HELLO!!!!!

[PelicanMan]

Hello Everybody,
My name is PelicanMan, and I have been at TWcenter for a very long time. I just wanted to say hi to everybody and hopefully I will be able to get to know some of you.

Lets just say that I am GREEN when it comes to EB for Rome; I have played the DarthMOD for Rome for way too long and I wanted something fresh and I have always looked past this mod. Well, stupid me, I read into some of the facts, and it looks fantastic. I will be starting my very first campaign (VH/M) as Casse and I am going into it blind. I will let you know how I do!

One quick question. Is this mod 1 turn recruitment?

Thanks everybody!

THE P-MAN

[d'Arthez]

Most units take one turn to recruit. There are some exceptions, notably fleets.

Enjoy your first game. And don't forget to make certain you activate the script.

[stratigos vasilios]

There are some exceptions, notably fleets.

and elephants.

Welcome to the .org PM , goodluck with your campaign. Let us know how you go!

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Be advised that VH campaign in EB is a lot harder than VH level in R:TW. VH Campaign in EB is a nightmare - the AI gets 10,000 mnai per turn (that's 40,000 per year) on top of whatever they get normally. Which means the larger AI factions can afford many full stacks of elite units. So you can find yourself fighting a full stack every turn. Plus all the AI factions hate you as if you were Adolf Hitler, even your allies hate you and will backstab you the first chance they get.

Still, if you want a VH campaign, Casse is a good faction to play since there are only rebels to oppose you in Britain, and then you've got a nigh-impregnable base from which to launch raids on Europe.

[TheLastDays]

Hello to you!

I would go for H/M and, yes, Britain's impregnable, because the AI never tries ^^

[PelicanMan]

Hey Guys,
So I decided to go with VH/M and I played a couple turns to get the feel for it.
So far, I really like it. The thing I could live without is the long time it takes after you end your turn. Other then that, the mod so far looks great!
I plan on putting in some hours into my game this week; I do not get much time to play due to having a family and all. Anyways, I will report as soon as I get some years in.

THE P-MAN

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

Yeah, the waiting after you end the turn is a pain. Hope you didn't tick 'Follow AI characters' when starting the campaign. Still, I've always got a relevant history book on the desk when I play EB, so I can read between turns.

[Stark]

The worst thing to do is select following AI characters and leaving a FOW off when you click end turn. Make sure you have something to read then.

[teoman10]

HELLO!!!!! PelicanMan.

You can solve the trouble with the long turn times by playing EB in window mode. That way you can do something else while waiting. I don`t have that issue anymore though since there are only 3 living factions
left :D.

[stratigos vasilios]

How long are you guys waiting in between turns? Also PM what is your OS like?

I have everything on full (graphics/unit size) and it takes less than 10 seconds for the AI to go through their factions. I've done 6 campaigns where I've gone to 90BC and still it has been a similar time in between turns!

[PelicanMan]

Hey Guys,
I played a bit last night, and to to let you know, I didn't blitz; I decided to learn the game a bit.
here is an image of what my current campaign is like.
https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/97/unledwpk.png/

I took my time at the beginning and basically decided to take over Britain and Ireland. After playing a bit, I realized that I think I am taking it too slow; maybe because I want to learn the game. Anyways, I have a decent army (which I forgot to show in the image, I will show the army tonight) and wow do Generals make a difference in this game.

One complaint though; their generals are engaging way too fast.

Also, I just wanted to know what government types you guys think I should put for the towns I have already conquered. I put level 1 for Ictis and Ratae, and I put Level 3 for Ynes-Mon (I didn't know which one to pick for this). I am not sure if there is a guide as to what each can offer since there are so many AOR's in this game. Maybe someone could direct me to where I could find that out.
Anyways, let me know what you guys think.

Thanks!
THE P-MAN

[Titus Marcellus Scato]

I play a lot slower than that with the Casse, since I always wait as long as possible before starting to expand.

Casse, unlike every other faction, starts off at peace with the Eleutheroi (rebels) - so they lose a lot of trade income once the war begins. So I wait to be attacked while building up my town for the first 20 years.

There's no hurry with the Casse anyway, it doesn't really matter if you take 50 years to conquer the British Isles.

Government types: I use Level I in 'Roman' Britain, Level III in Caledonia, and Level IV in Ireland. There's some nice Irish units in the game.

[Brennus]

Welcome! Hopefully you will have a lot more luck with your campaigns than some of us (I completed Rome as Julii, Seleucids, Greeks and Carthage yet a succesful EB campaign still eludes me).

[Ibrahim]

How long are you guys waiting in between turns? Also PM what is your OS like?

just a few seconds.maxed out settings.

helps I now have an i7 computer.

[Blxz]

Yeah, not so long, 10 seconds at the longest I think. It does vary from time to time. i7 might be part of it, although the lack of muli-core support tends to hamper some of the more intensive battes. But even on my old desktop from back in the EB0.8x days I could get decent turn times of no more than 20 seconds at the very maximum end of the scale. If its much longer than that then check your background processes and maybe do a virus scan. EB is way better than say, Stainless Steel in regards to turn times.

[Oddnerd]

I think it has already been said, but hard campaign and medium battle is the way to go. Also, consider installing the game into Alexander TW, as the AI is significantly better at naval invasions (therefore making it possible to lose as the Casse.