Britons too powerful?

**HunterKYA** · August 13, 2006, 12:02 PM

Who else here thinks that the Britons in DM are just a bit too powerful?

Case in point, I once had three full stack armies, comprised of some 3,000 men each, with mostly two or three silver chevron units but only had bronze weapon and armor upgrades. These 9,000+ men faced an army of Britons comprising of a mere 1,300 men and I felt with an army that size, my men could get by from sheer force of numbers. I was proven right, but my casualties were ungodly. Of my force of 9,000+ men, those 1,300 Britons killed over 5,000 of my men. Though I won the battle, I thought that the Britons had an unfair advantage even though their units looked inexperienced next to mine, because never did I once lose that many men in one battle while I was fighting the Thracians, Germans, or Gauls. From a historical standpoint, you would think that the Germans would be stronger than the Britons, since, well, the Germans had always been tougher for the Romans to keep under control and Rome did manage to subdue the Britons.

From my personal opinion, the unit stats for the Britons should be tweaked so that they are equally balanced with the other Barbarian factions.

**wipeout140** · August 13, 2006, 02:52 PM

HunterKYA the balancing will possible in DM 8.1

**HunterKYA** · August 13, 2006, 07:48 PM

Well, then that's the news I wanted to hear. Thanks for the update.

**Eird-Way** · August 14, 2006, 10:08 AM

It's those accursed chariots and their hitpoints. The generals, in particular are awful with their FIVE hitpoints. It sounds like you might have been using auto-res, which is a HORRIBLE idea whenever Britons are involved. Of course, this also means the chariot hitpoints completely screw up the campaign because they destroy all the other barbarians.

They are ridiculously unbalanced on the battle map too, although not as bad. I once sent three units of light cavalry and a warlord at one unit of chariot archers, and it routed all of them and killed the warlord.

**Grand Duke Vytautas** · August 14, 2006, 10:51 AM

Originally Posted by Eird-Way

I once sent three units of light cavalry and a warlord at one unit of chariot archers, and it routed all of them and killed the warlord.

Well cav (any) against chariot = nice kebabs

(bad idea) Those blades really cut through horsies legs :tooth:
And yes I agree Britons need serious balance in campaign and auto-resolve. Also you have that annoying ceasefire bug with germania. How to get rid of that?