Quote Originally Posted by Cute Wolf View Post
Well, first time I had the Alex, I play EB with Alex, less CTD, better ai, and somewhat better diplomacy.

But after proving the worth of shieldwall formations on BI (does wonder with non Sarissa Phalanx), and the Swimming ability too (stopping certain units to get a foolish death if carelessly walks over river / water), I've change my choice to BI, as they had more (albeit smaller in each force) naval invasion, night battles (belive me, pwning enemy troops one stack after one stack in the night, they'll got no reinforcements, is more realistic tactic any smart and capable commander will employ), and they has less CTD than vanilla RTW (but I must admit that Alex has really less CTD and faster loading time).

Both in BI and Alex, the AI does retrain their forces.... that's all, just choose what's best for you
(If you can't properlyu use shieldwall formation, you miss half of the BI's fun, and Alex is better if you dont like the shieldwall at all)
Nice assessment of the situation.

But I do want to make clear that you can do night battles with alex. But yes, no shieldwall formations, :(.

I've never used BI, so I don't know much about shieldwall. But reading about it does make me wish I could use it (I only play as the romans). But still, ignorance can be bliss.