Britannia Divided: General

**ULC** · 06-13-2007, 05:30

I guess I'll start this. I myself am personally against 2 VIKING factions for the following reasons...

1) The Vikings aren't a threat enough with the lands they already control. Making another one to take up more space that they don't have could cripple both.

2) One of the Viking factions wouldn't be able to convert, wouldn't get the bonuses for raiding, have to use ports, etc.

3) The Barbarian_Raider AI is horrible, and unless we can use the Desperate_Defence, Close_To_Support_Limit, etc. AI's, the new Viking faction will be severly hampered.

On another note, has anyone noticed the Irish AI doesn't like to leave the Emerald Isles? A solution could be to make a landbridge between Ulster and Dal-Radia or between Ulster, Manua, Reget, and Gwynedd (and therefore make Manua a pivitol province to control). This may help the Irish factions become more aggressive.

**naut** · 06-13-2007, 07:33

I agree, with you wholeheartedly about the Vikings. The fact that one wouldn't be able to use the Viking faction advantages would make it redundant.

I'm usually against landbridges, but for the sake of gameplay it really would make a lot of sense.

**ULC** · 06-26-2007, 03:13

A thought sprang into my mind just recently. Would you like to make different eras? I can set it up so that we have a 410-792 time period (Saxon Invasions) 793-1066 (Viking Invasions) and 1067-???? (Norman Invasion, Conquest, and Occupation).

What do you think (actually, what does anyone think?)?

**Martok** · 06-26-2007, 19:19

I would say one thing at a time. Let's first focus on the changes we've already planned on before anything else. Adding eras would enormously expand the scope of the mod, and I don't think we're ready to contemplate anything like that at this point.

**ULC** · 06-27-2007, 06:20

Sorry with the barrage of ideas. Sometimes I feel as though I'm the only one trying to do anything constantly (I am a go, go, go person), even though that's not even true. I guess It's becuase I don't have to deal with what you guys have to. Mostly I just need direction to focus my energy, and lately I haven't had a lot of that

. Either way, just wanted to say that I was actually working on the 410-792 time period and I have a working Romano-British faction, but I lack flags and historical units.

**naut** · 07-06-2007, 05:56

Actually you pretty much said what I have been fiddling with at the moment, era's. But that as Martok said is at the farthest reaches of my mind.

**ULC** · 07-06-2007, 16:01

Do you at least agree with the timeline I have set up?

**noone23** · 01-22-2008, 01:36

I like the idea of the three distinct time periods. The earlier ones that preceed the start of the normal MTWVI game will be especially welcome. However, I don't want to put any more pressure on the modders here than is already the case. My advice - for what it's worth - : Just do what you can when you can. It is certainly good, meanwhile, that there is all this creative energy available. Tapping into that while you have it will produce the best possible results. I will look forward to BDTW whenever it is ready. Godspeed to all the creative people here - you are light years ahead of me when it comes to modding matters.