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I'm playing as the Romani and Pahlava ~:cheers::horn::viking:
a poll would be nice.
makedons and pahlava
Currently as Lusos and Maks.:smash:
mountaingoat
08-14-2009, 07:20
Sauromate
Jebivjetar
08-14-2009, 07:30
Carthage :whip::2thumbsup:
Companion Cavalry
08-14-2009, 07:33
Arche Seleukeia and Baktria.
satalexton
08-14-2009, 07:47
pontos =], with a makedonian bloodline :clown:
a poll would be nice.
I would if I knew how:idea2:
Romani and the Koinon Hellenon
Ptolemaioi, soon to be Lusotannan!:yes:
Sweboz...first time ever....I play EB since v. 07something....It is a tree thing, yet enterteining. I plan to invade Italy pretty soon. :whip:
Apázlinemjó
08-14-2009, 08:47
Swebóz (244 BC), Luso (217 BC), Maks (255 BC) and Karthadastim (250 BC).
Cute Wolf
08-14-2009, 08:53
Currently Roleplaying: KH
Playing with Blitz (non roleplaying): Sweboz and Sauromatae
Andronikos
08-14-2009, 10:04
Baktria, next will be Sweboz.
Whatever Scortamareva
08-14-2009, 11:14
Pontos and Carthage, and maybe go back to Casse if those two are boring.
Mikhail Mengsk
08-14-2009, 12:38
Baktria, i'm currently facing the Saka, after taking the whole modern Iran, southern Iraq and India.
a poll would be nice.
I would if I knew how:idea2:
Done!
Here goes:
-Pontos (236 BC)
-Makedonia (188 BC)
-Ptolemaioi (250 BC)
-Arche Seleukeia (233 BC)
-Sab'yn (245 BC)
-Koinon Hellenon (250 BC)
Atraphoenix
08-14-2009, 14:20
sauromate and pahlava....
Romani, a campaign which I plan on drawing to a temporary close in the next few days (224 BC) in order to renew my Getai campaign (194 BC).
Vasiliyi
08-14-2009, 15:21
Ok, here is goes in order of interest
Hayasdan
Arche Seleikia
Sarmatoa
Makedonia
Carthage
KH
Galatia (as arveni)
Rome (cheated to get marians, but its going to a close because those sweboz are ruthless)
The Celtic Viking
08-14-2009, 15:29
The AS (PBM) and the Arverni.
moonburn
08-14-2009, 15:40
kh and sweboz
i droped my makedonian campaign cause they have no thorokitai :furious3: wich screwed up my army reforms since i prefer flexibility in my army´s and a phalanx is hardly flexible
atm my main campaign is with KH with a lot of role play. but sometimes I like some change from hoplites and ... reformed hoplites ^^ and play pahlava or Hai at a very slow pace.
Brave Brave Sir Robin
08-14-2009, 18:05
My ADD (or maybe it is the CTD's) sap interest in campaigns usually around 230 BC or so. In any event...
Currently working on an Aedui campaign circa 240's in which I'm the Aquitaine province away from uniting gaul, defeated the pesky Romani and conquered Italia, driven the Sweboz warbands back across the Rhine, and about to work on some of the more difficult Alpine and Central European provinces then raid into Germania itself. After that, the Lusotanians must pay for betraying my ally Carthage, and finally I must sadly, attack my allies the Casse to fulfill VC.
My furthest progressed campaign is an AS around 210 or so. I've conquered all of Egypt, Anatolia, India, much of the steppes, Armenia, now warring with a tenacious Carthage over Cyrene and moving into Greece and against the Saka in the far north. Left that campaign due to persistent CTD's but hopefully when i go back to it I will be able to finish it off.
Have a Lusotann campaign that I abandoned due to CTDs but I love their unit roster so I may go back to it. Same with a Romani campaign.
Casse campaign was also close to VC but I was mired in an endless war with Romani along with my Aedui allies over control of alps and northern Italy. The Aedui control Western Gaul and attack the last two Romani provinces that have been cut off by my daring raids across the Alps into Italy. Unfortunatly that puts me at odds with both Roman and Sweboz attackers from across the Rhine. Will certainly revisit this one though.
My final one is as KH which I find interesting but I needed a break from heavy infantry battles for a while so I moved to the AS which has a variety of battle types and then to an Aedui campaign since I love swordsmen.
Marcus Metellus
08-14-2009, 18:25
Romani next will be Hayasdan!
HunGeneral
08-14-2009, 18:51
Right now:
-Arche Seleukeia
-Getai
-Saka Rauka
-Sauromatae
-Pahlava
-Makedon
-Karthadastim
No new ones planned for a while....:laugh4:
Skullheadhq
08-14-2009, 19:01
I'm playing AS right now.
Aemilius Paulus
08-14-2009, 19:42
A new, second Romani campaign with very heavy modding and an ongoing Eperios campaign, with moderate modding. All on alex.exe, VH/M.
The General
08-14-2009, 22:58
Bactria and Lusotani.
Epeiros (218 BC), Arche Seleukia (229 BC) and Saka Rauka (234 BC).
Eleutheroi? Gah? What does Gah mean? lol.
Aemilius Paulus
08-15-2009, 02:44
Heh, finally the Romani have the most votes. I was beginning to get worried for a while, as KH had a double lead...
In any case, chances are that just about every average person started out EB with Romans. Or much less likely, KH. Those are the two most prominent nations to modern people, and the most depicted in popular culture. Especially the Romans. If it was not for all those Alexander and 300 Spartans films, Greeks would not make it to Hollywood that much. And if not for the whole gladiatorial aspect of the Romani, plus Shakespeare's Anthony&Cleopatra, the Romans would not appear as often either, for that matter... If at all.....
Azathoth
08-15-2009, 02:54
In any case, chances are that just about every average person started out EB with Romans. Or much less likely, KH.
My first time was with Carthage.
athanaric
08-15-2009, 03:02
Currently playing Swêboz, ca. 187 BC (I've had the reforms and already had some fun with the heavy cavalry). Fighting almost every other faction due to my interventionist nature (must be the English ancestry).
I will also resume all those campaigns listed in my signature.
satalexton
08-15-2009, 03:07
It's actually more fun to hold to a certain border, and simply 'play amerikan/britannia'....keeping 'the balance and peace' between factions....and taking a lot of plunder along the way...which allows you to develop your holdings and put more power behind your diplomat's words.
Celtic_Punk
08-15-2009, 07:57
my damn EB computer is Kaput! keeps overheating and restarting itself. :furious3:
wow I'm suprised that so many people are playing the Koinon Hellenon :dizzy2: maybe i'll give them a try :sweatdrop:
a faction without horses are a waste of time IMO. thats why i never play koinon hellenon and the romani campaign nor the barbarians.
a faction without horses are a waste of time IMO. thats why i never play koinon hellenon and the romani campaign nor the barbarians.
Eh? KH have a good cavaly arm, Hippeis Xystophoroi are excellent chargers and have a massive recruitment area, you also get Loncophoroi and Prodromoi which are decent cavaly.
Admittedly the romans leave a lot to be desired, they have the equites extrodinarii but thats it in terms of useful cav and they loose it come the marians.
The "barbarians" have some of the best cav in the west, especially the lusotanna with their semi cataphract cavalry the Lanceri.
Obviously these don't match up to Grivpanvar but there still a war winning force.
athanaric
08-15-2009, 12:32
a faction without horses are a waste of time IMO. thats why i never play koinon hellenon and the romani campaign nor the barbarians.
Just wait till you meet Ktistai on the battlefield...
Moosemanmoo
08-15-2009, 15:02
Makedonia, this is the first campaign I seek to finish:beam:
Ptolemaoi seem rather unpopular, any particular reason for this?
Andronikos
08-15-2009, 15:47
Ptolemaoi seem rather unpopular, any particular reason for this?
Many people dislike the fact that their kings used to mary their own sisters. Morover, they start as large empire, people generally prefer factions that start small, they earn a lot of money and you have to fight endless wars with AS.
Morover, they start as large empire, people generally prefer factions that start small,
Doesn't explain why AS has the third place shared with Makedonia.
I like to play the Ptolemaioi, though. I might try Romani again soon.
Brave Brave Sir Robin
08-15-2009, 19:18
Doesn't explain why AS has the third place shared with Makedonia.
I like to play the Ptolemaioi, though. I might try Romani again soon.
I for one, have little desire to play as Ptolemaioi for several reasons:
1. They start off making lots of cash unlike AS.
2. They only have one enemy early on in the AS and the Seleucids are decidedly weaker in infrastructure and have more enemies picking them apart.
3. They seem to become the Yellow Death in every campaign forcing people to fight them in endless wars and thus being familiar with their unit roster.
4. People are still bitter about their representation in Vanilla along with the fact they also turned into a Yellow Death in that game as well.
5. They are like the AS without the varied regionals.
I for one harbor a grudge towards them every game I play unless I am Pahlava, Baktria, Pontos, or Hai. Otherwise I try to help the AS towards victory any way I can even if it is sacking Alexandria as the Aedui.:egypt:
Bactria, 185BC. Saka long gone...wearing down the Pahlavans...fighting a resurgent Arche Seleukia...training an army to conquer the mineral-rich lands of India.
And very afraid of the Ptolemaioi...the beast extends from Persepolis to Ak-Ink. :skull:
Vasiliyi
08-17-2009, 05:45
It's actually more fun to hold to a certain border, and simply 'play amerikan/britannia'....keeping 'the balance and peace' between factions....and taking a lot of plunder along the way...which allows you to develop your holdings and put more power behind your diplomat's words.
I agree with this. Ive been really into my Hayasdan campaign lately. Ive never been in to them before, but if you play them right, and like nail biting turns for a while you end up alright. I have a mini-empire going, with my first reforms just completed. I find that having armies composed of 3-4 HA and 3-4 FM's does the trick against any AS stack. Its been fun.
I for one, have little desire to play as Ptolemaioi for several reasons:
1. They start off making lots of cash unlike AS.
2. They only have one enemy early on in the AS and the Seleucids are decidedly weaker in infrastructure and have more enemies picking them apart.
3. They seem to become the Yellow Death in every campaign forcing people to fight them in endless wars and thus being familiar with their unit roster.
4. People are still bitter about their representation in Vanilla along with the fact they also turned into a Yellow Death in that game as well.
5. They are like the AS without the varied regionals.
I for one harbor a grudge towards them every game I play unless I am Pahlava, Baktria, Pontos, or Hai. Otherwise I try to help the AS towards victory any way I can even if it is sacking Alexandria as the Aedui.:egypt:
I to dislike the Ptolmies for that reason. But ill give them another try sometime. I truly like the AS because they do have a difficult position and you have to take losses for a while before you have any sort of stable front, (except maybe the levant).
Bactria, 185BC. Saka long gone...wearing down the Pahlavans...fighting a resurgent Arche Seleukia...training an army to conquer the mineral-rich lands of India.
And very afraid of the Ptolemaioi...the beast extends from Persepolis to Ak-Ink. :skull:
Good luck. :sweatdrop:
Andros Antonius
08-17-2009, 06:20
Partway through a Getai campaign and it's going fairly smoothly, and just started a Romani one. Might do Makedonian next. I'm liking this game a lot.
It's interesting playing from both the perspective of a "barbarian" tribe and a more civilized one.
Makedonia, this is the first campaign I seek to finish:beam:
Ptolemaoi seem rather unpopular, any particular reason for this?
hahahaha, those sister lovers should be crucified for stealing the corpse of alexander the great.
the egyptians werent a warrior nation. they were born to farm, watch the wheats grow and sell their produce. they were never meant for conquests and great deeds.
Heh, finally the Romani have the most votes. I was beginning to get worried for a while, as KH had a double lead...
In any case, chances are that just about every average person started out EB with Romans. Or much less likely, KH.
gotta say, I skipped straight to the Ptolemaioi. I like me some gold mines. I'd also like to point out that most people playing EB have already played vanilla RTW and are likely at least somewhat familiar with factions other than Rome and the Greek Cities. and Macedon might be a big pull for fans of Megas Alexandros.
I'm currently playing an Epeiros (215 BC) game and a Lusotonnan (250 BC) game. I like my diadochoi.
Chris1959
08-17-2009, 09:42
Back to Rome again!
Having gone right through to AD14.
I then had fun as the AS, tried the Getai and liked the music but with other Hellenic factions I really dislike using phalanxes. Might try the Hai again later.
I like the steppe factions, but don't like the way you have to blitz early on to survive, as I like to play slowly.
Andronikos
08-17-2009, 10:35
the egyptians werent a warrior nation. they were born to farm, watch the wheats grow and sell their produce. they were never meant for conquests and great deeds.
think twice
http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/kadesh.jpg
Actually in the Ptolemaic kingdom Makedonians, Greeks and Galatians were used for war. It was only during reign of Ptolemy IV when a huge Seleucid army was approaching and there weren't enough soldiers that Egyptians were trained. And when these troops decided the Battle of Raphia and Egyptians realised that they are strong and the king is weak, years of revolts started.
Hayasdan, it's one of the most interesting factions, especially when you're not rushing
Whatever Scortamareva
08-17-2009, 15:53
In any case, chances are that just about every average person started out EB with Romans. Or much less likely, KH. Those are the two most prominent nations to modern people, and the most depicted in popular culture. Especially the Romans.
If it was not for all those Alexander and 300 Spartans films, Greeks would not make it to Hollywood that much. And if not for the whole gladiatorial aspect of the Romani, plus Shakespeare's Anthony&Cleopatra, the Romans would not appear as often either, for that matter... If at all.....
I haven't played as the Romans properly since Vanilla RTW, as the Scipii (which seems ridiculous looking back on it).
I had a go with them on EB, but just can't get into the swing of things. I think it's because the campaign becomes a bit predictable after 1 or 2 goes; after trying the Romani once, what scope is there to do it again? This is just my opinion of them, I know the EB team put as much work into them as any other faction and I do appreciate that, I just cant seem to find them as interesting as the lesser known civilisations.
Also, the Ancient Greeks and Romans have been in Hollywood long before the new films, there are tonnes of films from the 40s onwards based upon antiquity, some of the highest grossing films in early cinema. I'm sure you know this, just thought i'd make sure it was mentioned :2thumbsup:
Publio Cornelio Escipión Africano Mayor
08-17-2009, 16:39
My best campaign right now is Makedonia, also I began a Koinon Hellenon campaign that's turning really interesting.
But my pride was my Baktrian campaign, I almost destroyed Pahlava, the Saka and I was moving into Pakistan at last. But I cannot reload my game. I was really frustrated with that.
By the way, I used to be a Romani player but since I learnt how to use the phalanx properly now I'm a Makedonia fan and Baktria is my second favourite.
Regards.
PS. Great Poll
fighting for my life against the AS as hayasdan :D
Head Casse
08-17-2009, 18:00
Romani (227BC) trying to be historical and also take it to 14AD.
Makedonia (230BC) learning how to use the phalanx properly and marvelling at my bunch of drunks in charge.
Need to start either a barbarian or a HA faction. Probably HA as I've just finished a Casse campaign.
Great mod and first post! :2thumbsup:
Vasiliyi
08-17-2009, 18:32
fighting for my life against the AS as hayasdan :D
Dont use any sort of infantry, they are garbage. Try a mix of HA and fms. Nothing will be able to stop you.
thanks for the tip :)
Well i've had to use infantry as they attacked me before my economy even got running, but i've managed, now i've switched over to ha's, some archers and some meele infantry to hold the 1 or 2 elite phalanks in check (i know this isn't great, had a pontus campaign in an earlier version) but it's working, aint taking any serious casualties, but i'm switching to only ha's/fm's in a bit and use inf for garrisons :)
Azathoth
08-17-2009, 19:36
Dont use any sort of infantry, they are garbage. Try a mix of HA and fms. Nothing will be able to stop you.
Skirmishers, archers. and the weak phalanx Hayasdan has are incredibly useful against anything the AS sends up to Argraspidai, TAB, Peltastai Makedonikoi, etc. Georgian mercenaries also make very effective medium infantry.
Playing Casse, around 240 BC. I finally figured out that it's much easier if you disband and build up for about 10 years before you set off to conquer Britain.
:laugh4:
Now I'm smashing the Sweboz out of Belgae lands. Still allied to both Gallic factions.
HunGeneral
08-17-2009, 20:14
It's actually more fun to hold to a certain border, and simply 'play amerikan/britannia'....keeping 'the balance and peace' between factions....and taking a lot of plunder along the way...which allows you to develop your holdings and put more power behind your diplomat's words.
Hmmm. Well that does sound good. I tried it some time ago, but I couldn't keep it up with a TW engine, and besides I always like to play like a "conquest driven Basileus/Warlord" who wants to rule the whole and forces all his descendents, heirs to prove there worthines by achieving great conquest of there own. (also destroying any faction that stands in there way:skull:) I always seem to head into a direction towards "wolrds conquest" after a time (only Europa Universalis III was able to "keep me steady" from overrunning anything I saw, althouhg I had to give up a campaign because every country of the world started to hate me:wall: - I was to inpatient, a mistake I had since been able to avoid:whip:)
I to dislike the Ptolmies for that reason. But ill give them another try sometime. I truly like the AS because they do have a difficult position and you have to take losses for a while before you have any sort of stable front, (except maybe the levant).
I like the As better then the Ptolies because they have more diverse units and they also are made to rule the conquests of Alexandros (they can build Type I govermnets in Alexandria, Pella and even Baktria and also trin there alite forces there:2thumbsup:) so are more rewarding if you survive the first decades.
I dislike the Ptolies for there historical role and deeds aswell as them always becoming a rival of mine in the east. This can be said for both Ptolies and AS. But my favourite camapign is always to overrun the first with the later... and then the East, Hellas, the Steppes, India and the rest of the world (insert evil:laugh4:)
Skirmishers, archers. and the weak phalanx Hayasdan has are incredibly useful against anything the AS sends up to Argraspidai, TAB, Peltastai Makedonikoi, etc. Georgian mercenaries also make very effective medium infantry.
10 min after posting, i defeated a seleucid army with ha's, basic phalanks, fm's ofc, and some cappadocian axemen, those guys really do some nasty shit if you get em in behind the phalanks :)
Aemilius Paulus
08-18-2009, 02:11
Whoa, WTH? The Romani just got a huge surge in votes?!? But how and why only now?
Azathoth
08-18-2009, 02:33
The Romani-lovers are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.
Huh, how do people play the Koinon Hellenon? I get bored of using the hoplites :inquisitive:
think twice
http://warandgame.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/kadesh.jpg
Actually in the Ptolemaic kingdom Makedonians, Greeks and Galatians were used for war. It was only during reign of Ptolemy IV when a huge Seleucid army was approaching and there weren't enough soldiers that Egyptians were trained. And when these troops decided the Battle of Raphia and Egyptians realised that they are strong and the king is weak, years of revolts started.
yet the weak king of the ptolemaic kingdom managed to hold his empire until the roman civil war took egypt from them. the ptolemies never lost their kingdom althgouh it was usually in a weak state and an invasion from the seleucid empire, if not stopped by the romans, wouldve ended the ptolemaic dynasty( or probably would have).
the reason the egyptians never made big expansions even though they were extremely rich was because "they were a people more concerned with burying their dead, farming and worshipping the gods than blood and glory. when the pharaoh raised an army he would find them reluctant to fight, espcially in the monsoon season when they would normally be farming green fields in their land." - paul something, cant remember last name.
the egyptians also believed that if you werent buried properly with all the rituals then your soul would wonder forever in boredomland. if they died in some foreign country they would not get proper burial because the enemy isnt going to spend their money to bury their enemy so the egyptians hated fighting abroad.
Celtic_Punk
08-18-2009, 08:18
The Romani-lovers are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers.
bwahahahahaha
yer my new bestfriend dude
Alien of Germania
08-19-2009, 11:40
Baktria and having a blast!!! Invading northern Saba provinces atm by sea to backdoor the Seleukids :whip:
keiskander
08-19-2009, 12:22
Huh, how do people play the Koinon Hellenon? I get bored of using the hoplites :inquisitive:
Im playing the Koinon Hellenon and its dead fun and as you expand you can recruit native troops to the area to add other types of infantry and so on. Also good starting postition feels like you are in the center of the world.
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