Empire Total War HD Commentary Battle United States vs Austria - Artillery Tactics

[brainwasher9876]

6:46 most beautiful thing in ETW

[CamelBallZee]

6:44 ROFL

[brainwasher9876]

vs line infantry masses-take artillery to high ground, camp with artillery. He attacks you, he dies. He stays defensive-he dies, slowly.

[xerone10]

Can someone please answer fast, should i buy this or napoleon total war?

[reanactingjerseyguy]

did u use the upgrade where you get the american unts

[BoJanglezzzzzz]

Thanks for the tip on destroying squares, didn't realise you could get them to rout like that :)

[bane1150]

americans hiding behind walls typical :)

[thompsongame]

yo syn nice commentary maybe ill c you in shogun 2

[pfccodeman]

Should I get this until Shogun 2 Comes out?

[DiVeronica]

your videos are superior to prince of macedons. great job. good work. maybe someday we will play together (when I finally get the dream computer I've wanted for 3 years)

[SynopticCam]

@DiVeronica Appreciated mate and make sure you get Shogun 2 when your dream computer arrives coz that's where everyone will be!

[tanks46]

are useing a mod if so wich 1

[HannibalOfCarthage14]

i played a battle where my oponent used only line inf..... he charged all into a guard unit......lol

[SynopticCam]

Sounds very pro lol

[alithat1]

would your light inf fire into to wall since you had them kneeling down?

[SynopticCam]

@alithat1 If you positioned them in skirmish mode behind the wall that would be possible. But I put them in line formation on it. You can also stick them on the wall by right clicking the wall itself.

[denniswilder]

Very nice vid. Do you have any video in which you explain the use of foot artillery (horse art)? I've browsed through your vids, but didn't find any.

[SynopticCam]

@denniswilder Ah well there are multiple uses, foot art can set a strong defensive position and horse art can take offensive duties with cannister rushes. I may do a foot art vid in the near future.

[denniswilder]

Sounds good. I did learn a lot from this vid, though I actually rarely play online. I'll be waiting and hoping for a foot art vid.

[TheWarpGhost]

Very cool game. I do like watching fights on Algeria, its a very pituresque place to battle over (as opposed to a flat empty field in the middle of nowhere-in-particular)

[SynopticCam]

Yeah agreed, the map itself looks quite good

[lessthanwords]

Hey, daniu here, watched this again yesterday...

best quotes ever: a) "lobotomy patient's first video game" (funny and true); b) "stop complaining about 'art camping', it's part of the army"; c) "anything is better than the 'standard' army by now"...

had a fight against a kiting Grenzer spammer yesterday, was more fun than any no-art "default" game on Flatlands.

[SynopticCam]

@lessthanwords Ahh the great King of Cows ;) yes we share the same view against these silly flat maps and boring standard builds. It's just gotten too stale! And when are you gonna give me a replay? :P

[darthnemoz]

u kno the new units sorta make USA a really strong force instead of that rubbish weak army. the only thing i wanted of the untis was the 20thmaine, but thats only in the cival war :.(. anyways nice vid as usual. dont let the hackers get to u^^

[SynopticCam]

lols take care with those hackers ;)

[steifan]

Great battle!

[SynopticCam]

Thanks I had fun recording this one :D

[Twycross]

Great vid as usual. You have the best ETW vids.

[SynopticCam]

Ah thank you very much :) Good to have you back on the comment board too mate

[robotmasker]

whens ur new video coming mate;D

[SynopticCam]

Soon, I've been extremely busy lately

[PriestOfFilm]

:(

My game is kaput - I saved a British Campaign before a battle as I usually do, autoresolved, lost, tried to reload and rather than load, it simply moved straight back to the title screen. I tried multiple times but no good.

You know any cures for this terrible game-breaking fault, Synoptic? btw I good battle as usual.

[SynopticCam]

Ouch, looks like a crash save - as you're stuck in one event which will cause a crash. Best thing you can do is have an earlier save mate. Hope you do.

[PriestOfFilm]

Thanks for the help Syn - glad I have you subbed lol

Keep kickin' that as - hopefully I'll be joining you... :S

[SynopticCam]

Any time, I'll try and help when I can

[Almin192]

for the mod im not sure how to get it can you make a vid to show us how? cuz im at the page and nothing says downlaod so do i have to make an acount and then be able to download?

[SynopticCam]

Ok I will make a 'how to' in the near future :)

[Peul230688]

Man this is a good vid mate, i've never seen an Austrian Line Spam used effectively, but good tactics countering it.

Oh and what was that thing that looked like a wall again, the name escapes me :P

[SynopticCam]

Thanks, was great to see someone move their men so well. And walls walls walls walls ;)

[alienpope11]

*happy new year

[alienpope11]

I need help getting the mods. I have downloaded the mod manager and i think it works fine. I have pressed on the link and then i don't know where to press to download the smoke mod. and none of the sound mod links works there either. please help anyone.

btw Happy new yeat :)

[SynopticCam]

I'm not sure how to help, all the files are working. And they are located in the attached files at the bottom of the first post. Basically you put the main files in the Empire data file. Then turn mod manager on and select what you want from there.

[alienpope11]

I've got it working.

Thanks for everything man

[SynopticCam]

Enjoy the mods :)

[MiniInloesteam]

lol i love these intro things, its awesome

[thestrategest]

happy new year man!!!

[SynopticCam]

Happy new year!

[robotmasker]

haha your intro is pretty funny mate;D

happy new year:D

[SynopticCam]

Thank you very much and happy new year :)

[Frederikstenern]

Synoptic have a good newyear and to all you others, Happy Newyear!

[SynopticCam]

Happy new year :)

[Atsorbi]

the battle I've ever seen from you :) happy new year!

[SynopticCam]

Happy new year to you too and thanks!

[coax74]

Excellent battle, man. Nice close ups on the destructive power of your arty and the smoke mod just makes everything so much more badass.

[SynopticCam]

Thank you :) And I love that smoke mod too, it's a keeper

[relmrex]

you are the prince of macedon of empire total war

[SynopticCam]

Ah thank you very much :)

[alienpope11]

where can a get the mod manager for etw?

[SynopticCam]

PM'ed

[dsettleascii]

your probably better than the POM or yoeeb

[alienpope11]

One important reason i comment your videos is becouse u almost always write back. I'm thankfull for that.

I win many battles thanks to you. u are like a handbook of tactics. you know everything about etw tactics. It wouldn't suprise me if u turned out to be the best etw player in the world man.

Keep em comming and have a good one.

[SynopticCam]

I do my best to answer people :) I'm very happy the vids have helped you! And thanks :D

[SynopticCam]

I must say it did prove effective even in the late period. So obviously with single rank fire, no rifle/accurate art it would be even better. Also it's cool to know unit targeting works in general against this build. Thanks for tuning in.

[Aristotle1251]

VERY good battle i always enjoy them :D

[SynopticCam]

Thanks and I'm happy you like them :) And gotta love the frantic battles.

[warriortaco]

another great battle! small thing I noticed w/ the fife and drum mod, though..american troops playing "the british grenadiers" (9:50)???

[SynopticCam]

Yeah that mod just has a bunch of sound files that play for marches etc. I don't think it acknowledges what nation, since a lot of nations wouldn't have any sound otherwise :)

[warriortaco]

mm that makes sense. Too bad, really..oh well

[dcsmith5100]

Hope you had a good Christmas and good video.

[SynopticCam]

I did :) Was pleasant and good to see the family

[XXXpallisterXXX]

Just got this game for xmas never thought my PC could hold it but it runs great on medium grfx's love it. Great battle again keep em coming:D

[SynopticCam]

Thanks I will try and I hope your ETW experience will remain a good one :)

[Hellica08]

Really good fight! It seems like he kept you on your toes more than other players. Kinda funny to see someone else control the tempo of the game for once.

[SynopticCam]

Yeah such a superior number of troops just gave him the initiative from the get go, funny to watch - nerve wracking to play ;)

[deathslayer100]

nice vid

[SynopticCam]

Thank you

[wimbutler]

another excelent video on genralmanship ..lol is that a word ? any how well done : )

[SynopticCam]

It's a word now :P And thanks

[dcsmith5100]

Shit....

[dcsmith5100]

nice oepner

[SynopticCam]

Thanks

[TheAnnoyingSwede]

Good vid as usual :)

[SynopticCam]

Thank you very much :D

[simonandfaerk]

always nice to wake up to a new synoptic vid .. nice! : p

[SynopticCam]

Waking up to Synoptic eh? nice lol :P

[simonandfaerk]

haha yeah that sounded kinda gay : p

[SynopticCam]

lols :P

[dsettleascii]

it looked lik tactics tht a real general wud have used

[SynopticCam]

Wow thanks I think there were some great moves pulled by Ef*Em forcing a lot of nice set piece battles.

[finian1712]

What did you say the fastest Rank Firing unit was? AND I LIVE IN MARYLAND :D

[TheAnnoyingSwede]

Bulkeley's Regiment (France)

[finian1712]

thanks I had NO clue what he had said :P

[TheAnnoyingSwede]

Np dude ;)

[WorldChampInfinity]

I liked it when your artillery blew up the other guy's guys. =)

[SynopticCam]

Always enjoyable to watch arty blow stuff up :)

[raduseghedi]

great man

[SynopticCam]

Thanks :D

[WRH90059]

i think syno has had experiances with givin and recieving thats why he added it into this :P nah jk's mate,great job lookin foward to more

[SynopticCam]

Oh you're a funny man you know that? :P And thanks hope I can keep em coming.

[WRH90059]

im a kiwi,i cant help but be funny XD I hope they keep on coming to,other wise i wouldnt have funn intros to entertain me :P

[SuperUKman]

u have to aim at them and shoot them lol i was going to charge them with the art's crew

[Hammyirish]

Out standing. One of the best Battles I've seen in a long time thank you for the up load.

[SynopticCam]

I am referring to the minute or so I spent on unit targeting.

[Roadkil007]

Epic!! Great strategy and manuevering!!

[SynopticCam]

Very happy you enjoyed :D

[darthnemoz]

NO MY INERNET gOT SLOWED TO DIALUP SPEED NOW I CANT WATCH VIDEO :.( lols.

[SynopticCam]

Synoptic feels your pain! :P

[Tirill0]

good game. I think if he had some howitzers as wel it would been a whole different game i think.

[SynopticCam]

Possibly but that would mean less line and my cav had control of the field as he had none.

[roebra]

Nice battle !! as always!

You say that the the 1st Maryland has best rank fire in the game, which one is the other unit you mention?

[SynopticCam]

Thanks and that would be the Bulkeley unit of France :)

[killie232]

woohoo nice vid cool battle

5/5

[SynopticCam]

Thank you very much :)

[Boadeciia]

Not sure I want to be an Aussie's bitch, (or anyone elses) - but instructive video and well narrated as usual, so I gave you the 5 stars, my little possum.

You could make a nice appropriate music vid' of ETW with ol' Rolfy's "Two Little Boys?" Just an idea for the day. :)

[SynopticCam]

Oh yeah if anything they'd be your bitch right? ;) Yet again thanks for the kind words but Rolf Harris' music scares me a plenty lol. Always refreshing to read your ideas though :)

[executor966]

what happened to HD?

[SynopticCam]

Takes a couple of hours after the upload to come up

[chevytheplayer]

I was thinking, wow what a tamed welcome, just greetings and salutations... then he said bitches and that had me rofling

NICE

[SynopticCam]

Haha you love it ;)

[Battlenub74]

as always, nice

[SynopticCam]

Thank you ;)

[BlonkersTLG1234]

good vid

[SynopticCam]

Thanks bro