[M2TW] Favourite Battle Gameplay

[Ishan]

For the year 2012, there are 3 M2TW mods nominated as favourite battle gameplay mod. Mods that enhances the battle gameplay on the battlefield. How the AI tactically packs a punch after modifying its BAI or any other battle map related mechanics & balancing. Vote for the one you like the most:

The Sundering: Rise of the Witch King


Description: The Sundering: Rise of the Witch King is a mod for Medieval 2: Kingdoms and based around the Warhammer universe during the civil war between the Elves, the mod's campaign opens with the Death of Bel Shanaar in -2751 IC.

Battle Gameplay Features

1) With the addition of several factions and units there's plenty of action on the battlefield. Mod being based on fantasy, it adds many projectile effects that gives a mesmerizing battle experience. Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  2) The unit balance is great and you can enjoy amazing battles with powerful wizards casting spells and giant units such as treemen, bloodthirsters and so forth. 3) Encourages Great Battles: Aims for fighting large, glorious field battles rather than continually defending sieges or only fighting small AI armies. Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  4) Re-Skinned Settlements: The Sundering: Rise of the Witch King bring a new vision of the siege by new textures to the settlements. 5) Beasts from Ulthuan: Because of the vortex generated by the winds Dragontamer to drain the magic winds of the world, the Annulii mountains have become a hotbed of deformed beasts of chaos. The cultists have managed to tame many of these creatures and use them in battle against the Asur warriors. Hydras, Lions of Chrace, Manticores and even Black Dragons. Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  6) Famous and infamous characters: Command the heroes from your favourite novels and army books or fight against them. Famous heroes such Caledor I, Thyriol or Alith Anar and infamous ones such Malekith, Morathi, or Kheranion. We have added more than 50 characters extracted from Warhammer novels and army books and all of them have been customized through special traits and ancillaries. Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  7) Fear of magic: During the Sundering, the most powerful mages in the world fought between brothers, and some of these spectacular duels remain in the memory of the elder elfs which still alive. Most of the ancient secrets of the arts of magic fell tragically into oblivion and will never be remembered. Face the spells of the Hag Queen Morathi or the Archmage of Saphery Thyriol, or flight for your live! Spoiler Alert, click show to read:  8) New pre battle speeches.

Battle Preview

View more battle related content with units previews and such, here.

Thera Legacy of The Great Torment V4


Description: Thera was a world much like the one we know. That was until one fateful day 222 years ago, a day when great natural calamities were unleashed on the world known as Thera. The planet suffered earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, an almost worldwide tidal wave, all in the space of one day. Huge wild fires ripped across many lands and there were reports of fiery objects seen in the skies. This day became known universally as the 'Great Torment'. The Legacy of the Great Torment is a world inhabited by many small nations which have been been forced to develop in near isolation, a world of large desolate, depopulated lands, which are ripe for conquest and development by a wise and powerful leader. Are you such a leader.......

Version 4 of the famous Thera was released on November 13, 2012. It now includes 21 playable factions including Romano, Mythical, Chivalric, Post renaissance factions which have been thoroughly reviewed and reworked. Comes with several new units that improved BAI & unit rebalancing.

Battle Screenshots

ReallyBadAI Battle System v5.7


Description: The most unique and comprehensive modification of battle AI ever committed, squeezing out as much as possible from game engine, supporting it with exclusively developed, manually scripted AI behavior and tweaked settlements, forging an unforgettable experience. Fully automated installer included.

This BAI has been updated from v5.2 to 5.7 over the course of year 2012 and has introduced quite some changes and improvements.

Key features & changes of v5.7

- v5.7 corrected a typo leading to reinforcements crash - reworked ReallyBadAI Hardcore, player temporarily loses control over charging units, including impetuous - reinforcements tweaks - AI made more aggressive - script optimisations - new art - AI uses hero abilities in Third Age: Total War - better AI reinforcements behaviour, supports up to 8 AI armies in a single battle - AI not getting stuck during sieges - restored functionality - fixed random CTDs that might occur due to hardcoded AI being unable to apply battle strategy- definitely solves 99% of issues - better behaviour of elephants, Mumakil, Steam Tanks etc. during sieges - AI deploys stakes on hard+ difficulty only - Third Age: Total War 3.x support - new, fully scripted, all-manual Rivendell AI behaviour (TATW 3.x) - Call of Warhammer 1.5 support - improved AI wall defense deployment - AI attacks settlements more vigorously - brand new version monitoring system for troubleshooting - custom battle scripts always launch correctly now - fixed CoW issue realted to Custom Folders Fix - updated manual mod integration instructions - scripting works for multiple custom battles now - configurable installer

BAI in action.

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[Ishan]

• Winner: ReallyBadAI Battle System v5.7
• 1st Runner Up: The Sundering: Rise of the Witch King
• 2nd Runner Up: Thera Legacy of The Great Torment V4