What is the future of EB?

[Solon of Athens]

If EB did move to the M2TW engine it would make me buy M2 because I love EB and would really love to play it on a new better engine, but if the EB team go and sign up to Ortus Romani then EB would collapse wouldn't it? Henceforth we would never get to play 0.8, never mind 1.0.

EB will reach 0.8, for everyone's sanity...

Remember that MTW2 hasn't come out yet, hence anyone who has 'joined' our mod, has only done so in spirit (apart from deciding on things like the factions) until it does come out, then the modding will begin...

Oh and what will this "Ortus Romani" mod be like. I have decided I do not trust Realism mods to be historically perfect after playing RTR which has less historical inaccuracies than vanilla, but is still extremely ahistorical.

Our Mod will be a realism mod. We have lot's of researchers who are very knowlegable in this field and we will aim to make this mod as realistic and awesome as possible.

For more info go here:
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Look out for a Preview soon...

[The Spartan (Returns)]

too bad there is no EB for BI.

BI is really boring and historicaly inaccurate.

[MSB]

too bad there is no EB for BI.

BI is really boring and historicaly inaccurate.

Oh come on it's not that bad. I wouldn't say that it was wonderful, but it's better than RTW vannila. After all it has less faction historical inaccuracies (in BI there is only one faction that is ahistorically unifed: the Berbers) and it has less "ninja" ahistorical units (only the Prentervores and the Druids). Oh and it makes the Barbarians a bit more interesting and also gives them a much better tech-tree that gives them a much more historical "we are not the simple filthy great unwashed" type feel to them.

[Musopticon?]

Don't forget the Hounds of Cuculhain. Fun unit though and had roots in history.

IF you want to play BI:Total Realism, try Invasio Barbarorum:Flagellum Dei. Simply the most well done and historical mod for BI era. Sure, there's not a lot of contenders, but so what? It's go hepthalites, Lakhmid arabs and a christian Armenia, I'm content. It's also dang hard, since Roman factions have standing full stack legionary armies at the start and even though legionary recruitment is severely hindered the starting armies will give factions such as Mauri, Persarmenians and Ostrogoths some real headaches. I mean, facing a full stack of foederati, auxilia parthii(roman horse archers), clibinarii and comitatenses armatus with Persian leves and some defence-oriented elites was pretty dang hard.

[The Spartan (Returns)]

im interested in Invasio Barborum.

[iberus_generalis]

personally i tried BI, and although it had better graphics and awesome features and possibilities i dumped it after 3 hours of playtime...it appeared to me that it was way too easy, and that it lacked that little something that made me go at it for hours as in RTW...and futhermore, im much more a guy of the ascension of rome, than of the fall...i find it one of the worst pages in history, bad stuff...too sad, and also revolting, to see corruption and religion take the power, and make the most powerful empire in history a rotting corpse....but if this Invasium Barbarum, makes me rethink my beliefs and interests, than bring it on!!! i'll definetly try it...downloading now...just hope this mod has some good mini mods, and that it has some new buildings, and unique buildings in certain provinces like Roma Imortalis mod...

[NeoSpartan]

Well I am going to stay with EB for a long, long time. I don't have as much time as I used to, and playing 2 games EB and MTW2 is imposible. (I already have a hard time making time to play EB)

As for BI, I decided not to spend my money on it for similar reasons.