Question on Enemy stacks

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swhunter 23:45 07-31-2007

At what level do you play this modd to have a decent amont of enemy stacks
for each city? i love fighting more troops.
thks

Swordmaster 23:47 07-31-2007

The recommended difficulty is VH (campaign) / M (battle). Stacks aplenty.

Ice 23:51 07-31-2007

Originally Posted by Swordmaster:
The recommended difficulty is VH (campaign) / M (battle). Stacks aplenty.

Yeah, you'll get plenty of stacks. Many more then you'll want.

Treverer 00:03 08-01-2007

Or play Pontos at E/E. Has the same result ...

swhunter 01:18 08-01-2007

playing greeks/ sparta should that be v/h/ m ?

Ice 01:23 08-01-2007

Originally Posted by swhunter:
playing greeks/ sparta should that be v/h/ m ?

VH/M, yes. You might want to play with a money script though.

Rogge 02:49 08-01-2007

Well, if you're on some crazed "alexander-like" quest I do not recommend VH. Given enough time some factions just get very tedious to fight, i.e AS or the Romans. You can't just go in and take a portion of their empire and and turn your focus elsewhere. They will send swarms of stacks your way 'til you just get sick of it and steamroll them.
Sure it can get tough sometimes, and even outright hard. But imo the medium setting allow for far better and more strategic gameplay.

Eriklos 01:36 08-02-2007

Well, what i would like to see are larger stacks.
At least when you got your economy going, i miss the really huge 3000 vs. 3000 battles. i tried a few things out so far, like running it on bi and using ai balancing minimod. Not really satisfactory, yet. i had some gorgeous battles, but few. any suggestions?

Ice 02:57 08-02-2007

Originally Posted by Eriklos:
Well, what i would like to see are larger stacks.
At least when you got your economy going, i miss the really huge 3000 vs. 3000 battles. i tried a few things out so far, like running it on bi and using ai balancing minimod. Not really satisfactory, yet. i had some gorgeous battles, but few. any suggestions?

Play Pontus VH/M. The AS will send plenty full stacks at you. play the Romans VH/M. The Sweboz will send stack after stack.

Eriklos 11:42 08-02-2007

Actually i don't think eb is to blame, its an old problem.
Anyway, there are ai enhancement tweaks for m2, Darthsomething. The ai sends full stacks all the time (ok maybe not a good choice for eb's beginning stadium).

Hooahguy 16:38 08-02-2007

Originally Posted by Ice:
Play Pontus VH/M. The AS will send plenty full stacks at you. play the Romans VH/M. The Sweboz will send stack after stack.

i can verify that.....

Eriklos 18:37 08-02-2007

i also guess the ai is sporting smaller stacks when running on bi. Hm, just sorry for the spear walls.

NeoSpartan 20:50 08-02-2007

Originally Posted by Ice:
Play Pontus VH/M. The AS will send plenty full stacks at you. play the Romans VH/M. The Sweboz will send stack after stack.

IF you use rules and take your time. BUT if you rush and play with no rules, then VH/M will be too easy! VH/H is a little more chalenging.

swhunter 21:17 08-02-2007

Originally Posted by Ice:
VH/M, yes. You might want to play with a money script though.

How you get that?
Q. Will the stacks increase ? I love large battles at least 10,000 troops on the field with the a1. Gives a feel of real war.

thanks

The Errant 21:31 08-02-2007

Originally Posted by swhunter:
How you get that?
Q. Will the stacks increase ? I love large battles at least 10,000 troops on the field with the a1. Gives a feel of real war.

thanks

Here is the link for the Rebalancing mod:https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=87649

Just download the file and follow the installation instructions and you'll be fine.

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