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From my Arverni game with BI.exe:
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here is a little update of my sauro campaing.
pontus have been wiped out by me while the romans took care of the arverni.
Look out at the mess that southern gaul has become!
the lusotannan and the romans are fighting for every city in the area withouth mercy! I have played 2 years forward and some cities have switched hands and none seems to be winning the war.
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Wow, your empires that massive, yet you have 152 saved up, I take it you require massive garrisons in most towns?
And your corruption must be HUUUGE! Tell us how much every turn please. :D
actually the good thing of being a barbarian from the steppes is that I can exterminate everything in my path withouh feeling remorse. :P
I've played untill 200bc now and I managed to conquer Memphis from the AS.
The ptolies (my allies) have recovered Alexandria, the city west of it and a red sea city from the Karthis via rebellion and I plan to give them control of Memphis after I burn everything to the ground.
I have high unrest only in Sidon, Susa and an indian city I can't remember. My capital is in Uspe and my Faction Leader (a 52 year old great conqueror) is defeating KH armies near Byzantium.
My only problem is that I constantly need to exterminate cities in order to get a decent income to build up for an offensive.
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215 BCE
Playing with EB Tweaks, some changes in the win conditions, and a few changes of my own. I'm liking the Audui and Hai progression. The only thing I don't much like is the Bactrians and Makedonians.
Playing as Rome, by the way. :laugh4:
Hayasdan, M/M
262
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Not much going on, everyone's just slurping up nearby Eleutheroi provinces...
252
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Sometime in the mid-250s (it's been a while now...) AS decided to attack me, almost as if this were on VH. Nonsensical wars like this ruined my last campaign - that's why I tend not to use the setting for most factions anymore. AS at the time was at war with all neighbors except myself and possibly the Ptolemies. Pontus pulled an even more extreme VH-move within a couple of turns, making peace with AS in order to attack me... ~:rolleyes: Fortunately AI diplomatic behavior has been as sane as can be expected since then.
242
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In this decade I made peace with Pontus by re-allying with their ally, Parthia. In a surprisingly sensible move, Pontus turns west rather than continuing to irrigate their former homelands with the blood of their armies.
Right around this point AS finally runs out of troops (massive losses repeatedly besieging Karkathiokerta and Ekbatana).
232
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AS collapse, losing their heartlands to me and Antioch to rebels (quickly taken by the Ptolemies). Carthage and Epirus finally wake up and do something. Pontus seems to be doing well in their new home in Thrace.
Ptolemies declare war on Hayasdan - established superpower trying to put a beatdown on the new superpower while it's still getting started. Didn't work, but might have been dangerous if the AI raised balanced armies instead of nearly 100% heavy infantry. Finally, a declaration of war I can respect, at least! :beam:
Since it's hard to see, AS retains Edessa, Damascus, Ipsos, and Sardis.
222
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More factions start to do things. Bactria has been at war with AS longer than I have, yet this is their first new province in a generation. Go Pontus! Easternize Thrace for me! :beam: They seem to have terrible troop selection since I took their homelands too - I see swarms of Hippokontistai, Levy Hoplites, and Galatians.
Rome (as I gather is common in 1.0) is having trouble because they keep sending small armies into the Alps, with predictable results against the huge elite Eleutheroi armies there. Looks like they'll keep Capua this time, and maybe retake Arpi someday (I have a spy on station to enjoy the show). Roman armies are decent-looking, more Pedites Extraordinarii than there should be but it's hard to argue with such a good unit. They field more cavalry (Eq. Extraordinarii and a few Campanian Cav.) than the idiot Ptolemies have...
Macedon is not doing so well now, so sad. Their remaining cities have some nice troops in them though. Epirus seems to have expanded on the backs of Phalangitai Deuteroi and Hoplitai, I haven't seen any of their elites with any of my spies.
Carthage has pretty clearly become a third top-tier faction now, I'll be interested to see what they do next.
AS lost Sardis to rebellion, the Ptolemies picked it up. The same is likely to happen to Ipsos in the next decade, I think only the elderly faction leader's Influence is keeping it under control.
Peace and Order will come to Susa and Persepolis around 219; the Orontid reforms take a looong time to get started... That's actually a good thing, though, I see this campaign staying interesting well into the 100s.
BI, VH/M Romani campaign. All unit recruitment times reduced by one turn.
And Spring 212, (at 240 turns my longest TW campaign ever, and still being challenged:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pode
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In the neighborhood of Roman lands, I'd settled on a frontier that left Bratosporios and Vesontio to the Aedui and Arverni, with Bagacos in Sweboz hands, but a look at the recruitment viewer enlightened me that the Gallic factions were pretty much crippled in terms of unit variety and they were still annoyingly persistent about attacking my border cities and refusing peace, so I decided to move my planned frontier up to the Rhine and eliminated them both. Unfortunately some jackass built watchtowers at several river crossings, so I can't fortify that border properly. Satres is serving as a great client garrison force on my northeast border, soaking up everything the Sweboz, Getai, and even KH can throw at him. Speaking of KH, they have a real fetish for Taras, to the point of marching past all the undefended cities of Italy to attack it over land, even though they haven't finished off Epiros. Carthage gave up on navies after losing a few close fights, so no one is challenging my control of the seas, which I've used to lay siege to the Baleares. The Lusos have finally joined their ally against me, but not done much more as yet. The Casse are scary now that they've unified Britain, but are keeping to themselves.
Outside my sphere, the KH took their Black Sea holding from the Sweboz, which surprised me to see them that far east. Pontus made the Yellow Peril angry and paid for it. Maks appear to be in good shape to contest Asia Minor, since the Ptolies have all their troops in the east vs AS and Saba. Baktria seems to have overextended itself vs AS after dealing with the Saka, and AS has them on the ropes for the time being (depending on how things go vs Ptolies). Pahlava had gone to India, but is now a shell of its former self, along with Sauromatae.
Finances have been tighter than I'd expected at this stage, as garrisoning Gaul has been demanding. I'm keeping two small legions in the field (1 triarii, 2 Principes, 3 Hastati, a slinger, an archer, a velites, an equites, and a Campanici) and am finally starting to net a profit again while still building constantly. One legion's holding the Belgian frontier, the other cleaning up rebels and greeks in Italy. Intent is to try to start a war between Casse and Sweboz to take pressure off the north, then go campaigning in Iberia in the next few years, give KH time to finish off my Epirote allies, and then go to Greece in a campaign of "liberation".
@Empedocles: Holy ****. 203 BC and you got half the world give or take a few celts?
@gamegeek2: Yes!!! But take notice that greece is still at KH hands. I've played a few turns after that post:
1° The romans are winning supremacy over gaul and are pushing back the Lusotannan and the Aeudi
2° I have started a war against the Dacii and I'm moving towards pella with my king.
3° The saka are no more and I know hold all the Indu-Kush region except for two southern provinces.
4° I'm eagerly waiting for the Yuezhi!
This is my Romani campaign on H/H but always autocalculating battles, and it is the longest I have managed with them. I quickly took Italy and attacked Messana in 267bc. This war in Sicily was brief and only lasted 4 or so years. I then regrouped and after a wait of 10 years, made an attack on Corsica and sardinia and cisalpine gual. After a quick conquest of Corsica and Sardinia, I pushed on to the Balerics and finally Iberia. From here, I have established control over most of the peninsula whilst launching punitive campaigns against Epirus for their foolish attacks. From these attacks, I have brought to Rome the wealth of all Illyria and Macedon.
I have enjoyed this game as I have been able to maintain my alliances with Gaul and KH despte shared borders and have been able to save the KH from the great epirote empire growing in the East. I am however not looking forward to facing the Ptolies as they are terrifyingly strong.
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Always autocalculate!!? Do you do this because your computer is too slow during battles?Quote:
Originally Posted by We shall fwee...Wodewick
Yeah, my comp can't handle huge units with battles, so for Rome I always let the computer fight for me. I find it easier to get command stars this way, but it also makes it harder to blitz the map as I actually can lose battles.Quote:
Originally Posted by tapanojum
Also on this map, I have managed to get every city in Italy as huge and Arretium is 40,000 while Rome is just 28,000! I didn't know you could get 40,000 in one city. Is there actually a limit to the population of a city or can it in theory be limitless(ignoring the massive squalor such a city would have)?
If you can keep the pop growing the sky's the limit. Usually when I play Romani I'll have multiple 40-50k cities, at least while a good farmer-type of gov is in place. Gotta have a tax base, yo.
Same Sauromatae campaing now in 200bc.
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I have removed the AS from Egypt where they have grown strong and used force_diplomacy to give the region to the Ptolemaioi in exchange of them becoming a protectorate.
I'm now at war with DAcia and the KH both have strong armies I will face soon.
regards!!
The luso-roman war for Gaul is turning against the lusotannan.
Mein Gott, how do you maintain public order? And how many fullstacks have you?
My capital is at Uspe and every city I conquer I exterminate the populace. I have some problems with certain cities (if you look at the mini map a city have revolted to the AS after holding it for almost 30 years now).
The problem with the Sauromatae is that your economy does not allow you to mantain as many full stacks as you may wish (considering I hold half of the world).
Aspadanos, my Faction leader, has been declared king while I was starting my war against the AS like 30 years from now. He has conquered almost every city from Baktria to Pella right now.
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Hey dude can u send me ur game ... as in the saved version. I've never advanced that much in a roman campaign & it looks really interesting. So if you dont mind can u PM me the saved game. That'd be gr8 !!!Quote:
Originally Posted by MarcusAureliusAntoninus
Prince
My KH campagin
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Currently At war with the Steppe barbarians, and aside from that the AI isn't really doing much just the Eygptians and the AS tearing into each other and the AS is on the poor end of the stick. rome Unified Italy proper and i took care of the remaining greeks having gained full control by about 250. Got the two norther black sea territories to revolt against the northern steppe peoples.
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Now a decade later. With me gaining the northern provinces i decided to send my main armies(3 at this point a fourth created during the dcade and being shiped off to Sicily despite previous plans to assault the Getai. I plan on removing Carthage and assault their isles for betraying me in diplomatic talks(I acquired a peace treaty with them for taking Messana from them in a revolt payed the 50k for a ceasefire and they attack me the next turn. The AI at least for the Yellow death has been doing . . . ok (ok because they opened a second front with another super power that straddles the west and east me . . .) I'd been allied with them since the beginning of the game and they suddenly blockade some of my ports. this was about 236 BC . Sent my grand army (the army i've had since the game started which is alot of gold chevrons considering this army wiped out the makadons and the Eporite (yes i can't spell them.) As well as establishing a foothold in Asia Minor. Also sent them a 30mani stone throw and quickly took 3 of the settlements by 230bc except. My greatest general was leading the army and when landing on Antioch he was assassinated causing a rapid halt to my expansion as my army as experienced as it may be cannot fight well against even a small garrison of 300 (nearly 80% casualties in the auto cal considering it was 3 generals and bunch of beat up bronze chevon units i thought it was bullshit but meh) As such the next year antioch rebeled to AS and my army retreated back into the Greek cities on Asia Minor to retrain as i await for another Sparan to finish his training.
Aside from the Yellow guy AS has been on a rapid decline which is likly to change because as soon as i take out the Pontus that army will real around back into Asia minor and take out the Rest of Yellow unless that general gets assassinated. The light blue guys woke up in the last decade as well as Batrika starting some wars up in the far north. Casse are still trying to unify Britain. I dunno if i'll continue to 220 BC as i was really upset to loose Ayis (my general) He'd led the unification of the Greeks in Greece and Ionia only to be assassinated by a back stabbing ally.
My campaign has been quite remarkable so far. Will post screenies when I can.
As of now Getai have conquered the Balkans save where I am, and have conquered the Chersonese and Skythia all the way to Neurije. The KH have unified Greece and are expanding into Asia Minor. Khersonesos has rebelled to KH so they have that. There is now a three-way war going between me, the Getai and KH, with each at the other two's throats.
Makedonia has moved house to Asia Minor, where they are now comfortably in control. They are allied with Pontos, who are gradually unable to hold off the KH as they send fullstack after fullstack, finally losing Nikaia and giving the Oranges a foothold in Asia Minor. Ankyra has been under constant contest for nigh on 8 years now. Siege and relief, siege and relief.
AS are the strongest I have ever seen, forcing back the steppe factions and taking the steppes, and even India, and forcing back the Ptolemaioi also. The Ptolemaioi are the weakest ingame by logical extension, losing their desert territories to the Qarthadastim and their Syrian ones to the AS. Baktria is very solidly growing but seems unable to expand. The other factions are dead. Sauromatae are stagnant again, despite my giving them two fullstacks of experienced hoplitai to work with to counter the autocalc weakness of cavalry. They are being imposed upon by Hayasdan.
I'm playing as Makedonia, M/M difficulty. The date is 236 BC.
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This is the first game I've played on medium campaign difficulty, and it seems to have done the AI wonders. The Romans are expanding instead of sitting idly by in Italy, the Aedui actually follow through on their victories over the Areverni, Baktria has punched into the Seleukid empire like a knife - though they declared peace early on - and Hayasdan had considerable (though short lived) success against the Sauromatae.
In spite of this, I'm probably going to throw in the towel on this campaign before long. The Ptolemaioi are at that stage where, having had time to fester and grow wealthy, they start drowning me in an inexorable cascade of Klerouchoi and Agema and the game becomes a bit tedious.
What campaign difficulty did you use previously, easy? I find 'Hard' makes a difference as they have access to mercs that are often better than the regional troops.Quote:
Originally Posted by jabarto
Hard. I dropped to Medium as I'd heard diplomacy is slightly better on that level.Quote:
Originally Posted by Perturabo
I wasn't aware of the mercenary thing, though. Maybe I just had a lucky game?
My Pahlava game in 210 BCE with EB tweaks, changed victory conditions for the AI, faster base movement, and higher public order:
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Rome and Carthage have been particularly interesting. Rome took Sicily fairly early (270-265-ish a couple years before they kicked out Epiros, in fact) and then proceeded to take over cisalpine gaul and the southern coast of modern France. They then conquered the (Mediterranean) coastal Greek cities of Iberia, followed by the two Carthaginian cities there, and then invaded the interior. Meanwhile, they kept thowing stack after stack at the cities just north of the Alps, until finally the won. They took over Gaul over about 20 years (just finishing a couple years ago) and invaded Illyria and Dacia. They are now fighting Epiros and KH in Hellas.
Carthage was not doing much for a long time (besides being defeated by Rome in a couple wars and capturing some African towns), but a few years ago, they invaded Egypt and captured Libya and Memphis. They have now lost Libya, but still cling to Memphis with one and a half stacks (including two units of Elephants, some artillery, and some elite African Pikemen). To my utter amazement, a year or two ago, they invaded Iberia and are now at war with the Romans for a third time.
Unfortunately, the Selucids kept attacking me, even after I forced them to accept a ceasefire, so I now control their former empire. For a while, they did manage to make a come back after losing Iran, by conquering all of Asia Minor, excluding one town of Pontos, but it fell to my Cataphracts pretty easily.
The Hai attacked me about when I reached Susa. By that time they had unified pretty much all of the Caucaus, and managed to put up a pretty good fight, but lost to my superior numbers after a decade or so.
Baktria and the Saka seem content to fight each other, and after a brief war 50 years ago, I have not fought the Blue Monster. Both seem to be following pretty normal expansion routes, with Baktria just recently appearing to find an interest in India. The Sauromatae seem to be doing better than normal and have been my loyal allies for a few decades now.
Th Gallic factions expanded, but neither really got the upper hand and both have been subdued by Rome now. The Casse have unified the British Isles and seem content to watch the mainland factions kill each other. The Sweboz similarly are not doing anything interesting.
Pontos, having lost their homelands to the Gray Death, seem content now to fight the remnants of their enemies in Byzantion. KH and Epiros defeated Makedonia and lived in relative peace until the Roman's started getting involved. Epiros is almost gone now, and I think KH will likely fall to the Romans as well (at least, I hope so, I want to face Marian Legions with my horse archers and Cataphracts :D). Saba is doing well, but I think I might conquer them soon, for all the valuable trade in that region. I'll wait until the inevitable attack. :clown:
My armies:
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My second oldest army, under the great leader Artakhshir, conqueror of Babylon when he was just a teen, returning to Ekbatana (which, along with Susa, have been my main recruitment centers for the past three decades, and the first to get a reformed government) for retraining, after capturing Alexandria from the treaty-breaking Ptolemies.
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My newest army, under the young Ariyaramna, consisting entirely of cataphracts. While this force is very expensive, and often suffers heavier causualties against the phalanx-based armies of the Greeks than my horse archer, this force is ideally suited for captuing cities, as these unit's carge will rout most infantry quickly, and the horses will then easily run down the enemies as the flee towards the central plaza, (provided I send a spy or two, or hire mecenaries to handle the seige equipment) and for defeating the newer, lighter armies being fielded by the Hellens and the archer heavy armies of the east.
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And the oldest army of the Parthians, including units fielded aginst the Gray Death half a century ago (though, of course, not the same men), lead by the Great Warrior King Dadmehr, great grandson of the first Great King of the Pahlava. Under Dadmehr, the Kingdom has doubled in size, the new, heavier cataphract has been introduced, the Empire's finances have been put on a more secure footing than ever before, and, with the capture of Alexandria and the marginalization of the Seleukid dynasty, all significant threats to the Kingdom's integrety have been destroyed.
Edit:
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Now, all significant threats have been destroyed. :clown:
Wow! That's the first time I've ever seen a succesful Roman empire. This could be very interesting.:whip:
That's amazing, Warlord 11. A full scale Parthian empire and a semi full scale Roman empire. You must have cheated, right? ~;)
Well, I wouldn't call it cheating...:clown:Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Just Toggle_fow every few years out of curiosity, and the changes I said (EB tweaks, changed victory conditions for the AI, faster base movement, and higher public order). I must admit, I am playing on M/M though.
Much has happened in my Makedonian campaign since last update. I fought the Ptolemies and their Pontic allies in Asia Minor and basically saved my allies the Seleukids from total destruction. Hayasdan made incursion to the steppes but were humbled by the massive Baktrian empire, which forced them to become a protectorate. The Gallic civil war dragged on, with the Sweboz surprisingly unable to make much headway, save for their invasions to Cisalpine Gaul. Kart-Hadast continued to pester me with naval invasions, including a massive one at Sicily. This prompted me to retaliate with almost Roman-like determination and brutality...
215 BC:
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Over the next 20 years, major developments happend in the West. The 2nd great Helleno-Punic war decimated the power of Kart-Hadast (complete sacking and extermination of the "triangle" of cities including Karth itself, conquest of Corsica and Sardinia, massive naval war resulting in the destruction of Punic fleets, further merciless raids to the African coasts) which in turn led to the spectacular rise of the Lusitanians. Long the underdog, they kicked the weakened Karthadastim out of Iberia, then proceeded to extend their domination over the entire peninsula, and carried on with their blitzkrieg past the Pyrenees to Southern Gaul, even crossing the Alps and wrestling for control of Cisalpine Gaul with the Sweboz! They now sport a sizable empire and look to be in a good position to subjugate the Gauls who, seemingly against all odds, continue to linger on to their heartlands.
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In the East, things went well at first, with Ptolemaioi and the Mithridatic dynasty being forced back. I reinstalled my Seleukid allies to the throne of Syria, trading their holdings in Asia Minor for their lost heartlands. But once in control of Antiocheia and the Levant, they betrayed me in what ought to be the stupidest move I've ever seen the AI pull (and that's saying a lot!) They were at war with almost every neighboring faction at the time, I was their only ally, and they had piddly mercenary-based armies and no money. Still, they thought it a good idea to attack me when I had several fullstacks of battle-hardened veteran troops in & near the area. Needless to say, that war ended quite fast, and now the kings of Seleukid dynasty must bend knee to the Argeid king-of-kings and serve me as a minor client-state, just as the Getai do.
As a result of these wars, the Ptolemaioi have been severely weakened, their empire split in half. Meanwhile the Baktrian empire has grown even larger and is, without doubt, the only power in the world that is still able to truly challenge me.
As for the steppes, they have turned into an utter mess. The nomad factions are scattered and fighting against each other and the vassal tribes of the Baktrians and the Hai. They are far too occupied with those wars to be of any threat.
195 BC:
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The Lusotannan Empire? That's something new!
Oh, and I... well... like the steppes :dizzy2:
10 years later:Quote:
Originally Posted by Warlord 11
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As you can see, Saba attacked me and quickly paid for their agression. Bactria also attacked me, though in a manner far more organized than usual for the AI, with three full stacks attacking three different cities all on the same turn. At that time I had four armies: one in Egypt, one in Iran, and two invading Saba from the East and West. I was forced to raise new armies at Persopolis to deal with the threat as well as sending one of the armies fighting the Saba to deal with the attack. I now I have six: three in the East, one returning from Arabia, and two in Egypt, along with two major allied armies, the Hellenic armies of the states of Alexandia and Antiochia. The Ptolomies have been less impressive, though it is likely that is because the front is so narrow, so only one army is needed. The Sauromantae broke our alliance when Baktria attacked me, but have been smart enough not to start a war (though I think a war with them would be difficult, as my cataphracts couldn't catch their horse archers, and my horse archers would take heavy causualties against them). Pontos and Arche Seleukidia are still raiding each other's territory and occationally attacking each other's capitals. Epiros and KH are still allied, and have forced the Roman's on the defensive. Rome at one point captured Pella, but KH has successfully liberated it and have attacked Tylis. The Sweboz are allied to Rome, and so are still not doing anything interesting. The Casse are still sitting on their island. The Saka and Getai have been forced to migrate far from their homeland and are not doing much. Of course, the really interesting thing is the Carthaginian attack on Iberia. They have been remarkably successful, and have just entered Italy. I am starting to worry that I may not get to fight Marian Legions. I am thinking about invading Carthaginian Africa after I destroy the Ptolomies. Hopefully, that will make them too poor to raise powerful armies to fight Rome, and Rome will crush them.