Whats the best Med 2 mod?

[lionhard]

Im looking to play a bit of med 2 just to get used to it ready for EB2 now i tryed Lord of the rings the forth age on my last pc but since iv got a new pc now iv got a change to try something else, whats everyonse opinion on the best mod to go for? Im looking to play an indepth slightly historically accurate campaign something harder than the vanilla version with a bit more of an edge any suggestions would help loads thanks guys :)

[bobbin]

Broken Cresent is the best and is second only to EB in historical accuracy IMO. Rusichi TW and Stainless Steel are good ones to try too.

[Sarkiss]

Deus Lo Vult (DLV)!
by far the hardest mod there is. features are too many to list here. it may not be as an eye candy as BC is but it is more realistic and much, much harder.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=309

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

I liked Broken Crescent but I don't like how they made spearmen ineffective against infantry. Sort of annoying. Broken Crescent relies on the rocks, paper, scissors method which I couldn't get back into after playing EB for so long.

[Cute Wolf]

I bet if you liked historical accuracy for much, I reccomend Broken Crescant, with Gamegeek2's unit balance submod..

But if you like your templars mercilessly hack the Saracen Battleline, then go up with Default EDU.

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Deus lo Vult is a good mod though, and vanilla mod are quite balanced if you don't like much changes

[WinsingtonIII]

Deus lo Vult is quite fun, and hard, however I've had a lot of trouble with ctds from it, and I find some of the features a bit overbearing. Luckily in the newest version you can turn off some of the more time-consuming features at campaign start, which may reduce the crashes as well, but I'm not sure (it probably does lessen the number of scripts running).

However, if you want a mod that is as historically accurate as EB, I think you're going to be hard pressed. Deus lo Vult is a lot of fun, but I always get annoyed by some very basic things in which historical accuracy is lacking. I'm talking about things as simple as inaccurate family trees at game start (not for all factions, but I've noticed it for a couple), which is just a pet peeve to me. I also have a love-hate relationship with the scripted "Dark Ages" feature (I think that's what it's called). Basically in the mid 1200's, due to scripting, your economy tanks and based on what faction you are playing, you automatically end up at war with a specific list of other factions. It creates utter chaos, which is kind of nice, but the fact that you end up at war with certain factions even if you previously had good relations with them is not for me. It takes away some of your ability to play out an alternate history and instead forces you in wars with your former allies in some cases (which, of course, due to the stubborn AI, you will have a great deal of trouble negotiating yourself out of).

I should probably try Broken Crescent, I've always heard great things about it, but I'm just more interested in Northern and Western European history during the medieval period.

I'm basically waiting for Dominion of the Sword, and have been for a long time.