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Just wanted to say how excited I am to find this game. I was really debating whether to buy Empire:Total War as I am a longtime fan since the original Shogun game. But the technical and AI issues I have seen on the TE forums turned me off. I saw someone mention this game on one of the forums at TWCenter and now I will be buying COG: EE instead!

Welcome to this kick a** game AND not least to these forums. Do not be anxious about asking questions, the ppl here at the matrixgames forums are (99%) a great bunch!

Terje

ORIGINAL: punkrockgrenadier

Just wanted to say how excited I am to find this game. I was really debating whether to buy Empire:Total War as I am a longtime fan since the original Shogun game. But the technical and AI issues I have seen on the TE forums turned me off. I saw someone mention this game on one of the forums at TWCenter and now I will be buying COG: EE instead!

Good choice. I own both games and I can say that, apart from the graphics, CoGEE is the much better game.

COG:EE is the way games should be: balanced, engrossing, thought-provoking, compelling. Not having played some of the 'competitor' titles, I can only speculate, but sadly it seems some game companies (e.g., the Civilization series which I have played extensively) perceived their bread will be better buttered if they shift their product lines more toward the lines of incredibly high-end graphics-fest with inadequate attention to balance, and strategic though, much less anything that will really capture a serious strategy gamers attention for more than a couple sessions.

Welcome. And I encourage you to play PBEM. IMHO, that's were the real fun begins:)

I agree. PBEM is the way to go and I have only played 1 turn!

Get used to Advanced Economy first. I strongly recommend reading the Advanced Economy guide (+ textiles supplement). Makes it fairly easly.

Welcome.
 
Yeah. PBEM is about the only way I play after spending 2-3 weeks getting the hang of it in play vs. AI.

Thanks all for the warm welcome! Ok, here is my first noob questions: What is PBEM?

PBEM=Play by Email.

You play against up to 7 other players. Check out the opponents wanted section for games.

ORIGINAL: punkrockgrenadier

Just wanted to say how excited I am to find this game. I was really debating whether to buy Empire:Total War as I am a longtime fan since the original Shogun game. But the technical and AI issues I have seen on the TE forums turned me off. I saw someone mention this game on one of the forums at TWCenter and now I will be buying COG: EE instead!

Great news. And also great news that people are starting to realize that there is an alternative to that game with the massive advertising budget.

ORIGINAL: barbarossa2

PBEM=Play by Email.

You play against up to 7 other players. Check out the opponents wanted section for games.

And what amazes me is how durable the pbem community is. Seems that we have a stable player base now. The longest pbem is now well into the 50's (turns) and still going strong...

ORIGINAL: lenin

ORIGINAL: barbarossa2

PBEM=Play by Email.

You play against up to 7 other players. Check out the opponents wanted section for games.

And what amazes me is how durable the pbem community is. Seems that we have a stable player base now. The longest pbem is now well into the 50's (turns) and still going strong...

Off course it is still going strong, think I would allow you guys to quit with French troops on Austrian soil? [:-]

ORIGINAL: barbarossa2

PBEM=Play by Email.

Aha, thanks. Sounds awesome!

Ditto on the welcome and pbem advice above!

BTW I'm more of a "Colbert Conservative" myself. [;)]