Thanks for all the reports guys.
I've uploaded a second small patch adjusting the game balance and fixing some bugs.
Thanks! It's great to see you are still interested & tweaking things. It's so depressing when a good mod is abandoned by it's creator.
I don't want to restart my current game so keep in mind my reports don't include the latest patch.
I'm not sure where that mystery Phoenician city is, unless it's Samosata near the Eastern Greek border.
It was Samosata. It was hidden between the mountains, the Persians & the Eastern Greeks.
I'm considering making Murex a luxury if I do go ahead with a rearrangement of the resourses in the mod. That would be a pretty big re-design though, and I haven't the time at the moment.
Understood. I'm just happy that it's included at all here.
That's fairly historical. I'm pretty happy that the Persian armies seem to turn up at the right area for that battle quite consistently. There should be another Darius in time for the Battle of Gaugamela, if things go to plan.
He did return, but several weeks before Gaugamela in my game. He showed up outside Samosata after I took it & got killed attacking the phalanx I had there. I'm probably running behind the historical timeline though I took Egypt as fast as I could.
I had a look for this reference, but couldn't find it anywhere. Is it in a unit or a civilization entry?
It's a unit called "Arabian Tribes." I 1st found it when I came upon Petra. The 2nd, description, page in the pedia for that unit refers to Islam. I checked the Units list in the pedia & it's there, too. I checked the other Arabian units' entries & they look OK.
Fixed, thanks. The Thracian Barracks produces an Agrianoi (or Agrianian), civilopedia entry is now correct.
Thank you!
And now another report! *trumpet fanfare*
-I saw Antipater's Phalanx! It marched past Alexandoupolis heading north towards the Danube. My best guess it that it's intention is to march all the way around the Black Sea. A steady stream of Macedonian units has been following. I'm now worried that they could beat me to Bactria or Sogdiana. I have to fight my way through Persia...
-Egypt has joined my growing empire! Alexander visited the oracle there & confirmed that he is indeed the son of Zeus. His poop still stinks, though.
Nile Alexandria is founded! Now I am racing forces out of Egypt to continue to conquest of Persia.
I was suprised to find the Nubians beseiging Thebes when I got there! They took it before me the 1st time so I reloaded an auto-saved game. I also met Meroe. I was not expecting to find those civs in this mod.
I can't wait to find more suprises! Now I see why you didn't list civs in the OP. Allot of the fun is exploration.
-The Eastern Greeks are eliminated. Gordium culture-flipped from Thrace/Illyria back to them so I was able to take it. Bad news is Thrace/Illyria took Iconium & razed one of their cities between Trapezous & Melitene.
I didn't catch the name of the city & now I'm wondering what cool Wonder might have been lost there.
-I'm sending Sarissaophoroi exploring in all directions. One is exploring Africa beyond Egypt. Two are mapping northern Europe. One that was exploring Arabia met a ship from Maurya so I have contact with them now & their territory map.
-Concerning Persia, the forces that I had in Anatolia & Egypt are now converging in Phoenicia & resuming the fight against them. Thrace/Illyria got ahead of me & razed Resaina so I hade to revert to an auto-save to prevent that.
Resaina is mine in Week 49, 333 & Nisibis will fall next week. Then on to Arbela.
-I am behind in Techs. I am six Turns from Egyptian Surrender, but Egypt was eliminated a few Turns ago.
The more I discover in this mod, the more I like it! I wish I had tried it earlier. More reports to come.