Faction Balance...

**Turin** · 05-25-2005, 22:39

I realize that EB is trying to be as historically accurate as possible so it is inevitable that some factions will have superior unit selections.

I was just wondering how EB, or rather IF EB, will try to make the factions balanced against each other on a skirmish battlefield. I know in vanilla there are some factions that are completely outclassed by others.

For example, comparing the Seleucids versus the Aedui, it is not difficult to see who has the superior unit roster. I mean, cataphracts, Companions, pikemen, hoplites, elite spearmen, chariots, elephants (I suppose these last two will be included) against the Aedui's not so up to par noble cavalry, lightly armored shocktroops, and slightly less than Hellenic quality phalanxes... Not much of a matchup in skirmish is it?

I mean it is okay if they are not balanced. It really is. For one I would perfer historical accuracy over compromises made to balance.

**khelvan** · 05-25-2005, 22:55

No, we're not trying to directly balance factions against each other. If some horrible imbalance appears due to unit sizes/relative strength, we may adjust unit sizes, simply due to a 20-unit limit. However, faction balancing won't be done at all.

We do have plans to release a multiplayer patch that will balance things out for multiplayer, though not at the expense of unit diversity.

**Lord Tomyris Reloaded** · 05-25-2005, 23:14

Great stuff; that's the historical way of things!

**Bouchious** · 05-25-2005, 23:33

unbalanced factions are how it should be, its accurate and its a true represention of how it would be. i mean aedui(sp?) now part of modern france? (my geog is about as good as my speelin) - france were never any good in wars anyway!

**Aymar de Bois Mauri** · 05-25-2005, 23:56

Originally Posted by Bouchious

unbalanced factions are how it should be, its accurate and its a true represention of how it would be. i mean aedui(sp?) now part of modern france? (my geog is about as good as my speelin) - france were never any good in wars anyway!

Yeap. I remember that short Corsican guy that commanded French armies in the transittion period from the 18th to the 19th century did not make much impression in Europe.

**Dux Corvanus** · 05-26-2005, 00:08

Originally Posted by Aymar de Bois Mauri

Yeap. I remember that short Corsican guy that commanded French armies in the transittion period from the 18th to the 19th century did not make much impression in Europe.

Here he and his bro made many friends. But hey, he was Italian, wasn't he?