EB Alleviates Load/Save Bug

[Lord Hammerschmidt]

This just struck me last night, when I thought about EB in a general sense, and I felt compelled to pass along some praise.

While this is probably an unintended side effect, the pacing of EB seems to largely alleviate the load/save issues that have been such a pox on RTW 1.2. I find that, due to lack of cash (which is by design) that I have fewer armies, can build less, and generally get through turns much more rapidly than in vanilla. Instead of completing only 10 turns or so per sitting, it is much easier to complete 25 or 30 in a string. That has seemed to help the AI significantly, and I think many players are seeing a more active AI, and certainly more interplay between other factions than in vanilla. It makes the game much more enjoyable when the rest of the map isn't just one idle blob, waiting to be captured. Kudos on a job well done!

[Chester]

I think that fact that EB stops the AI from going broke is the main reason why the game does not get boring.

The only issue now, which I believe is hardcoded, is protectorates of the AI becoming completely passive.

[Lord Hammerschmidt]

Chester, I had overlooked that fact, excellent point. It would certainly seem that EB has made a significant improvement.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

Hey! A fellow New Jerseyian!

Back on topic: how long does it take you to do 25 turns? With long loading times, it takes me far too long...

[PSYCHO V]

Hey! A fellow New Jerseyian!

Back on topic: how long does it take you to do 25 turns? With long loading times, it takes me far too long...

Takes me on average half as long as vanilla. Probably takes even less if I wasn't reading / checking all the writtten bits in EB.

[paullus]

But what about battles? I rarely can do more than about 10 turns, largely because battles last longer. Heck, today I had to save a game after just 3 turns because I fought a marathon battle that lasted (no kidding) a couple of minutes short of an hour, complete with delayed reinforcements and a few stubborn enemy units of Gaesatae and flighty Leuce Epos. Normally if I don't get through about 10 I just start over the next time around, but I don't wanna have to beat that army again...