@Pangaea :
I read somewhere that only Deity Games count for the Ephtalon and the Ephtalon is my goal.
How does the scoring work with those saves btw? Does the Deity Challenger get ranked with Deity score calculation, so higher than at e.g. Monarch Contender? Could mean it's possible to get gold easier, if people are able to handle the much more difficult game of course. I wouldn't!Always get a bit stressed out when playing at Deity.
Regarding the diety challenger saves.
I have noticed that they most often are just the normal saves but with difficulty changed.
I where present way back when some people (me included) requested them.
Not to seem ungrateful or anything, but for me personally, these challenger saves should be as true to a normal unaltered deity game as possible to be relevant.
The example with the new Boudica game, when the challenger save has emperor starting units, I will most likely just go with the normal emperor save. (And likely have fun!)
If the challenger save was deity proper, I would be a tad bit happier and would play that one.
Just chipping in, as there might be others too with the same lines of reasoning!
This is very helpful for that.if we had an accurate list of what techs and units the AI are supposed to start with at each difficulty level (ideally from Warlord upwards).
Speak for yourself - I'm typing this on Windows but within sight I have a Mac, a Chromebook and a Linux boxand all us mapmakers are on Windows
I think the main issue with scripting BOTMs would be how do you ensure none of the special tweaks we do get overwritten?? E.g. the super archer for Zeus I added when I saw how bad the initial waves of barbs were. There's a danger the script would just have deleted him which would have made the game much harder!!The main issue with doing the BOTMs