Hi. Am relatively new to both EB and RTW (in fact I bought RTW in order to play EB). I'm a history nut - as I'm sure most people here are - and love the accurate portrayal attempted here on the RTW engine.

I've noticed a lot of grumbling about the AI's shortcomings, particularly in terms of battle deployment, and wondered how many have tried playing with General cam turned on. This restricts your view of the battle (tough you still have the map, of course) and means that often you will have to combine units and leave them under AI control - to stop those units hanging around idly while a nearby unit gets slaughtered, for example.

I have found that it makes the battles far more challenging, and makes your positioning (and overview of the battle), and initial deployment vital to success.

Just a thought.