Landblocks

**Cheexsta** · 09-28-2006, 06:36

TA - that was one of the possible landblocks we tested a short time ago (before the forum downtime), it certainly seems to have its benefits. The only downside I could think of is how the player is capable of crossing this border while the AI is reluctant to do so, though the same could be said of any other block. And there's nothing to stop the AI from being able to react to a player's presence in his land once they've crossed...

I didn't note whether agents crossed this border or not, though I can't see any reason why they couldn't/wouldn't.

**Teleklos Archelaou** · 09-28-2006, 06:57

Well, I think our main focus is indeed to stop the AI from doing it. If players are foolhardy enough to do it, and want to be ahistorical, then let them. Hard to stop that. But if it will keep the AI from doing it (even just less frequently, though sometimes it might happen), then that's probably the biggest thing we are looking for. It's a nice side benefit that players can still do it if they start feeling antsy around that area.

**MarcusAureliusAntoninus** · 09-28-2006, 08:09

I like the idea of the sahara territory being larger (maybe removing territories and using them elsewhere), unconquerable, and touching the Mediterranean southwest of Cyrene.

A little aside concerning the sahara and its conquest: Did Carthage ever expand inland historically? Were they interested in anything without a port?

**MSB** · 09-28-2006, 10:42

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE, don't put landblocks in 0.8! PLEASE!!!!!! Landblocks ruin gameplay by stopping factions from going to war with each other. If you don't want people to go across the Sahara as it would have been hard let them do so, but make it difficult to do so. Make sure that all generals that are in the Sahara get a trait which restricts movement and that goes when they leave it. Brilliant solution!

**Musopticon?** · 09-28-2006, 11:25

Landblocks all the way. And please get rid of the million desert provinces. There's a wealth of places where those extra provinces could be used.

**eadingas** · 09-28-2006, 11:52

You must be playing wrong version of EB... There is only one desert province - Sahara (and one in Arabia). The rest are simply North African provinces. We might get rid of ONE of them. One day. That is the final word on that.