Ditto.

Havent played it before 0.8 though, primarily Ive been waiting for RTR 7.0 and AE 3.0. It shall be interesting to compare when they get out. As for now EB wins for me, but stability has been better with RTR AE, and to me thats not unimportant. Also AE has some very cool italian allies units. Actually I wonder why the Italian Allies arent more present in this mod with its high historical accuracy. They played an essential role in roman warfare until marian reforms.