Attila 1st Impressions

[Bramborough]

Noticed last night just before going to bed that the pre-load had unlocked and was ready to play (after some add'l updating). Decided to stay up for one custom battle. Went with a field battle Saxons vs Franks.

- Unit management in battle seemed pretty much the same.
- My Saxon archers' stats looked okay, but they did diddly-squat for damage. I think the 4 units managed a combined 10 kills or so.
- On the other hand, the Frankish artillery (I think they were ballistae) was devastating.
- Saxon mid-tier spear infantry was sketchy, but pretty effective melee infantry. Which seems to make sense.
- The Saxon cavalry appeared to outclass their Frankish counterparts, which seems kinda backwards. Could've just been the specific unit mix though...I didn't see exactly what kind of cavalry the AI Franks were using.
- The Battle AI seemed to make good use of terrain; ran from their starting position to line up along a subtle hillcrest.
- Didn't notice any performance issues compared to R2
- All in all, pretty happy with the battle side of things, at least as far as open-field goes.

About to get into a campaign now, am sure will have some other comments in a few hours...