Re: Indep. Mages
Well the idea of the NI maps wasn't so much to preserve strategic balance, more to keep the focus on national troops and to see if it would improve the AI. With NI certain nations play quite differently, since they lack the generic cheap indy troops, or the ability to crank out indy knights and longbows making up for lack of missile and cavalry in their own lineup.
The biggest difference is with the AI though. Now the large number of castles it likes to crank is actually a good strategy since you basically don't get troops without them.
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