Feedback on BI

[NihilisticCow]

I find night battles to be fine online and offline, so it's probably more to do with your graphic settings and your computer.

As for your questions, Gamespy is still being used, and the lobby hasn't really changed. I seem to lose connection to Gamespy more often than I did previously (which was almost never), so there may be some new port or something I haven't picked up on. As for in game, most games go fine, but some people do have a dodgy connection as before, but this is a minority. So I don't think a lot has changed really.

What has changed though is the gameplay balance, this is much better now, with infantry being able to effectively stand up to and defeat cavalry head on, and spamming or blobbing cav just being ineffective. Cavalry as well is a fair bit more expensive, so less can be actually afforded. Also, overall defence stats have been increased, so the melee actually lasts longer. Overall impressions are very much of an improvement on RTW and it is much more enjoyable to play (there are a couple of balance questions around berserkers and horse archers, but people are considering specialised rules if they become insurmountable, but it's too early to tell really).