Do replays work as supposed?

**ThePinkus** · April 13, 2009, 10:58 AM

Supposition: a "replay" replays a battle as it was fought by players (single- or multi-).
Good.
Is it actually so?

I am asking as after a naval battle that my fleet won without loosing a ship, I replayed it just to be amused at watching that one ship that went up in flames and then BOOOMMMM!!!
Wait a second... that's my Admiral's ship!

How's I have him promoted in my campaign and turned into dust in my replay

???

**PSSpyker** · April 13, 2009, 01:28 PM

Yes, sometimes replays are different from the actual battle. Not sure why. Sometimes I win in campange with less then 10% left but the replay said I lost the battle.

**Skyline Pete** · April 14, 2009, 09:06 AM

The computer doesn't actually record your battle tit for tat, but rather seems to remember the placing of your troops and a little bit of the start of the battle, but then everything goes out the window and it just turns into an AI vs AI random battle using your troops from the campaign.

Utterly defeats the purpose of even having a replay option at all.

**administrator of yackady** · April 15, 2009, 02:45 PM

this isnt new to ETW either ive had it happen on Broken Crescent and M2tw
only noticed it once then though (in the battle i blew up there only ram forcing 1000+ men up one ladder)
in the replay the ram wasnt destroyed and the battle turned out very different although a victory none the less

**aves** · April 16, 2009, 12:52 AM

This really chaps me... If the point of a replay is to... replay

events in the battle then they might as well not jerk our chain and just cut replays all together if they're just an AI v AI redux of a battle

**Von Kickyourass** · April 18, 2009, 04:56 AM

that is weird

**ohnoesaz** · April 21, 2009, 04:46 PM

Wow, thats a shock haha. I haven't tried replays but geeez are you guys serious? replays aren't even replays, its just another battle basically, just based on certain things for your battle? Sheesh.