Cathrine the Great

Fifth.

mayankshadow, to be honest I don't like your communication style. If you will continue like this you will chat only with yourself in the end...

stoic, damn, guess i'm the dumbo. My brain didn't register your reply "fifth". That said, your team looks really expensive.

We all make mistakes. I haven't played EW5 earlier, you deleted your lasted EW5 run. Seems like you're taking your time in the campaign. Then again i don't see Caesar, and his healing aura with Moctezuma(and maybe Joan) is the only substitute of BoL. Was there a team or general composition made for making campaign easier, that is flexible in that you can easily switch to any comms later on without too much delay? I want to test my theory of the Moctezuma+Caesar+Joan+Jebe with the leadership guys(Nobby, Li Hongzhuang and Barbarossa) team without BoL. It has enough sustain and Jebe can provide decent damage reduction with Armor expert, and leadership guys are there to weaken the enemy before Jebe can activate his aura. The only problem seems to be the cost, although i'm not sure how expensive it is compared to the typical Comm builds most suggest. Worst build for those who want to go Cav Comm( But Suri and Asoka are quite cheap, along with Edward, so if there's a will, there's a way), but Infantry/archer comms would have a really easy time transitioning in the end game. BoL pretty much fixed Cav comm's problem with the lack of healing, but BoL is an I.A.P so i don't find it quite hard to suggest unless one is willing to pay for it.


I really want to try out a lot of different build paths for EW5. And it would take me quite a while to do them. There must be an optimal team build that balances flexibility, ease of beating and progressing in campaigns, and medal cost quite well. Can't wait to eventually find that build out.

That's true. That makes me even more determined to find a f2p path that could replicate the speed i took in the campaign, while at the same time not losing any steam once the more difficult content arrives. Mixed teams seem to be the fastest as they can easily cover a lot of areas, but once the numbers start getting bigger, the lack of multiple comms starts to become a problem. Reminds me of your infantry post where you talked about that same bit, tho next exactly the way i'm stating it right now(It was about players with all gold generals struggling in the later parts of the game, pretty good read btw). Cav comms have the advantage of mobility, and i'm really used to Attila running around, getting rage immediately after killing them running around some more, so i might have to familiarize with how Infantry comms play first. I'm starting to think Alexander actually isn't a bad investment despite rank cost for having the highest rage regen(maybe it doesn't matter, maybe Caesar is enough, not even exactly sure how Rage regen works if it's actually percentage or a flat value, E.T makes things confusing at times without the guidance of other members). I dunno, i'm getting too excited with a theoretical gameplay when i should be focusing on finishing my current gameplay. 

I'll gonna be honest tho, i'm gonna miss Washington after my current gameplay. He'll be benched in my future restarts.

Sorry but its my nature. I will try better next time. And to be honest those who know me well like it till much extent cause the sense i say it in is not annoying. Although sorry again.