How tough are the battles?

**Dram** · 12-06-2006, 14:49

theres no difference in AI between rtr and eb. unless youre playing a mod that forces you to play a particular faction, which is purposely made underpowered compared to the other factions (such as the old Roma mod for RTR), the battles will always be very similar and the limitation is the AI of the game which is hardcoded.

if you dont like the formations the AI uses in eb then you can try out the darthmod formation pack but thats about it as far as AI improvements go.

**olly** · 12-06-2006, 15:44

That is cool. Just asking as you have made so many changes who knows what you could of done

. Will thourghly enjoy giving it a go this weekend.

Do like the Imperator II mod for RTR though (which is the updated Roma for RTR Platinum) Dram but I'm looking forward to going back to my favourite Carthage and seeing what all this EB fuss is about!

**fatsweets** · 12-06-2006, 17:58

I've played a couple hours so far as Koinon hellenon and in a siege of Korinthios it seemed that the towers were shooting very rapidly at my army and killing a lot more than usual. Has there been changes in the fire rates?
I fought the siege with equal numbers of troops and lost pretty handily, it just seemed a lot harder than usual and I play difficulty level hard for battles. I usually win those type of battles.

**Aymar de Bois Mauri** · 12-06-2006, 18:37

Well, EB is harder, specially in the strat map. But it's harder overall.

**Samurai Waki** · 12-06-2006, 18:44

Saba, Saba, Saba! Yay! Hard Battles, but very rich land. I Looove It.

**Dooz** · 12-06-2006, 19:41

You know, the only downside to this mod is that it's on RTW and not M2. For whatever reason, I guess actually improved AI, kill ratios are vastly improved in the updated engine. Going back to RTW after a good while of M2, it was very noticeable. However, EB being EB more than makes up for that with every other aspect of the mod. And if you play on Hard battle setting, ratios end up a bit better even though it doesn't feel right because of unit unbalance.

**Meothar** · 12-06-2006, 20:45

The battles are much easier than the fight versus Mongol Horde in MTW2. Especially with Phalanx units...well, if you are a good RTW player you will win the battles even if the odds are against you.