Roman campaign

[lionhard]

Ok so im at the year 172 in my roman campaign using alexander, so not much is happening im gonna start it again and this time try and shape the world and its factions how i want them to be.

My question to everyone is, origionally i played it on Hard/Hard

How much harder are the battles over a long campaign period using very hard difficulity?

[applebreath]

Are you using EAEM or just playing alex, with what other mods?

Play VH campaign difficulty (if you want the hardest possible game), which still isn't that hard. Most importantly, try not to take advantage of obvious AI flaws. For example, if he sends his general ahead of the army, don't just attack it for an easy kill. Especially if it is just sitting there.

Also, I would recommend medium battle difficulty, not hard or very hard. I just don't see why people would want to see their units die against inferior units. To me, those kind of stat increases for the AI are too noticeable and hurts gameplay.

AND expand slowly..

-Apple

[lionhard]

its just EB with alex i wudnt change EB i wuv it, just want more of a challenge i wish i had done my origional campaign in very hard mode now shame iv spend 5 months running that campaign i dont have all the time in the world so shame that all that time is wasted and im doing it all over again :( oh well least i can learn from mistakes like, attacking germany be4 i was ready :P

[applebreath]

It's all a state of mind. Your time is only wasted if you truly believe that. It's all about how you look at things.

I'd recommend you add at least the following mini-mods (to improve AI):

AI Battle Formation Mods* ; by --Sinhuet and special thanks to Lysander13 for the compilation
Win Conditions; originally by JRMC and special thanks to konny for making a new 1.2 version
Phalanx mod;

Also :P, I don't know how anyone would prefer the original graphics over the following mini-mods:
RS Textures;
Naval strat map add on;
Getting Rid Of The Giant Trees Mod;

[lionhard]

what does RS textures do?

[applebreath]

Go to the following link and take a look (scroll down to find it), https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=105242.

They make the campaign graphics look very nice.

[Macilrille]

If you want challenge, you should probably not play as the Romans, they are comparatively easy unless you limit yourself with roleplay and houserules. If you want EB challenge, play as Sweboz, Pontos or Bactria, Hayasdan or Saba...