Faction you hate (or dread) fighting the most?

[Cute Wolf]

Actually, I didn't hate anyone particular, but when I play as Aedui or Avernii or Sweboz, I HATE SAUROMATAE!!! Their HA's pwned most of my infantry most of the time...

[Glaurung]

As a true Roman thus descendant of Troy the only thing I can say is: SMASH PTOLEMAISM!!!
(I fear the "Greeks" even if they bring presents...)

Timeo Danaos et Dona ferentes...
Playing the aedui campaign I hate Romans...

[satalexton]

why, maion, it seems we have a fresh recruit =D

[Maion Maroneios]

Timeo Danaos et Dona ferentes...
Playing the aedui campaign I hate Romans...

Welcome to the fora, newcomer! Here, have your first balloon: Also, drop by at my Social Group, the Romaioktonoi (Roman Killers). We are in dire need of fresh blood.

Maion

[Glaurung]

Thanks for the welcome...
I'm a veteran player of the vanilla version but a newbie of EB...this mod is very nice...
I've started the aedui campaign on VH/VH and I'm at war with arverni and romanii. The last remaining settlement of the celtic neighbours is under siege, and already kicked roman as**s in some minor battles.
What astonished me in EB is the initial financial crack I suffered, the initial army's upkeep was too big compared with the annual incomes...I went more than -30.000 mnai. Eventualy I've right-sized it and recovered from this economic crysis.

[Maion Maroneios]

VH/VH

I think we've located the source of your trouble. EB was not designed to be played on VH Battle difficulty, you see.

Maion

[seienchin]

I think we've located the source of your trouble. EB was not designed to be played on VH Battle difficulty, you see.

Maion

That must be a mistake... A EB Newbie playing the Aedui on VH VH without getting the beating of his life seems impossible to me ^^

[Atraphoenix]

Even hard is not reasonable with battles until you kick the enemy general and flank the enemy. VH is for the ones who has Xerxes Complex that wants to fight the enemy as 300 hundrands!
P.S. though it is a wonderful sadomasochism to watch Pandadapoi massacring your Pezos!

[Arutima]

Ptolies.


They usually attack you as soon as one of your province touch theirs. And if you are playing as the romans, when you reach asia minor, The yellow death usually have the biggest empire ever, going as far as india

[HunGeneral]

I can't send my Macedonian forces over quickly enough.
Steppe armies do the job quickly.

Thats for sure. If you want speed, efficiency and few losses - you need nomad warriors (prefereably Hrosemen).

when I play as Aedui or Avernii or Sweboz, I HATE SAUROMATAE!!! Their HA's pwned most of my infantry most of the time...

I can understand that - Celts and germans lack quality missile troops and horsemen to fight well against nomads (the other problem beign lack of armor for most units). The thing that makes Sauros hard to beat is the distance - to reach there settlements you need many turns and if they attack you on open field and there is no hill nearby then one must prepare for heavy losses...

Also, drop by at my Social Group, the Romaioktonoi (Roman Killers). We are in dire need of fresh blood.

You know you Romaioktonoi could use some nomads aswell - the only thing that kills romans faster then a charge of Hetairoi or Elephants is a charge of Nomad cavalry (pluss a rain of arrows as preperation - proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tfKDcQyzM - Enjoy)

[athanaric]

Actually, I didn't hate anyone particular, but when I play as Aedui or Avernii or Sweboz, I HATE SAUROMATAE!!! Their HA's pwned most of my infantry most of the time...

Try recruiting "Medininkas" (don't remember their current spelling), Baltic Frontiersmen. They are the only "barbarian" archers with decent range (187, should be more or less equal to most Nomadic HAs) and ammo. That they have spears for melee doesn't hurt either.

[Maion Maroneios]

You know you Romaioktonoi could use some nomads aswell - the only thing that kills romans faster then a charge of Hetairoi or Elephants is a charge of Nomad cavalry (pluss a rain of arrows as preperation - proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tfKDcQyzM - Enjoy)

I love this video. I've seen it before, but I can never get enough of it.

Maion

[Elcmar]

Always hate sharing a border with the Romaioi - always end up having to wipe them out completely....which when i think about it isn't that bad after all

[Arutima]

Try recruiting "Medininkas" (don't remember their current spelling), Baltic Frontiersmen. They are the only "barbarian" archers with decent range (187, should be more or less equal to most Nomadic HAs) and ammo. That they have spears for melee doesn't hurt either.

or, if you are playing as Sweboz, push east until you reach the black sea. and have some silver chevron bosphorian archers

[Vasiliyi]

You know you Romaioktonoi could use some nomads aswell - the only thing that kills romans faster then a charge of Hetairoi or Elephants is a charge of Nomad cavalry (pluss a rain of arrows as preperation - proof: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8tfKDcQyzM - Enjoy)[/QUOTE]

THAT WAS AN AWESOME VIDEO!

[Onehandstan]

If the Carthies get some momentum in Italy they can become a real nightmare, satack after full stack of Elite African Pikemen and Elite African Shock Infantry, the only way of kicking them out is step by bloody step with about three stacks of trops and a lot of patience.

[Glaurung]

That must be a mistake... A EB Newbie playing the Aedui on VH VH without getting the beating of his life seems impossible to me ^^

So far I've fought only against Arvernii, Eleutheroi and small stacks of Romani...and never got the beating of my life, believe me or not.

I think we've located the source of your trouble. EB was not designed to be played on VH Battle difficulty, you see.

Maion

What do you mean?

[A Very Super Market]

Actually, vanilla RTW wasn't really meant for it either. It really just meant that your elite units could be massacred by say....... Greek cavalry.

[Glaurung]

I've read in the FAQs section that EB best balance is VH/M, otherwise AI gets huge stats bonuses on the battlefield...
I haven't experienced this so far...yes, AI is tough on the battlefield but a fight between two similar units (e.g. lugoae vs lugoae) is balanced, unless there are big experence differences..in any case elite units like bataroas even completely surrounded keep fighting
To be honest I didn't install the mod on a clean RTW-BI, because there was a mod already installed (Fourth Age TW), so is it possible that this altered the difficulty balances?
I always activate the EB script.