Tested the mod for a couple of days now.

[Arksa]

After a long break, I started playing m2tw again. I bought Kingdoms and then downloaded this mod.

I started with Venice. I captured Zagreb but it took a couple of turns. Then I managed to take Milan because Genoa failed to capture the city, having so many defenders.
I'm impressed with how AI defends its cities. They kept the gateway at all costs, costing me a lot of troops because of boiling oil.
I allied with Sicily, but I don't expect them to give me any aid because they are busy in the mediterranean.

HRE declared war. They only blockaded a couple of ports...Pope interfered and I decided to keep quiet, HRE did not. They got excommunicated, I captured Bologna after a decisive battle near the city. At the same time they tried to take Milan, and they failed. However, they easily took Zagreb despite my 3:4 odds, which should be manageable when defending.
When I got Bologna, Byzantine Empire declared war...they tried to take my castle near the byz borders but after a bloody battle I managed to keep the city with only few troops and the general in the castle.
The HRE mailed knights also flanked my Missile troops out of nowhere...me not noticing in the heat of battle.

Now, my kingdom of Venice is in a tough spot. If HRE starts to concentrate all their forces to my borders, I might be lost. I can't know how seriously Byzantine empire will take this war, they propably have too many things to take care of with the eastern powers. My kingdom consists of Milan, Bologna and Venice + 2 castles.


The mod seems good. The only flaw I can think of is: AI attacked me with small force and a big reinforcing army. When the general from the small force died, all the forces of the bigger army where "wavering" and "Shaken"...did they really care if their other army had lost a general? Because the men were so scared, I managed to capture Bologna much more easily than I expected.