Quote Originally Posted by fleaza View Post
the problem with BI is that shield wall is so incredibly strong its not funny. i had 2 units of sacred band defeat 2000 units on a bridge with shield wall on. its better to reduce unit spacing and radius instead of using shield wall. hording isnt really implemented in it either the last time i played. religion is just annoying. i hate bothering with the religion crap, it makes me exterminate so many more cities due to PO.

imho alx EB is better. ive played vanilla, bi and alx mods. giving up a few abilities was worth the improvement in AI. i love the retraining feature. i used to hate seeing units of around 42 hoplites that i see all the time (160 men at full str).
FYI, BI AI retrains units.