Variant of Invasio Barbarorum like 'Extended Realism Mod'?

**Fritigern** · June 21, 2009, 10:45 AM

I have spent a bit of time playing the Rome Total War Extended Realism mod and have enjoyed this - especially not having to deal with stacks and stacks of opponents thanks to the much much higher recruitment and maintenance costs of units. Is there a variant of IB that is built in a similar way?

**PSEUDO ROMANUS** · June 21, 2009, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by Fritigern

I have spent a bit of time playing the Rome Total War Extended Realism mod and have enjoyed this - especially not having to deal with stacks and stacks of opponents thanks to the much much higher recruitment and maintenance costs of units. Is there a variant of IB that is built in a similar way?

Well, the recruitment and maintenance costs are very high in any of the IB mods compared to other modifications, in order to better represent how hard it was for the imperial government to upkeep its armies. Regarding your first point, I have to say that, in IB, dealing with numerous enemy armies is something to be expected, as we are dealing with hordes of barbarian tribes which are starting an invasion

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**Riothamus** · June 22, 2009, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by Fritigern

I have spent a bit of time playing the Rome Total War Extended Realism mod and have enjoyed this - especially not having to deal with stacks and stacks of opponents thanks to the much much higher recruitment and maintenance costs of units. Is there a variant of IB that is built in a similar way?

I'm a firm believer in this as in my bi mod shows. With legio_xx we have significantly increased army upkeep within the game with of course a great disparity between the barbarian and Roman costs...More adjustments are on the way. There will be money available but how its spend should determine a factions outcome along with of course a factions military prowess