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[Swordsman]

I have no complaints so far in my ERE campaign as to how the game is performing, but it just seems so "slow". I'm about 70 years in and really haven't had much happen. First campaign so I'm being conservative (forts at bridges/chokepoints, building up my cities, etc.), but the hordes are milling around aimlessly and I have yet to be attacked by anyone but the Sassanids-- and those are mostly probes.

Of course, you could argue that I should be taking the fight to 'em, but I figured to weather the first onslaught before counterattacking-- it just hasn't happened yet. Plus it seems very much a two-front war-- there's nothing going on in about 3/4 of my empire and no potential enemies except for the odd rebel army or two. Guess I had envisioned this massive empire beset from all sides. Sounds like the WRE is a whole different proposition, and it's only one campaign, but for me so far it's been quiet-- TOO quiet.

[lismore]

Of course, you could argue that I should be taking the fight to 'em, but I figured to weather the first onslaught before counterattacking-- it just hasn't happened yet. Plus it seems very much a two-front war-- there's nothing going on in about 3/4 of my empire and no potential enemies except for the odd rebel army or two. Guess I had envisioned this massive empire beset from all sides. Sounds like the WRE is a whole different proposition, and it's only one campaign, but for me so far it's been quiet-- TOO quiet.

Hi swordsman

Its interesting what you say. Im 50 years into a VH ERE campaign and I havent had a barbarian cross the frontier. The vandal and hun hordes declared war on each other: the sarmatians turned horde but have just walked backwards and forwards, the goths have just sat there and according to the faction scrolls the WRE is the biggest. All the barbarians are staying put.

The biggest challenge so far has been chasing swimming kurdish javilenmen

Is there a way to mod the barbarians to make them want to fight?