Gripes and Compliments for EB

[Metalstrm]

Ok, first post here, so take it easy on me :)

Anyway, first of all I'd like to say a big thanks to the EB team for bringing such a great mod to us RTW fans. I was a RTR fan before switching to EB and I agree with most that it is quite a better mod. I especially like the small historical details and the obvious amount of research that went into the whole project.

Still, I have a few gripes. I have started the game on VH/M as recommended, playing as the Romani (I love them too much), attempting to follow a loosely historical pattern, and am currently somewhere around 255BC. Now my big gripe is this: I have occupied Messana, and am eyeing Lilybaeum just like any Roman would do. And my path is practically without obstacle. There are at most a couple/three Carthaginian units protecting the province and that's it. If I were a true Roman I would have grasped the opportunity and annihilated everything, but like I said, I'm attempting something semi-historical. Shouldn't they focus more on Sicily? I don't know whether it is a RTW problem or EB, but I find it a bit annoying. I mean, if I wanted to, I'd have had half of north africa by now...

One other thing, I'm still worried about difficulty as a whole, especially battle difficulty. I wonder whether the Romans actually had it so easy for them, but most battles I'm having end up with something like 95% killed (enemies) vs. 2-10% kills (mine). And on two occasions the Carts attacked with units that overnumbered mine twice, with me winning pretty easily. The only battle I've lost is once against Bononia; was my first time against the naked fanatics.

Hmm, dunno what else... Does the campaign get any more difficult later on?

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

The problem with a weak Carthaginian Sicily is that the game doesn't like to do naval invasions or reinforcements. You can try using the BI.exe, as it should encourage naval invasions, or just attack them and then wait a long time for them to build a force in Sicily. They probably don't see you as a threat and don't bother sending any forces to the island.

Historically, most killing in a battle took place after one army broke and fled, resulting in a lot of causualties for one side and little for the other...

[Hax]

One other thing, I'm still worried about difficulty as a whole, especially battle difficulty. I wonder whether the Romans actually had it so easy for them, but most battles I'm having end up with something like 95% killed (enemies) vs. 2-10% kills (mine). And on two occasions the Carts attacked with units that overnumbered mine twice, with me winning pretty easily. The only battle I've lost is once against Bononia; was my first time against the naked fanatics.

Historical battles pretty much were pushing matches. It was a psychological battle. Killing an enemy general could really screw one side's faith = rout.

Look at Cannae, for example. Very few battles were actually Pyrrhic victories.

[bigmilt16]

USE BI. The carthaginians will fight for corsica/sardinia and sicily like no other!

[Ibrahim]

Teack me how to make it work for BI
make sure they're simple-easy, and common sensical instructions....

[Parallel Pain]

I want the stuff for BI + First cohort/elephant/phalanx minimod

Isn't there someone who knows how to combine the two and keep it balanced?

[overweightninja]

Teack me how to make it work for BI
make sure they're simple-easy, and common sensical instructions....

There is an automated installer that takes care of everything for you available here.

I want the stuff for BI + First cohort/elephant/phalanx minimod

Isn't there someone who knows how to combine the two and keep it balanced?

See my own and Titus Pullo's replies in the "BI and ALEX" thread :)

Cheers