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Ah well, that campaign was fun while it lasted I guess. Cheers, guys.
Im not a fan of fielding lots of elites. And as for bribing generals - never do it because the prices for them are unrealistic. Keeping under 50k isn't hard, keeping under 100k is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tiberius
My latest campaign is with Dacia I have destroyed thrace and I am going into asia monor where the real money is like for instance I am getting over 1000 a turn from the two greek settlements. I sent my diplomat to rome for trade rights and see this.
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Atilla in the early days...
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I did not want to send him west as he might attack romans :laugh4:
Heh! Well, we all got to start somewhere!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bombasticus Maximus
My campaign rolls on, slowly.. I managed to get the Alliance with the Seleucids back but, like clockwork they revoked it again! This time, I don't think they'll want to talk..
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I took Halicarnassus, but the AI surprised me with a quick two pronged attack..
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I won the bridge battle easily.. I just find it funny to see the AI rout straight into my spears. Relieved the settlement, and continued to build up my forces at Jerusalem and Sidon.
Targets for the next 10 turns or so.
1)Take Antioch, Palmyra and Damscus.. Tarsus if possible.
2)Harass the Seluecids near Sardis - keep them occupied on two fronts
3)Take Cyrene
4)Get Trade Agreements with Rome, and agree ATM packages with Gaul and Spain.
my julii campaign
marius reforms still not occured ~:(
seleucids are doing quite good ,that because i've weaken egypt by modifying te troop aspects for example...desert axemen...i made them light infantry wit 3 attack and 1 charge instead of heavy infantry...all the units I've weaken them ~:)...and the results you can see tem in the campaign map
Im at war now with Carthage,Gaul and Germania
I conquered Marsilia and Narbo Martius but i lost them...now im preparing a strong army at Osca to get them back
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I want to achieve world domination in this campaign so i will come back with some new screenies
An update on my RTW V1.5 Vh/Vh Egyptian Campaign. Done a few more battles.
Have captured Crete and Rhodes from the Greeks. Also attacking Perthia and Seleucid as I work my way north. Rule the eastern med seas except for a pirate stack of 3x50 ships. Allied with Carthage who have their hands full against Roman and Spanish so wont be a threat to my African interests.
Think the Greeks will send armies to Crete on a regular basis so expecting to earn tons of experience. I deliberately send few troops against the Greek attackers in order to create unfavourable odds and thus more experience for those combatants I want to develop.
With odds in the Greeks favour this will be Heroic if won.
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Chariots riding through enemy Peasants dont kill them. They stand up again. Target practice for the archers.
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Enemy general (Faction leader) is the primary target of my archers. But if infantry present their backs downhill from the chariots then they become targets.
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Was a Heroic victory soon after this shot. Cut that a bit fine. Nearly run out of arrows.
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Orgahs, you should really consider trying a mod. Vanilla's just so boring and repetitive...
Usually people recommend a mod in posts like that... :idea2:
try EB which you can find in the EB subforum. in the Mod subforum you can find quite alot of mods though most are not finished.
Rome Total Realism is also very good. i though their site was www.rometotalrealism.com but you can find their link and also links to alot of other mods on www.twcenter.com
I decided to allow TS go gain a +1 I guess.
Almost all the mods are good, so why just recommend one? Different people enjoy different mods after all, and I'm no expert on them.
Actually, www.rometotalrealism.com was the R:TR forum, but is now owned by someone that is not connected (anymore?) to the R:TR team. The real R:TR website is at www.rometotalrealism.org. You can get the latest updates and find the forums there.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Stranger
Otherwise, I agree completely with you.
I absolutely recommend the Extended Greek Mod.Quote:
Originally Posted by Craterus
My campaign with Egypt is going steadily so far. Ive been defending Sidon, Damascus and Plmyra from large Seleucid stacks for the past ten turns or so. This has weakened them somewhat, and I thus felt sufficiently confident to contemplate a major counter-strike..
Strategically, the goal was to isolate their biggest roving army. Captain Pamiu prepares to attack the seiging Seleucids at Palmyra.
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But first Heruben, my main General, must deal with the key battle of 254BC - defeat the garrison at Antioch as they sally forth to meet him on the field. Heruben gets +3 command when defending! He's no slouch.
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I'll have screenshots of the battle for Antioch later tonight, I hope!
As the Seleucids grow weaker in the East, my forces are beginning to amass in Asia Minor. Taking Antioch is key, though. Its the most advanced city in the area, and will be a launching pad for my conquest of Pontus, Parthia and Armenia.
Alexandria and Memphis will handle the growing Carthaginian threat - already a full stack has showed up along my western border in Libya.
Antioch was taken - the battle took the full 40 minutes as i just sat outside and let them sally while I shot them to pieces. Tried to go in at one point, but boiling oil and towers were causing too many casualties - I play with unlimited ammo (unrealistic I know, but it I love Archers)..
Battle ended in a draw..
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But the Archers were the real heroes today..
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I got a Man of the Hour fighting the Seleucids - a certain captain Pamiu - remember him!! That big stack seiging Palmyra did as i expected and tried to race back to relieve Antioch. Pamiu held out and made a name for himself!
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And another even better one fighting some rebels!
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Pontus getting flanked by Levy Phalangites (or Nile Spearmen in vanilla).. Instant rout on that one!
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Just Tarsus to take and the Seleucids will be ready for a ceasefire agreement. I really hate Pontus, though. Along with the Gauls they really are a despicable, opportunistic, knife in your back faction.
Hi
^Garvanko. Big battles you are having. I see your general has managed to get 3 gold chevrons. He must have shot a few thousand to achieve that.
My Egyptians are also fighting Pontus (and Selucid, Greece, Perthia, Pirates)
Here is my attacking force pushing out of Tarsus into Pontic lands. It built a fort at the limit of its movement. Too many Scythed Chariots around to risk camping out in the open without fortifications. Pontus attacked anyway. Laid seige to the fort. Three chariots in that army meant it would have been tough had they caught me in the open.
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On my turn I attacked. Sally forth. Well me General in his chariot did. The rest of the army stayed safe inside the fortifcations.
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Fire !
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Running amok towards their own lines.
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General took up position on the hill. Firing down into the Pontic army.
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Heroic Victory and my third famous battle marker of the campaign. Onward to Mazoka next turn.
Severous, Im seiging Mazaka myself right now. Should be fun to see how you deal with them
Generals in this XGM mod have a bodyguard of Heavy Cavalry, not Chariots.Quote:
Originally Posted by Severous
Heruben the Conquerer
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Key Retinue
1. Swordbearer +1 Personal Security, +1 Valour of Bodyguards
2. Chief Eunuch +2 Personal security, +1 Valour of Bodyguards
3. Bodyguard +2 Personal Securoty, +2 Valour of Bodyguards
Traits
1. A Bit Paranoid +3 Personal Security
2. Security Consious +2 Personal Security
3. Been in the Wars +2 Hit Points
He's also my faction heir +2 Personal Security.
Is he immortal?
This guy will probably die quietly in his sleep somewhere in deep in Scythia.
You go first with Mazaka. My account is somewhat special but in a boring sort of way.
Edit: Here is Africa. Putting down a rebel General.
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Grabbed the high ground in the centre and was never threatened. High ground gave me longer range against the enemy Bowmen who never got a shot off. Lost only 4 of my Desert Cavalry who met the Enemy Generals charge. Later worked out that the enemy only killed one of my men (in the whole battle)..the other three were lost due to friendly fire into the melee.
I have to decide next turn if this general goes West. To break my alliance with Carthage or not. :sweatdrop:
Ive got Heruben as well. 10* ! Last action was alone against 121 rebel peasants near Susa. Odds in his favour 10:1. Killed them all for no loss. Went from no experience to 2 experience.
Taking Mazaka
Started with a pretty strong lineup.
5 Phalangites
2 Cicilian Pirates
2 Ethiopian Axemen
4 Camel Archers
4 Desert Cavalry
1 Merc unit (Cav)
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Attacked with the ram. Infantry moved in slowly, while Camel Archers kept the Pontic missile units at bay.
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Once I was in, it became a streetfight. Who were the stronger phalangites, i wonder? Who would win out in the end? Time for my Axemen and Pirates to get involved..
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Pontus was pushed back to the town square, where I rushed in with my shock troops..
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Camel Archers provided missile support and took out the enemy peltasts..
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In the end, it was fairly comfortable. Heruben probably wished he was back in Antioch.:book:
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Next targets.. Hatra and Ancyra.
Nice big fight well presented. Thanks Garvanko.
Heres my Egyptian capture of the same city.
My forces could just reach the town walls.
No seige was necessary. Spys opened the gates. So I assaulted same turn I arrived.
There were only two defenders. Scythed Chariot and a General.
I sent the Scythian Horse archer mercenaries in through the open gate you used. When they got in range of a unit in the plaza they fired at will. The enemy came after my horse archers which I withdrew out through the gate. This drew the enemy towards the gate. My ranged units outside the town fired at will once the enemy was lured into range. Then enemy soon tured back to the plaza.
Repeated this 3 times. First time it was the general who came down the road, then the Scythed Chariot.. twice. On its second pursuit it was hit by a big volley and 'ran amok'. I was running my troops away from the gate incase it came my way. It didnt. Instead it went into the plaza where the AI general was standing. Chariots killed its own general. The city was mine. Couldnt believe it. I wish I was quicker with the print screen..missed a great shot of the Pontic general being mowed down by a Pontic chariot.
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Haha! Thats just class. Killed by his own crazy Chariots. Brilliant stuff. I was gonna say 'why not just auto-resolve that?' but I guess seeing that was worth the effort. Fantastic.
How much money are you getting out of Jerusalem?
Heres where I got up to tonight. Seleucid and Pontus destroyed.
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My first Egyptian faction leader to die. 64+ years old. He died the first turn I moved him out of a city and left on the road to another city. Wonder if thats a coincidence.
The two pirate ships in the corner have been ignored so far. They have been sitting doing nothing all game. Until now. I dont recall ever seeing a rebel pirate ship blockade a port.
Armenia attacked me over that same end of turn. I had been hoping to go west into Greece with most of my Egyptian army. Insead I will now go north..as well as west. The mountain passes of northern Armenia will make a good defensive line once Ive added their regions to mine.
Sardis was the last Seleucid city. Both Faction leader and heir were present. Both were killed by a single amok Scythed chariot.
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That chariot was the top killer of the battle. I believe it caused all 167 of the enemy 'friendly fire' casualties.
PS. Will post Jerusalem Income figure tommorrow evening.
My campaign continues to mirror yours Severous. Carthage decided to attack me as soon as they finished off Numidia. I was prepared for them though - I had three stacks waiting for them on my western border in Siwa province.
Bit of brinksmanship ensued before I ganged up on one of their big stacks.
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The AI Reinforcements was taking a few too many risks with its General for my liking.:sweatdrop:
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My own General held it together though, and soon the enemy was routing.
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Wouldn't you love to get behind one of these - not sure how you hold on, though!
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Victory and Glory!
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Ive pushed the carthaginians back with my solid defence and am now forcing my way into their territory. Heruben the Conquerer also arrived on a massive Trireme fleet to bolster the command:2thumbsup:
My next targets - take Lepis, Thapsus and Carthage, then Sicily.
I have also started a campaign as the egyptians on m/m and all is going well. I am not fighting the seleucids just yet as I plan on taking parthia's settlements and then circling round into asia monor. This is the settlement plans for my biggest profit cities.
Jerusalem.
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Salamis
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I even got over 10,000 a turn.
Jerusalem will have to upgrade to a Councillors Chamber in a turn or two, so best not to queue the buildings like that!
Maybe so but if they start to get unsure or rebel i will just lower the tax for a while then put it back up.
Yeah, but if you lower taxes, you will get in the red very quickly, and won't be able to afford anything, let alone all those buildings.. Rebellious cities make losses, and low taxes isn't going to bring that cashflow back anytime soon. As soon as a government building becomes available, it should take priority, especially with Egypt. Egypt has unbelievable population growth throughout the game, and every settlment will surely rebel if it doesn't have the best possible govt building at its centre.
Academies and Execution Squares are also very important for the law bonuses.
Academies + Temples, especially to Set or Horus + Govt building + Execution Square = Paradise. :2thumbsup:
In any case, I generally find that queuing lots of buildings early on generally leads to bankruptcy.
Once again the campaign is becoming too easy for me and I want a challenge. What is the best numidian infantry unit and what's there best cav?
Numidian Legionaries, but they require a high barracks level I think. Numidian generals, but they're rare (obviously). Numidian Cavalry should be good, being decent in melee and quite powerful with their initial javelin volleys. They're also easily replaceable.
Hmm only if they had armoured horsemen.
Good evening.
Here are the Jerusalem income details requested. Not as good as yours.
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Its all that land based trade. Best roads are important here. I only build one thing at a time and check out the income gain from each before selecting what to build next. Military building dont tend to be built until there is nothing else to build.
No Govenor here which is probobly a mistake given its large income. Antioch has more income at present.
I moved my capital from Alexandria to Jerusalem in the past year. Jerusalem is more central to my expanding empire.
My faction leader died last night on the final turn before going to bed. He was on his way to Jerusalem and died on the road.
Cavalry only army take Selucia
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Chariots are not very good inside towns.
The generals would split up after this. Best to go north, worst south to hunt down a Perthian army known to be on the loose...and build a few watchtowers in Arabia. Maybe he can go into Jerusalem when he is done. Other one mybe sticks around to build a few improvements before heading west.
Even without a governor you're still making quite a bit of money from Jerusalem, Severous. Not as much as Bombasticus Maximus, but he's got a larger population.
A large population doesn't seem to have helped me, though.. As soon as the Palace and Pantheion are built, Im building an Execution Square and Crop Rotation.
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