Quote Originally Posted by Sp4 View Post
I think the game 'lasts' until 0AD or 10AD or something.



And yes, this really is unfortunate. There is no reason to tech any higher than cohort organisation as Romans because there is just no military any other faction can put up that's going to beat Legionaries, Auxiliary Cav, Auxiliary Infantry, some random assortment of Auxiliary missile infantry and 1-2 Ballistas in any of your 20 unit stacks.

I've had battles where I was surrounded on some little overgrown hilltop and 'dug in' enough for my 1600 men collection of all of the above to successfully fend off 4000 Iberian melee and skirmishing infantry with 'acceptable losses' and I'm playing on hard cause the game is so damn easy. I'm going to try playing very hard next although the potential agent spam is putting me off a little since right now, the only way the AI can really 'beat' the player is by being an annoying pain in the ass.
I play in very hard and its the same.

The AI cant manage any aspect of the game, economy, bilding, recruitment etc and moreover the tactics in battle are awful, especialy during city attaks, ( all units ranged, meele, pike, cavalry), racing against the entrances were a couple of pikemen units can hold for ever...

In STW2 very hard, was very hard, but again there were one province factions with full stacks of prime units, but it was hard.