Too early to tell, as far as the Developers claimed it is not even 70% completed yet.

Well I'm no medieval warship expert but that ship seems fictitious in nature. It looks like a Nef of a Galleon, a Nef could use oars, Galleons generally didn't however the picture looks like neither. Also look closely it seems to combines a Greek trireme and a 19th century armored warship, with a ram thrown in for extra measure in a position that is pretty much useless for battle lastly note that the cannon facing forward on the poop deck would destroy the men and guns on the foredeck, if ever fired.

This post has been edited by Monster Hunter G: Aug 24 2008, 02:51 PM

Actually both Special Forces edition and the ordinary edition are considered "separate games". In multiplayer and singleplayer you can ONLY use the "Special Forces" units if you have the Special Forces Edition, kinda like C&C3 Kane Edition and the ordinary edition.


Going to get my Special Forces Edition very soon. This is the one game that I will likely play for the whole year like many other previous TW games.

Steam server is very very busy lately due to THOUSANDS of users downloading and updating their game. Just wait a little and it will die down.

Just got my ETW Special Forces Edition but can't play it yet............argh this is maddening. Also for those who plan to get the Special Forces Edition better do it fast because it's flying off stores shelves at a very rapid rate, the store had only one copy left when I reached there.

Maybe steam used seperate servers. L4D works fine but when I tried connecting Empire Total War, it runs like........

Still I wouldn't be surprised if it's the local broadband.

This post has been edited by Monster Hunter G: Mar 6 2009, 08:53 PM

LOL just managed to win the Battle of Bunker Hill, wasn't easy. Still need more practices.

Also CA really simplifies the campaign map. Probably to make it "easier" for colonization.

Yup, that or you can go offline altogether after the initial installation.

Anyword on the upcoming patch? For some reason I played the final Road to Independence, the end turn lag is horrible have to wait almost a full minute to continue. Didn't encounter this problem in the grand campaign.