First impressions of Chronicles: Battle for Greece

[TommoChocolate]

@Darkness01101

If I only play SP and unranked MP vs. AI, is there any reason to get this DLC?

I’d say no point in you buying it – the DLC is basically just a (long) campaign. The new civs aren’t really worthwhile for random map games, because they’re not remotely balanced against the main game civs or each other.

@Darkness01101

Or is it just like all DLCs where I will never see any of the new map and terrain graphics?

Yes. Like other DLCs, it has no impact on what terrain generates in random maps.

@Darkness01101

new animals

Mouflon were added with this DLC and I think those do sometimes appear in random maps, but I believe they don’t require the DLC.

@MatM1996

No, just being able to play the Three Kingdoms campaigns and, finally, trying out the civs in skirmish on the new DLC maps…

This thread is about Battle for Greece, not Three Kingdoms. That said, the same comments apply to both DLCs really – they’re primarily campaign DLCs, though with quite different campaign design styles.

[MatM1996]

Oh yeah, my bad… I’ll correct it there, but in this case it’s the same… playing the grand campaign and playing with the 3 civs in skirmish…

[Darkness01101]

Thank you! Helps a lot

I will reconsider this DLC if they are ever somehow able to benefit SP random map matches much more. Same goes for future DLCs now that I’ve figured out SP/MPvsAI random maps benefit very little from new DLCs

This last month or so marked my DLC awakening. With 3K, I finally noticed my matches never see the benefits of DLCs, except for the new civs which I, generally, don’t care too much about.

[bigbossbro08]

I think its about time we talk balance problem. Here’s my takeaway

1. Melee ships getting slightly beefier would be nice
2. Battle Drills should be universal across infantry now that new balance changes happened. It’ll no longer be some “useless” tech anymore.
3. Hoplites should’ve something a bit more. Like a small bonus damage against cav. Currently they are very weak to use.

That’s something comes from top of my head. What’s your thoughts on other decsign?

[FasterScarf7691]

@bigbossbro08

Hoplites should’ve something a bit more. Like a small bonus damage against cav. Currently they are very weak to use.

Are they? To me they feel quite strong in melee, although it’s a bit hard to tell because the campaign gives you so many bonuses and unique tech to improve them.

The athenian one is just a bit faster, and its ut is awful. All 4 athenian ut are awful (the one for skirm might be ok, but i’m not making skirm in a campaign).
But spartan hoplites are stacked with bonuses.

[PCM4st3r]

Chronicles of Macedonia is confirmed or is only a speculation?

[UnfocusedEagle7]

I hope that’s really going to happen.

[Quasibrodo]

@PCM4st3r

Chronicles of Macedonia is confirmed or is only a speculation?

Based on the outro of BfG it’s as confirmed as it can be without being confirmed, assuming BfG sold well enough in the first place to justify a sequel

[bigbossbro08]

@FasterScarf7691

Are they? To me they feel quite strong in melee, although it’s a bit hard to tell because the campaign gives you so many bonuses and unique tech to improve them.

in real game, they are very underwhelming. Campaigns cant tell how good unit will be. I still hope they get introduced into ranked somehow.

[MADNESS]

The Spartan Three Hundred Warriors should be changed to stand together with heavy infantry and receive double resistance bonus, silver crown and gold crown bonus, with an attack distance of 0.5, just like heavy infantry. Add 3 points of close armor to 5, increase attack power by 6 points to 15, and add a special skill to throw spears, dealing 20 fixed real damage. This is the characteristic and epic feeling of the Three Hundred Warriors. It’s better to call them the Three Hundred Warriors than to use our own heavy infantry. It’s better to change our name to the Spartan Warriors than to call them the Three Hundred Warriors