BI or Alex?

**Velico** · June 22, 2010, 04:57 PM

Okay so I've been watching everyone's reports the past week or so and it looks like the AI is much better/smarter in BI and Alex compared to normal RTW. My question is, if I am to buy one of them, which one is better? I know this is purely opinion but let me hear the pros and cons of both of them please!

Thanks

**Alkimachos** · June 22, 2010, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by Velico

Okay so I've been watching everyone's reports the past week or so and it looks like the AI is much better/smarter in BI and Alex compared to normal RTW. My question is, if I am to buy one of them, which one is better? I know this is purely opinion but let me hear the pros and cons of both of them please!

Thanks

The Alex add-on it's the last expansion of RTW, have better AI then BI..

**jakeswe** · June 22, 2010, 05:26 PM

Alex is better, naval invasions + a little bit better ai.

**Chernish** · June 23, 2010, 03:21 AM

In other mods BI is better for naval invasion, ships, ordes and so on. ALX is better for Battle-AI. In RSII problem with ships and naval invasion is solved, so ALX is better at all

**Irishguy** · June 23, 2010, 07:41 AM

both

naah I'd say BI, I really liked the swimming in battles, it makes it much harder. Although I prefer ancient history over medieval-late roman history I played BI WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more than ALEX so....

**Ballacraine** · June 23, 2010, 11:41 AM

Alex has better BAI & CAI.

Balla.

**apple** · June 23, 2010, 07:09 PM

Just the fact that the AI can retrain units with alex is enough to make it the best exe. to use.
Add to that a better naval invassion AI, better BAI and CAI there isn't that much of a question.

**Velico** · June 23, 2010, 10:21 PM

Okay, follow up question...

I've been looking at prices for Alexander, and there is one on ebay for $13 that includes Rome Gold Edition and Alexander expansion. Strangely enough I've not found any copies of Alexander itself that are cheaper. Now my question is this; is there any benefit to having BI in addition to Alexander or should I take this deal as is?

**dcmort93** · June 24, 2010, 12:14 AM

Well in that respect it allows you to test both of them out and see which one you like for yourself but in the end its up to you. I have vanilla and BI but I'm thinking about tracking down a standalone copy of Alex due to the different AI.

**Asura** · June 24, 2010, 01:06 AM

I don't know about the naval invasion thing and it's limitations with BI in RS2. In my current campaigne, I noticed a Ptolemaic naval invasion against Sparta, not with the small, indifferent armies you are used to see in BI, but a full scale invasion, so strong that it actually crushed Sparta itself!

**Irishguy** · June 24, 2010, 03:26 AM

@ Velico: Take the deal! having them both is best. ALEX is better for AI, but some really cool mods use BI so...

**|Sith|Galvanized Iron** · June 24, 2010, 05:00 AM

Is phalanx formation possible with BI exe? Since shield wall is impossible with the other 2...

**Paedric** · June 24, 2010, 05:16 AM

Is phalanx formation possible with BI exe? Since shield wall is impossible with the other 2...

Yes.

I've been looking at prices for Alexander, and there is one on ebay for $13 that includes Rome Gold Edition and Alexander expansion. Strangely enough I've not found any copies of Alexander itself that are cheaper. Now my question is this; is there any benefit to having BI in addition to Alexander or should I take this deal as is?

I'd say take them. As said by someone else, there are noce mod for BI, and an extra RTW copy and CD key can't be bad.