EB impressions and questions

[Myth]

If you read my original post you'll see that my computer is quite adequate. It runs Skyrim on max detail without so much as a hiccup.

BTW In the "post your empires" thread sevearl people have reported winning a VH/VH game. None of them were playing the Romanii though - all had either phalanxes or HA from the start.

[Blxz]

sevearl people have reported winning a VH/VH game.

Any game is winnable. It is just very unbalanced and not fun (for me) when you get to the mid-late game. You are of course free to play on your own settings. Remember the EB script includes money for the AI factions so there is no requirement to play on VH just to avoid AI bankruptcy. It helps give them some extra spending money but they have other ways of surviving.

Also, I forgot to add. EB has added lethality to weapons. This slows the battles down considerably when compared to vanilla. So don't expect insta-routs as easily and don't expect to chop through a bunch of guys and move on. Some battles can turn into a meatgrinder as both sides just wear away at each other for a long time. It's by no means perfect but does a damn fine job of making the battles better. But this may require different tactics to what you previously employed in the other games/mods.

[KyodaiSteeleye]

Yeah, I played a few games on VH map difficulty, and although it was a good challenge building an economy against the much better AI factions, the battle spam really got boring - and auto-resolve is often not a realistic option (unless you want to lose your units and faction members when you really shouldn't). If you don't play a blitz game, M/M is working well for me.

[The Stranger]

If you read my original post you'll see that my computer is quite adequate. It runs Skyrim on max detail without so much as a hiccup.

BTW In the "post your empires" thread sevearl people have reported winning a VH/VH game. None of them were playing the Romanii though - all had either phalanxes or HA from the start.

I have a good pc but i have no trouble with the map, it does occasionally lag but this is usually solved by reloading or closing background programs.

as for the diffulty, I play VH campaign always and M or H battle difficulty depending on what type of faction i am playing. I am currently playing VH/H arverni campaign, but i think this campaign is possible to play on VH/VH, same for romans i guess and the HA civs (HA's are insanely good in autoresolve... 3 general bodyguards can autoresolve against atleast 1000 seleukid regular troops...) But i also tried a Lusotannan (spain) Vh/H campaign and that was way too hard.

Horse archers are still a bit cheating tho, because definitly against civs that do not have HA's you can conquer entire empires with just 10 good horse archers and 2 generals to do the charging and breaking of units.

For me the reason why i would up battle difficulty is because in later midgame, when you get a good eco and a good core army it becomes way too easy to win battles. thats why i dropped the medium (recommended because the stats are untouched) difficulty for battle in favor of a harder difficulty.


challenging yet fun campaigns are Baktria (new faction), Pontos (Pontus, one of the hardest starts i've ever played), Lusotania (Spain), Hayasdan (Armenia, I've never tried but heard some good stuff about them) Casse (britain, never played, doesnt really appeal to me)

I've never tried the Arab faction because it doesn't really appeal to me, and I've never tried the Getai either but now that I've checked their unit roster they seem quite awesome. I dont know if they are a hard faction to play though.


btw the best Nilla archers were beyond doubt the Gallic Foresters, these guys were such beasts! just 4 on a river crossing could kill 1600 men with 0 losses :P

[athanaric]

But i also tried a Lusotannan (spain) Vh/H campaign and that was way too hard.

Yeah the start is very difficult (especially if you don't disband those four units of elite cavalry...). Once you have a few provinces and one or two mines it becomes easy though.

I've never tried the Arab faction because it doesn't really appeal to me,

Saba is a pro faction. Easy start but then you're up against several factions with a superior roster. Also, their victory conditions are insane.

and I've never tried the Getai either but now that I've checked their unit roster they seem quite awesome. I dont know if they are a hard faction to play though.

The only hard part about a Getai campaign is their weak economy. Their units are almost failsafe.

btw the best Nilla archers were beyond doubt the Gallic Foresters, these guys were such beasts! just 4 on a river crossing could kill 1600 men with 0 losses :P

What's amusing is that they're the second weakest archer unit in EB.