Is Stainless Steel worth playing?

[steedless]

Hello, so I'm pretty much a huge total war fan and have hundreds of hours into the series. Back in the day I used to play Rome 1 and Medieval 2 off of steam as I had them on disc. I re-purchased Med 2 on steam and was wondering if the Stainless Steel mod is worth playing. I very much enjoy the base game and was wondering if anybody could share their opinion on Stainless Steel and how the mod and the base game differ, thanks.

[3am]

These might be better for your purposes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAQ29G50Yys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfbaztnv0z8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVi6d1QkEGI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3iHqHtTqTw

[Dark Angel]

It's slow at making A/I moves; not my favourite but very popular and used by a lot of OLB gamers, so it's got to be worth adding to your collection. Mod foldered and runs fine once set up.

[3am]

Hmmm... OLB?

Outside LineBacker
Off Line Basecaller
Overpass Light Brigade
Olbia Italy
OLE Object Library
Outer Lead Bond
On-Line Bible
Object Library (VAX)
On Line Brochures
On Line Broker
Omaha Lincoln and Beatrice Railway Company
Obnoxious Little Brother
Object Language Bindings
Open Lung Biopsy
Online Banking
On Line Backup

Going to have a guess at On Line Battles.

[Dark Angel]

On-line Battles... nearly but not quite.

There are three forms of multiplayer, so the term is unhelpful.

Guess the other two:

PBEM
HS

:)

[DoomHammer]

In one sentence? SS adds micro-management.

SS is a good mod. Many good changes, AI is better all around, better graphics, bug fixes, character development, logistics, loads of factions, units units units, music. Just about every mechanic of the game has been improved for the better. Plus many new ones added.

It all comes at a price though. SS pushes Mtw2 to the limit and it is bulky. Loading between turns is a nightmare. Not only that but all the new stuff can be a bit overwhelming to take in. It is more hardcore in terms of realisim. Gift and a curse. After awhile I found it to be not fun anymore. Really, the only game breaking aspect of SS is the long turns, I would have enjoyed it much more if they were reasonable.

There are many other mods that add bits and pieces of what SS has to offer and they do not cause your CPU, or you, to melt from compiling scripts.

[easytarget]

I really like SS6.4, but the one thing about it that does drive me batty is the turn time.

[eddyb0y]

and also stainless steel is ten times better then vanillia, get it.

[eddyb0y]

Opprinnelig skrevet av easytarget:

I really like SS6.4, but the one thing about it that does drive me batty is the turn time.

guys you can fix the turn times with the bugfix update, it fixes the turn times and it's a lot faster. its awesome. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?640913-Bug-Fixes-for-SS6-4-DO-NOT-POST-ANY-BUGS-IN-HERE&p=13723098&viewfull=1#post13723098

[easytarget]

Thanks King Eadweard, I went and grabbed that, good to have even if it doesn't appear to speed things up that much on turns (although I'll admit I've only run through 10 turns so far in a new campaign with it, so the real test will be down the road and we shall see). I'm glad to see they are fixing small issues as they crop up, very nice to see someone still supporting this fantastic MOD.

[Aquilifer]

It's a beautiful mod, really. Two-handed units are fixed in this mod too, so Gothic Knights are among the best infantry in the game in SS 6.4.
Also, Greek Firethrowers.

[acesahn]

SS doesn't have variable general speeches. You get that short one you find in Kingdom expansion DLCs where they make one quip and that's it, no personality points or deeds taken into consideration for a 4 part speech.

This might seem trivial but I LOVE those... that said, I don't know if the rebalancing and improvements are worth that.
Besides... I find my early games in SS to be GRUELING when compared to vanilla. I don't know why but I'm constantly throwing militia at well trained armies in SS and that gets... tiring.

[Lax]

I have not played SS in ages. Does anyone know if you still have the ability to change your heir and take titles away from lords? I always thought that was an amazing addition

EDIT*

Looks like you still can. Neat. :)

[easytarget]

My only observation about the above two comments is: very impressive necro

[Edztえどぜて]

even 2k23 I still need to ask