Post your EB empires!

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Yep, CA messed up a bit.

[Lazy O]

Worst name in the history of ever?

https://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3572/rometw2011071621055260.jpg

[vartan]

So he's from the Sahara. What's the problem? :)

[Kival]

So he's from the Sahara. What's the problem? :)

He's languorous. How could he survive? ;-)

[vartan]

He's languorous. How could he survive? ;-)
Touche, touche.

[Lazy O]

And we are back....


First up, is the extremely messy situation in Central Europe, Carthage has reduced Rome to a rump state, and now at war with Getae and Luso.
https://img20.imageshack.us/img20/391/rometw2011071713430171.jpg

The situation in Gaul, Arverni were attacked on two sides by both the Aedui and Luso, got exterminated, and are now the Galatian Kingdom.
https://img41.imageshack.us/img41/4674/rometw2011071713431400.jpg

Speaking of the Galatian kingdom, they have made the situation of messy Asia minor even more messy, immedietely going to war with Makedon and Pontus, who , surprisingly have not been very succesful.

https://img12.imageshack.us/img12/430/rometw2011071713432929.jpg

Thankfully, Ptolemie is kicking seleucid arse, since the fools sent most of their army across the Iranian Plateau to fight me, I presume this is the reason things have been relatively quiet for some 5 years :2thumbsup:

https://img37.imageshack.us/img37/6085/rometw2011071713433635.jpg

The guy who exterminated the Indians, also known as successor of my current succesor, Diodotos of Baktria.
https://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2199/rometw2011071713450700.jpg

I am playing with Jyrisis Mega mod pack, I must say, the RS2 movement speeds have really sped the game up!! Makes it much more interesting :yes:

My plan now is to hibernate for atleast 10 years, or, Until India is developed and I have an army which I use in Multiplayer, this means waiting for the Indian Guild warriors, and Indian Longbowmen.

[moonburn]

regarding the mines you must assume that those numbers are correct and what you really get from the mines is the taxs being payed while the rest is what goes into the economy

think of it this way the usa goverment builds up a supertech university where all matters of people are trained those people make companies and the total gains directly gained by those people are worth 10 billion but what the state trully gets from that university is only the income taxs they can collect out of the companies that that project enabled the creation of

[Lazy O]

Basic mines of Patala are giving me 1200... That is first level.

[XSamatan]

Mining income for EB, as per province:
1 mining site - 600 mnai basic mines, 1500 mnai upgraded
2 mining sites - 1200 mnai basic mines, 3000 mnai upgraded
3 mining sites - 1800 mnai basic mines, 4500 mnai upgraded

XSamatan

[CanOmer]

My Carthage campaign at 243BC
https://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo219/CanOmer/Qart243BC-Capital.jpg?t=1311188726

When I assaulting Numantia with my Spanish veterans. :)
https://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo219/CanOmer/Qart243BC-Spain.jpg?t=1311188718

Known world. :)
https://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo219/CanOmer/Qart243BC-Map.jpg?t=1311188721

[Arjos]

You have quite a Roman Empire there instead lol XD
Just joking with that legion like army, I prefer heterogeneity in my troops :)

[CanOmer]

You have quite a Roman Empire there instead lol XD
Just joking with that legion like army, I prefer heterogeneity in my troops :)
I prefer homogen armies, because I can merge them easily after the battle. :)

[Lazy O]

Update to my Baktria campaign.

The ageing Theodotos Baktrios finally bites the dust and makes room for Dodo Baktrios. Though I do not like having such an old faction leader... Nevertheless he will soon die ( or will be forced to die ) at the age of 60 anyway, that means my current heir will be 40 by that time and his son will have matured.
https://img841.imageshack.us/img841/1225/rometw2011072300084398.jpg

The remnants of the Arverni establish a thriving kingdom in Central Europa.
https://img225.imageshack.us/img225/3181/rometw2011072300094884.jpg

The Lusotannan steamroller steamrolls Carthage out of Italy, carthaginian military strength has been thwarted, and It should be interesting to see if they still attack or remain dormant, on the Other hand, their allies the Romani, snatch a few cities for themselves, this means I have a chance at those awsome late bodyguards if the Lusotannan dont turn on the romans.
https://img703.imageshack.us/img703/5606/rometw2011072300093628.jpg

On the other side of the map, the Pontiks smash all their armies on to the Galatian wall while the Makedonians take their cities. At the moment, the Galatians and Macedonians are at peace, so that means that the Galatians either go south into the levant, or fight with Makedonia over Asia Minor.
https://img641.imageshack.us/img641/6672/rometw2011072300090631.jpg

The recent Seleukid offensive into Asaak leaves Babylon and the heart of their empire wide open for the Ptolemaics to exploit.
https://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3419/rometw2011072300085923.jpg

[jirisys]

I am playing with Jyrisis Mega mod pack, I must say, the RS2 movement speeds have really sped the game up!! Makes it much more interesting :yes:

My plan now is to hibernate for atleast 10 years, or, Until India is developed and I have an army which I use in Multiplayer, this means waiting for the Indian Guild warriors, and Indian Longbowmen.

Is my name so hard to spell? :inquisitive:

Make me proud Lazy. Blitz! Blitz like no one before!

~Jirisys ()

[CanOmer]

Carthage 235BC
https://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo219/CanOmer/Qart235BC.jpg?t=1311625674

[Rembrandt]

Nice Qart-Hadast Empire you got there, CanOmer!



May I ask how do you create such beautiful maps? GIMP or Photoshop perhaps?

[Arjos]

May I ask how do you create such beautiful maps? GIMP or Photoshop perhaps?

That's how Europa Barbarorum is ^^

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Is my name so hard to spell? :inquisitive:

Make me proud Lazy. Blitz! Blitz like no one before!

~Jirisys ()

Your name is very hard to spell, jaerisyss.

[CanOmer]

May I ask how do you create such beautiful maps? GIMP or Photoshop perhaps?What maps?

[Delta146]

Nice Qart-Hadast Empire you got there, CanOmer!



May I ask how do you create such beautiful maps? GIMP or Photoshop perhaps?

He may be using the RS vegetation pack, either the old campaign map only one or the new campaign and battle map one. I'm not quite sure if he is though by looking at it.

[Rembrandt]

Known world. :)
https://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo219/CanOmer/Qart243BC-Map.jpg?t=1311188721

This map of Europe for example. How did you manage to convert the small Ingame map to a scale this large? It looks good and not blurry at all. Are you using Photoshop perhaps?

[Lazy O]

He stretched the image in paint. Not that hard or complicated.

[Nicanor]

1655

[CanOmer]

This map of Europe for example. How did you manage to convert the small Ingame map to a scale this large? It looks good and not blurry at all. Are you using Photoshop perhaps?
Enlarge 150% and filter with sharpen to remove blur. That's all. Yes, I use Photoshop.


Finally reforms took place. I am preparing to invade Egypt and Asia Minor.
1658

[Arjos]

Yes, the Ptoleis have way too many fertile lands, get ready for stacks after stacks... after stacks XD

[Vega]

Lmao how you guys can play with cheats, its not interesting then :))

[The_Blacksmith]

Lmao how you guys can play with cheats, its not interesting then :))

who's cheating :inquisitive:

[Lazy O]

He thinks EB is so hard you cant do it without cheats.

[stratigos vasilios]

He thinks EB is so hard you cant do it without cheats.

:laugh4: Oh no, even I am able to play with no cheats and I'm as rubbish as you can get when it comes to video games!

[Lazy O]

I wont like you people to make fun of him, since I really doubt any one of you could actually beat him.

/No need to crucify me, just sticking up for a friend

[Saldunz]

This is 25 years after the last update of my once struggling Saba campaign on VH/VH.

The Ptolemies are completely broken now, with only pockets of resistance waiting to get mopped up by me or whatever forces the miraculous Seleukids can muster. Cyprus is still going to be a serious pain to capture.

In other news, the Parthians attacked me, which was really scary at first because of their armoured horse archers. But except for one time at the very beginning of the war when they quickly took Babylon from me, I haven't run into those dreaded HAs. It might have something to do with them being also at war with the Seleukids, Hayasdan and Baktria.

The screenshot is from the turn before I enslaved Ekbatana.

What I'm really dreading now is the very real possibility of imminent war with the most powerful faction in the game: Carthage.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Wow, easily the largest Sabaean empire I have ever seen! Nice job.

[TiberiusClaudiusMarcellus]

CanOmer - 50 years after game start? Why blitz?

[QuintusSertorius]

Lmao how you guys can play with cheats, its not interesting then :))

It's not interesting without; if I don't manage the AI factions it turns into boring and ahistorical superpower v superpower.

[Saldunz]

This was a nice moment for me.

My first campaign victory on VH/VH. :smiley2:

2283

Curiously the victory screen was triggered before I even bothered to try to take Phoenicia, and because of the early campaign date and the fact that I haven't even reached my own reforms yet, I think I'll continue this one until I take back the Phoenician homeland.

This was great fun though. What really struck me was how quickly the game moves along once you're at war with Rome. Most of the early years of this campaign was at peace, only fighting Eleutheroi and building up an economy. It was only in the last 16 years that I was at war with the Lusotana and then the Romans (never at the same time) which made conquest so manageable that in just over a decade all of Spain and Italy were conquered. In fact, I think the Roman "empire" was destroyed after just 5-6 years of warfare, because each sacked Italian city just filled my treasury with more and more mnai for armies. And I also had no other enemies to even worry about.

The fact that Rome has practically no cavalry and that Carthaginian heavy cavalry can be so devastating when used by an intelligent player probably had a lot to do with why it was so easy to steamroll the Romans even on VH/VH.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

A Kart-Hadast victory is always beautiful. :bow:

[Hamata]

Nice empires here guys i gave up playing this because it was to hard

[STuNTz2023]

My Current Roman Empire

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It would appear that the Pontic Empire is readying for war.
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[Hamata]

pontos is huge in your game

Edit so is egypt

[SneakyNinja]

Alright guys i think i need a bit of help with this one
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I'll confess i don't know where the file is with the images you screen-shot so i just pasted on to MS paint

Anyway as you can see I'm the Saba, the years 250 BC and the AS is dominating the East. I need advice with how to deal with them as they're currently smashing through the ptolmies (sp?) and will probably come for me soon. The Army I've got highlighted is my only one and is currently marching on the city in North Eastern Arabia and i plan to take it all away along the coast round the gulf of Arabia (I like RPing campaigns). i'm not worried about them yet as i have long series of watch towers so i'll see them coming long before they reach my cities, i just need to have a plan for when i want to attack them (or they attack me) and advice for that as i've never really taken on any faction that strong

Edit: as the picture isn't very clear i though i should add that the AS have taken Menphis & Alexandria and have plenty of small stacks marching onto the rest of the ptolmaic cities

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

I wouldn't take Gerrha, leave it rebel, but do take Maketa. You don't want to border the Seleucids at too many points or else you'll have too much to fight over. I would sail across to Ethiopia and take Axum and Meroe for the mines and more importantly, the elephants. You're gonna need these guys as the AS is probably gonna start pumping out Silver Shields and TAB's and you'll have nothing else to counter them. Alternatively, you could sail to India and try that route as well, but then your supply lines are longer, though the units there are somewhat better.

[STuNTz2023]

My Roman Empire
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Arverni's color has been changed to something I prefer. They have managed to grab a couple cities from their neighbor's, without any direct help from me. I did move 3 full stacks from Britain to the Belgae region, which they took soon after.

The Parthians have managed to hold onto some of the cities I gave them through FD, as I wanted someone to be able to hassle the yellow death besides myself.

The Makedonians and Pontus attacked me the turn after I posted my last screenshot's, and the Makedonians were crushed withen 4 or 5 years. After 14 years of war, full stack after full stack, Pontus had been pushed back into Asia Minor. They offered peace soon after, and then proceeded to attack the yellow death. The yellow death is simply crushing Pontus, and now share a border with my Empire. So of course, I was attacked soon after. My troops on the border have fended off 3 full stacks. I am raising two legions currently (1/2 polybian troops 1/2 foreign troops). One legion led by the current Consul will move to the border, and proceed to take back the cities that Pontus has lost. They will be returned to Pontus and I will support their future war with the yellow death.

The next legion will be taken to Alexandria for a surprise raid on the city, where I will cripple their native recruitment and enslave their citizens for this act of aggression. I will continue and raid their other cities near by, than continue by sea to Antioch, where I will raze that to the ground as well. I will give it to Pontus when I am done, to help protect their new holdings in Asia Minor.

However I had been distracted from this as Karali was invaded by a small army from Carthage, who were easily defeated. They soon after landed a full stack of African Elites and Sacred Band. I took my legion led by my Consul and destroyed their army. I then brought my legion to their homeland, where I have taken their capital and the city next to it. I have been attacked by 3 full stacks of elites since landing and will be moving reinforcements in as soon as possible. This all happened after the last screen shot in this post and will be seen in my next update.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

2872

My Aeduic Empire after recently invading the British Isles in a need for more tin. I've established a limes system in Iberia against the Lusotanians and other allied tribes as well as on the Danube frontier against the Sweboz and Germanic tribes which make depredations. The Rhine is in need of fortification as my heartland does lie somewhat open to the invaders. I'm currently pushing slightly north into Britain, probably gonna stop near Caledonia while also pushing more into central europe against the Getai to recover old Celtic territories left there. The Parthians and Ptollies have large empires and I've helped the AS maintain and conquer most of western Anatolia helping to hold off the Yellow Tide. KH, Saka, and Sauros are surprisingly powerful as well. Sauros even hold the Scrodisci province. I've never seen them further south-west than Tylis before.

[Lazy O]

Come hamachi. Something interesting popped up in the Lazy mind.

[The_Blacksmith]

Brave sir Robin? Bactria got pwned? just a little bit?

[Ilhan Bey]

https://i.imgur.com/XDKyn.jpg

The first ever campaign I played to completion. I ended up just buying Alexandreia to avoid one final monotonous siege, but the campaign itself was interesting.

I had to save Rome's ass twice to keep them around long enough for my bodyguard reforms (once from Epeiros and once from the Carthaginians and the Lusos). Obviously after I got my reform I left them to their fate and Luso turned on Carthage to become the undisputed masters of western Europe.

Epeiros surprised me the most I think, advancing really deep into the steppe and owning all of Greece before I invaded.

Baktria, Pahlava and Saka were mostly just small, shifting empires. The Pahlava were once much larger before I wiped them out to what they have in that picture.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Brave sir Robin? Bactria got pwned? just a little bit?

Yeah just a little lol. They don't do anything anymore, just sit around. But neither do the Saka and occasionally Baktra rebels back to the Baktrians so it wouldn't be surprising to see them mount a comeback.

[green jacket]

2878



Here's my fledgling casse empire. This is my first eb campaing on m/h.

I thought it was quite cool, if you notice, that the selucids still managed to hold damaskos against the pollies with half a stack while being surrounded by the rising polly empire.

[The_Blacksmith]

Got pretty crazy with the Saka Rauka and did some rush... its 251 and i RULE!!!

i got 2 half stacks of HA's and is at war with Baktria, Pahlava and Sauromatae... allthough ill soon be called for a ceasefire

2886

Im quite proud of my enemy Pahlava, exelent expansion...

[TheLastDays]

Surprising: Epeiros holding on to their italian province (the name of which somehow escapes my tired brain right now)
Not surprising at all: Makedonia losing Pella, happens too often...

Why's everyone rushing so much?

[The_Blacksmith]

Surprising: Epeiros holding on to their italian province (the name of which somehow escapes my tired brain right now)
Not surprising at all: Makedonia losing Pella, happens too often...

Why's everyone rushing so much?

Yeah, Europe has gona a bit slow.... but i just felt like doing a bit of mongol hording :P

[vartan]

Surprising: Epeiros holding on to their italian province (the name of which somehow escapes my tired brain right now)
Not surprising at all: Makedonia losing Pella, happens too often...

Why's everyone rushing so much?

Taras aka Tarentum?

[Berg-i-dum]

SPQR 148 BC. Just after the last Campaign in Germania, now I will lead a little invasion to Britain, then I would turn finally toward East. Pahlava will be a great enemy soon.
2917

By the way I got a general with "High Ambition" trait that sounds important, may be needed for reforms, should I get him as heir?.

[TheLastDays]

Nice Pahlava expansion.

[Arthur, king of the Britons]

Interesting Swêboz migration.

[Pavonis]

3146

Macedon, Epirus, and Pontus have already been destroyed by 262 BC. After I finish off Rome, I think I'll go for Carthage next. The Greek Federation will rule the Mediterranean!

N/N with rules: no extermination or expulsion, no destruction of special monuments

*Does early conquest of Rome prevent the "Passage of Time" event from firing?

[d'Arthez]

It is not Rome per se that counts, but the construction of a huge city in Italy, held by the Romans that is of concern. Wiping the Romans out will ensure you won't get your reform units.

Nice blitz by the way.

[Sylon]

https://img252.imageshack.us/img252/6079/pyrrhos.gif

The realms of Pyrrhos the Great, Basileus of Epeiros, Makedonia and Italia, King of the Greeks and Vanquisher of the Romans upon his death at the age of 63 years. (256 B.C. VH/M)

Thanks to the power of battering elephants, I managed to conquer the Greek peninsula and Makedonia rather quickly. Along the way I killed off all the Makedonian FM's, which caused Mytilene to go rebel. I don't recall if the Greeks attacked me first, or if I attacked them first, but I eventually drove them out of the peninsula as well, before ending it when I conquered Rhodes.

On the Italian front, I chose to stand my ground instead of the usually recommended option of abandoning Taras. By reinforcing Taras with a unit of Illyrian cav and some levy spear units, I managed to beat back the Roman advance until they ran out of troops to throw at me. Following that, I advanced through southern Italy, while spamming Hoplitai Haploi in Taras. My advance was relatively quick, since the AI repeatedly choose to sally, allowing my cavalry to destroy them. About the time Pyrrhos wiped out the Rhodians, his son, Alexandros (The starting FM in Taras), had sacked Rome.

Unfortunately, this feat was accomplished not primarily by my skill, but by the AI's insistence on sending its one and a half stacks of heavy infantry and mercenaries to besiege the Eleutheroi provinces in the north. They did eventually return to challenge my troops, but at that point they were largely depleted and I had already taken Rome.

Following these two spectacular wars, the realm of Epeiros returned to peace. For a while. Since I was roleplaying, however, I decided that it would be uncharacteristic of Pyrrhos to simply rot away and die a death without any glory, and so he gathered his veteran army, sailed over to Rhetium, and conquered it, restoring its freedom to the native Greeks. From there, he crossed into Sicilia, where he conquered the Mamertines and the Syrakousai. As King of the Greeks, it was his duty to 'liberate' the Greeks under foreign rule, and so prepared to invade Carthaginian Sicily. They beat him to the punch, however, by besieging Messena just as he moved his army into their lands. And thus sparked the Punic War.

The Carthaginians were quickly driven out of Sicily, after the bulk of their forces attempted to ambush Pyrrhos as he moved towards Lilibeo. They succeeded, in fact, and would have managed to rout the Epeiroteans with their elephants had not their own forces routed at the first charge of Pyrrhos' forces. As a general rule, one should not make an army composed primarily of Poeni Militia without a general and expect them to hold up against a competent enemy with elephants of their own.

In the meantime, the Army of Italia, composed entirely of levy troops at this point (excepting a single unit of Tarantine Hippeis) proceeded to invade the islands of Corsica and Sardinia, before eventually landing in Africa itself, shortly after Pyrrhos himself had landed and sacked Carthage. Despite some horrible dice rolls, the Epeirotean fleets proved superior to the Carthaginian ones. (Three Pentekoroi, one Triereis, one 3 and one 4 star admiral)

Following that, Pyrrhos advanced west while Alexandros advanced south along the Libyan coast. Pyrrhos would eventually come across one and a half Carthaginian stacks, and at one point the battle nearly turned to disaster thanks to the enemy's strong advantage in cavalry. It was only thanks to his elephants that he pulled through that day.

Alas, fate was cruel, and he would eventually pass away while on campaign, far away from his homeland, albeit peacefully. And thus ends this short excerpt.

On a seperate but related note, does anyone know how to deal with those blasted enemy spies? Every single one of my cities in Italia and every single Punic city I conquer has somewhere around 30-50 unrest, yet no matter how many spies I train I have yet to catch even a single one, or even eject a single bloody spy from my cities. Needless to say, it's making conquest nigh impossible.

[Hax]

They're probably high-level, difficult to kill. You could try to train an assassin and using alt+right click to assassinate characters in your own cities. Otherwise, just wait until they die off.

[moonburn]

train your spies and soon enough all the enemie spies will be booted out

[seleucid empire]

sylon that is an epic campaign, are your epirote armies phalanx heavy or are you using a flexible hoplite army with cav?

[Sylon]

My armies tend towards the lighter end, favouring flexibility over power (A habit I picked up from playing a long campaign as Saba). My regular army template is as follows: 1 general's bodyguard, 4 levy phalangites, 4 hoplitai haploi, 2 sphendonetai, 2 toxotai, 2 akontistai/peltastai (optional), 2 light/medium cav (optional) and 2-4 assault units. The latter part tends to consist of regional troops; for example, while campaigning in Dacia, my armies have drapanai auxiliaries attached to them.

Despite being light, this army still has quite a bit of staying power. Since my expansion has primarily been focused on the west, there isn't a single unit in the western hemisphere (apart from African pikemen) capable of taking on even my levy phalangites from the front. Hoplitai Haploi are the best spear unit I can get easy access to, since professional hoplitai require a level 3 regional as opposed to factional MIC in order to recruit. Sphendonetai and toxotai may not be all that good, but an army without missiles is nothing more than a sitting duck for skirmishers. Furthermore, since many western settlements are only fortified with wooden walls or palisades, they tend to be extremely useful in sieges.

The abundance of Hellenic colonies in the west means that all these can be retrained in most regional theaters (excepting the deuteroi phalangitai, who cannot be recruited from Massilia). Southern Italy covers the Italian peninsula, Sicily covers Punic North Africa, and Massilia covers Gaul. Emporion would usually cover Iberia, but unfortunately Epirote factional recruitment does not extend that far.

Further on in my current campaign, I have begun to augment my armies with Scythian archers instead of toxotai, podromoi as a medium cavalry option, and the occasional corps of Elephantes Indikoi for their ability to blitz settlements and cause fear on the battlefield. The last bit is a rather inefficient use of mnai, but at this point I've got more than enough to spare.

[seleucid empire]

i really wish seleucids could train hoplitai haploi that would make my campaign so much easier. i really dont like theurophi, they need lvl 3 barracks to train

[XSamatan]

Check RV for, that, they can train them.

XSamatan

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Check RV for, that, they can train them.

XSamatan

Seleucids cannot recruit Haploi which is annoying when invading Greece and Macedonia since they can't recruit Panda phalanx there either...

[Sylon]

https://img804.imageshack.us/img804/6913/pyrrhos2.jpg

The state of the Epeirote empire, on the death of the Basileus, Ptolemaios Aiakides. He is succeeded by his son, the talented Pyrrichos, whose brilliant starting traits marked him out for kingship early.

A lot has happened since my last update. Expansion into Asia Minor saw the Seleukids, followed by the Hai and Pontikoi declare war on me (In that order). In Iberia, the destruction of the remaining Carthaginians led to to my gaining several colonies on the Mediterranean coast. After some time, I sent a small expedition force of Iberian troops led by an allied general into the interior. He managed to take the city, but was killed in a revolt immediately after. The town would revolt several times more, killing off a second recruited general and destroying the Type 4 government twice, until it rebelled against me and joined the Lusotannen, putting us at war. We had been entirely peaceful up until then, but upon the declaration of war they proceeded to send several stacks against me and nearly drove it out of the continent. It took several years for reinforcements from Sicily to arrive, by which time they had took one of my settlements and was besieging a second with a fullstack. After my armies arrived, however, their troops quickly melted away thanks to the combination of phalangitai and elephants.

In the east, I sent my faction leader to liberate the two Greek cities on the Crimea. It was around then that Hayasdan made the unwise decision of declaring war on me. I sent my faction leader after them, and with his army he single-handedly defeated around four or five fullstacks of Hai troops. Of course, most of them were levies, and I had the advantage of Scythian archers and a fortified position on a mountain.

In Asia minor, my troops quickly pushed the Seleukids out, after which I signed a brief peace treaty with them. The Ptolemaioi declared war at this point, invading through Africa, so I snapped up their city in Anatolia. Pontus declared war soon after, and after fighting off some of their sieges, I returned the favour. The climax of the war was the siege of Amaseia, which saw my levies grind down and destroy their Chalkaspides and Thorakitai after a long time and many losses. After the slow slaughter in the streets, I moved my troops into position and assaulted the town square and their few remaining troops, including their faction leader... And the battle timer ran out. Bam, I get ejected from the city without healing any losses, while they recovered half of theirs, including a 4 chevron Chalkaspide unit. I eventually sacked the town, however.

After that, the Seleukids declared war again, and proceeded to spam me with endless stacks of troops. I foolishly pushed on the Antiocheia, thinking it would cut off their recruitment options... But that simply opened a second front from which the Ptolemaioi invaded me. It is probably worth mentioning at this point that neither of them are at war with each other.

The game then descended into fullstack vs fullstack spam, as I ground more than ten fullstacks in Anatolia, on the walls of Antiocheia, and in the desert around Kyrene. I will not bother to describe them, since it would be exceedingly dull.

On the western front, I declared war on Arverni some time after all of Iberia had become nice and subdued, as they had been openly violating my territory by walking all around my land without military access. Furthermore, they had sent spies in order to incite my Iberian cities. This was interpreted as a sufficient justification for war.

And finally, at some point between these events, I invaded and destroyed the Getai, who had managed to conquer all the way up to Tanais. They actually managed to beat two of my fullstacks, destroying them. The only consolation was that both of them were auxillary armies, made up of native troops and mercenaries. When a proper Hellenic stack attacked them, they were annihilated, as non-phalanx infantry are wont to do when they rush to impale themselves on a row of pikes.

https://img207.imageshack.us/img207/8139/pyrrhos3.jpg

Interestingly enough, I managed to get the trait 'Excelled in Spartan Agoge' for one of my family members this game. It was the first time I saw it, so I was pleasantly surprised.

Also, three more provinces and the Mediterranean is mine and mine only.

[CanOmer]

I'm currently defending my southeast borders from Aeudi and Roman attacks. Also I'm expanding my territories to the rest of the Gaul.

http://uppix.net/8/0/8/a235f47a39799844eab50fc6abe15.jpg

[Blxz]

238BC? Very nice and very slow expansion. I love the restraint.

Also, go pontus!

[CanOmer]

238BC? Very nice and very slow expansion. I love the restraint.
Also, go pontus!
Very slow? :shy: I fought all battles, and I used same units in every battle to make them 9. level experience. I usually don't do such thing, I merge my all units after the battle. But I can't survive on VH/H with Arverni otherwise.

http://uppix.net/4/1/9/f28a3b7c88f6b7e492c5dac21629b.jpg

At the beginning my economy was too weak, so I sieged Aedui's capital, then attack. In the siege my army faced a crushing defeat. After that Aedui's army left the capital to pursue my army, then I managed to defeat them in open ground. Then I could take the Aedui's capital. But in the VH/H difficulty AI armies easily spamming.

Time of Bondsman took place now. Which unit best for the Arverni? I used mostly Bataroas (Norther Gallic Swordsman). IMO, in the Massalia Keltohellenikoi Hoplitai looks good with better values.

[The Stranger]

https://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6173/romanempire.png (https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/718/romanempire.png/)

My Roman Empire at 220 BC. I am currently at war with the Lusotannan, Makedon and the Ptolemaioi. I have whiped out Carthage quite early, after that I turned my conquest to Greece where I destroyed Epeiros and Koinon Hellenon. Subsequently I invaded Gaul and destroyed the Averni, the Adeui are now my Vassal State. I have had a failed invasion into the Levant, I did conquer Cyprus and used it as a base of operation for naval warfare but my prope with 1 legion did not go as well as planned. I fought a few pyrrhic victories vs the Ptolemaioi armies there and had to retreat without any other succes. A similar invasion in Iberia allthough I managed to take two cities from the Lusotannan before I had to retreat via sea. Now I have my veteran legions from Gaul poring in and the onslaught has commenced!

A note on my armies, I have modded the Roman Army to have all infantry units at 240 at huge setting, this way every full stack army is roughly at full legion strength, I have also increased price and upkeep by 10%. Every province provides a legion and a auxilary legion. At this moment I have 5 Roman legions raised and 4 auxilary legions, I am recruiting the Gallic auxilary legion at this moment.

I couldve expanded much faster but i have been trying to keep a little bit historical accurate line of expansion, as you can see I have not been very succesful but it couldve been worse :P it is on VH/M


https://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2894/pontos233.png (https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/213/pontos233.png/)

This is my Pontic empire at 233. Slowish expansion, but this time not really intended. I had disbanded all my forces early on after taking Sinope to avoid going into massive debt. I had to truly beg AS to not attack me and I had to give them frequent sums of money to ensure this didnt happen. But after a while they got to greedy and attacked my anyway. I survived by a few tricks, ambushes and shameless exploiting of the AI inability to break a line of phalanx in a city street. However AS got weakened by the Ptolemaioi and I couldd profit from that. After I survived that things went pretty fast, I hired 2 gaesatae and trained 4 phalangitas and conquered most of minor Asia and broke Makedon and AS in the area. The Epirotes and KH kicked Makedon out of Greece so I now have them as a Vassal State after i broke their armies, they are my first line of defense against the Ptolemaioi which whom i am at war. I have also recently invaded Greece but I am now at peace with whats left of KH and with the Epirotes. Before that I also rescued the Bosphorus from the Sauromatae with whom I am at war as well.

Notable mentions, I have had a huge raiding party with scythian mercenaries through the Sauromatae area, sacking all their cities and running from all other combat. Those scythian mercs have also largely aided in invading and protecting Greece. Like I said, the gaesatae or actually tindanotae were my most valuable asset and they have been spearheading every major assault. And for anyone wondering what the Sweboz are doing in Asia Minor, i have given them that region as a buffer against first AS and now Ptolemaioi, works like a charm!

As for the AI there is a very interesting war going on in Iberia where the combined forces of Carthage and Lusotannan have repelled the Romans. But just a few turns after that the Lusotannan and Carthage went to war between themselves and now there is a 3way rape going on in that area that is really fun to keep track of. Sofar from 239 BC till 237 BC fpur famous battle markers have popped up all in favor of Carthage (2 battles won by Hasdrubal) vs the Lusotanan, who seem to be losing this war. Recently the Romans have regained control of Emporion to rejoin the battle for Iberia.

A very hard campaign at first, one of the hardest I have ever played. But I am cruising atm, with more tindanotae coming in from Galatia which i have upgraded to the highest barracks. Played at VH/M

[CanOmer]

In real life a legion has 4200 man in the average. But what is a legion size in the game?
I heard that, in the game, army size is 1/15 of real life army size. Is it true ratio? If not what is the true ratio? Also I wonder, in the EB one unit ship means a fleet. How many ships are there in one fleet?

[Arjos]

Legions went from 4.500 to 6.000 (don't forget cavalry) depending on emergencies...
And it's quite wrong to consider a legion as a full stack...

With huge size settings 1/10 - 1/15 makes sense...

In EB the number in the ship units stands for the number of vessels, not men, so a single unit is already a very small fleet...

[CanOmer]

Legions went from 4.500 to 6.000 (don't forget cavalry) depending on emergencies...
And it's quite wrong to consider a legion as a full stack...

With huge size settings 1/10 - 1/15 makes sense...

In EB the number in the ship units stands for the number of vessels, not men, so a single unit is already a very small fleet...

Thanks for the answer, so which one is better in representing; 1/10 or 1/15 ?

Is the 1/15 ratio valid for the elephant size? If not what is the right ratio for elephants?

A fleet has 52 ships then, is its ratio 1/1 ?

[Arjos]

The game wasn't really made thinking about a reasonable ratio...
With infantry and cavalry it works, but with certain units like elephants and chariots, it's just disproportionate...

Fleets, I wouldn't know, in history 200-240 triremes was your overall standard fleet...
For example with the treaty that ended the second punic war, Roma limited Qarthadast's fleet to 10 vessels...
So again you see, is quite difficult to come up with a ratio...

[The Stranger]

i have gone for a 1 on 1 ratio :P a full stack legion of mine contains about 4400 men. (1200 velites, 1200 hastati, 1200 principes, 720 triari, 100 cavalry + the general). The romans usually had the cavalry attached to the allied legions until the imperial times when they had the 900 alae. So for now every legion is supported with a full stack allied legion of differing sizes and make up.

[CanOmer]

The game wasn't really made thinking about a reasonable ratio...
With infantry and cavalry it works, but with certain units like elephants and chariots, it's just disproportionate...

Fleets, I wouldn't know, in history 200-240 triremes was your overall standard fleet...
For example with the treaty that ended the second punic war, Roma limited Qarthadast's fleet to 10 vessels...
So again you see, is quite difficult to come up with a ratio...

I need these ratios in my Romani AAR. Approximate ratios are enough for me. May I ask the ratios of:

- Infantries and cavalries: 1/15 ?
- Elephants: 1/1 ?
- Chariots: ?
- Vessels: 1/1 ?
- City Population: 1/15 ?

[Arjos]

May I ask the ratios of

An objective and valid answer doesn't exist...

[vartan]

An objective and valid answer doesn't exist...

Not for all units anyway. Some eastern states used companies of men quantified in the decimal system, while I think the Romans used some...base 12 system? The number 480 comes to mind for some reason. So the ratios I believe vary depending on the unit sizes in the game and what you believe to be the actual quantitative division of men in the ancient armies in question.

[Myth]

I have started the Europa Barbarorum Romanii succession game. Check it out here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?140097-EB-succession-game-Resurgere-Romani-Reipublicae-%28Rise-of-the-Roman-Republic%29). Also, ignore the ahistorical title image and the general red theme - these are done as supportive art for the game and are not meant to be historical (nor could I find a historically sound image with legionnaires that did not have "segmentata" and were not dressed in crimson)

Any and all are welcome to join!

[The Celtic Viking]

171 BCE, playing as the Arverni

3804

I've tried to play this one slowly-ish, for a Gallic campaign anyway. It's a long time since I started this campaign, but from what I remember (it's what I usually do anyway) I used my starting armies to take Bibracte, possibly also Avaricum early. Then waiting a while as the money slooowly trickles back, before kicking the Aedui out of Transalpine Gaul, but not defeating them. The unification of Gaul didn't come until even later than that, when the Lusotannans, emboldened by their complete conquest of Iberia moved up the western coast and finally attacking me. I kicked them out of Gaul and conquered as far as Emporion and Vellica. Emporion itself I gave complete autonomy, and they decided to join the Koinon Hellenon, whom I promptly allied with. I managed to gain a cease fire with the Lusotannans as well by offering them Vellica back, and they've honoured it so far. As such I haven't had any need for a large garrison there, relying instead of the natural border that the mountains make and the good people of Emporion to do their bit. To help them with this I supply them both with money and with men.

3805

About the same time as I pushed the Lusotannans out of Gaul the Sweboz crossed the Rhine and tried to take over my eastern holdings. After a long and arduous fight, I have now pushed them back over it, and am content at that. They still try crossing it now and again, but I keep pushing them back.

3806

Down in Cisalpine Gaul things are going back and forth. At first I used the Aedui as a buffer state, even going so far as taking a break in our feud to unite against the Romani. Despite this, they were eventually defeated by the Romans and I had to step in myself. I've had to fight off many a siege now, and with help from the Ligurians I've been able to hold on for now. Attrition rates are high, though.

3807

The eastern border is not much better. The local Celtic tribes have allied with the Romans and are coming at me in force, supplanted by Roman, Bastarnae, Scythian, Germanic as well as Illyrian support. (That's how I roleplay it - though it's Rome on paper, most of their units here are actually Celts.)

3808

Basically, I'm just playing defensively right now, taking a break from actively conquering places. I might make an exception for Ak-Ink, though, just to fulfill my promises to the Epeirotes... dead though they may be. :laugh4:

[The Stranger]

ye whats the deal with that Ak-Ink and Vindobalum (or sumthing) promise you make the Epirotes. I accepted, got the alliance, sent an army, i get there siege the place, an epirote army pops up, i get sallied and attacked and the epirotes dont even help me out there... while im right next to them. really weird. Anyway the rebel army is way to big for my army to take alone (so i did a little cheat to get a catapult to take down the walls) i assault the city and now the epirotes do help. i take the town with huge losses on all sides and then what?... do i have to take only one? or both because i then moved to Ak-Ink and no army popped up to help me. neither did i get any message of thank you or whatever from the epirotes...

[Arjos]

the epirotes dont even help me out there... while im right next to them.

I'm not completely sure, but when it spawns in mid-turn, is there on the map, but not present to fight (don't know better words to explain it XD)...


i take the town with huge losses on all sides and then what?

The alliance is pretty much a token and the scripted army is there to help you, but there's nothing to gain from the endeavour...

[The Celtic Viking]

Except, of course, the two settlements themselves. :p

It's really just an RP thing.

[Shadowwalker]

4386

EB 1.2, M/M, Alex.exe with Jirisys' Megamod (movement points reduced back to normal value)

EDIT: the year is 190 by the way....

Has been a rather interesting campaign so far. Pontos held almost everything in Makedonia, Illyria, Thracia etc that is roman possession now (except Demetrias, Athenai and Chalkis which were still makedonian possession) and attacked Italy via sea. For about 5 years I managed to not fight back in their lands but only defended Taras, Arpi and Patavium, but in the end I was so fed up that I gathered four polybian legions (= 2 fullstacks; a legion consists of 1 FM, 1 Velites, 2 Hastati, 2 Principes, 1 Triarii and 3 allied units, I try to standardize them with 1 Pedites E., 1 Campanian Cavalry and 1 Toxotai or Sotoroas) and invaded Illyria.
Within 15 years I managed to fight my way down to Byzantion (got attacked by my allies, the Makedonians as soon as we shared a border so I took the chance and "liberated" the last parts of Graecia as well...).

After taking Byzantion I FD'ed a ceasefire with Pontos (mainly because the republic wouldn't be able to deliver any decisive blows in Asia Minor anyway, in polybian times there aren't allowed more than 8 legions ...)

Lusos, Sweboz and Carthage are allied with me (no FD there, the Pontos ceasefire was the only cheat I ever used in this campaign, I didn't help or hinder any other faction at all).
Aedui are the only faction I'm at war with at the moment, but that will most probably change soon, I'm sharing a border with the Ptolemaioi (Byzantion - Pergamon).
And they have a lot of stacks in Asia Minor...

[seleucid empire]

I finally discovered how to use the print screen so here it is:
Seleucid on H campaign/ Medium Battles

Situation on at the death of the first great King Theodoros:
4408

My second Great King Nikeratos
4409

The empire before the death of Cleon the Great who sacked every major city in spain and western gaul before giving them to lusos (who backstabbed me)
4410

My fourth King Damdas, who although did not conquer as much as the other kings, he did manage to create a stable border for the war in northern europe
4411

My current King, the young Dikalros, who has come to iberia to teach those lusos a lesson
4412

[d'Arthez]

It seems you are going for a World Domination seleucid empire. Any reason why you have not bothered with Kart-Hadast?

[edgaraurelius]

4440Using BI.exe, VH/M difficulties.

Year is 213 BCE, playing as Epeiros. I rushed my first 15 years or so, destroying Makedonia, pushing Koinon Hellenon out of Greece (as well as the conquest of Crete) and then driving the Romans all the way to Segesta and Bononia with Pyrrhos. The reign under Ptolemaios Aiakides was very much a consolidate and gradual expansion. The Romans were conquered in northern Italy (Carthage delivered the killing blow taking back Corsica) while the Seleukid holdings in western Anatolia under Ptolemaios. Unfortunately at this time, Ptolemaic Egypt made a big push from Phoenicia and conquered Antiocheia, Tarsos, and Side in quick succession and despite the 30 years of peace and alliance, thanks to the wonderful AI, war was immediately declared. Ptolemaios dies and Pyrrikhos Aiakides takes the reign.

I roleplayed Pyrrhikhos as a very conservative king. The expansion in Asia Minor was very gradual during his reign. This time period also saw a perplexing declaration of war by Carthage who landed a full stack near Rome (at this time both Messana and Syrakousai belonged to the Eleutheroi so we had no land boundaries). As a result, I conquered Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica in quick succession. I then land a stack near Karthage and take the city as well as Atiqa. Since my ability to recruit in Carthaginean homelands is almost non-existent and I have no interest in their lands, I've only held onto Atiqa and Karthage while having a stack of sea-faring soldiers conquer coastal cities, raze the buildings, and then leave. During this same time period, the Getai, with whom I had shared a border for 40 years and been allies with them throughout that time, suddenly declared war on me but I made short work of them with one stack of soldiers raised in Greece and Epeiros.

Hagesias Aiakides ascends the Epeirote throne and he's far more ambitious than his uncle. The sea-faring stack which has devastated Karthage's coastal towns conquered both Paraitonion and Alexandreia. Basileus Hagesias sends Hermaeus Herakleotes, a former Pontic general (with 8 standing stars, 10 when he attacks) renown for his countless defenses of Tarsos against the Selekids and the Ptolemaioi, on a warpath where he conquers Antiocheia, Phoenicia, Assyria, and Sophene and that's where we're at.

In this same game, the Arverni are a client state of Lusotannia. Also of interest, Saka Rauka and Pahlava are client kingdoms of Baktria. Pahlava barely became a client kingdom a few turns ago so I'm eager to see if Baktria finally turns their attention to the Seleukids. I'd love to eventually meet them in the middle and fight over Persis and Media.

[seleucid empire]

It seems you are going for a World Domination seleucid empire. Any reason why you have not bothered with Kart-Hadast?

i have to fight off carthage stacks every few turns cause of kyrene but im saving them until last. I have already raided the coast of africa and they are quiet now. also the distances between their cities are too large

[Frtigern]

Here is my current Getai campaign in 231 BC. I've accomplished both of my goals so far. One to take and hold the Amber Route and the other to conquer Epeiros. My armies will not include Greek mercenaries, as I've decided to role play decidedly anti-Greek armies. Although, I'm considering garrisoning pike phalanx mercs in cities bordering the Hellenic territories. I've already witnessed the downside of Getai levies defend towns against an enemy with Elite Pike Phalanxes, and it ain't pretty. Dacian, Thracian, Celtic and some Germanic units are only allowed for me.

Getai Confederacy
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=4447&d=1331103292

Known world according to the Getai. The Romani are looking like they may want to expand into my newly conquered Adriatic territories. The Ptolemaioi look like they have beaten AS and Pontos and it's only a matter of time before they think of taking Byzantium. Baktria is tying up any Sauromatae armies and is conquering the steppes, and I may need to watch that border with them. The Sweboz have done nothing and the Arverni have conquered all territory west of them (not shown on map).
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=4449&d=1331103298

Getai Diplomacy
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=4446&d=1331103291

Southern front against my new enemy Koinon Hellenon, perhaps due the fact I destroyed their ally, Epeiros, am allied with Makedonia and share a border with them. My goal is not to conquer Greece, as their roster is Greek and provides no real benefit to me, except Krete, but even then my Elite Dacian archers are arguably better than Kretan archers.
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/attachment.php?attachmentid=4448&d=1331103296

[seleucid empire]

Seleucid empire on H/M it is now 115 BC after the destruction of the lusotanian empire
4490
as you can see im still having trouble with one rebel province in the balts. they have about 8 000 silver/gold chevroned heavy german infantry......
also im deciding whethr to invade carthage or briton

[d'Arthez]

You should be able to pull off both concurrently.

March to Lepki, invade Kart-Hadast from Sicily, and cross the strait of Gibraltar. The Casse will probably be a bit trickier since you can realistically speaking only invade from the South.

[seleucid empire]

how do i beat the superstacks??? i seem to be able to destory them with barbarian factions but not with hellenistic factions or rome

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

how do i beat the superstacks??? i seem to be able to destory them with barbarian factions but not with hellenistic factions or rome

The Baltic ones? 10 Silver Shields, 5 Cretans, 5 Hetairoi/Cataphracts/General's Bodyguard. Or switch out some of the Silver Shields for Cordinau Orca. It's not like you won't be able to afford it.

[seleucid empire]

i cant get Cordinau Orca cause i built a type 3 gov in singdium

[Moros]

i cant get Cordinau Orca cause i built a type 3 gov in singdium
Well it is not a requirement to be able to defeat those stacks anyways. Using the army as described above without them should still do the trick.

[zera133]

just get a baktra history victory at vh/h
4607

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

just get a baktra history victory at vh/h
4607

247 BC....

How?

[zera133]

247 BC....

How?
have a cease fire with saka, Rush the AS as hard as you can.
The eastern provinces of AS are easy to get and most of them have mine.
The AS will send troops to deal with you. But lots of them are small army, which can be destroyed with little loss.
In this game, I faced 3 full stack army before I reached Persepolis.
4609

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

I suppose its possible since the shared culture helps negate the long distances. Plus you share local barracks to quickly levy support units.

[zera133]

yes,in the same culture group with AS help a lot.
even so happiness plus building and corruption still cost most of my income.

[Kleitos]

my fourth Koinon Hellenon Campaign...

turned out to be the most interesting one. ..after having much fun with playin the first time the two celtic factions of Gaul i returned again to my favorite faction i like the best.

vh/vh as i play always ..i dont mind to micromanage battles.

inspired from Chirurgeons great AAR "Journey of the Hellenes" i wanted to try such migration Campaign. main objective was to build up a Thalassocracy - so important Poleis spread on the coasts in the Mediterranean Sea had to be conquered first.
shipped over to Emporion - the first conqest. some seasons later: Syrakousai - which was declared Capital since it lies near the center of the Mediterranean Sea (Rhegion is in the exact center) and because it had such a vast population.

it was planned as a migration Campaign but my diplomat could surprisingly gain a truce and further peace and trade rights with Makedonia in the first turn.
but i reckoned anyway soon to lose Sparte and Athenai since i only had very few units stationed there, especially in the beginning.
but things went there own way for the luck of the Koinon.
Makedonia soon got into serious struggle for Dominance in Northern Greece with Epeiros and from time to time they fight with the Getai - my Ally.

while Makedonia and Epeiros were in constant war with each other - my Koinon could spread out and gain more territories. ..so i never broke that peace with either Makedonia or Epeiros ..and actually not planning to do so. but if they should risk it they will have to deal with a developed and now strong Hellenic Confederacy.

the war with the Romaioi (they attacked me) lasted for six years from 267 - 261BC. ..in wich i also experienced the most painful defeat in all my Campaigns - but which was for the Romaioi a pyrrhic victory.

now its 248BC - my Faction Heir fight against the Lusotannan (again: they were the Aggressors, and after we agreed a truce they attacked a second time ..so now they will suffer)
and the Faction Leader in Mikra Asia against Pontos and Seleukeia. With all the Rest the Koinon has peaceful and prosperous relations. ..the short war with the Qarhadastim in Sikelia seem to be forgotten..


4623

4622

4621

[Hamata]

the world according to the ptolomaics
mod: roma surrectum 2
faction: ptolomaic empire
4949

[Servilius Novus]

*Problem solved*

[Brennus]

the world according to the ptolomaics
mod: roma surrectum 2
faction: ptolomaic empire
4949

As always thank you for your contribution Pharoah remese II, but in future please only post EB screenshots.

[Servilius Novus]

My Roman campaign as old as the Universe itself

5332

[Lazy O]

Gives a new meaning to "Taking it slow" .

[Servilius Novus]

Gives a new meaning to "Taking it slow" .

Thought the same. I took my time building up and micromanaging my cities, especially in Italia, building mines, huge temples and researching the Polybian troops. Also, this screenshot is more than 1 year old and it was one of my first campaigns in EB ;)

[moonburn]

with the romans you can´t go slow 1 peninsula is 1 leg but you´ll need at least 2 legs to move on and 3 legs to screw everyone else (i think i just made a poor quality joke)

mines in iberia and in the balkans are or should be your bread and butter

[Servilius Novus]

with the romans you can´t go slow 1 peninsula is 1 leg but you´ll need at least 2 legs to move on and 3 legs to screw everyone else (i think i just made a poor quality joke)

mines in iberia and in the balkans are or should be your bread and butter

I know, though this was my first campaign more than 1 year ago and I was a complete noob back then :)

[Fluvius Camillus]

i cant get Cordinau Orca cause i built a type 3 gov in singdium

So when are you joining the club?
https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/AS32.jpg

~Fluvius

[seleucid empire]

hahaha nice work there. I think for my campaign it will be 100 BC when i conquer the world. Im curious as to what happened in your campaign. In mine, i had to face the Roman Superpower which was spread across Europe and then face the Lusitanian Superpower. Also i had an incredible amount of CTDs meaning i had to auto-calc quite a few battles which slowed my expansion. Plus several of my promising generals were assassinated by inexperienced assassins =.=. also i played huge unit sizes and didnt develop my empire enough till the 220's

how did you invade carthage and hold it??? im planning on sending like one stack per Carthaginian city to invade north africa LOL

[tobit]

Here is the Mighty Puppet State of Pontos. I've flipped from alliances with the Ptolemaics and the Seleukids so many times I've lost track. The Ptolemaics have now gotten very powerful and so I am trying to create a permanent peace. I don't use force diplomacy, but despite this I like that it seems like the Ptolemaics and the Seleukid AI seems to see me as a minor state.

What's great about this game is that it's pretty late in the game and there is still so much to do. I still have Neutrals to conquer, I'm at war with the Makedones, and I have tons of building to do in all my cities.

One thing that's pretty funny is that I tend to use auto resolve about 60% of the time, so I have a lot of dead family members :). So currently Pontos is ruled by its second Hellenic King. Who I envision to be the married to the Ptolemaic Emperor's niece or something.

AI wise, Marseilles revolted to the Koinon and they used that as a base to conquer Milan! The Brown Death will probably be the rising power of Western Europe. In fact the Ptolemaics allied with them early, so in order to secure peace with them I had to send a humble diplomat to their land of Large Cities and rich mines to beg an alliance. I don't know how they expect me to support them but they accepted. :)

Also, I know there are no reforms to Pontos but when do I get my new General type?
5358

[Servilius Novus]

Those lazy germans, drinking too much beer instead of conquering :smile:

[moonburn]

aslong as there´s beer there´s no need to conquer

also it´s mead not beer and they don´t drink too much of it except that they have to drink all the batches before they spoil it seems in ancient times there was no way to conserve beer ...

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Also, I know there are no reforms to Pontos but when do I get my new General type?
5358

First off nice Pontic Empire!
Secondly, to answer your question, Pontic general reforms are tied to the March of Time event from Vanilla. In other words, you will get them when the Romans build a huge city somewhere in Italy which should happen soon.

[edgaraurelius]

Had previously contributed my fairly advanced Epirote Kingdom to the thread. Unfortunately, hard drive died and I lost that save file. So I started up a Baktria game. Most notable thing about this game is Hayasdan and Getai's growth, as well as the fact that Makedonia has fashioned a kingdom in Asia Minor after almost being completely driven out of Greece (only Chalkis remains but it won't be long until KH drives them out of there).

5418

[Servilius Novus]

Surprised about what the hell Pahlava was doing as usual...

[edgaraurelius]

Surprised about what the hell Pahlava was doing as usual...Pahlava have been, unfortunately for them, smacking their heads against the wall by sending half-stacks of mostly foot and mounted archers against Baktra and trading Marakanda and Alexandreia-Eschate back and forth with the Seleucids.

[Servilius Novus]

Here's my Parthian Empire in 254 BC. Just took Susa from the Seleucids and made Persepolis my capital

5584

Meanwhile, I'm doing the reforms to transform from nomad Parthia to the good ol' civilised Persia.

My new faction heir, handpicked by me because of his Persian origins (Nah I'm not racist ~D)

5585

Next step will be I guess Ekbatana and the city north of it. Then comes Babylon and Seleukeia :whip:
(difficulty is M/M since I would rather have a fun and balanced role-play campaign than a bloody sweatshop facing elite fullstacks every turn being attacked from every side)

Also I found that funny:

5586

[seleucid empire]

HAHAHAHA not sure if its a hand flipping us off sideways or somebodies manhood

[Servilius Novus]

HAHAHAHA not sure if its a hand flipping us off sideways or somebodies manhood

Ahh I know what you mean ~D

[seleucid empire]

btw whats with the parthian victory conditions? i never bother going for the steppe regions in my parthian campaigns

[Servilius Novus]

Actually the map is wrong fortunately, I guess it was only in an older version of EB. In 1.1 you "only" need to restore the old Achameneaid Empire (except for Egypt), which means Iran, Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia and the Indus area :book2:

[moriluk]

Romani H/M
Another campaign I started last year then picked up again recently. 100% of my Romani campaigns have fatal ctd. this was no different. But I finally managed to get teh entire Mediterranean.

Gave 1 million to Pontos, Hayasdan, Pahlava & Bactria. Odd, 2 turns after giving Pahlava 1 million, I was the richest faction at 200k.

229BC
https://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4884/rome229.jpg

190BC
https://img818.imageshack.us/img818/3263/rome190.jpg

[IGGEL]

I want to post my Carthage, but when I Prtscn it takes a screenshot of the desktop and any other windows open. Could someone help?

[Servilius Novus]

IGGEL Use fraps or any other recording programs :P

[Hernan Cortles]

Romani H/M
Another campaign I started last year then picked up again recently. 100% of my Romani campaigns have fatal ctd. this was no different. But I finally managed to get teh entire Mediterranean.

Gave 1 million to Pontos, Hayasdan, Pahlava & Bactria. Odd, 2 turns after giving Pahlava 1 million, I was the richest faction at 200k.

229BC
https://img17.imageshack.us/img17/4884/rome229.jpg

190BC
https://img818.imageshack.us/img818/3263/rome190.jpg

Moriluk! YOU CAN'T DO THAT! THE FUTURE WILL BE CHANGED! YOU CREATE A TIME PARADOX!!!
that means if the Romans conquer central Europe, where the Huns arrive there will be no barbarians left which that means will he speak Latin-Hunnic TAN TAN TAAAAAAAAAAAN

[Vega]

Guys why you dont try your skills on EBO hamachi server a lot of players are there and we can have a lot of fun... here is everything you need http://ebportal.tk/

[EB rocks]

61086109611061116112yes join us and get free a free taco without meat veggies or cheese!:yes:

ohh ya here is my recent Romani campaign vh/m as you can see i stopped the yellow fever.:2thumbsup:
and sorry but the pictures are in the attachments i don't know how to use spoilers.:embarassed:

[Fluvius Camillus]

61086109611061116112yes join us and get free a free taco without meat veggies or cheese!:yes:

ohh ya here is my recent Romani campaign vh/m as you can see i stopped the yellow fever.:2thumbsup:
and sorry but the pictures are in the attachments i don't know how to use spoilers.:embarassed:

You stabbed it right into the heart, the yellow fever has been cured!

To easily share images, you can upload them to an image hosting website. There are tons of free ones, I would recommend you Photobucket.
https://photobucket.com/
But there are plenty of other good alternatives.

When the site hosts your picture, you click the image icon when making a post and give the link of the image, that way, you image will show automatically in your post.

You can make spoilers by using the code [#SPOIL]text text text [#/SPOIL]. You have to remove the # to make it work.

~Fluvius

[EB rocks]

Wow Fluvious actually spoke to me.:bounce: and thanks. next i will make it my goal to conquer the entire roman empire by 200 BC then gift every single province in the world except rome to the irish.:clown: then reconquer it all.

[Fluvius Camillus]

Wow Fluvious actually spoke to me.:bounce: and thanks. [...]


Any battle Fluv plays, their always heroic victories...

Am I finally achieving celebrity status? :clown:

https://i594.photobucket.com/albums/tt22/Fluvius_Camillus/th_tumblr_m5w4nxUJOM1rqwv86o2_500.png

~Fluvius

[capomafioso]

Guys why you dont try your skills on EBO hamachi server a lot of players are there and we can have a lot of fun... here is everything you need http://ebportal.tk/

seconded, come cure my yellow fever

[EB rocks]

https://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o502/ebrocks1234/RomeTW2012-07-0612-19-45-36.jpg just for mr.T

[EB rocks]

fluv don't get cocky:whip:

[seleucid empire]

thats an interesting roman campaign ebrocks. what made you invade egypt so early??

[EB rocks]

i did it to stop the yellow fever

they reached babylon so i must keep the seleucid empire:clown: alive. you should be glad:whip:

[seleucid empire]

haha yes i am quite happy about that. What I usually do in Roman campaigns is attack all of the coastal cities in Egypt and gift them to AS. That way they get a huge empire. Its very fun facing a monster AS late game with Rome :)

[EB rocks]

hey Seleucid why don't you join Eb online?:yes:

[CanOmer]

My Roman Republic on VH-H
https://i1068.photobucket.com/albums/u459/Himilco/S03E36_Romalilar_Afrikada_edit.jpg?t=1342724820
A pic from my AAR. http://www.totalwar-turkiye.com/twforum/index.php?topic=81726.msg820921#msg820921

[huth]

^ It looks great, the problem is I don't know Turkish ahaha :D :P

[lonewolf209]

6390

The year is 232BCE. All is going well. My allies, the Aedui, Sweboz, Casse, and Ptolemaioi, are all proving themselves to be trustworthy allies. Rome however, betrayed us early on and have been a constant thorn in our side, constantly assaulting Alalia, Numantia, and Messana. Their efforts however are weak and easily rebuffed. We will deal with them in time but for now, our concerns lie elsewhere.

Iberia has been mostly conquered with little resistance. We tried to spare the Lusitanians annihilation by allowing them the honor of becoming my protectorates. Despite our generosity they betrayed our trust twice and were put down.

Elsewhere in the world, the Arche Seleukeia has for the most part maintained its alliances in the North but is fighting a war on three fronts as Pahlava, Koinon Hellenon and the Ptolemaioi have all been attacking its borders, like wolves biting at the heals of an ox. Most of the fighting has been restrained to the island of Salamis. The ownership of which chances every couple of years.

In the greek homeland things have been rather active. The Getai, not but ten years ago had nearly the entire peninsula to itself, having pushed back the Makedonians to asia minor, and reducing Konion Hellenon and Epirus to just a territory or two apiece. But like a tide that waxes and wanes, the combined forces of the greek states have pushed them back considerably.

We must be sure too keep our eyes on these foreign affairs. As power comes and goes, we never know who our next enemy will be.

[Harkilaz]

Romani H/M
Another campaign I started last year then picked up again recently. 100% of my Romani campaigns have fatal ctd. this was no different. But I finally managed to get teh entire Mediterranean.


Any idea why there is a fatal ctd? Has me a little worried as I'm playing as the Romans at the moment and don't want that to happen.

[lonewolf209]

6399

Year 228BCE

As soon as Iberia had been successfully taken the winds of fate began to change.

Rome continues it's relentless assault. Endlessly attacking Emporion, Alalia and Karali. They managed to take the city of Messana, despite a heroic effort by the garrison stationed there. Years of easy victories against halfhearted assaults lead our commanders to underestimate the strength of this new roman army. A force of whatever troops were available has been hastily thrown together to retake the city. If we can coax them into open battle the unbeatable force of our generals cavalry will surly crush them.

But the Roman scum is not our only threat at the moment. The Greek city of Syrakousai, long disgruntled with foreign rule has decided to revolt. This treachery has spread, as treachery often does and the city of Lixus on the opposite end of our glorious empire has also revolted. Though, unlike Syrakousai, whose dissatisfaction has been apparent for years, Lixus gave no warning and no significant force lay nearby to quell this uprising. Such treachery must be dealt with quickly before news spreads further emboldening other communities. Syrakousai and Lixus must be decimated. An example must be made to show that such ideas and actions will not be tolerated.

This however, will be easier said then done. The constant fighting has depleted our treasury and our glorious trading empire is now, for the first time ever slipping into debt. With the garrisons on our borders becoming dangerously small, our enemies on our doorstep, treachery from within, and no money, the future of Carthage is uncertain. But, the more difficult the endeavor, the more profitable. If we can manage to survive.

[huth]

World in 240 BC:

https://img703.imageshack.us/img703/2202/240bc.jpg]

As Bactria I don't really care what's going on in some barbarian lands... but it's actually quite a playground:
(Lusitana just rolled through lands of Gauls...)
https://img688.imageshack.us/img688/8129/luctc.jpg

In lands of our great ancestors, our brothers have yielded ground to some Persian-blood
(Epeiros is puppet state of the Purples, now it's time for the two others...)
https://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7708/borey.jpg

Diplomats report that in barbarian lands people are born from the mountain's rocks in great numbers!
(No, seriously... WHAT IN THE NAME OF ZEUS IS THAT?)
https://img542.imageshack.us/img542/5725/wtfse.jpg


and for sentiment, Diodotos... He becomes closer to death very fast, such a great leader...
But the most important is that he made possible to build some mining centers! :P
Oddly enough he doesn't have many retinues... probably because he was to often in the field :)
https://img824.imageshack.us/img824/9281/diott.jpg

[Shokifer]

https://img266.imageshack.us/img266/2175/10876561.png (https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/10876561.png/)

This is my Casse campaign after a fifty-year-long war with the Sweboz, and by the end it made me hate them so much that I never ever want to see them again.

Stupid Sweboz with your stupid fullstacks and your stupid pikemen and your stupid bodyguard that I have to completely surround to get rid of.

Nice mercenaries, though. :beam:

Also, Bactria took Babylon. Yaaaay.

[Blxz]

Huth, those rebel fullstacks are the result of people moving into eburonum and trying to take it. The script spawns a big army to represent resistance.

Think of the brightside, this won't happen in EB2 because there is a new faction there instead of eleutheroi.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Huth, those rebel fullstacks are the result of people moving into eburonum and trying to take it. The script spawns a big army to represent resistance.

Think of the brightside, this won't happen in EB2 because there is a new faction there instead of eleutheroi.

He's talking of the Sweboz, not the Boii.

[Shokifer]

Yeah, I'm not that bothered with the Boii. They mind their own business and keep largely to themselves. Seem like pretty cool dudes. ~:)

[huth]

Huth, those rebel fullstacks are the result of people moving into eburonum and trying to take it. The script spawns a big army to represent resistance.

Think of the brightside, this won't happen in EB2 because there is a new faction there instead of eleutheroi.
Well, fortunately I'm in the other side of the map, so it rather doesn't bother me, though I hope someone will conquer that in next 50 years... Hopefully it'll be Rome not Getai or Sweboz...

[Shokifer]

In all the games I've played I don't think I've ever seen an AI faction able to get both the manpower and the luck required to conquer the Boii.

The Sweboz tried that once in my game, and now one of the Boii territories is dotted with famous battle sites. All of which the Sweboz lost.

I suppose I should be thankful. If they'd expanded any further the war would have gone on a lot longer than fifty years, I feel.

[Shokifer]

Arrrgh! Stupid double post!

[Blxz]

He's talking of the Sweboz, not the Boii.

Except that he has a picture of a mountain with fullstacks and text above it saying that the mountain people are mobilising. The sweboz are forest people.

[Shokifer]

He wasn't talking to me, Robin.

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

Yep, that was my mistake. I got confused by the fact he was referring to an earlier post.

[Shokifer]

The Lusitanians just declared war on me.

Wonderful.

[I Am Herenow]

this won't happen in EB2 because there is a new faction there instead of eleutheroi.

... or is there?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JU38XMxUY_8

[Blxz]

:laugh4:

[mikepettyrtw]

I have a massive Parthian Empire I have formed like 4 times. I will post soon. It stretched from Alexandria to India IIRC. The Pahlavans become monsters once they get their late bodyguard and Indian elephants.

[huth]

Well, somehow I don't like to post here and on TWC, because I think that majority uses both forums, but... eh, here we go

An update after a decade...

World in 231 BC:
(that dark blue is me, after winning against the great Eburonum AI Script...)
https://img407.imageshack.us/img407/8674/forum2world231.jpg

note: PICTURE HEAVY

In Far West, Lusotanian horde devours everything.
(my spy caused a rebellion in Bagacos and because of my AI scripts "fighting" by console and killing some eleutheroi stacks, Sweboz finally is on the move...)
https://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4628/forum2bagacosidania.jpg

In the lands of the ancestors... well, war is prosperous as always.
(I'm surprised that none of these nations have lost yet... well, Epeiros is protectorate to Pontos, but still exists)
https://img145.imageshack.us/img145/5418/forum2hellewarzone.jpg

Unfortunately my another hellen brothers are in grave danger!
(and because of Ptolemaioi weakness, AS has won in Koile-Syria... AI is so mean to me...)
https://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5975/forum2egyptwarzone.jpg

Under the influence of mighty hellenic military, Saka savages become more civilised...
(hell yes, less horsemen is always good)
https://img337.imageshack.us/img337/9977/forum2sakareforms.jpg

By the will of gods, and powers of theirs, the evil barbarian horde hath been eradicated!
(I just had to do something with that Eburonum Boii script, they'd accumulate stacks over and over... move_character and auto_win did the job, I'm curios what it'll be now... But, why Casse spawned there?)
https://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2765/forum2eburorum.jpg

Spy net works greatly to Bactrian Empire.
(I have spy in almost every neighbouring settlement, so useful in slowing down enemy progress, if it is any...)
https://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3007/forum2spieseverywhere.jpg

The bravest, wisest and most honorable Bactrian man, a true hero, descandant of Herakles at least, how much time has left for him, before ferryman will take him for the last journey?
(I bet five years :P)
https://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6979/forum2diodotos.jpg


That's for now, though I've taken Zadrakata next turn(sss in sss thread). War against AS goes well, with high income and "real" army of Thorakitai, Pezhetairoi, Kataphraktoi, etc(well.. elephant are a bit too expensive for me :P), in future 10 years I plan to take Susa, maybe Ektabana and of course lands of Babylonia :)

[mikepettyrtw]

Parthia as of the destruction of Alexandria

6772

[huth]

Parthia as of the destruction of Alexandria

6772
Lol, like a crusade :P

[mikepettyrtw]

Just the way I like it.

[Shokifer]

I have fully explored Italy and Spain, and now realised how screwed I truly am. Contrary to what I thought, the Lusitanians control ALL of Italy, while the Romans are stuck in Syracuse.

On the bright side, probably the worst they can do is oust me from Germania. I'll still have Britain at least. Although, given that I'm using BI.exe, I probably shouldn't rule out a naval invasion, especially after Macedon conquered central Italy before being kicked out by the Lusitanians.

Also, after this war, there'll only be one major superpower in western Europe.

[huth]

Also, after this war, there'll only be one major superpower in western Europe.
So it's gonna be epic war :D

[Saldunz]

So I think I've won this VH/VH campaign (without ever using the Force Diplomacy mod) and, thus, EB as a whole.

https://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/Thanatos_Helem/GetaiVictory.png

This was my Getai campaign that I started back in 2010. I've posted about it in the past twice, here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?126246-Post-your-EB-empires!&p=2053222370&viewfull=1#post2053222370) and here (https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?126246-Post-your-EB-empires!&p=2053235957&viewfull=1#post2053235957).

These last 30 game years were spent at war with Baktria, the Carthaginians and the Greek Alliance - curiously named since they only held Italian settlements!

I could probably keep playing the campaign and go for a world conquest, but that seems to go against the spirit of the mod. I've sacked both Rome and Carthage within a year of each other (119 BC). I possess the only navy worth anything in the Mediterranean. My conquests spread from the North Sea to the Arabian Sea. And the Dacian-Thracian homeland is so secure and safe that no Daco-Thracian ever has to risk their life in war again. Why bother, when I have cities filled with Greeks, Arabs, Iranians and Celts all eager to die for their drunken Getic overlords?

And it was all done without having any of the benefits of having access to phalangites!

All in all, I'd say this a job well done! :yes:

[Jive]

So I think I've won this VH/VH campaign (without ever using the Force Diplomacy mod) and, thus, EB as a whole.

And it was all done without having any of the benefits of having access to phalangites!

All in all, I'd say this a job well done! :yes:

For sure Saldunz, definitely well done. But how in heck do you win battles on VH? You sure you're not cheating or anything :-)? Don't think I'd even consider it; most I've tried was H/H as Romans and that was done more or less on a wing and a prayer. Anyway yeah, congratulations!

[Saldunz]

For sure Saldunz, definitely well done. But how in heck do you win battles on VH? You sure you're not cheating or anything :-)? Don't think I'd even consider it; most I've tried was H/H as Romans and that was done more or less on a wing and a prayer. Anyway yeah, congratulations!

Cheating's not necessary - you just have to slightly modify your own approach to battles to survive VH battles. VH battle difficulty gives generous boosts to most of the AI's units' stats, but their morale remains unchanged. So in VH, almost every single battle is about causing a rout. Their stat bonuses don't count for much when they're running away. ~:)

There are many different ways to do this. The most common that I use, especially against stacks of phalangites, is setting up my infantry against theirs, and either using cavalry or javelineers to sweep around them from behind and break the AI army. Keeping that in mind, it's extremely important to keep your infantry on guard mode, otherwise your line may break and rout before you can get the cavalry/skirmishers in place.

There's also a lot of little notes that go with this, like if the AI army is lead by a FM, you need to focus your efforts on killing him. If you have too many weak units on your side, you can fake a rout and get the AI to split up its forces to chase you, while your main units engage and terrify the fractured army one piece at a time. The only near-impossibility of VH is fighting against horse-archers without phangites. But even then, all you have to do to tip things back to your advantage is fight them on steep hills and wear them down with your archers and slingers while they get exhausted trying to reach you.

You'll lose battles, or be forced to run away more than you're used to, but I guarantee you that the first Heroic Victory you get on VH/VH will make you feel very, very heroic!

[Jive]

The only near-impossibility of VH is fighting against horse-archers without phangites. But even then, all you have to do to tip things back to your advantage is fight them on steep hills and wear them down with your archers and slingers while they get exhausted trying to reach you.


Yeah, those armored HA's and Noble Heavy Cav are really awesome. I read somewhere their armor wasn't iron or steel, but overlaid pieces of horses' hooves attached to leather. Quite ingenious. And it isn't always easy to find a steep hill when they're in the vicinity!

Update: Now I'm playing the KH on VH/H (still not ready for VH/VH). Not all that difficult once you get the hang of it. What's made it easier is taking control of bridges, so the AI has to attack you at extreme disadvantage. Otherwise better look for any height advantage. Cheerio!

[Jive]

Hmmm. The cobwebs have gathered on this thread, gotta dust 'em off. So here's a couple thumbnails from my current Pahlava campaign, played on VH/H with BI exe and battle time limit ON. (BTW also posted at TWC, but with different commentary.)

There's a story behind the first shot. It was supposed to be a quick punitive raid on Alexandria, but nearly resulted in disaster when my troops refused to climb the siege towers. Turns out there's a bug specific to Alexandria, at least when assaulting from the eastern side. Fortunately a spy had opened the gates so it was possible to enter, although you'd expect heavy casualties from boiling oil poured on invaders passing through the gates plus wall towers firing frontwards and backwards.

Yet losses were relatively minor--15 or 20%--since the defending garrison acted lethargically (the two elite phalanxes just stumbled around without using their pikes at all), the tower guys seemed kinda sleepy, and the boiling oil fellas apparently didn't show up at all (no burn injuries far as I could tell). As I suggested at the TWC technical section in the thread "Siege towers not working" maybe it's not a bug, but a deliberate feature by the game designers to show the effects of that infamous Nile Delta parasite called schistosomiasis (bilharzia) on people who hang around that marshy, low-lying area.

Anyway after enslaving the populace I demolished just about anything trashable in Alexandria except for Alexander's Tomb (for obvious sentimental reasons) and the naval port (might need those transports later to invade the last Seleucid bastion on Cyprus), realizing about 65,000 mnai for my efforts. Plus most of the raiding force got away clean after leaving a token garrison behind to slow pursuit. Not too bad, eh?

Thanks for your kind attention and Happy Thanksgiving to Stateside EB fans!

[mikepettyrtw]

Hmmm. The cobwebs have gathered on this thread, gotta dust 'em off. So here's a couple thumbnails from my current Pahlava campaign, played on VH/H with BI exe and battle time limit ON. (BTW also posted at TWC, but with different commentary.)

There's a story behind the first shot. It was supposed to be a quick punitive raid on Alexandria, but nearly resulted in disaster when my troops refused to climb the siege towers. Turns out there's a bug specific to Alexandria, at least when assaulting from the eastern side. Fortunately a spy had opened the gates so it was possible to enter, although you'd expect heavy casualties from boiling oil poured on invaders passing through the gates plus wall towers firing frontwards and backwards.

Yet losses were relatively minor--15 or 20%--since the defending garrison acted lethargically (the two elite phalanxes just stumbled around without using their pikes at all), the tower guys seemed kinda sleepy, and the boiling oil fellas apparently didn't show up at all (no burn injuries far as I could tell). As I suggested at the TWC technical section in the thread "Siege towers not working" maybe it's not a bug, but a deliberate feature by the game designers to show the effects of that infamous Nile Delta parasite called schistosomiasis (bilharzia) on people who hang around that marshy, low-lying area.

Anyway after enslaving the populace I demolished just about anything trashable in Alexandria except for Alexander's Tomb (for obvious sentimental reasons) and the naval port (might need those transports later to invade the last Seleucid bastion on Cyprus), realizing about 65,000 mnai for my efforts. Plus most of the raiding force got away clean after leaving a token garrison behind to slow pursuit. Not too bad, eh?

Thanks for your kind attention and Happy Thanksgiving to Stateside EB fans!
Alexanders tomb is the first thing I destroy when I play as Parthia or Saka and reach Alexandria. Its obviously a good idea to keep it if your Hellenic faction.
As a matter of fact, there is nothing like playing as Parthia or Saka and destroying all the Hellenic monuments, (except for Alexanders Altars) it feels like payback for for the desecration of the Temple of Anahita and the Sack of Persopolis and Pasargadae.
I do the same when I play as Macedon or any western faction and get a chance to Sack Rome.

[Jive]

So it's over. Lotsa fun but I sure wish the victory conditions were clarified. The adviser, faction leader, and script all agreed Pahlava had to outlast the Hayasdan but at game's end they still had at least three cities remaining. Then again, what's life without a little mystery?:inquisitive:

Incidentally I'd like to thank the Ptolemies for wiping out the last Seleucid settlement on Cyprus, thus releasing me from the obligation.:bow: It's the least they could do after sending endless numbers of phalanx-studded stacks against me for the past quarter century!

[CanOmer]

Birth of an empire: Hayasdan

Campaign: Medium
Battles: Hard
With my x3 unit costs and upkeeps sub-mod: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?142833-x3-Unit-Costs-and-Upkeeps

http://i.imagebanana.com/img/mna6346j/Hay254BC.jpg

[Frtigern]

Birth of an empire: Hayasdan

Campaign: Medium
Battles: Hard
With my x3 unit costs and upkeeps sub-mod: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?142833-x3-Unit-Costs-and-Upkeeps


How many Battles of Phraaspa Bridge have you had? When I played as Hayasdan, A.S. would attack me every turn and the only phalanx I could recruit were mercs or bribed AS phalanxes.

[CanOmer]

Two I remember. With three times expensive units there aren't many battles.

[vartan]

Very nice, CanOmer!

[CanOmer]

Thanks :)

9 years later:
http://i.imagebanana.com/img/ii9es4nk/ArmenianEmpire.jpg

[Hamata]

the romani hydra is slowly crumbling

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/884102014427004547/AEE06E752668371272AE6DE9297782823E2513D2/

[Kralizec]

A couple of months ago I had an Epeiros campaign. Sadly I had to wipe my PC and reinstall windows, and I lost all my game files.

Anyway, the interesting was that I encountered a KH general named Petraeus. I suppose that characters with that name appear all the time, but I had never noticed it before and it was just after that scandal in the USA.

I checked wether he had a biographer or mistress ancillary. He didn't.

[vartan]

A couple of months ago I had an Epeiros campaign. Sadly I had to wipe my PC and reinstall windows, and I lost all my game files.

Anyway, the interesting was that I encountered a KH general named Petraeus. I suppose that characters with that name appear all the time, but I had never noticed it before and it was just after that scandal in the USA.

I checked wether he had a biographer or mistress ancillary. He didn't.

Did the KH general retire in shame or something?

[CanOmer]

Campaign: Medium, Battles: Hard
Ptolemaioi
http://i.imagebanana.com/img/n7y8f0xn/RomeTW20131215191823746.jpg

[The Stranger]

Hmmm. The cobwebs have gathered on this thread, gotta dust 'em off. So here's a couple thumbnails from my current Pahlava campaign, played on VH/H with BI exe and battle time limit ON. (BTW also posted at TWC, but with different commentary.)

There's a story behind the first shot. It was supposed to be a quick punitive raid on Alexandria, but nearly resulted in disaster when my troops refused to climb the siege towers. Turns out there's a bug specific to Alexandria, at least when assaulting from the eastern side. Fortunately a spy had opened the gates so it was possible to enter, although you'd expect heavy casualties from boiling oil poured on invaders passing through the gates plus wall towers firing frontwards and backwards.

Yet losses were relatively minor--15 or 20%--since the defending garrison acted lethargically (the two elite phalanxes just stumbled around without using their pikes at all), the tower guys seemed kinda sleepy, and the boiling oil fellas apparently didn't show up at all (no burn injuries far as I could tell). As I suggested at the TWC technical section in the thread "Siege towers not working" maybe it's not a bug, but a deliberate feature by the game designers to show the effects of that infamous Nile Delta parasite called schistosomiasis (bilharzia) on people who hang around that marshy, low-lying area.

Anyway after enslaving the populace I demolished just about anything trashable in Alexandria except for Alexander's Tomb (for obvious sentimental reasons) and the naval port (might need those transports later to invade the last Seleucid bastion on Cyprus), realizing about 65,000 mnai for my efforts. Plus most of the raiding force got away clean after leaving a token garrison behind to slow pursuit. Not too bad, eh?

Thanks for your kind attention and Happy Thanksgiving to Stateside EB fans!

omg i had that bug too... so annoying. though i think it was a different city than alexandria.

Did u also destroy the library? :/

[CanOmer]

Isolated Empire of Casse
Capital: Ynys-Mon
http://uppix.net/sQYs5C.jpg
Luckily no faction is destroyed yet but Makedonia and Arche Seleukeia near extinction.

[Moros]

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My most succeful campaign as of yet. Though that might change now I'm running out of rebel settlements to conquer. How I wished the unit reforms were already in.

[Stath's]

~:cheers:~:cheers::medievalcheers::medievalcheers:

Mind-blown!! It will surely be a new chapter in the Total War History.

[Moros]

https://imageshack.us/a/img836/4879/id3z.png

As I'm starting to feel the Ptolemaioi and the Seleukids breathing in my face and neck more and more, and with no other avaible options, I led an expedition towards Mleiha in the Maka province (East and North Oman). This after failing to get Gerrha revolting again. It did a few times in the past. The plan was to get revolting again, (which it was lready doing) I brought in spies and sabotaged some happiness buildings, but they didn't kick the Seleucids out anymore. Anyway it seems it is time to fight some Sabaeans, though I'm afraid one of the two hellenistic superpowers might attack when most of my forces are so far from home. And actually the Sabaean stacks look fearsome as well. Especially as there seems to be a small error in recruitment, providing the Sabaeans with cavalry archers to accompany their heavily (well to Arabian standards) armoured archer-spearmen.

[The Stranger]

which faction are you?

[Brave Brave Sir Robin]

which faction are you?

Looks like Nabataea (spelling likely butchered) to me.

Moros, is that the KH who own Kyrene? I'd love to know if that was a revolt or a naval invasion since it appears they also took Krete.

[moonburn]

he´s showing off eb2 you can also see pergamon there

[Moros]

Looks like Nabataea (spelling likely butchered) to me.

Moros, is that the KH who own Kyrene? I'd love to know if that was a revolt or a naval invasion since it appears they also took Krete.

Actually I'm not sure, but I think naval invasion as I saw one of their ships nearby when it happened. Also yes it's KH. They and the ptollies are very active on the seas. And currently at war as well.
Yes I'm playing as Nabataea.

[Ibrahim]

https://imageshack.us/a/img836/4879/id3z.png

As I'm starting to feel the Ptolemaioi and the Seleukids breathing in my face and neck more and more, and with no other avaible options, I led an expedition towards Mleiha in the Maka province (East and North Oman). This after failing to get Gerrha revolting again. It did a few times in the past. The plan was to get revolting again, (which it was lready doing) I brought in spies and sabotaged some happiness buildings, but they didn't kick the Seleucids out anymore. Anyway it seems it is time to fight some Sabaeans, though I'm afraid one of the two hellenistic superpowers might attack when most of my forces are so far from home. And actually the Sabaean stacks look fearsome as well. Especially as there seems to be a small error in recruitment, providing the Sabaeans with cavalry archers to accompany their heavily (well to Arabian standards) armoured archer-spearmen.

I feel like my face is getting buried into that playthrough :clown:

looking forward to the release: it will be quite a sight my great empire!

[moonburn]

your only chance as nabatea is to be one of the 2 big dogs bitch and always fight to make sure there´s a balance and that is if the diplomacy works so be prepared to pay hundreads of mnai ech turn to avoid wars

for me since i hate the pants down position the best is probably to rush to the sabeans destroy them and build an empire in arabia aslong as the sabeans are alive you and them are pawns to be played and traded by the phaero and the archon

allinces with either numidia or kart hadast is a must particulary because you can´t appeal at the meroans or the axumites

with the archon is "easyer" to deal with there are many smaller kingdoms surrounding it wich will gladly join you in a treaty of all for one and one for all wich would close down the arche in a gridlock since they can´t be in too many places at once

the mikrA ASIA or to sum it up properly the messy asia is a plus since it allows you to play the hellenics hellenist against each other to keep them busy

depending on diplomacy

and as nabatea money is of litle use to you unlike the hellenic factions with their super heavy infantry and cavalery your units outisde of the desert/desertic areas are weak your only way to win is to harass raid and win trough atriction like the romans against hannibal cause in the field head on ... also depending on your siege warfare habilities

the way the society and economy are structered it doesn´t payoff to have a standing army so you´ll depend mostly on over expensive militias so when you go to conquer you must move swiftly since speed is your only ally before the army breaks down due to the lack of finantial power to sustain medium overpriçed troops

with this being said the free upkeep and the possible introduction of a garrison script combined with the desert bonus makes nabatea a strong faction on the defence aslong as you don´t get the full brunt of either the ptolemaioi or the seulekids

just my point of view on the viability of nabatea proper planing and hit and run tactics to tire up enemies and cross fire strategies to win both on the campaign and the batle front

[Rovert]

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[Moros]

https://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6606/efxy.png (https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/efxy.png/)

As the Nabatu met up with the Sabaean army in the newly created desert (thanks Alin!), Almuqah's thundering hooves made it rain and thunder. But the arrows shot by the children of Al-Qaum would outnumber even the water drops. Our mighty cavalry force brought fear into the hearts of these effeminate city dwellers. Their shields and armour can't save them in the desert, nor can their petty gods or their perfume. Their riches made them soft, but they will not remain theirs for long. It's only five days travelling to the splendid city of Maryab according to our Bedouin brethren from the 'Amar tribe. There we will face the giant walls of the ancient city, behind which these cowards hide. Yes, we are not great besiegers. But how long can they last in there? The days of the palace of Salhin are numbered. Their damns will crumble and their temples burn. They will kneel before their new malek and never be worthy again to carry their knives and call themselves men. The sacred gold of the trees, treasure of the winged serpents will be ours!

[Ibrahim]

https://img191.imageshack.us/img191/6606/efxy.png (https://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/efxy.png/)

As the Nabatu met up with the Sabaean army in the newly created desert (thanks Alin!), Almuqah's thundering hooves made it rain and thunder. But the arrows shot by the children of Al-Qaum would outnumber even the water drops. Our mighty cavalry force brought fear into the hearts of these effeminate city dwellers. Their shields and armour can't save them in the desert, nor can their petty gods or their perfume. Their riches made them soft, but they will not remain theirs for long. It's only five days travelling to the splendid city of Maryab according to our Bedouin brethren from the 'Amar tribe. There we will face the giant walls of the ancient city, behind which these cowards hide. Yes, we are not great besiegers. But how long can they last in there? The days of the palace of Salhin are numbered. Their damns will crumble and their temples burn. They will kneel before their new malek and never be worthy again to carry their knives and call themselves men. The sacred gold of the trees, treasure of the winged serpents will be ours!


you know, with this, I'll consider myself blessed if I became a beta tester :clown:

[Principe]

I'm not a great fan of EB II, because I have to be strong when I can't get it. My parents think EB is ruining my Life. :wall: I thought this forum was ended forever, since I posted three AARs without a single reply. Where was everyone?

[QuintusSertorius]

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Have Koinon Hellenon or their equivalent Greek faction taken Kyrenaia over there (by naval invasion)? Or did it revolt to them? They seem to have done an impressive job of taking over the islands of the central/eastern Mediterranean. Again I wonder whether they invaded or got them by revolt.

[Moros]

Have Koinon Hellenon or their equivalent Greek faction taken Kyrenaia over there (by naval invasion)? Or did it revolt to them? They seem to have done an impressive job of taking over the islands of the central/eastern Mediterranean. Again I wonder whether they invaded or got them by revolt.

Crete they certainly conquered. Cyrene, I'm not hundred percent sure, but it seems they conquered them. KH, the ptollies, the seleucids and pergamon are/were quite active on the seas.
Ibrahim : I'm afraid it's not the Nabatu and Sabaeans who need beta testing the most. As I already have figured out most issues with them.

[Ibrahim]

Crete they certainly conquered. Cyrene, I'm not hundred percent sure, but it seems they conquered them. KH, the ptollies, the seleucids and pergamon are/were quite active on the seas.
Ibrahim : I'm afraid it's not the Nabatu and Sabaeans who need beta testing the most. As I already have figured out most issues with them.

yeah, with two factions, it's relatively easy to find and fix the problems, iron out the kinks in the Arabian factions--certainly compared to other factions. I was just messing :wink:

in any event, if I were a beta tester, I'd go wherever I was told to, not where I want. I've seen what its like to leave these things uncoordinated.

[GenosseGeneral]

So I dug out a several years old Hayasdan savegame on H/M... I have just taken over the Seleucid heartlands, all the provinces between Tarsos and Charax. Now I have pushed the Ptolies back to Hierosolyma and they have to dealwith a carthie invasion, whereas my ally Pontos has just finished the AS in Asia minor and now apparently plans war against me.
So far, so much fun, economy is decent but I would like some peacetime, as I like some RP'ing and building up my provinces.
Can anyone explain, how do I exactly get these rather complex 'Rebuild-Persia'-reforms?

And that savegame seems to be highly unstable, extremely prone to after-battle ctds. What might this be linked to? I think, this was the reason why I had abandoned it 3 years ago. And fighting the Ptolies' stacks wice because the game crashed does not make it more fun.

(I might upload some pics tomorrow)

[moonburn]

genossegeneral read a few threads in the eb2 forum it seems most cdtc happen due to the lenght of the folder so try and find a way to reduce it´s size