Divide et impera twc mod#
Divide et impera twc plus#

they fight like Rome (big line of heavy infantry) only with elephants and good cavalry. The black sea coastline gives plenty of opportunities for amphibious warfare and raiding while the mountains make for interesting maps.Д¬arthage on high difficulty is also interesting because you will find yourself in a 3 front war after 40 turns. You also get many diverse enemies: nomads,Greeks, barbarians and Parthians. horse archers,chariots, light infantry and hoplites backed by good cavalry. The game needs more big factions and less weak armies.ДЄs far as factions go i find Pontus the most interesting mix for campaign. instead of having several large factions that throw armies at each other you have a death-match of 50 small factions who each have 3 stacks of cheap units.

Divide et impera twc plus#

I blame it squarely on the replenishment and attrition system plus the stupid campaign AI.

Divide et impera twc mod#

If you want to pick up any good submods, you can check out the ones I linked in the OP of my AAR or browse around the Official Divide et Impera Forum at TWC where fans of the mod post their own submods on a regular basis. Special units like war elephants, chariots and Berzerkers can also have a large impact and turn the tide of a battle if used at the right time, but they've been balanced and tweaked by the DeI team so that they're not unstoppable wrecking balls. One of the key factors that contributed to that incredible victory in my AAR was that all of the enemy units were exhausted from fighting, charging and shoving each other around, while the units I sent to surround and attack them were well-rested. Fatigue is very important so always keep an eye on it and don't exhaust your soldiers because it can have a huge effect on morale and fighting ability. Even Royal Cataphracts can be slaughtered if they get bogged down in a melee for too long or you exhaust them charging this where and that. Shock cavalry is very powerful as they should be, but they are by no means invincible. Units still rout if you do something really bad to them (like charging cavalry into their flanks), but if you don't truly shatter them then there's a good chance they'll regroup and come back to attack you when you don't expect it. The combat system is also very much different from vanilla with battles lasting at an average of about 15 minutes for me, but my longest one involving full-stack armies lasted nearly 34 minutes. I've experienced having minor factions that have been fighting since the start of the campaign call ceasefires, ally with each other and attack me when I decided to stroll in their neighborhood. While the AI doesn't stick together like a pack of wolves, they will band together to attack anyone that invades what they consider their 'area of influence'. I haven't tried it myself, but I very much intend to after I finish my current Seleucid and Lusitani campaigns.ДЇor the mod itself, take wars of expansion one at a time and watch out for a target faction's diplomatic standing with neighboring factions and how many allies it has. In it, Patricius has overhauled and tweaked not only unit skins and sizes but also overhauled the tech trees, political houses and added in realistic Area Of Recruitment. With regards to DeI EoJ, since the Romans are your go-to faction I highly recommend Patricius Darwinius Virtus' Realistic Roman Army Mod. If you can play the diplomacy game right, then you can face them down one at a time or pit them against each other but if you don't then you risk facing a giant coalition that threatens your entire eastern border and leaves you vulnerable to attacks and invasions by other factions like Egypt, Armenia or Pontus. Not only do they have one of the most extensive unit rosters in the game (vanilla or DeI), they also have the unique campaign experience of having to deal with several ambitious and rebellious satrapies right from the start. My favorite faction is (of course) the Seleucids.