where are the barbarians

[Kael]

The one thing that bugs me tho is there aren't any massive barbarian uprisings like in BTS. Ya know, there was always the message "The Philistines have raised a large army of spearmen", etc. And that aspect is only covered by Acheron, who jus sits there, with as many units as possible, and Orthus with his axe. We need events like the "Orc Tribe of (insert Orcish tribal name here), who never joined with the Clan of Embers, has risen up with the intent of destroying civilization" or "A band of rogue Humans, Elves, and Dwarves have risen up in the hope of conquering civilization and ruling it in a manner pleasing to them" and similar events. They'd be on the same line as the aforementioned events in BTS, but with different flavour.

I think thats a pretty good idea. Gurid, Margaldard and such fill that space, but I agree that a few more events areound the apwning of a group of maurauders of various sorts could be fun.

 

[MiKa523]

Thanks Kael, that really seems the problem.
I played with Wildlands and although I took over some AI Cities, the other AIs still had only one city thus decreasing the average Cities per Civ :/
I guess I have to play with advanced start.

 

[ronjon]

"You still didn't mention the game speed you are using, ronjon"

Sorry, epic

 

[ronjon]

finally at turn 190, and the intesity is much lower. wonderint why the change?

 

[rocklikeafool]

More cities prolly.

 

[ronjon]

no, not more cities at the same time with the earlier version. barbarians are fewer and further between and later. it is an empirical fact that i am not about to prove by going back and forth between versions. this, coupled with a passive ai even set on aggressive makes for an interesting story but boring game.