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    Quote Originally Posted by Apázlinemjó View Post
    And another good player doesn't conquer the map, but roleplays everything, including his own state's downfall.
    Like in my short AAR (which had many views, but almost no comments - although it had a very good review in the critics quill on twcenter)
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    Yeah, too bad, we cant have alternate victory condition. I personally think the pontos could choose to become hellenistic empire that rule the black sea region, or reforge the old persian empire, oh wait the kalmar union thingies made those as possibility (pontos, hayasdan, or pahlava could turn themself into the old persian empire when they capture several certain city, but that will need one faction slot)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cute Wolf View Post
    Yeah, too bad, we cant have alternate victory condition. I personally think the pontos could choose to become hellenistic empire that rule the black sea region, or reforge the old persian empire, oh wait the kalmar union thingies made those as possibility (pontos, hayasdan, or pahlava could turn themself into the old persian empire when they capture several certain city, but that will need one faction slot)
    Haha. Who said you can't have alternate victory conditions? Thought you were a modder!
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    Does anyone even play EB to get the Victory conditions? I think there are 2 kinds of EB players:

    1) The ones who are playing historicaly and roleplay a lot, don't blitz the enemy etc... (like me)

    2) The ones that blitz right from the start, and don't stop once they reach the victory conditions
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    Well I like the victory conditions, especially when playing a faction I dont know so much of. This gives me a hint where I should expand.
    On a related topic, I wonder why the Hay are always exapnding into the steppe instead of into the Caucasus and further south. And maybe more than just the seleucids should get the entire Alex empire as a VC.

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    It seems like all factions tend to expand north if they can... Rome, Sweboz, Parthia,... (casse :D )... Dunno why... Of course Carthage who could use to go north prefers to invade the sahara :S
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    Quote Originally Posted by anubis88 View Post
    It seems like all factions tend to expand north if they can... Rome, Sweboz, Parthia,... (casse :D )... Dunno why... Of course Carthage who could use to go north prefers to invade the sahara :S
    Um, in my campaigns, the Swêboz typically invade Gaul (and never take Ascaucalis, for whatever reason), whereas the Carthies usually proceed to screw the Lusotannan or Romani, much to my ire. Sometimes, they even invade Egypt (which I find hilarious, because I dislike the Ptolies even more). I'm looking forward to a less two-dimensional AI in EB II, as well as better auto-balanced units (especially phalanxes).
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    Quote Originally Posted by anubis88 View Post
    Does anyone even play EB to get the Victory conditions? I think there are 2 kinds of EB players:

    1) The ones who are playing historicaly and roleplay a lot, don't blitz the enemy etc... (like me)

    2) The ones that blitz right from the start, and don't stop once they reach the victory conditions
    What about the ahistorical slow-pokes who like to roleplay hypothetical situations?
    Quote Originally Posted by ziegenpeter View Post
    Well I like the victory conditions, especially when playing a faction I dont know so much of. This gives me a hint where I should expand.
    On a related topic, I wonder why the Hay are always exapnding into the steppe instead of into the Caucasus and further south. And maybe more than just the seleucids should get the entire Alex empire as a VC.
    Hard-coded campaign map strategic trajectories. Correct me if I am mistaken.
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    Quote Originally Posted by vartan View Post
    Hard-coded campaign map strategic trajectories. Correct me if I am mistaken.
    yupz, EB map is highly detailed in geographical terms... too bad, the AI couldn't understood this. Made the Gaul area with less forest, clear vision to next city, and less invisibility. Made the Hay/Sauro border got realy high mountain (but still passable), and made the dessert got high barrier will guide that factions AI in particular... but it will made the map look too artificial, and notgeographically accurate...

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