How good is EB?!

**infierno** · 12-28-2005, 02:58

yes AI is better, imo it looks like BI's AI (for me VERY GOOD)

BI's AI + better ai armys + better stats = perfect :)

anyway the load times are ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz and it were always fine with rtr and rtw...

how can i fix this? buy better PC or wait to the final release?

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 12-28-2005, 03:02

I don't know that the load times will get faster. There are thousands of more lines of text added into various files - the huge amount of new text descriptions for buildings, units, and just about everything else just slows things down. All those new traits and the way they interact; the enormous scripts to get so many extra little things into the game; all of this stuff just slows things down some. It's a little slow for me, but I play with the -nm and -ne tags so I just pop over to mozilla while it's loading. And on the computer I'm currently using it flies by (but it's a pretty fast cpu).

**Dooz** · 12-28-2005, 03:07

Originally Posted by Teleklos Archelaou

I don't know that the load times will get faster. There are thousands of more lines of text added into various files - the huge amount of new text descriptions for buildings, units, and just about everything else just slows things down. All those new traits and the way they interact; the enormous scripts to get so many extra little things into the game; all of this stuff just slows things down some. It's a little slow for me, but I play with the -nm and -ne tags so I just pop over to mozilla while it's loading. And on the computer I'm currently using it flies by (but it's a pretty fast cpu).

What do the -nm and -ne tags do? And by popping over to mozilla, you mean the internet browser while the game loads?

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 12-28-2005, 03:11

Originally Posted by Wonderland

What do the -nm and -ne tags do? And by popping over to mozilla, you mean the internet browser while the game loads?

They cut off the movies (which slows you down a bit) and make it where you can alt-tab over to other windows more easily (I believe). Yeah, I jump over to browse in between turns. makes it harder to catch when CTD's occur though

**Dooz** · 12-28-2005, 03:13

I see, thanks

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**infierno** · 12-28-2005, 03:47

well i have a 1.7 512 ram 9600pro i think a gameboy could do bett... well no ;) but still is crap

i just realized that flank a unit and shot it by the back with skirmishers like velites has little impact... in large scale firing into the back an enemy unit engaged into melee with other of my troops kill like 2-3 guys per volley :/ at a range of 10 meters or less
i dont know but even the best phalanx troops enganged into melee cant handle a volley coming by the back...

the second thing is in a custom battle making a 1 unit of archers Vs 1 unit of archers; the enemy archers:
A) just melee me, they dont fire, just get closer to me under arrow rain
B) come closer to me, then fall back, then shot me 1 or 2 times, then rout

try the custom battle, use the default armys, and select the "desert" archers ( i dont know its name), they have long range and dress like desert ppl
test 2 or 3 battles and tell me

in the other hand, horse archers seems very clever

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 12-28-2005, 03:57

In my list of things above that I'm looking forward to players enjoying the most I almost forgot to mention the ethnicities. Some folks have mentioned that they really like the traits, but keep an eye out on ethnicities (some factions don't have them yet but most do). Some are fairly simple, but some are very complex. They don't always force a character to be a certain type of guy, but they do increase chances for certain trait or tempermant acquisition.

They're just another one of the amazing things the trait team has gotten into the open beta already at this stage.

**Thorn Is** · 12-29-2005, 01:13

Originally Posted by infierno

i just realized that flank a unit and shot it by the back with skirmishers like velites has little impact...

I noticed that too, but I was at the recieving end of it. I wasnt paying attention and I charged into the enemy's infantry with mine managing to let some peepsqueek rebel faction flank me with their peltists, and to my surprise my infantry came out with very little damage. I thought after a volley like that I would be in trouble...

I like how the battles play out in the beta