Hello! I have some questions...

[Fondor_Yards]

Hiya! I just have a couple of questions about this mod...

First of all, and I guess most importantly, how easy will it be able to install it? I really need to keep the normal RTW v1.5, since I play it online with a friend. Seeing as M2TW is out, how likely is it that the project will be abandoned before v1.0?

And here are the much less important ones. Basically, the main reason I want to get this mod is because of the units in general looking better... and the fact that the Egyptian side doesn't look so awful. However, since I can't view any of the Roman units on the unit page of the site for some reason, I can't tell what they look like. Since I read that most (or all) of the later units are apparently dressed in lorica hamata (which I guess makes sense, since segmentata apparently only was beginning to put into use circa 20BC), are any of the earlier elite foot units dressed in anything other than chain mail? I have baaad memories of the blurry, crappy mail textures from the vanilla version of the game.

Also, is the battle AI any less braindead? Some of the things it does at current really leave you scratching your head- 90% of the time, it charges the general's cavalry unit into me before any of the other units have even bothered to engage me.

And finally, do the Hellenic sides have some sort of decent melee unit which doesn't always fight in the phalanx formation?

And I guess that's it. Sorry for being a nuisance, but I guess I might as well ask these now rather than later.

Install is easy, just point it in the right folder and click the mouse.

You don't need to make another RTW version, since EB doesn't install to the main folder but to the mod folder, so you can play both normal rtw and eb on the same version *not at the same time heh that be crazy*. But it is a good idea to make another verison as a back-up just incase something goes wrong.

EB won't be abandoned. They will make 1.0 *even if it takes the next 19 years*, and then they will work on EB 2 *eb for m2tw*.

As for earlier foot units, they are armoured in different things. Camillian triarii wear muscled broze cuirass, compaired to the pectorale or shirt of Principes and Hastati. Also the EB team made their own new mail textures, so no vanilla crap here.

As for battles, I think they are improved. Not like your suddenly fighting a real general, but better. The EB formations help the ai organize it's army better.

It depends on what you mean by phalanx. Do by phalanx you mean a tightly packed group of men*which is most heavy infantry*? Or do you mean the phalanx a la vanilla phalanx *which is what you mean, no?* Here's a list of what I know. Might have missed some. Heh I'm bored enough to tell you what each unit is, isn't that sad?

All Hellenic Factions:
Peltastai *Elite skirmisher*
Thureophoroi *peltastai but with spears and better defence*
Hoplitai *old style hoplites, but still very strong use sword/spear*

Seleucids:
Babylonian Heavy Infantry *good heavy inf spear/mace*
Pheraspidai *royal infantry, use javelins/sword*
Hypaspistai *elite royal infantry, use swords/spears*
Thorakitai *thureophoroi but better*
Thorakitai Argyraspidai *thorakitai mixed with hypaspistai to make uper troops of doom, spear/javelins

Epeiros:
Illyrian Thorakitai *thureophoroi but better*
Agrianikoi Pelekephoroi *Illyrians, fast but very deadly, axe/javelins*
Lucanian Spearmen *greeks living in italy, spear/javelins*

Ptolemiacs:
Galatikoi Kleruchoi *Galatians imported to Eygpt since you can't trust those silly natives, very good fight with sword and shield*
Ethiopiai Agema *Ethiopians from the south, big ass axes*

Koinon Hellenon:
Thorakitai *thureophoroi but better*
Spartiates Hoplitai *Spartans, may not be as good as the old days, but still kick ass, sword/spear*
Lucanian Spearmen *greeks living in italy, spear/javelins*
Massiloi Hoplitai *like other hoplitai, but from gaul so they use celtic longsword, slightly better then normal ones, sword/spear*

Baktria:
Pheraspidai *royal infantry, use javelins/sword*
Thorakitai *thureophoroi but better*
Baktrioi Agema *baktria's copy cat hypaspistai, and just about as deadly, sword/spear*

Makedonia:
Pheraspidai *royal infantry, use javelins/sword*
Hypaspistai *elite royal infantry, use swords/spears*
Thorakitai *thureophoroi but better*
Agrianikoi Pelekephoroi *Illyrians, fast but very deadly, axe/javelins*

Sorry about the long post, hope it helps. And welcome to the forums!