How often do you guys use cheats?

[Biowulf]

That's the AI for ya. It just went and attacked you.

OT, the only thing I have is FOW off all the time using the game files. Otherwise if I crash or run out of money I have to work at getting back on track the hard way. My RTW console doesn't work. The M2TW console on the other hand works perfectly, so go figure.

[QuintusSertorius]

I cheat all the time, usually to make the game more interesting, rather than my own benefit. I play for my own entertainment, not "challenge", and I play nice and slow (none of this "beat the game in 100 turns" nonsense). Since I like playing one faction as though it were another of my choice (Epeiros as Pergamon), I have to cheat at the start to set myself up with one province and get rid of the old holdings of the previous faction. That involves teleporting armies and judicious use of an auto_win, as well as create_unit to make my new starting army.

After that I often use create_unit to make proper stacks of attacking enemies and add_money to boost AI factions who are lagging.

[Brennus]

I often use toggle_fow to see how everyone is doing on the map and add_money to keep the Seleucids in play for longer (unless I am the Seleucids or opposing them) I just think its innacurate to have a Ptolemaic empire stretching to Armenia or a Bactrian empire which reaches Anatolia.

I will confess to having used the move characted cheat the other week. I was playing as Carthage and the Ptolemies attacked me I will admit I couldn't have beaten the army they sent against me but my motivation instead was to preserve historical accuracy. As far as I am aware Carthage and Ptolemaic Egypt never fought each other. It also made little sense to me to be at war with Egypt as at the time they were struggling to keep the Seleucids out of the Nile Valley, the only reason they attacked was the games AI kicking in once my empire had passed a certain size and level of power.

[vartan]

It also made little sense to me to be at war with Egypt as at the time they were struggling to keep the Seleucids out of the Nile Valley, the only reason they attacked was the games AI kicking in once my empire had passed a certain size and level of power.

Are you sure it wasn't over Kyrene? Because that's part of the little Egypt-Carthage script pop-up event in EB.

[QuintusSertorius]

I seem to get an error on the console whenever I try to use auto_win (which I was doing to save time). Strange.

[Brennus]

Are you sure it wasn't over Kyrene? Because that's part of the little Egypt-Carthage script pop-up event in EB.

I was nowhere near Kyrene, I didn't go anymore east than Syrthim.

[SaigonSaddler]

Never cheat. I am tied to the faction through thick and thin. Anyway, a glorious victory and acquisition of new provinces actual mean something.