Now that v2.35 has dropped, what are you doing with it?

[QuintusSertorius]

It's been long-awaited, and now it has arrived. By way of a non-scientific straw poll, what are you doing with it? What faction(s) are you playing, what are you trying to do with them, and how are you finding it so far?

Has anyone attempted any of the After Alexander series of Historical Battles yet? Is anyone considering a Let's Play on their game?

Or for anyone still downloading, what do you plan to do?

[charlieh]

I plan on doing a video AAR. I Will post in the AAR section when first episode is complete. I must consider the faction. One of the smaller ones I think.

[kingman1337]

I want to either play a Seleucid campaign with the new family tree, or a Pontus campaign first with all the brand new units. I have not decided.

But I'm leaning towards a Pontus campaign, especially with a historically accurate diverse army.

[cowrecked]

I'm doing what I usually do, which is play as the Romans following a fairly historical conquest timeline.

[Sarkiss]

so thrilled its finally out. this is the mother of all mods, and a huge event indeed.

I'm doing what I usually do, which is play as the Romans following a fairly historical conquest timeline.

sounds like fun. i hardly ever played as Romans. not in any game or mod since Rome 1. in fact, the last time i played them was in EBI, ages and ages ago. was lots of fun recreating the Roman empire in a campaign that was guided by their historical expansion. if you go that route, i'd highly recommend QuintusSertorius' guide. i think i have an illustrated version somewhere.

i keep my fingers crossed that i manage to get 2.35 up and running. tbh, after the fiasco with trying to get the dev's build to work, im a bit apprehensive. wish i retained the disc version rather than switching to Steam. will spend the weekend getting the game installed (hopefully), and once done will most likely start a historical lets play. 'After Alexander' sounds interesting, or maybe creating a developer's play-through with Hayastan?

great to see lots of excitement about the release, and cant wait to give it a go. its been too long.

[Frtigern]

My question is what factions received the most updates for 2.35? Then start with those. Just about finished conquering Hellenic Mediterranean cities in 2.3 but now I need something different.

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[wermez]

If you think of units, I would say Pontos, Bosporan Kingdom and Sarmatians. But beware if you start KB campaign, usurpations and uprisings are too common

[Baharr]

Having a blast so far with my "crush the machimoi, hellenise Aigyptos, break the Theban priesthood" inward-looking Ptolemaioi campaign. Exchanged all of my Anatolian holdings for peace and alliances, seized Damascus, and am turning Syria into a proto-Maginot line while I ruthlessly unite and subjugate the Egyptian and Ethiopian interior.

Battles so far are a definite improvement over 2.3 - much more solid formations, phalangitai seem to perform significantly better, my uazali and hemithorakitai now actually fight as units instead of dispersing across an area twelve square miles across like they all need eight feet of personal space minimum.

The building system seems to make more sense as well, I feel like my economy ebbs and flows in predictable ways based on what I build. It felt a bit random sometimes in previous versions - now economic development is much more tangible.

[Kull]

The building system seems to make more sense as well, I feel like my economy ebbs and flows in predictable ways based on what I build. It felt a bit random sometimes in previous versions - now economic development is much more tangible.

It was worse than random before - buildings with specific "cost per turn" or "income per turn" (mines excepted) didn't work. Now they do.

[Sar1n]

I'm doing a definitive, most likely forever last Makedonia campaign. Now that they have even kickass slinger/assault unit available...they've got pretty much everything. Well, short of horse archers, but I'm not fond of those anyway.

Edit: after that...well, probably Pontos or Hayastan. Or maybe one of Iberian factions. Then...well, it'll probably be 2.4-2.5, and either Saba or SPQR area will be finished.

[Morrowgan]

Pontus campaign... rebels everywhere

[Wulfburk]

Playing as Arveni, first time playing as celtics in EB2. In contrast Casse was the faction i played the most in EB1, but ive found that ive come to prefer the hellenistic factions way more in EB2.

[HoundEFU]

Playing as Arveni, first time playing as celtics in EB2. In contrast Casse was the faction i played the most in EB1, but ive found that ive come to prefer the hellenistic factions way more in EB2.

Please let me know what you think of the new Gallic voicemod, I would appreciate the feedback.

[NapoleonMaster]

Please let me know what you think of the new Gallic voicemod, I would appreciate the feedback.

So you're the guy that did all the work on the new Celtic voice-mod?

You did a pretty good job but there are some Celtic units that are voiceless like the Galathraikes or the Galatian Colonists.

[HoundEFU]

So you're the guy that did all the work on the new Celtic voice-mod?

You did a pretty good job but there are some Celtic units that are voiceless like the Galathraikes or the Galatian Colonists.

That's strange. I do remember recording voicelines for the Galathraikes. Must've been an oversight, thanks for the heads up.

[Wulfburk]

Please let me know what you think of the new Gallic voicemod, I would appreciate the feedback.

Took a while to get used to it (the voicemod from eb1 has been in my head for over a decade....), but its great! Very good voice acting and its quite immersive!

Im missing the HOPLITAI HAPLOI and SOMATOPHYLAKES STRATEGOU though in the greek voice mod... the new ones are great but i loved how they were said in the old voice mod.

[Roma_Victrix]

I'm waiting for Roma_Victrix to build the Roman empire with Nabatea or something out of the blue, but neglecting the much closer Mesopotamia in favor of Britain or Spain or something.

This guy pays attention.

Hey, I take offense to this. I usually play with Western Greek factions, so the Mediterranean is still the center of any empire I build, and that includes much of West Asia, including Anatolia and the Levant. So hah! That touches Mesopotamia! Take that!

And just for your info, mister Slaytaninc, I plan on finally playing Rome for a change, so that means I'll...definitely be taking Spain and Britain again. But I'll pull a Trajan and invade Mesopotamia too! Roman imperium without limits! The gods have granted it! Well, not all the way to the Western Han Chinese commandery in Korea, but you get what I'm saying: something something deus vult you infidel Parthians. Yeah, something like that.

I'll get around one of these days to playing a solid Bactria campaign too.

Took a while to get used to it (the voicemod from eb1 has been in my head for over a decade....), but its great! Very good voice acting and its quite immersive!

Im missing the HOPLITAI HAPLOI and SOMATOPHYLAKES STRATEGOU though in the greek voice mod... the new ones are great but i loved how they were said in the old voice mod.

NOOOO!!!! Not the Somatophylakes Strategou! That was one of my favorite battlefield voices! They always sounded so angry and intense, like they were saying it while trying to kick you or something. LOL.

[abou]

Im missing the HOPLITAI HAPLOI and SOMATOPHYLAKES STRATEGOU though in the greek voice mod... the new ones are great but i loved how they were said in the old voice mod.

There was a reason they were changed: that is because they were wrong. The old voice mod work had misplaced stress accents and diphthongs that were split. So when it came down to it, I had planned to correct that, which only took me a few years to get off my ass and do it. I don't think my work is perfect, but compared to the previous guy it is a lot closer.

Also, my voice is a lot deeper than the previous guy.

[COMIS -3- ΠΑΝΙΩΝΑΡΑ]

Playing areaukoi for the first time in eb2 !!the game (because it is a game not just a mod)is incredible!!!!

[LusitanianWolf]

Please let me know what you think of the new Gallic voicemod, I would appreciate the feedback.

Really enjoying it so far, pretty epic! Great work!