Quote Originally Posted by Doug-Thompson
Well, even I'll acknowledge that the bright baby blue for the Sassanids is a fashion blunder.
Can't argue with that, but basically all other colours are taken. There will always be a faction that has a very ugly colour.

I'm not going to complain about the skins, if that was so, then why did I like either MTW or STW? Talk about blurry images.

And perhaps we are indeed a bit BI-happy now, but remember that most of us were in fact rather negative about RTW before. Aside from a short dabble with RTR 6.0 I hadn't played RTW since March out of pure boredom and lack of challenge.

Now tonight I won a massive battle against the Sassanids, but that was mainly due to me hiding behind a collection of big rocks and the Sass army was made up by Peasants for a great extent (though the Sughdans made a spectacular appearance). When I broke their initial attacks and felt it was time for a general infantry charge (my favourite tactic), it was due to the success but also because the AI had sent an escorted unit of Elephants behind the rocks. The escort tied up my cavalry (sacrificed themselves to let the eles past), then the eles deftly avoided combat before charging towards my infantry. I had my hands tied, it was do or die. One unit of infantry was sent to deal with the elephants while the other three attacked.

Is was a near disaster because the Sassanids let their Peasants break, then hit my infantry while they were chasing (enter the Sughdans). One unit of Comitatenses even got wiped out because the Sassanids surrounded it when it was alone. I only won becasue I had sent my general out to chase some spearmen off. He could then take the Sughdans in the rear (but they fought on).

Was I impressed? Yes! Was it a challenge? Yes! Did I ever feel outclassed or lucky to win? No. But I doubt that day will come soon. The AI used the correct tactics, but I was simply better and had the better army.