Loving it

[polluxlm]

After playing Rome for a year I couldn't help noticing all the praise going around the forums for this game. Installed EB a couple of weeks ago, and I never looked back. This is no doubt the best game I've ever played. Exquisite work guys!

I'm 50 years into my usual Macedon campaign (after conquering Italy in my Roman game on Hard, jesus christ, they never rout!). I've had to micromanage my economy, disband armies to avoid going bankrupt 2 times, almost no auto-resolve due to the recruitment system. Even though I rule from Italy and Sicily to Antiocheia, I still get a fair share of challenge from the AS and Ptolemy. Getai is taken care of after giving me serious hardship in my homeland. Soon I guess Qhartadast and Sweboz will start to interfere.

This game has so much depth, so many units, balance, realism and challenge. It's near perfect. You guys seem to have thought about everything. I'm away at work now, so I haven't been able to play for over a week. 5 days left and I'm sitting here thinking about strategies. Damn, this can last forever.

Keep up the good work.

[Lysander13]

Let me be the first to welcome you to the org and specifically the EB forums.....and also congrats on finding us here and joining the legions of EB fans!!

[Moosemanmoo]

The only bad thing about EB is that I am now almost physically sick every time I see Vanilla

Lovin it, and welcome

[Gebeleisis]

Wellcome m8 to the tavern of junky Tw....*ahem* to the sweet paradise of total war mod EB

[Theodotos I]

[QUOTE=Moosemanmoo]The only bad thing about EB is that I am now almost physically sick every time I see Vanilla

Ditto, here. CA ought to hire this design team. They made a good game, but it just can't compare with the masterpiece of Europa Barbarorum.

[Hax]

Bad idea.

If the EB team were working in a studio, they'd have a deadline.

Deadline = less time to make a realistic game

Realistic game = EB

Catch my drift?

[anubis88]

Bad idea.

If the EB team were working in a studio, they'd have a deadline.

Deadline = less time to make a realistic game

Realistic game = EB

Catch my drift?

Yeah but if the EB team had a studio, they would probably get paid, could stop working at their jobs and make EB their profession

so they would have had more time than now probably

[Hax]

If they were producing and selling the games themselves, and NOT working for a company, yeah.

But it's awesome the way it is, should stay like that! =D

[bovi]

Getting paid for working on a game means stuff will get made a lot quicker than we do now. It also means it has to get done a lot quicker to avoid bankruptcy. And that leads to cutting corners. Not to mention having to appeal to a mainstream audience that would repay the money spent on developing it. It simply wouldn't be EB. At all.

[Lovejoy]

Just as well say it: Always remember TO ACTIVATE THE SCRIPT. Everytime you load or start a camp. If you havent, you havent really played EB at al :P EB IS the script! :F

Anyway, hope you get as much enjoyment out of EB as I did (and still do).

[Megas Methuselah]

It amazes me how often new players of EB don't activate the script for the game. You would think an advisor popping up all the time would alert them, but noooo....

Whatever, glad to hear you're enjoying EB.

[Apgad]

I'm away at work now, so I haven't been able to play for over a week. 5 days left and I'm sitting here thinking about strategies.

I'd suggest quitting work, divorcing your wife, adopting out any children you may have, and selling your house. Suddenly your time pressures are gone! Then you can buy an expensive computer, a cheap caravan, and enough pot noodles to last you a lifetime (or a full campain for every faction, whichever comes first).

(I haven't told my wife about this grand plan just yet... )

[Bellum]

It amazes me how often new players of EB don't activate the script for the game. You would think an advisor popping up all the time would alert them, but noooo....

Whatever, glad to hear you're enjoying EB.

For the first several turns, I did. Didn't even bother to read it. I thought it was a bug in EB: "I've turned advice off, why does this guy keep bothering me?!"

[polluxlm]

Thanks guys.

I work 2 weeks on, 3 off. No wife.

[Apgad]

I work 2 weeks on, 3 off. No wife.

You're halfway there then! Just got to get rid of that 2 weeks on part, and find a caravan...

[Hooahguy]

For the first several turns, I did. Didn't even bother to read it. I thought it was a bug in EB: "I've turned advice off, why does this guy keep bothering me?!"

my friend had a similar experience- when he first got EB after i prompted him to, he called me back after a week or so of playing and asked "how is it different? its just like RTW!"
i had to enlighten him about the background script, and he started his campaign over....

[Horst Nordfink]

My brother was like that. I had to bitch-slap it into him.