Raging Barbarians are Great

[Sirid]

And MUCH better implemented than in previous Civ games. I started a game on Noble last night as the Spanish (spiritual wins), and at first there wasn't much of a difference... until about 1500 years or so into the game. At that point, WAVES of Barbarian warriors came streaming into my borders from all sides, causing me to have to juggle my units around and stay on my toes for most of the ancient/classical periods. The wave pattern the raging barbarians follow now is much more realistic than the seemingly random wandering units of previous games. If you find that you usually go the peaceful route, definitely give raging barbs a try. They really add a whole new layer to the early game that's a whole lot of fun.

[GeoModder]

And gives a nice amount of extra promotions without really destroying anything...

[Footie Mad]

Not destroying anything? Those damn pillagers are everywhere disrupting my infrastructure...

[GeoModder]

I didn't meant your improvements, but those of the AI civs.

[Dravin]

Originally posted by GeoModder
And gives a nice amount of extra promotions without really destroying anything...

IIRC you can only get up to 10 XP from Barbarians, still useful though.

[vmxa1]

Not so useful if they are sending in axemen. I have had a few struggles with axe barbs, even with spears/axe and some macemen.

You can definely take some losses.

[WolfEyes]

I really don't like the cap on experience from barbarians, is it easy to remove?

[Andrew1999]

Originally posted by WolfEyes
I really don't like the cap on experience from barbarians, is it easy to remove?

In \Assets\XML\GlobalDefines.xml:

 
  ANIMAL_MAX_XP_VALUE 
  5 
  
  BARBARIAN_MAX_XP_VALUE 
  10 
  

edit: OK, the XML got screwed up when I tried to paste it in, but you can search for those terms.

[Dis]

I am liking my terran world. An entire continent apparantly filled with barbarians. It sparks up the mid game with an entire continent to explore and conquer. That's how I prefer my barbarians. Far from my borders. . I was never a big fan of raging barbs.

[Addled Platypus]

those @#$% barbarians are real killers in open ground.

I was attempting to use forrest to keep my warriors promtions working (escorting a settler), I swear I was beeing stocked by a lion.
Well I had no choice but to cross through open ground....

nothing like feeding the lions

[Datajack Franit]

damn barbarians actually made me lose my last game! killed 3 settlers and burned down 2 cities grrrr!! not to mention what they did to my poor infrastructure

they had a CITY hidden in the mountains making an expert axeman every 3 turns coming and slaughtering my bowmen