My first game was 0.80 as Casse. I wanted to try some barbarian factions because I wanted to see the difference between EB and vanilla. I got crushed very early by the rebels. Then I tried Bactria with not very glorious end. I got used to EB and my later Aedui and Makedonia campaigns were more successful. Now I can play harder factions like Pahlava or Pontos and kick anybodys ass.