Your nuts are motorised and have wheels ?!? How did they get the keys ?Originally Posted by Zorn
My Greek Cities game has been interesting . I struck Macedon on the second turn and took Macedonian each city in turn {bribing a few times} untill I had destroyed them {I'm doing the same to Thrace now whist maintaining an aliance with their enemies Dacia : I'll give them the last Thracian city to help keep them strong against Rome and as a buffer to Scythia} .
The Interesting part is how I seem to have managed to Neutralise the Romans without even having a single war with them .
On Sicily I chose to build Syracuse as a Military production centre {I figured it would have to fight a war on its' own} and imediatly sold maps and trade right to Scipii and Carthage whilst building up an army steadily of Hopilites and Mercenary Missiles .
I noticed Scipii chose to try and Take the Carthaginians first {not sure why , but I might have looked too strong for his available forces and I think the Carthaginians attacked or otherwise provoked them} and not wanting to let Scipii get another city to increase their strength against me , I sent my Diplomat to see if I could bribe them . Well , they were either two expensive or unbribeable-Faction leader or Faction Heir {I can't remember which now}- but I then sent my bag man to Messana and the Scipii apparantly had some kittens and quit the seige to race back to their Sicilian base . That gave me the idea to see if I could play head games with them , and apparantly I can .
It is now winter in 249 B.C. and Cathage and the Scipii still have their starting Cities {they fought only one big battle that left a marker and Scipii won it} , I have a Ring of three forts with held each by just a single Militia Hopilite unit each blocking my border from their armies {they will have to go through them , and the Scipii are so broke they won't be getting any artilery for a long time yet} plus a big buff army of my own {8Armoured Hopilites , 4 Merc Peltasts , Peltast , 2 Cretian Archers , 1 Archer , 4 Hopikites , 2 Merc Hopilites , 2 Militia Cav , 2 Greek Cav , 1 Samnite Merc -there were some there historically so I modded it , 2 Ballistas and 4 Militia Hopilites for garrison duty and Both my Faction Leader and a promising young family member} which easily outclasses what the others present there {Scipii are obviously out of money} and whist I could take that Island in a number of ways it is so dammed interesting messing with them like this .
I think that by showing a lot of {well armoured} teeth , you can convince the Scipii to try Carthage {and Carthage to try Scipii} first . The *take you hardest troops and stand in their face* method seems to convince them to leave your territory at the start if you make sure to get a big bruising line of Hopilites and Mercenaries .
The Brutii I have also kept at bay with a combination of helping the Dacians {alliance and smashing the Thracians when they attacked Dacia} whom have taken territory up to the Dalmatian coast and intimidation from a hard fullstack army with a spy in it to prevent bribery . The Brutii only own Epirus {town is Apollona} and are obviously as strapped for cash as the Scipii , and the Gauls seem to have managed to keep the Julii hemmed in except for Liguria {Segesta} .
This is setting up to be an interesting game .
For those who must know , I play on normal level : its' only a game {I consider computer games to be more like television than worthy challanges , plenty of the latter in the real world} and frankly , winning a game on I'm too sexy/I'm too sexy level doesn't mean a great deal in the real world to me and includes some anoying "gamey" elements to beef A.I. that ruin my immersion . If I want challange , I step outside where real life has them in abundance with actual and genuine rewards for success {though P.V.P. games -WWIIOL is my favorite- can provide challanging opponents , it cannot keep my attention solely on challange given it is still but a game ; it is only able to keep my interest as a diversion/entertainment} . Its' just a game . A very , very good game , but still just pure entertainment for me .
Some players have a bad habbit of deriding any whom don't play "I'm too sexy/I'm too sexy" level . They should grow up and show some character {that is good character , not chrulish nor childish character} and simply be happy with they having it there way and others having it how they might wish .
I'll demonstrate the correct attitude for them : you do it your way , Ill do it mine .
What I have done might not work on Very Hard/Very Hard level {the A.I. gets a +7 to its' units attack stats , thus generally has statistically stronger armies evertime if they are even close to yours in size , which would probably make it decide to attack you from the getgo} , though on Very Hard/Normal Level it might {your army would , built up strong enough , be stronger than theirs' and likely deter attack : note , Phalanx units can kill elephants fast if facing them in formation , thus could likely be considered stronger by the A.I. than you might were you facing Phalanx with Elephants} .
Some might like to try it and see .
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