Which .exe do you use?

[Dragannia]

I'm just wondering about this. Which .exe is the best for EB? I hear the AI is better in BI, but what about Alexander? What other differences are there between the different .exes?

[Unintended BM]

BI has naval invasions. I'm not sure if the AI is any better for BI, but with Alexander, I notice a difference in battle AI. More flanking. Alexander also has naval invasions, but not as frequent as BI. I think Alexander runs the best by far. With RTW and BI, my EB would get really slow sometimes in battles, but it doesn't slow down at all for Alexander.

[MisterFred]

Make sure to install Barbarian Invasion even if you use Alexander as your executable. I never had naval invasions using Alexander when I was running it on an installation where I hadn't bothered to add BI. Using Alexander with Barbarian Invasion installed, I still never get serious naval invasions, but factions with islands (especially Rhodes and Cyprus) no longer build up giant armies there, they ship reinforcements to their other cities.

I prefer Alex.exe over BI because it crashes less for me and is the least resource intensive. For battle AI I'd recommend installing Sinuhet's BAI, which I think works out to be the same on all executables.

[vartan]

Another one of these threads? Sheesh. I'm more of a technical person (but you already knew that), so I'll tell you to use Alex. Crashes happen to everyone, but at least you'll be using less resources.

[Duguntz]

Hmmm... that topic haven't been raised yet... (the sarcasm is so present I can smell it...)

[Apázlinemjó]

I use the searchoptionisafrienduseit.exe!