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kataphraktoi
10-21-2003, 13:43
I made a campaign mod that starts in the year 709 - (not the campmap.

Byzantium is split into two factions - loyalists and rebels

I am playing as the Byzantine loyalists based in Constantinople and loyal remaining outposts in the West.

I'm hanging onto Constantinople precariously but maintaining my stance by diplomatic moves and a few military victories.

I'm allied with the Bulgars to protect my rear and allied with the Ummayads to give the Byzantine rebels in Asia Minor something to think about.

It is now the year 723:
Byzantine rebels lose Anatolia to the Arabs
The Arabs also annihilate the pagan Berbers

Here's where you come in:

Do I:

a) attack the Byzantine rebels in the rear
b) attack the allied Bulgars to secure a Balkan empire
c) conquer Italy and start a revived Western Roman Empire with Constantinople as an outpost
d) attack the Ummayads in alliance with the Byzantine rebels
e) Stay where I am and wait

Its kind of like a pick and choose your course campaign -Once this scenario has been dealt with, I'll continue and paste the next scenario and continue so forth as I play this mod.

pick one of the above and make a case for it.

Kats.
Snowhobbit
10-21-2003, 13:48
I would do A, and BTW could you send me that mod?
How big is it, can my hotmail account receive it?
my mail is paprikamyggan@hotmail.com
kataphraktoi
10-21-2003, 14:28
Sorry can't release it yet - I've done the necessarily modifications to the text files, i have yet to do the small things like adjust the descriptions and names to the appropiate period.

I also have to figure out what new units have to be installed for the Mod.

Don't worry all that will be completed quickly, th hard work has been complete already.

The whole mod should be small enough to send thru hotmail though.....

Factions in the mod:
Khazars
Slavs
Ummayads
Bulgars
Byzantine Loyalists
Byzantine Rebels
Visigoths
Avars
Danes
Mercians
Berbers
Lombards
Burgundians
Franks
Count of Aquitaine

I had done an Arab Conquest mod but the whole thing went stupid for some reason http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif
Snowhobbit
10-21-2003, 14:31
No sweds? we did besiege Constantinople a few times... isen't that big enough?
The Wizard
10-21-2003, 15:11
That was so effective.. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

You did better serving the Byzantines as the Varangian Guard. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
The Wizard
10-21-2003, 15:11
That was so effective.. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

You did better serving the Byzantines as the Varangian Guard. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
The Wizard
10-21-2003, 15:12
That was so effective.. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

You did better serving the Byzantines as the Varangian Guard. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
The Wizard
10-21-2003, 15:13
That was so effective.. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

You did better serving the Byzantines as the Varangian Guard. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif
Snowhobbit
10-21-2003, 15:18
Well well, we did get quite a lot of money from the sieges, usually they had to bribe them, just to get us out of there
kataphraktoi
10-22-2003, 03:23
When I get back from Uni I'll attack the Byzantine rebels in the rear - most likely I'll have to confront my ally - the Ummayads for the heart of Asia Minor. Although I have acquired Naples in the meantime to establish a steady base just in case I get kicked out of Constantinople.

You don't give out bribes unless you have a strong military establishment - in this case the - the Byzantines saw a potential source of mercenaries - hence the clause in any agreement over the qouta and supplying of Mercenaries.
Snowhobbit
10-22-2003, 07:29
Does this means that there will be swedes?
Reconquistador
10-22-2003, 10:18
ive told you once ive told you a thousand times....

vegetables dont belong on the battle field.............
kataphraktoi
10-22-2003, 10:27
In a past mod, Novgorod were a generic Scandinavian faction which included Swedes but thats as close as it got.

No, there will be no Swedes in the mod, all the factions were used up