Empire Mod Questions & Recommendations

**Apolloa** · May 08, 2012, 05:07 AM

I havent played ETW for a long time so im not shure what mod is cool now...
Balanced Army...
Balanced AI Army
Has limitation of unit recruitment....

Please help....Reply please...

**=Prince Nuada=** · May 10, 2012, 05:52 AM

Imperial Splendor II

**Dracula** · May 10, 2012, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by =Prince Nuada=

Imperial Splendor II

Really ? What does it have ?

**=Prince Nuada=** · May 10, 2012, 04:07 PM

IS2 balances out the armies by fixing or removing redundant units and introducing new ones to introduce a thrilling element of unique variety to each nation.
IS2 balances out the AI, implement the DM AI upgrade which stops the AI from being so pointlessly impulsive.
IS2 plases recruitment limitations in certain units, of note are expatriate units and certain trade ships such as Fluyts and Galleons.

**Tango12345** · May 10, 2012, 04:10 PM

Best way of working out what any mod involves is to download and play it. Better still, download a selection (say, ISII, APE:TI, DMUC) try them all, and see which you like the most. That said, it depends on how long you wish to spend downloading things.

**=Prince Nuada=** · May 12, 2012, 03:03 AM

More praise for IS2!

I love how now just about every nation can build 6th Rates (more realistic and challenging), there is a cap on transport ships (no more fluyt or galleon spam!) and brigs and sloops are now more useful and worth taking.
I have been having some thrilling naval battles where my brigs and sloops have been invaluable companions to my 5th and 6th Rates in terms of sheer speed and maneuverability!

Also, I love how land troops have changed. Most fun I had recently was a clash on the southern border of Canada between my British North American Militia and some French North American Militia. Both had two units of militia each and all units involved had been mauled in previous engaugements. As it happened, the french units were larger than mine, so I relied on skirmishing and light infantry tactics to take cover and fight it out at range. I was really struggling until I wittled down the smaller unit and them concentrated my fire on the larger unit. Finally the larger unit broke and fled and both my units charged into the fray, wiping out the remnants of the smaller unit and pursuing the larger unit from the field.
It was a small but very satisfying skirmish and more fun than a large battle.

**Emperor Hantscher** · May 22, 2012, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by =Prince Nuada=

It was a small but very satisfying skirmish and more fun than a large battle.

I too am a fan of small battle like the one you described. All this talk of the glory of IS2 makes me want to try it. Perhaps after I conquer the globe under the Moroccan flag, I will try to retake North America as the Plains Nations. In IS2 are the Native American units overhauled aswell, and are they able to build ships?

**=Prince Nuada=** · May 24, 2012, 09:42 PM

Originally Posted by Emperor Hantscher

I too am a fan of small battle like the one you described. All this talk of the glory of IS2 makes me want to try it. Perhaps after I conquer the globe under the Moroccan flag, I will try to retake North America as the Plains Nations. In IS2 are the Native American units overhauled aswell, and are they able to build ships?

You won't be disappointed.

The Native Americans have changed, more for the better!
Each native faction is now stronger and unique.
Bear in mind that you still can't play the Native Americans without the Warpath patch.
Native Anericans still do not have ships (it is safe to assume that canoes are no match for 6th Rate Frigates!!).

**Samuel Pidgeon** · May 18, 2012, 11:59 AM

is there any good mods for empire i could try that dont change vanilla files so if mod goes wrong wont stop vanilla game from running thanks

**Rebelyell** · May 18, 2012, 01:55 PM

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=540050

**The Useless Member** · May 18, 2012, 03:58 PM

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=533197

**Samuel Pidgeon** · May 18, 2012, 06:01 PM

Thanks but are they mod foldered?

**The Useless Member** · May 18, 2012, 06:55 PM

?

The one I posted doesn't overwrite any files. it just moves them when you play, and when you want to play, it restores the folders.

**Samuel Pidgeon** · May 19, 2012, 04:25 AM

does this mod have a normal grand campaign like in vanilla i was gonna try empires of destiny but think that will overite my files and people have been getting CTD's

**=Prince Nuada=** · May 19, 2012, 04:41 AM

IS2!

**Samuel Pidgeon** · May 19, 2012, 02:03 PM

Thanks I try to understand the installation process but hopefully I do it right but if I want to uninstall it how do I do that just delete the files and which ones

**Ferdiad** · May 19, 2012, 07:24 PM

DMUC is commonly considered the best Empire mod.

**The Useless Member** · May 19, 2012, 08:47 PM

Probably my favorite mod is the removal of platoon fire.

**Samuel Pidgeon** · May 20, 2012, 04:19 AM

Ok I look into it more before I download the mods plus I still play multiplayer campaign so I may stick with vanilla. It try to unlock the unplayable factions but not try using emergent ones

**ninjaskill** · May 20, 2012, 09:43 PM

I must be psychic i predicted Nuanda would go with IS2 what could have made me think of that Go with Dmuc for 2 reasons 1 it is the best 2 it would annoy nuanda like me misspelling his name