The Script?

[Blitz5927]

Unless you're playing as Rome or one of the other few factions that is heavily influenced by reforms, I personally see very little reason to activate the script. The AI is just as ruthless and sharp and all the script does is make the game a lot slower. Reforms are nice, but as Carthage I've already knocked Rome out of the game, and I am endeavoring to find a better reason for continually activating the script.

Thoughts?

[burn_again]

Playing without the script will screw up the whole game. A lot of stuff depends on the script, traits, 4 turns per year, reforms, events to name just a few. Also the AI will run out of money and/or population after a few turns, so it won't put up any real resistance against the human player. Also the AI can't build gouvernments in conquered cities without the script and so can't recruit anything.
Without the script you're just playing vanilla RTW with EB map and units.

[MarcusAureliusAntoninus]

The big thing you'll not have without the script is AI government placements. Without the script on, they would get a government placed. They will then take a long time to build one and if they ever do, it will be inappropriate for the region since the homeland/subjugation/alliance buildings will have been placed for your faction. As a result, they won't be able to recruit the appropriate units in any faction they acquire through conquest.

Then this is the mentioned things of, all but 2 factions will go broke on turn 2 and will never recover. And if they do get money, they will deplete the population of their town quite quickly.

[Lysander13]

In other words....there is absolutely no point to playing EB if your not activating the script.

[Tiberius Nero]

I would actually say, you haven't been playing EB, if you haven't been activating the script.

[pezhetairoi]

EB -IS- the script.