Europa Barbarorum I New Units From EB1.33
Overview
Play the Imperatoris Mundi campaign on Hard Campaign, Medium Battle. Teobec and b0Gia recently released EB 1.33 for OG RTW. In that release are dozens of new units. This mod will bring them to
rt2021’s EB 1 port, along with many QOL changes
New Units Highlights
- Galatian Elite Infantry provide their incredible prowess and terrifying metal facial masks to the Seleucids
- Hellenistic Reformed Infantry copy the empire-establishing characteristics of the Roman legionnairy, but can you properly utilize them by the time they appear?
- Samnite Linean Legions lie in wait for their Epirote or Carthaginian liberators, ready to revolt against Rome at any moment
- Greek Crossbow Missiles pack a massive punch, but only the polis of Syracuse can produce these skilled and deadly men
- Iberian Elite Warriors, called the Dovideri, are one of the few units able to match the Linean Legion in professionalism and zeal
- Tarentine, Lakedaimonian, and Achaian Phalangites proudly represent their reputable polises
- Many more!
Familiar Faces From EBII
- Bosporan Elite Skirmishers and Bosporan Horse Archers defend their polis from the unwashed Scythian tribes of the steppes
- Libyan Swordsmen from EBII are far from the Elite African Infantry of EBI, but at least they’re available right from the start!
- West Anatolian Champions guard the interests of the Pontic Basileus. Don’t ask why they’re only available in East Anatolia…
- Cretan Infantry are the premier heavy skirmisher of the Eastern Mediterranean
- Delmato Pannonian Cavalry will do what they did historically: provide hordes of quality horsemen to any power that subjugates the Pannonian plains
- Illyrian Heavy Infantry raid, pillage, and plunder from their Adriatic pirate bases
- Many more!
Fake Units I Cobbled Together From Existing Assets
- Thracian Heavy Skirmishers are the Thracian counterpart to Galatian Heavy Swordsmen, and will guard the flanks of their Ptolemaic benefactors admirably.
Changes
- Halved distance to capital penalties
- Ptolemies can now recruit Libyan Swordsmen, Spearmen, and Heavy Spearmen (last one after March Of Time though)
- Most negative building modifiers removed
- Unlocked even more buildings for all civilized factions: Pontos and Epeiros now have 6 temples to build, Highways and level 3 farms are more accessible, and government requirements for purely economic buildings have been relaxed
- Nerfed heavy skirmishers like the Peltastai and the Peltastai Makedones, and buffed many underpowered Celtic Swordsmen units
- Removed land rebel spawns to prevent late game slogs
- Removed all morale and experience bonuses to prevent the mass-production of supersoldiers. In their place are happiness bonuses
- Buffed AI general hitpoints so that battles are more challenging
- Removed controversial units like Briton Swordsmasters, Elite African Pikemen, and those Iberian Cataphracts. You won’t miss them
- Locked the frankly overpowered Thorakitai, Hippeis, Aspidotai Hippeis, and Lonchophoroi Hippeis behind the March Of Time reforms
Fixes
- Fixed family members spawning with random client ruler units like Celtic Mercenary General, at the cost of removing client ruler units from the game. Type IV governments now offer 30% happiness to compensate
- Removed the buggy NotInHisSatrapy traitline from the Seleucids
- Slowed down AI settlement growth rate to allow the player a chance to personally develop conquered settlements
- Replaced the useless loyalty bonus with flat happiness bonuses.
Known Issues
- Upon conquering an enemy settlement, the previous government may not automatically be removed. Consider destroy it as free money
- Vanilla EB1 Remastered has many out-of-place units in rebel settlements, likely due to descr_strat.txt being populated by a small program. If you see Iberian Medium Spearmen in Greece, just look the other way and kill them dead
Recommendations
- Try the Imperator Mundis campaign! The drastically increased number of settlements (and starting ones for playable factions!) makes the early game much easier even for notorious factions like Pontus (4 regions) and Saka (almost 10!).
- Forge the most bizarrely shaped empires. You have new EB 1.33 units to check out, and the large number of settlements make financing your empire much easier
Credits
Credit goes to Teobec and b0Gia for the amazing new units, and their dedication towards developing EB even after almost 2 decades, and to rt2021 for porting over EB1 to RR to breathe new life into this gem