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First off, I am in no way a 'master' civer, but a very devoted fan. And so I thought I would post what my initial reaction was to the BTS XP.
First off, thankfully mmy copy has been spared (So far) the numerous bugs I've seen several people have. Though there is a minor one that allowed my GG to build an academy before military science.
Im not sure if it actually is the game, or just my imagination, but everything seemed to move faster. The time between turns was a fraction of what warlords took, and windows seem to pop up faster. Also, foreign leader heads seem to freeze MUCH less often.
I love the slight fade that the Fog of War has when it is pushed back or moves forward. And unit movement seems to be much more fluid. Though one thing I noticed was that often an enemy unit would fall dead but my troop would still be fighting air. But thats not major.
As for AI.... WOW.... I started as the HRE and I started on a small continent w/ Sitting Bull. I had no Iron and no horses. So i tried to overwhelm him with axes and archers. No luck. In the unrevealed territory I didn't know that he had Iron!. His Dog Soldiers and swordsmen beat back my invasion and took a small city. Thankfully a random event concerning my treatment of native american wounded (how cool is that!?) allowed me to retreat from that failed war. Shortly after England, who was on another continent, invaded me. I didn't get to see the amazing amphib's that the AI is supposed to be able to do now, becasue Sitting Bull let her waltz through his country. I faced no less than 3 stacks of at least 4 cat's each 5 HA's each, and one or two swordsmen. After loosing the war from the beggining, they surround my capitol and then the same random event saved me! By now Sitting Bull had noticed my weakness and also invaded. But I has able to beat back his stack. Though I have no way of recovering from this, I have to say, that this is awesome! Finally the AI can competently fight at middle difficulty levels (I was playing noble).
Anyway. Thats my small review.
First off, thankfully mmy copy has been spared (So far) the numerous bugs I've seen several people have. Though there is a minor one that allowed my GG to build an academy before military science.
Im not sure if it actually is the game, or just my imagination, but everything seemed to move faster. The time between turns was a fraction of what warlords took, and windows seem to pop up faster. Also, foreign leader heads seem to freeze MUCH less often.
I love the slight fade that the Fog of War has when it is pushed back or moves forward. And unit movement seems to be much more fluid. Though one thing I noticed was that often an enemy unit would fall dead but my troop would still be fighting air. But thats not major.
As for AI.... WOW.... I started as the HRE and I started on a small continent w/ Sitting Bull. I had no Iron and no horses. So i tried to overwhelm him with axes and archers. No luck. In the unrevealed territory I didn't know that he had Iron!. His Dog Soldiers and swordsmen beat back my invasion and took a small city. Thankfully a random event concerning my treatment of native american wounded (how cool is that!?) allowed me to retreat from that failed war. Shortly after England, who was on another continent, invaded me. I didn't get to see the amazing amphib's that the AI is supposed to be able to do now, becasue Sitting Bull let her waltz through his country. I faced no less than 3 stacks of at least 4 cat's each 5 HA's each, and one or two swordsmen. After loosing the war from the beggining, they surround my capitol and then the same random event saved me! By now Sitting Bull had noticed my weakness and also invaded. But I has able to beat back his stack. Though I have no way of recovering from this, I have to say, that this is awesome! Finally the AI can competently fight at middle difficulty levels (I was playing noble).
Anyway. Thats my small review.
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