Surrender?

[Gfran64]

Hey guys,

Is there going to be a surrender option for multiplayer or the regular game? I don't mean individual units surrendering but rather a full surrender of the opponent or yourself. Could you click on an opponent's/AI commander at any level and ask them if they want to surrender or surrender to them? I think it would be neat to have sort of a white flag screen where the 2 commanders ride out and one surrenders to the other with no time being lost in the battle. If the other commander said no then hostilities could begin again and you would have to wait some time before you could ask again. I think that most civil war commanders facing total defeat or annihilation would have saved the men they loved and respected rather than throw them to the dogs in a lost cause. Let me know what you think.

Regards,

Greg

[Hancock the Superb]

I always thought that that was a good idea. In addition, individual units should also be able to surrender if you want them to.

[estabu2]

Surrender...what!!!!!! A good idea Greg, but we must uphold our honor, sir!!! No surrender, if all else fails give them the bayonet.

[ironsight]

I think a surrender option might make some sense in a MPer 'game' if one player is down to a few regiments while the other player still has most of his Army intact. If the losing player has absolutely no chance to win the game, why continue the battle and waste valuable time and bandwidth.
It might even make sense in MPer for the game to automatically declare a winner under extreme lop-sided conditions using some predetermined criteria other than battle duration time or VPs. A lot of this kind of stuff will probably evolve once the new game hits the streets.

There is historical precedence for large scale surrenders; Vicksburg, post Petersburg, Fort Donelson, etc. come to mind.

[rebeltim]

run away....run away!!

[norb]

Gfran64 wrote:

Hey guys,

Is there going to be a surrender option for multiplayer or the regular game? I don't mean individual units surrendering but rather a full surrender of the opponent or yourself. Could you click on an opponent's/AI commander at any level and ask them if they want to surrender or surrender to them? I think it would be neat to have sort of a white flag screen where the 2 commanders ride out and one surrenders to the other with no time being lost in the battle. If the other commander said no then hostilities could begin again and you would have to wait some time before you could ask again. I think that most civil war commanders facing total defeat or annihilation would have saved the men they loved and respected rather than throw them to the dogs in a lost cause. Let me know what you think.

Regards,

Greg

Good idea, but honestly knowing how competitive people can get during these games, it wouldn't be used much. People will just drop out first.

[estabu2]

Run away and live to fight another day!!!:):)

[2nd Kentucky]

Surrender! bah humbug!

How dare you suggest that I would hand my honor over to some yankee.:laugh:

[Hancock the Superb]

Ohh, good point norb. Drop out, and sign on as another user...

[JC Edwards]

Hancock the Superb wrote:

Ohh, good point norb. Drop out, and sign on as another user...

:laugh: I'd know it was you everytime!:P The outcome would be the same......you dropping out and trying to come back as someone else.