Yeah, the averni were doing even better before but then for some reason lost their capital to the aedui who then immediately lost it to the romans. So it looks like rome will take them all over soon =(
As for fighting the sauro's.....it involved alot of defensive battles and ambushes. The reason I pushed as far as Gelonus and Olbia is that I can now recruit my own horse archers from each of those. So my force will be horse archer heavy if we happen to have another war. Of course, i need money. Only got 3 mid size armies in existence and every town is almost fully upgraded economically but still no more than 2 or 3K in the bank at any time. I am fully mobilzed at the moment. I can not make much money out of the steppes and baltic regions.
This is my Makedonian empire around 266, my primary target was Pontus (who took Byzantiun), bu then I was attacked by the Getai (who had an awesome development), who attacked tylis, I offered them a ceasefire with the condition of giving me one of their towns, and they surprisingly accepted, now I'm fairly well with them, I bought something like, four regions, and I'm in doubt whether to attack pontus or keep buying Getai land until they are weak enough for a final attack.
Given the fact that both the Barbaroi and the Getai are in Eastern Europe, I think I'll need to dispatch some more full stacks there, I have one at Naissos now.
Seriously is that at 266 BC? Looks Like the AI did a blitz with all the factions! In my VH/M Romani campaign at 265 BC the AI has only conquered few settlements within thei region like casse has only gained one region over the 7 years.
08-30-2010, 18:48
Biowulf
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Back again with my campaign, it's now 235 BC and quite a few things have changed.
First off I am playing as KH and it's been a very interesting campaign so far.
The world so far and my main army:
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
https://i173.photobucket.com/albums/...2-43-32-53.jpg
It's made of my best general leading the original troops I used to subdue Asia Minor plus some recently recruited top-end troops. It performed very well in it's first battle so I'm optimistic that it'll go far.
Early in the game I decided if I couldn't win the battles in Greece then I would see if I could stage a comeback from the islands. It only took 5 years, but Makedonia did it, they completely destroyed my armies in Greece and captured Athens and Sparte. By that time the Sauro's had taken the Bosphoran cities but they rebelled to me, as did Halikarnassos. My first bid for Asia Minor ended in failure as the Seleukids destroyed the rebel army I had formed and re-took Hali. Then Pergamon rebelled to me, and Hali again. From those two cities I attempted to make a secure position. Until about 250 I didn't have anything resembling a secure foothold. I negotiated an alliance with Epeiros, and now they're almost dead. I was at war with the Ptolies, but I took Ipsos from them and killed many armies so they asked for a ceasefire, then I allied with them and haven't been bothered since. Pontos made the mistake of challenging me with skirmisher armies so I destroyed them. I also needed the trade across the Pontic sea to my little colonies. Out of a sense of desperation I accepted a protectorate agreement from Makedonia so I could have time to secure my position in Asia Minor. Up until a few years ago that is :P I took Byzantion again and held it against a huge army made of decent troops. Only 14 Makedones survived out of 3400, and the general was not one of them. Right now I'm marching towards Tylis with my main army and the Seleukids took a break from fighting the Ptolies to besiege Amaseia >.>
My main general, Niarchos Samios, still only has 5 stars, and mediocre traits, but he's pretty much all I have right now. He's been the saviour of the Greek alliance and I wish his stats would show it. Anywho, that's my campaign so far and I really don't know what the future holds since Seleukia is still a huge threat and so is Makedonia.
Spoiler Alert, click show to read:
From West to East:
Luso's are expanding fairly quickly and tried taking Burdigala. I think they'll explode out soon and take over the world.
Carthage is bumming around, expanding a little bit and I don't think they're at war with anyone yet.
Casse are being the Casse.
Romans are expanding around the Aedui and a little in Iberia. They're at war with the Gallic tribes and allied with the Sweboz. they took Gergovia from the Arverni and just recently took Lemonum.
The Aedui are holding in Gaul and will either fall to the Romans or Lusos
The Arverni are as good as dead, they never do well in my campaigns
The Sweboz are having fun taking over Central Europe and will probably move into Gaul soon.
Epeiros never did well, which sucked because then the Maks could concentrate on me first. Now they face annihilation since both cities are under siege by superior forces.
Makedonia gained control over Greece fairly early and have had all the time in the world to expand and build. They went to war with the Sauros to take Kallatis and might have gone all the way to Olbia if I hadn't distracted them so much. As it is, they're much stronger than I am so I don't expect much success in war against them.
Getai are being good neighbors and sitting on their current settlements like bumps on a log.
Sauros are in a big war with Hayasdan and currently losing since they just lost Uspe. They'll probably come back, but who knows.
Ptolemies are beating the Seleukids for now, but have stopped their conquests since I allied with them. They do have Antioch and out to Palmyra so I doubt they'll get pushed back anytime soon.
Seleukia is doing well considering what they've lost. They're in a stalemate against Parthia. Now they want to pick on me, so we'll see what happens.
Pontos is dead, I killed them.
Hayasdan is going north as usual
Saba aren't doing a whole lot, just dealing with the lands they get from rebellion and whatnot.
Parthia is trying to expand but aren't doing a very good job of it. They're locked in against Seleukia for now.
Baktria was doing pretty well and going towards those Indian provinces, but lost Baktra so I doubt they'll last very much longer.
Saka is doing very well and will probably take over the whole east and India, then watch out...
Seriously is that at 266 BC? Looks Like the AI did a blitz with all the factions! In my VH/M Romani campaign at 265 BC the AI has only conquered few settlements within thei region like casse has only gained one region over the 7 years.
Yeah, I know what you mean, that is probably caused by the Realist Movement Mod, I'm prety sure this is aroun 268 and 260
08-31-2010, 04:21
stratigos vasilios
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Hey guys,
I'm not sure if this is going to work (My empire is attached), it's my first empire posting!
I'm currently the Romans and have achieved the final reform! I've built some super armies and am ready to assault Britain!
Over the course of the Campaign the Ptolmey and the Seleukids struggled over Babylon and Seleukia for at least 100 years. One would hold it for 20 turns...then the other would hold it for 20 turns... Eventually the Seleukids outmuscled them and won over the Eastern empire.
The Seleukids also ventured north to destroy the Saka, yet they have not finished off Baktria yet.
The Sarmations took out the Hai (only recently) but before that the Hai had an empire spanning into Anatolia. Pontus didn't put up much fight against both the Ptolmey and Seleukids.
Carthage had all of North West Africa until we met in Sicily and luckily for me, they had put a grand army into ships which I wiped out with my fleet.
Gaul was my first target and fell completely around early Marian times. I did not want to get into a war with the Sweboz but unfortunately it happened, it was so hard to drive them off but once I started I kept going until I had all of Northern Europe.
Iberia grew unchallenged in the west until it met Gaul.
Atm I'm at war with Seleukia but have a loose alliance with Sarmatia and Saba. I would want to take Britain but I'm gettin 2500 from trade with Camulosadae which I'm liking. But Culture penalty in the East is killing me so I'm losing alot of money on garrison troops, that, and Seleukid keep pestering my borders.
So in the end, this campaign turned into 3 large empires (Rome/Sarmatia/Seleukia) and 3 smaller ones (Britain/Saba/Baktria).
As one can see, I've completely eradicated the Lusotannan, thanks mostly to the FM in the screenshot.
Kaeso Avreilivs Cotta is far my best general, and the only one without the accursed "lover of beauty" trait. He's also the man I'm hoping will cause the Marian Reforms for me, although I still need to... acquire... seven more territories for all the non-FM-related conditions to be met, aside from him becoming Consul. Right now he's gearing up to liberate Gaul from the, er, Gauls.
...
It's for their own good, to protect them. From the Sweboz.
Yeah, that sounds good. Let's go with that. :evilgrin:
Hey, what do expect from someone who made one of the Romani's "mobilize" musics the Imperial March.
08-31-2010, 06:31
Valion
Re: Post your EB empires!
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Originally Posted by Daiyoukai Ramza
Yes, it's EB. The different graphics are due to a modification that replaces the default EB campaign map textures with ones from Roma Surrectum.
Cool! If i use that Modification is it save-game compatible? :)
08-31-2010, 07:59
Daiyoukai Ramza
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Originally Posted by Valion
Cool! If i use that Modification is it save-game compatible? :)
It's a purely cosmetic mod, so I'm 99% certain it's save game compatible.
08-31-2010, 14:53
Biowulf
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@Daiyoukai Ramza: What .exe are you using? That's some really good AI expansion by Hayasdan and Pontos, much better than they ever do in my campaigns.
09-01-2010, 02:12
Daiyoukai Ramza
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Originally Posted by Biowulf
@Daiyoukai Ramza: What .exe are you using? That's some really good AI expansion by Hayasdan and Pontos, much better than they ever do in my campaigns.
I am using BI.exe, for the increased chance of Naval Invasions.
Seems to have worked, since Makedonia and/or Carthage ship a stack towards me every couple of years.
Anyway, Hayasdan's expansion has been quite impressive, especially since they expanded primarily towards the south(east), when they usually expand north.
Pontos... well, I've seen better expansion from them. And unfortunately, they got gobbled up by the yellow death, leaving them with only their Bosphoron and Skythian holdings.
The only thing standing between the yellow death and me is Epeiros and Makedonia, and I really don't find the prospect of fighting the Ptolemaioi a very appealing prospect, to be honest. Epeiros is bad enough with their elite spam (lol, half a stack made up of Chaonion Agema,) and the Ptolemaioi are worse in that respect. In fact, I usually drop games in which the Ptolemaioi become the Yellow Death, and the only thing preventing me from dropping this one is the prospect of the Marian Reforms.
...so that's why I used add_money to put them several million in the hole, and give a few of their enemies--Saba in particular--several hundred thousand Mnai. Yes, it's cheating, and no, I don't care. Should've done it a long time ago.
09-01-2010, 04:58
Mulceber
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Right now he's gearing up to liberate Gaul from the, er, Gauls.
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It's for their own good, to protect them. From the Sweboz.
Yeah, that sounds good. Let's go with that.
Hey, what do expect from someone who made one of the Romani's "mobilize" musics the Imperial March.
-Iberia almost subjugated, the last cartaginian city was conquered, only remains Celtiberia under Lusitani controll, as the last region to be liberated :inquisitive:
-Long Campaing against Carthago, some punitive attacks in the coast, the capital was completly destroyed -and after that rebelled-. Delenda est Cartago :book:
Germani assaults in the Limes.
Swap wars in Asia Minor between Makedonia and Pontos, but in Peace both with Rome, they send tributes.
Pahalava and Hayasdan have their own Empires in the East, and currently are allies.
I hope to have the Marian Reforms soon.
09-03-2010, 20:30
Atraphoenix
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Originally Posted by Revoltie
Yeah, I know what you mean, that is probably caused by the Realist Movement Mod, I'm prety sure this is aroun 268 and 260
It was 260 if you had not changed it.
I build lots of forts to counter side effects other than I have no complaint on it.
And this is my last campaign.
Hai wants their capital back. Shahanshah had already appointed a satrap for it.
A bloody war still goes on.
I have gave some cities back to makedonia before getai wipe them out.
I stopped blitzing and I am consolidating my power on mesopotamia and iran and I was quite busy to build reformed goverments which will give me my lovely catas :laugh4:
God i became nostalgic for my Pahlava campaign... I played it till 80 BC or so, when i launceh a huge expedition (well one stack, but with 1 FM, 1 Grinpavar, many HA's and an elephant unit) on conquering Arabia, and poor Saba got their ass kicked so badly i felt pity for them. I must just as well give them another shot if i have the time :)
AS is on it's deathbed. Sauromatae are being conquered at the moment, and yes, Ptolemaioi have betrayed me, and Pontos is about to, despite annual voluntary tribute of 200... But, i have no worries, i have a stabile heartland, good armies and good generals.
And for the Casse, good old Barae, the best faction leader ever!!! Sweboz ousted, now to Spain!!! And quite a decent war with Romaioi is ongoing...
@NoHelmet Woaw! how do you hold all those regions with out riots and revolts?! :dizzy2:
Im having probs with my Pahlava campaign, too many riots...
09-05-2010, 22:12
NoHelmet
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Well, i am quite a ruthless despot, i exterminate most of the cities i conquer, so that usually solves the problem. It had to be done if i was to blitz eastern part of the AS... However, there were problems, in Seleukeia and Chighu (!), to be precise. I had to abandon them and sack them again. And there was a fullstack garrison that was needed elsewhere, so i had to do what i had to do. Build sewers & temples, those are the most effective peacekeepers in this situation, after that use the town garrison (building).
09-06-2010, 08:01
The_Blacksmith
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Originally Posted by NoHelmet
Well, i am quite a ruthless despot, i exterminate most of the cities i conquer, so that usually solves the problem. It had to be done if i was to blitz eastern part of the AS... However, there were problems, in Seleukeia and Chighu (!), to be precise. I had to abandon them and sack them again. And there was a fullstack garrison that was needed elsewhere, so i had to do what i had to do. Build sewers & temples, those are the most effective peacekeepers in this situation, after that use the town garrison (building).
Hah, minds me of me, Capturing Persepolis for the first time i tought, im gonna be nice and Expel the higher classes, buuut.... when i saw it made -4000 Mnai and was Angry no matter what... i fail... xD
But, thanks Sanitation is my savoir at the moment... as is Millitary Occupation
09-06-2010, 14:18
Arthur, king of the Britons
Re: Post your EB empires!
Amazing empire(s) and amazing Faction Leader. Here have a balloon; :balloon2:
09-06-2010, 14:32
Duguntz
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congratulation NoHelmet! it's a nice empire you got there! No wonder whwen we see the hero you got as a leader!
09-06-2010, 14:59
NoHelmet
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Originally Posted by Arthur, king of the Britons
Amazing empire(s) and amazing Faction Leader" Here have a balloon; :balloon2:
My first balloon, thanks!!! I have more fun campaigns, but not the time to upload them, or play at the moment, but more are on the way! Just to finish the exams, then back to EB!
09-06-2010, 17:09
Valion
Re: Post your EB empires!
Is that normal EB your playing NoHelmet? i'm impressed by how many command starts your faction leader has :)
09-06-2010, 17:44
NoHelmet
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That's the faction leader you start with, playing with Casse, he is a teenager on the beggining of campaign, so he had quite a military history, and since he "wants to see Rome before he die", i plan on granting him that wish. And yup, it's "vanilla" EB. Although i've seen some saka monsters that had 10 stars and their traits didn't add up, but this guy is 100% natural.
09-07-2010, 12:25
Ludens
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Originally Posted by kwibbels
my epeirote empire
[IMG]epeirote-Paint[/IMG]
Hello kwibbels, welcome to the .Org and to EB ~:wave: .
I am afraid you cannot display photos directly from your harddrive. You need to upload them to a hosting service (e.g. Photobucket or Imageshack) first.
My small Baktrian Empire :)
And im just getting started :)
09-13-2010, 15:50
stratigos vasilios
Re: Post your EB empires!
Hi Lossmar, welcome to the forums!
You've made a good start there, keep us updated on how you go.
09-14-2010, 08:09
Blxz
Re: Post your EB empires!
Baktria is a fun faction to play. They were my first so I amways remember them. Only downside is the difficulty in using high end factional units against cultures too far west. All those beautiful indian units have to spend a lifetime walking over to the mediteranian.
09-14-2010, 22:08
panten
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Warning: Big Pictures Ahead!
My current Seleucid campaign. I wanted to get away from the usual underdogs I play and really have a go at Empire. Needless to say it's been a load of fun. While I am playing a defensive campaign in the East, it is full throttle in the west. First thing I did was to repel the Ptolies from the Levant and Asia Minor then chased them back to the land of the Pyramids. When the Saba decided to get a piece of the cake to and stole a region from them I stopped the campaign and built a defensive position. So far Egypt is the most secure region in my empire, partly because of the massive military presence.
While my war with the Ptolies was going well and I could afford a second army, I decided to launch a preventive strike and rid the world of Pontos. It was a great surprise attack that wiped out over 80% of their military and made Sarpedon Syriakos the general of my choice - in the following years he annihalted Pontos, went around to fight the massive rebel armies that spawned while I was too poor to afford additional units to kill them, captured Cyprus, then killed his way through Anatolia and basically really has "Seen the Elephant", or due to lack of real elephant, the Coloss of Rhodos. Since he became a warmonger (fighting the endless rebel stacks) earlier, I decided to keep him fighting and gave him something special for his upcoming 60th birthday (just 8 more turns :D ) - Hayasdan!
Here is the initial attack, made by three armies. Sarpedon with his veteran army in the West,, my freshly recruited royal army and a small army that I usually use for rebel hunting in the East.
Since I can't hope for a longer campaign against the Hay and don't want to ship that army off to the Baktra-Saka-Fun-Land even (although they'd be really needed over there), I might start an invasion against Macedon, though since they killed off one of my family members when they invaded Rhodos. I had an army on the way to support the small garrison but it was too late. However, it was a satisfying death as he managed to defeat the enemy in a "last man standing" hit and run defense right in the town center and only died when just 7 of his bodyguards were left - 5 made it out alive in the end. Still, I want my revenge. From a playing point of view I am a bit reluctant though since no super power has yet emerged and I'm interested if one power can prevail. In any way, I'll find some use for that army. So far I haven't played a lot with elites so it will be interesting how they will do in battle, I might even add an elephant unit if I'm feeling rich. Maybe I'll go and trample a bit on the Saba...
That was the army that came all the way down from Antiochia and conquered every singly city on the way. I've reinforced them with another unit of Prodromoi and some more Thureophoroi, because Ptoly was throwing insane amounts of Machimoi cavalry at me and I needed more flexibility. In general this is my army composition in the west - works perfectly for me, especially since they amassed chevrons.
As you can see from the map (toggle_fow ftw), I got rid of Pahlava in the East and reduced Baktria to the bunch of cavemen they really are, but it is still a win-lose-draw on that front. With Pahlava I got besieged every turn, Baktria came every second turn until I hacked my way into their capital and burned it down, burned it down again and decided to stay and now Saka is knocking on the door. Initially they weren't as bad as Pahlava but I got basically raped in my last battle with them. Their cataphracts and archers decimated my army faster than I could say Antiocheia-Margiane. But it's part of the fun. I'm just fighting with lightly armored HA, axemen, basic phalangitai and persian archers (heavy if available - but logistics are a b!tch). It's the classic battle of the underdog and even if I'm thinking about venturing into the steppe I'm afraid there's nothing to gain financially and I might overextend my borders against a fast and hard to subjugate enemy. Maybe I'll kill off Baktria and regain India (even though keeping control of India would be hard)
However the campaign is one of the most fun I've had so far with some great battles and even thrill thanks to the hordes from the steppe.
09-15-2010, 19:38
NoHelmet
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Back to Pahlava... Ptolemaioi fullstacks have perished into the syrian sands, just to find my single panzer brigade untouched, and poised to visit Megas' tomb. And, to my eternal surprise, pontic betrayal did not happen, yet. And this monster? God damn beast, in total +9 morale, +110% income from sacking, couple of healers, what can you ask more of an army leader?
Interesting, I don't ever think I've seen someone play one of the Gallic tribes and not start conquering the other right away. Are you using FD? I find it hard to believe you could hold off the Romans and Arverni simultaneously with so few provinces.
09-22-2010, 18:27
Skuda
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Originally Posted by Brave Brave Sir Robin
Interesting, I don't ever think I've seen someone play one of the Gallic tribes and not start conquering the other right away. Are you using FD? I find it hard to believe you could hold off the Romans and Arverni simultaneously with so few provinces.
It's not that difficult if you have such a Vergobret and an army in Bononia
PS. I play my own minimod where spearmen's attack reduced by 4 points
09-22-2010, 18:49
Brave Brave Sir Robin
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Hello chevrons. On a side note, I had an army that was similar in experience though larger in size in my Aedui campaign that walked all over the central european armies. I love how fast gallic infantry levels up in their campaigns.
09-22-2010, 21:53
Fluvius Camillus
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Nice Faction Leader!
Why did you reduce spearmen attack?
~Fluvius
09-26-2010, 13:14
QuintusSertorius
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As of 239BC, this is Pergamon and the various kingdoms who have joined the Pan-Hellenic Confederation (all have type IV governments and client rulers):
As of 239BC, this is Pergamon and the various kingdoms who have joined the Pan-Hellenic Confederation (all have type IV governments and client rulers):
Looks like a really interesting campaign. Perhaps I should try something like it myself one time. Too bad I'm too lazy to mod :embarassed:
09-28-2010, 11:32
QuintusSertorius
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Originally Posted by Lysimachos
Looks like a really interesting campaign. Perhaps I should try something like it myself one time. Too bad I'm too lazy to mod :embarassed:
There's actually very little modding required to do this one. Edit the names (Epeiros to Pergamon, Epirote to Pergamene) in expanded_bi.txt (in \Data\text\), and change the colours (to whatever RGB combination you like - I changed the Ptolemies so it contrasted better with Seleukid silver on the minimap) in descr_sm_factions.txt (in \Data\). That's it for the modding, and even that's optional if you don't care what it looks like.
Then you start the game as Epeiros/Pergamon, use move_character to transport all your armies to Mysia, give Taras to the Romans for a ceasefire and trade rights, and once you've got Pergamon sell off everything in Epidamnos and Ambrakia, push tax up and let them revolt. You'll also need to disband your navy and get rid of your elephants. Helps to kill off Helenos Aiakides too.
09-28-2010, 12:09
Lysimachos
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Quote:
Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
There's actually very little modding required to do this one. Edit the names (Epeiros to Pergamon, Epirote to Pergamene) in expanded_bi.txt (in \Data\text\), and change the colours (to whatever RGB combination you like - I changed the Ptolemies so it contrasted better with Seleukid silver on the minimap) in descr_sm_factions.txt (in \Data\). That's it for the modding, and even that's optional if you don't care what it looks like.
Then you start the game as Epeiros/Pergamon, use move_character to transport all your armies to Mysia, give Taras to the Romans for a ceasefire and trade rights, and once you've got Pergamon sell off everything in Epidamnos and Ambrakia, push tax up and let them revolt. You'll also need to disband your navy and get rid of your elephants. Helps to kill off Helenos Aiakides too.
Hey, thanks for the instructions. I just noticed in your screenshot that the Pahlavans own the city on the westcoast of the caspian sea. Is that by any chance your doing or did they manage to get in that strange situation all by themselves?
09-28-2010, 12:42
QuintusSertorius
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Originally Posted by Lysimachos
Hey, thanks for the instructions. I just noticed in your screenshot that the Pahlavans own the city on the westcoast of the caspian sea. Is that by any chance your doing or did they manage to get in that strange situation all by themselves?
From my Pahlava AAR @ 223BC. Nothing terribly exciting, AS and Ptolies made peace ages ago, looks like the Carthies are going to kick some Roman butt and the Luso monster is about to kick into gear.
09-28-2010, 16:54
Hotseat_User
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that white in the topright corner are the remnants of pontos?!?
09-28-2010, 21:54
Drunk Clown
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Originally Posted by Hotseat_User
that white in the topright corner are the remnants of pontos?!?
Hmmm, well Pontos' faction color is purple(ish). So it would make more sense it being AS, wouldn't you think?
09-28-2010, 22:24
QuintusSertorius
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Originally Posted by Drunk Clown
Hmmm, well Pontos' faction color is purple(ish). So it would make more sense it being AS, wouldn't you think?
Unless johnhughtom changed their faction colour of course.
09-28-2010, 22:24
johnhughthom
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Yep, it's the AS holding that region, gone back and forth between them and the Saka a few times. Along with Baktria fighthing the Saka and Sauromatae, it has kept my eastern and northern borders free as they are all busy fighting each other.
09-29-2010, 10:02
Hotseat_User
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hehe okay, it just seems to be a bit lighter than the usual grey from AS - so my guess was on Pontus :-)
Nor for me. You need to upload images to a hosting site such as Imageshack, etc.
10-02-2010, 04:50
vollorix
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After couple of funny, but "ctd" rich campaing starts with Sweboz, i´ve switched EB to BI.exe a while ago, and now i can enjoy the game the way it´s ment to be - not one crush anymore, great!
Well, actually, there is nothing spectacular concerning my campaign; i just wanted to share a small joy, when i´ve managed to "create" the Galatians, by conquering the last Arverni town in Europe. Of course, i had a bunch of a help from Aedui, who simply exploded on VH, and are now grabing the last rebel settlements around them, before they would knock on my door, and the Seleucids, of course, who have managed to let Ankyra rebell, so that i could take the opportunity to fulfill this plan.
Right now, Arverni FH and FL are aperantly moving towards Asia Minor, and i hope, they won´t be cut down, before they´ve riched their destination. Or, at least, i hope, another FM would pop up in Ankyra, so that the freshly established Galatian Kingdom could bring some exotic flavor to those distinct lands :)
I might add, that i´ve tweaked the EDU a bit to my tastings ( mainly concerning the units the Romans can recruit - only their natives + some "auxilla" cavalry, and now one can see quite balanced roman armies, containing of almost historical accurate unit compositions :idea2: and no more triari + pedites spam ), and tweaked some units´ stats too, wich actually has no real impact on the behavior of the AI, except the roman, of course.
Why don't you use move_character to put those Arverni in Galatia?
10-02-2010, 13:09
vollorix
Re: Post your EB empires!
Well, it wasn´t my intention to create Galatians instead the Arverni, actually. It´s just the limitation of the engine, wich does not allow to have all the cool factions, but would spice up the campaign, that, through a sort of coinsedence, but still, a new faction "emerged" on the map, though, c.a half century later :) And since i´m playing on VH campaign this time, and those "Galatians" instantly made an alliance with Ptoleys and not trying to retake any settlements in the Gaul, i´m pretty confident, that they can play some interesting role in this campaign.
I searched the forums for "move_character" console command, and i was so far been able to teleport the Aedui captains, but no matter wich name combination i´ve tried, i used to get error messages complaining that the character could not be found :(
Anyway, the leaders of the Aedui, now Galatians, are now located in Dacia, but Getai and Epirotes are at war and most of the passages are blocked by their armies. I wonder, if the guys will manage to finaly get to Ankyra...^^
10-04-2010, 03:20
FriendlyFire
Re: Post your EB empires!
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Originally Posted by vollorix
I searched the forums for "move_character" console command, and i was so far been able to teleport the Aedui captains, but no matter wich name combination i´ve tried, i used to get error messages complaining that the character could not be found :(
Just concluded a war with the Ptolemies (they started it) which resulted in them being pushed out of Asia Minor and losing Kypros. Maybe now they'll focus on fighting AS?
Some revolts and a bit of FD'd settlement switching to prevent the Arverni disappearing.
10-14-2010, 10:55
Gabicho
Re: Post your EB empires!
Current Baktria campaign.
I wanted to go slow, but i got annoyed by the Grey death multistack spam so i decided to throw them all the way back to Susa... they didn't stop so i had to throw them back to Bablyon... Didn't stop so i now intend to send them to Hades. https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/...l/baktria2.jpg
Now, this campaign had a lot of twists and turns; Epirus was reduced to just Taras at one point. Rome used to control all of Italy (minus Taras and Sicily) plus 3 provinces in Gaul, and had the Aedui and Arverni as vassals. The Sauromatae almost wipe the Getai, but they've been driven off.
Saba survived a Ptolemaic invasion that even got to besiege their capital; they survived and even took Gerrha from the Seleukids. Koinon Hellenon were reduced to just Rhodes, Pergamon and Sparta at one point (by the Makedonians).
The Lusotannans are swimming in money, they have many full stacks stomping Gaul (they did quick work of Carthage early in the game). https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/...l/baktria3.jpg
10-14-2010, 12:23
Ca Putt
Re: Post your EB empires!
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I wanted to go slow, but i got annoyed by the Grey death multistack spam so i decided to throw them all the way back to Susa... they didn't stop so i had to throw them back to Bablyon... Didn't stop so i now intend to send them to Hades.
that's exactly what I expierienced in most of my campaigns first you just want to hold them off but then they get so annoying that you have to drive them off further and further until they're totally anihilated.
10-14-2010, 20:48
rotten
Re: Post your EB empires!
1. The Lusos look like a Vizigothic kingdom on steroids!
2. Lol helvetii, almost!
3. You'll have the same problem with the Ptolemaioi, though thankfully they have less territory.
10-15-2010, 19:20
LusitanianWolf
Re: Post your EB empires!
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Originally Posted by Ca Putt
that's exactly what I expierienced in most of my campaigns first you just want to hold them off but then they get so annoying that you have to drive them off further and further until they're totally anihilated.
Its because of that I easly get bored of most of my campains that involve AS and dont play more with eastern factions, I just hate the neverending AS stacks and dont like the idea to have to blitz most of Asia....
What sometimes I do is to raid important areas, conquer, raze everything to ground and retreat (sometimes giving these dead zones to other factions with forced diplomacy to create a buffer state).
10-16-2010, 10:20
Hax
Re: Post your EB empires!
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Now, this campaign had a lot of twists and turns; Epirus was reduced to just Taras at one point. Rome used to control all of Italy (minus Taras and Sicily) plus 3 provinces in Gaul, and had the Aedui and Arverni as vassals. The Sauromatae almost wipe the Getai, but they've been driven off.
Some updates from my Seleucid campaign. It is 213 BCE and things are looking good.
All lost provinces have been regained and even though there is war on all fronts, the empire itself is at peace.
In the West Byzantion was taken to secure domination of Asia Minor and two veteran armies have been deployed to protect it against assault from the Macedonians and the Getai who are even fighting themselves for the right to attack first: https://img153.imageshack.us/img153/...0171110324.jpg
After a quick and highly succesful campaign against the Hai, the Caucasus has been conquered and after betrayal by the Sauromatae an advance has been made into the Steppe. Uspe was secured with little resistance to function as a buffer from the nomads and as soon as a permanent garrison has been established the army will continue to liberate the Chersonesos to open a two frontier war on the Getai to fully claim dominance over the Pontos Euxenos.
For the same reaon Tanais was assaulted by mercenary troops: to keep supply routes safe and provide a springboard and safe retreat should the campaign need to be abandoned. With no major battle yet fought against the Nomads it remains to be seen if the experimental tactics and troop composition will work as expected against a very mobile and dangerous enemy.
In the East, the situation has improved but is remains fragile like a cardhouse. Unreliable client rulers and massive nomad armies have led to a massive military presence to keep the borders safe. Small armies have been dispatched to guard the river crossings and hopefully keep raids at a minimum.
In the South, the Saba have been pushed back from their advance on royal territory and an expedition is on its way to secure the southern border and to welcome Gerrha into the Empire.
The Seleucid royal army has also been highly succesful in securing Seleucid interest and to stabilize the southern front and after being retrained they will either join the fight against the Getai or will once again push to the borders of India.
Nice Empire, I'll post mine too soon, its also with the Seleukids and some fronts are similiar to yours.
I see you like elite royal armies as much as I do! Is the original family still in charge? I mean the Heterogenes Syriakos descendants from Seleukos I Nikator? I have Seleukos II Kallinikos in charge, he has two sons, oh the fortune, let's hope the second son is S/C/V! I'll keep you posted.
