Quote Originally Posted by bretwalda
I really liked XL mod but I was unhappy to see that some of the bonuses were removed... that is how the idea sprung out of my mind...
I see no reason for not going ahead with your plans, I only interjected to point out that some bonuses can have bad consequences for the AI controlled factions, which may upset the gameplay somewhat. The other thread pointed out how removal of some resulted in better province development. For instance, taking the bonus off Saharan Cavalry in Algeria (or Tunisia?) had the Almos developing properly, setting up the Gold Mine at last and trading properly, giving it a stronger army overall than any amount of bonus SC would ever have done.


I forget where I saw this but there's a feature in the -ian command whereby you can set the whole campaign to run on 'autopilot' - basically all factions under AI control while you just sit back and watch. It will run through the years without user intervention and this vastly speeds up the testing process. I hope I can find this reference again as I can't remember the actual keypress required to set it off.

My idea of a well-balanced mod would be one whereby this kind of test will result in no single faction getting either crushed out of existence, nor running rampant all over the world map, or perhaps a certain amount of to-ing and fro-ing as each factions gets its hands on its latest hi-tech unit at different times.