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Someone made Medieval 2: M&B Total Warband because they didn't know better by fucking newbie 05/21/2013, 9:51am PDT Now you can play a game of M2:TW (because you make poor choices) and have every battle be like something out of M&B. I know Caltrops barely gives a fuck about mods except but once in a blue moon, but I'm using what Commander Tacos taught me and posting it anyway. Thanks, Paul, you'll make a proper aspie of me yet! Setting the technical accomplishment aside, who'd want to be faced with the false choice of fighting several dozen such battles each turn by midgame or letting the shitty autoresolve deal with it for them? Admittedly if we're modding some things we could fix autoresolve maybe, but it seems like the use of a moronic slog of repetitive battles as a means to extend playtimes and turn a shitty operational game into a strat is incredibly common. Are there alternatives aside from Paradox titles which can make playing a strategy game just as much of a molasses-fast grind? At least CK2 and Victoria and all that shit have vaguely amusing event mechanics associated with playthroughs.

Someone made Medieval 2: M&B Total Warband because they didn't know better by fucking newbie 05/21/2013, 9:51am PDT     What's wrong with Medieval 2 exactly? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 05/25/2013, 10:13am PDT         Thirty samey 3d battles a turn you either handle manually or let the AI lose? by fucking newbie 05/25/2013, 11:26am PDT             If you're steamrolling them, maybe up the difficulty a bit? by WITTGENSTEIN 05/25/2013, 12:15pm PDT                 And what in the world prevents that from becoming repetitive and boring? NT by fucking newbie 05/25/2013, 1:52pm PDT                     Because I...enjoy standard turn-based strategy gameplay? Help me out here. by WITTGENSTEIN 05/25/2013, 3:30pm PDT                         I don't know, without a decent story or other engaging content, things get dull by as soon as they get formulaic. 05/25/2013, 3:57pm PDT