Who should succeed Perseus, Basileus of Makedonia?

I'd say the king would surely choose his younger son Antiochos over a bastard. But he could not have done that before Antiochos' glorious victory because only then would the army accept him over the more experienced and influental Euphamios. But there would certainly be hard feelings. Sure, Euphamios is unselfish, but the agony of an unthankful father could make him bitter. And there is nothing more dangerous to a newly elected heir than a embittered half-brother with a lot of military fame and good connections to the army and the court. Beware the ides of september!
Do not put him in charge of Egypt, since that is a very rich region. Put him in command on the eastern border where he will be busy fighting nomads, Seleukids and rebellious Easterners. A man's mind constantly occupied with fighting won't have the time to scheme.

This is of course all just roleplay since there are no real rebellions in the RTW engine (unfortunately). Man, how cool would that be if there would be civil wars like in good ol' MTW. *nostalgia time*

Well, you can roleplay civil wars and even stimulate them, but it requires some time. I, for one, will try and roleplay my own little civil war soon and will surely make an appropriate topic. One thing that bothers me though, are the internal names of the Makedonian FM's, as it seems that I cannot teleport any of them by just adding their names to the cheats. Also, when I want to add units, it always says that the unit is not regognised, even though I type in the exact unit name (for example, ''hellenistic infantry spartiates hoplitai''). I know this is not the appropriate topic, but maybe someone could clear this out for me? I would be immensely grateful to him.

Maion

I think it's "hellenistic infantry spartiateshoplitai" without the space between spartiates and hoplitai. Did you remember the hyphens? When you type in >?create_unit<, perhaps it gives you the exact syntax?

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Originally Posted by machinor

I'd say the king would surely choose his younger son Antiochos over a bastard. But he could not have done that before Antiochos' glorious victory because only then would the army accept him over the more experienced and influental Euphamios. But there would certainly be hard feelings. Sure, Euphamios is unselfish, but the agony of an unthankful father could make him bitter. And there is nothing more dangerous to a newly elected heir than a embittered half-brother with a lot of military fame and good connections to the army and the court. Beware the ides of september!
Do not put him in charge of Egypt, since that is a very rich region. Put him in command on the eastern border where he will be busy fighting nomads, Seleukids and rebellious Easterners. A man's mind constantly occupied with fighting won't have the time to scheme.

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I really share your thoughts on this topic! Do you think I should charge him with the upcoming conquest of Italy? Or perhaps government of the Crimea, where I have to prepare for the Sarmatae who will try to reconquer it?

Yeah, it's spartiateshoplitai. It was just an example, I always alt-tab to find their names, but I just don't seems to be able to add any unit. For example: ''create_unit Sparte hellenistic infantry spartiateshoplitai 4'' does nothing, it says unrecognised unit type or something...

Maion

No... while Euphamios would likely be enraged, he is too loyal to really try userping his brother once dad dies.... no i see that danger in Euphamios' son more likely.

It has happened!

https://img244.imageshack.us/img244/...adesbasls7.jpg

I think Antiochos is already on a distinguished road, really. He has grown.

Achievements in the regency of Perseus:

Before...
https://img502.imageshack.us/img502/...timjahrpi8.jpg

... and after Perseus.
https://img293.imageshack.us/img293/...timjahrml3.jpg

Now does that justify a "Megas" for Perseus? What do you think? Btw. Euphamios is now in Hibis and has gotten the "melancholic" trait.

If I want to rename Seleukeia after Perseus, what would it be called? Perseia? Persepolis is not really an option...

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Originally Posted by Maion Maroneios

Yeah, it's spartiateshoplitai. It was just an example, I always alt-tab to find their names, but I just don't seems to be able to add any unit. For example: ''create_unit Sparte hellenistic infantry spartiateshoplitai 4'' does nothing, it says unrecognised unit type or something...

Maion

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create_unit Sparte "hellenistic infantry spartiateshoplitai" 4,1,1,1

create_unit "Sparte" "hellenistic infantry spartiateshoplitai" 4,1,1,1

Haven't tried it myself but you should try these. Maybe it's Sparta because I remember that Ambrakia was Apollonia iirc, there might be something like two settlements having internal names, I don't know....

I'm quite sure it is:

create_unit Sparte "hellenistic infantry spartiateshoplitai" 4 0 0 0

No , between the numbers, cities go without ", armies with ".
The first digit is number of units, the second experience, the third defensive upgrades, the last offensive upgrades.

Edit: After reading that about civil wars, I have to make some self-advertising, as I promise a tiny little civil war in my AAR, although it is about 15 to 20 chapters in the future :laugh4:

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Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus

I really share your thoughts on this topic! Do you think I should charge him with the upcoming conquest of Italy? Or perhaps government of the Crimea, where I have to prepare for the Sarmatae who will try to reconquer it?

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I'm not so sure, if charging him with new glorious conquests is the right thing. He should be getting the command in a defensive war like the one on the Crimea. New glorious conquest should be made by the new king so that he can further establish himself as a military leader and satisfy the few people still sceptic about his abilities. Plus the glory of a whole new spearconquered land like Italy befits only the king.

Ah, thank you both Lysmachos and Centurio! I will try it later this day. As for Perseus, I don't think he deserves to be called ''Megas''. Does his feats compare to those of Alexandros? He could be called ''Kataktetes'', or ''Conqueror'' though.

Maion

I think he will be either Nikator or Soter, cause he saved the Greeks of the Crimea from smelly nomadic opression. Euphamios is currently stomping out some rebellions in Nubia...

That would also do. As for Soter, probably only Skythian Hellenes would call him so.

Maion

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Originally Posted by Hax

Yes, of course that's what they told you, Comrade Nixalsverdrich.

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Boy, when you say that it reminds me of that one episode of the Simpson's where the Soviet Union starts popping out everywhere on the press of a button by a diplomat in the U.N.:clown:(Hell, even Lenin came back from the grave:skull:)