Kurrel
05-05-2010, 09:44
I've been playing a KH campaign in which I went east, chasing Makedon into the land mass between the Mediterranean and the smaller sea to it's northeast. The Arche Seleukids were nowhere to be seen and instead there was a powerful Ptolemaic presence. Naturally, once Makedon started losing it's last cities to me, all hell broke loose because the Egyptians all spontaneously caught rabies and attached me.
In the lands where Makedon uses to be, I had Pella and the two provinces just north of it, the ones that allow me to recruit Thracians and Celts respectively. To the north of that are the Getai, with full stacks constantly being formed and running of north to do Gods-know-what to their fellow pagans. With the massive, resource-draining war against the Ptolemaics, the very last thing I needed was war with the Getai and, for that reason, I had full stacks in all border cities with them.
And then some random city on the northern shore of the sea suddenly joins me, causing war with the Getai. I cancel several constructions and send a diplomat to give them 10k mnai and the province in order to get them to cease fire again. Yay, they listen to sense.
Two seasons later, the same place does it again! This time, it costs me 20k before the Getai will take it back with my humblest apologies.
The next season, they do it for the third time. This time, though, they also spawn with a stack of almighty doom. Gold weapons and armour, with most of the full stack having 2 gold chevrons. The javelin guys with no armour and a brimmed hat in this group are, by the numbers, more deadly than my classical greek hoplites...
So I throw in the towel and go 'OKAY! Fine, you can join me! Sheesh'.
In the lands where Makedon uses to be, I had Pella and the two provinces just north of it, the ones that allow me to recruit Thracians and Celts respectively. To the north of that are the Getai, with full stacks constantly being formed and running of north to do Gods-know-what to their fellow pagans. With the massive, resource-draining war against the Ptolemaics, the very last thing I needed was war with the Getai and, for that reason, I had full stacks in all border cities with them.
And then some random city on the northern shore of the sea suddenly joins me, causing war with the Getai. I cancel several constructions and send a diplomat to give them 10k mnai and the province in order to get them to cease fire again. Yay, they listen to sense.
Two seasons later, the same place does it again! This time, it costs me 20k before the Getai will take it back with my humblest apologies.
The next season, they do it for the third time. This time, though, they also spawn with a stack of almighty doom. Gold weapons and armour, with most of the full stack having 2 gold chevrons. The javelin guys with no armour and a brimmed hat in this group are, by the numbers, more deadly than my classical greek hoplites...
So I throw in the towel and go 'OKAY! Fine, you can join me! Sheesh'.