Gladi said:
Well played those guys and it seems to be heavy dependent on getting that city between Skodra and Mycenae. Lumbermills helped a lot too. So it is playable by human.
If you play as Illyrians it is the city of Dyrrahu (Durres), but the map is a little too small for that city to be in a perfectly accurate position (although it isn't far).
But, that region is what is today the disputed region of Epirus, so given today's politics it seems natural that Illyria and Mycenae fight over it
Drogear said:
Great, will be fun to playtest the new version, it feels a long time since I played the 1.7 version
I don't want to give too much away, but I will say a few things:
1) In regards to the situation above, the Greek starting position has been given clay (which doubles production speed of granary), and some other changes have been made which gives them a much better chance. In my test game, Agamemnon was actually one of the leading players!
2) Many changes have been made for balance, from health, to buildings, to the map, and especially to the units. Now those "useless" units have a purpose!
3) The naval base has expanded, so you can expect to see 4 new ships in v1.8

[Thanks for some ideas, Belizan!]
The heroes have been pushed back (they will not be present in this version), but I hope the many changes that went into this upcoming release will make up for it!