covers the whole war, but is interesting because it captures the size of the conflict with more than 10,000 battles fought. The importance of the continent’s geography, how skilled The South fought despite all it's flaws and how cruel and violent the war was fought. When reading it I discovered, that Gettysburg is 'only' one of loads of interesting battles fought across half of The US, so there's room for a lot of DLC ;-) There's some seriously interesting battles out in the mid-west, where the Union attacked the Confederates waterways and protecting forts (transport lanes) along the Mississippi http://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Civil-War-Military-History/dp/0712616101 Greetings Monty Denmark
  4. Hey Nick - Monty from Denmark calling! Being a Total War veteran from way back in 2000 I've have played every single game CA have put out -- thanks to your mod I've just recently played Napoleon again. And that time around was much better than the first (original version). I've too played Gettysburg back in the day and no doubt CA was inspired by this great game... I'm a huge TW fan but what has always been a problem with the games is, that it's often up to a year AFTER release, before they are patched up to a state, where they ought to have been released. So very often I'm bored of the game long before, because the AI is so dumb. So what am I saying? Do not release before it works the way you want it. Marketing will push for release, but if this game is to make a serious difference, the AI needs to kick some serious ass! I have reached a state, where I long for a serious butt-kick from the AI -- NOT the most fancy graphics in the world. And I'm not the only one who wants more than words, when it comes to developing a serious advanced AI. So potentially you could strike on a gold mine if this suceeds... Heres some input for the game: 1) We need soldiers surrendering and walking off to the rear - an ever missing feature from TW-games. Hate that everyone routs when it's more realistic (and cool) seeing soldiers surrendering. 2) Involvement in the units and officers (a bit like TW Rome 2's aiming) 3) Slow moving action - I'm tired of being rushed, when strategy is important. Instead there could be some isolated desperate moments, when I have to react fast. 4) Scarred environment. Farms, fields and woods burning. 5) River and rail transport 6) Release through Steam - this has been great for the smaller Indie games. Question: Any details on release of: Alpha / beta / full version. Know it's early, but how about pulling a future game up to WW2: Island jumping as the Americans did fighting the japs in the Pacific! Landing troops, fighting for air superiority, organizing taskforces and supplies. That would be epic Best of luck to you!
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