ALEXANDER EB

[Maksimus]

You are searching for solutions of problems that do not exist. In EB you do not need high experinced Agema Phalanx and artillery to win against Lugoae, Gaeroas and the like half naked savages. When I go for Segesta in all my many Roman campaigns my army is composed of inexperinced Camillans, supported by some Greek allies from Taras (Hoplites and Peltasts); and I usually win this battle without serious problems. And that's ok, because my lads are better armoured and armed than this Celtic mob.

But when you insist in playing on VH/VH, everything is seriously messed up, beginning with the overaggressive behaviour of the AI (did you know that they get a hardcoded 10,000 mne bonus every turn on top of everything that the script is granting them?) and ending with barbarian levy spearmen that cut your professional Greeks to pieces.

So, it's quite easy: change the settings back to default (M/M), play some campaigns and after that decide if there is a misbalance in EB or if there is not. As long as you use some houserules to not exploit the AI stupidity (both on the strategical and on the tactical screen), you'll should come up with the sollution that EB itself is well balanced.

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BTW, you have again nearly no medium infantry in your amry.

These campaign's in North Italy are with Elites just because I was gaining expirience for Asia (and I wanted to take towns in one turn - that is why I used siege ). - But when I reached Asia Minor.. And When ALL CITIES HAD ARMY BARRACK'S - (I don't have a picture of it because I deleted my save - maybe later)..

I was starting to loose because AS were retraining their medium and elite infantry in: Sardis, Galatia, Ipsos, even in Halikarnasoos. Eventually I even had my phalanx elites with level 7 expirience when they crossed to Asia Minor.
But AS had RETRAINED ELITES too! from Sardis and Ipsos.. see?? I wont use Medium for Campaign, meybe for Battle in future

In battle of Sardis (during my siege) I had 8 elite phalanx level 5-7 exp, and Pyrros and stepe archers and siege eq. BUT Seleucid's HAD TWO ARMIES WITH 9 phalanx medium and 7 phalanx elite... So? Now? What? Even on Medium it is to hard to win ?!

I wanted to pull back first but than I wanted to test it - so I won loosing 80% of my army.. .. And two turns away were another full stack's of AS army..

So you are right about the EBBS (please upload ti to me ) and what is more important :: NO.. I belive EB is not balanced well - NOT for Alex engine...

Hope you are not mad at me for forcing this but just try to test with EBBS that gives Army barracks to capitol's and then see..