That's right, post 'em if you've got 'em. Shots from, let's say, 262 are not as helpful as shots from later or a series of shots over time.
Here's the old 0.8x AI Faction Progression Thread:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=74123
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That's right, post 'em if you've got 'em. Shots from, let's say, 262 are not as helpful as shots from later or a series of shots over time.
Here's the old 0.8x AI Faction Progression Thread:
https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=74123
first!
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Playing as epirus VH campaign, and M battlemap, its 256b.c. atm.
First kicked the makedons out of thessalia and fortified taras.
After some years my economy was (thanks to illyrian gold mines) strong enough to take athens, and from there Ive blitzed the remaining makedon FMs to death (Lesbos rebelled, so they got owned), and kicked the KH stacks of akontistai out of hellas.
Pyrrhos died in the battle of thermon, so I took a no name guy (which is my main general in italia now), and gave him pyrrhos army, put him into a ship, and went crazy in italy.
First took rhegion, then arpi and now capua. The romaoi are throwing every unit they can offer at me, but I am crazy-ass-rich. I make like 20000mnai per round, and I could press even more out of my mines.
The ptolys are trying to bribe pella since Ive captured it, put my general there has a +100% loyalty trait, so they can try since the end of times.
ATM the Carthaginians are going crazy, conquered nearly all of africa, and now they are sieging Sicilia and some settlement in Iberia. I fear Ill have to face them soon.
I also fear the getai, they got 2 full stack of elite units lurking at my border, and sieging kallatis with another.
Pontos seems to wake up already, they took sinope and the bithynoi city last turn, also does the sweboz (lying siege on 2 citys).
Parthia is fightin a steppe war against the sauromatae and the blue death is the same like every campaign.
Sauromataes are at war with the KH, cause theyve sieged olbia.
Sakae are a vassal kingdom of bactria.
Saba and Ptolys are right on a collision course, and its smells like war down there (some stacks are facing each other there)
Hayasdan is a bit dissappointin, doning nothing but taking one settlement since the game started, also does the gauls and casse.
All in all I am quite comfortable with my campaign, and its a lot of fun to play finally a WHOLE campaign :beam:
Well, here are the first 20 years of my Casse campaign (Hard, BI.exe). Good things happening, I'm liking the progressions so far.
One problem has been Getai, who have their stack and a half parked next to the capital and haven't moved.
Maks have gotten steamrolled by the Epirotes and Greeks, their situation isn't looking too good with only two cities left (one's in Asia Minor, heavily fortified).
Germans are moving well, sending stacks around and conquering tribes. They're sieging another town at this moment.
The Arverni have a slight edge in the Gallic wars, Auedi don't seem to be doing much at all.
As you can see, the Lusotannan have been doing well, beating their plowshares into weapons and farming some enemies.
Carthage expanding in Africa, now they're trying to take the city on the north tip of that part of Africa, directly south of Greece, I forget the name.
The Romans haven't gone too far but have expanded nicely within their boundaries.
Epirus and the Koinon of course doing well, taking apart the Maks and expanding their own territories nicely.
Ptollies have done all right for themselves so far, holding their own against the Seleukids.
AS of course having a bit of trouble against Baktria and Parthia, who have moved in on their eastern borders and continue to pose a threat to the silver giant.
Saka is doing pretty well for itself, which is nice to see, instead of bitching up to Baktria early on.
Sarmations are having a tough time of it against my Armos, who always seem to like that northward expansion into the steppes. Those hills can get daunting after a while I suppose.
Pontus hasn't done too much, not exactly sure if they're even trying at this point. I'll check back on them soon.
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It's a pity to not see the Romans moving too much there.
Just out of curiosity, if you run on BI, can you still get the intro video(s) for Pahlava and the others when the others are finally made and released? Cuz I'm all for intro vids. I'll have a Romani screenie in a few days, max.
I'll check tomorrow. I know it doesn't play the game intro video.
I think it should play the video, and I'm pretty sure it shows the game intro one too. At least it did the first time I ran it, then I included the -nm. CA will check and say for sure I suppose.
Here are the next 10 years of my Casse campaign. (Hard, BI.exe) Not terribly much has happened, but there are a few interesting things to note.
The Lusotannan are doing pretty good, in a constant state of warfare as one would hope. They took one or two more settlement since we last saw them and though their numbers are weaker from all the fighting, they're still going at it with neighboring tribes.
Carthage is duking it out with Rome and expanding in Sicily. They have Capua but I'm not sure if they took it from Rome directly or if it was from Epirus. I'm guessing Rome because last I checked, they were sieging Epirote occupied Capua so they probably eventually had taken it... Also there is a minor on-again off-again sand war going on with the Ptollies it seems. Not a major focus for either faction.
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Nice little army all the way from Africa, Garamantines and all... or at least what's left of it. Looks like they won't hang on for much longer though, unless reinforcements come quick.
Speaking of Rome, they've taken north-east Sicily so the fighting there against Carthage is heating up, as is the fighting in Italy itself where they are currently sieging Capua to reclaim it. Other than that however, they haven't had much luck expanding northward against very heavily defended barbarians. I'm not even sure if they've been trying or if all their attention has been on Carthage.
The Sweboz are still doing well and are currently sieging the northern most settlement, but I doubt they'll get it this time with their small Chauci party. But they're trying and will no doubt get it sometime soon. An interesting thing to note here is that a disloyal general of theirs took a southern town, but apparently rebelled and claimed it for his own, freeing slaves and recruiting them for his own cause. Very cool.
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Awesome. Rauzwihaz the Rebel as he's known now.
Epirus and Koinon Hellenon have continued their expansion and completely eradicated the Maks from the mainland. Now they're relegated to their one stronghold in Asia Minor, which won't fall anytime soon but it's not looking good. They have however sent a couple of armies against Rhodes and look like they might actually take it, something the Ptollies couldn't do years ago, who had also sent a force to take the famed city.
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The Maks are trying to extend their lifetime in this crazy world. They have a good chance.
The Ptolemies have been doing really well against the Seleukids and have expanded nicely into Asia Minor, while the Seleuks themselves have continued to get torn up from all sides. Baktria is just driving a wedge right into the heart of the empire.
Saka and Sarms haven't changed too much, except that the Armos have moved in a little more into Sarmatian lands. And Pahlava lost a little strip of land back to AS, but is otherwise doing fine. Oh and the Saba are having a bit of trouble getting out of the southern deserts, but have a nice army and another half, they look like they're trying to make a move.
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For a moment there I thought the Saba were being lead by a bluesman.... Who would'a thunk?
Getai....... content.......
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Thanks. Keep them coming.
lol at Muddy Waters!
how do you get the whole map revealed???
You press the ~ button, then a window comes up. Type toggle_fow and press enter. Voila, you can see it all. Press ~ again to get rid of the window.
Here we go folks, another 20 years have gone by and the world is changing. Here's the continuation of my Casse campaign. (Hard, BI.exe)
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The Lusotannan - haven't been able to expand in the past 2 decades, but not for lack of trying. They have been fighting small skirmishes and large battle throughout Iberia all throughout. They have 2 main armies, one decent one lead by a general near their capital and another militia army hanging around the northeast which hasn't made too much of a move yet but is threatening. They have a pretty firm grip on Iberia for the moment.
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Main Lusotannan army near Oxtraca, 222 B.C.
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Militia army in northeast Iberia
Carthage - has expanded a little in Iberia, taking over an independent town there, but I believe they're still at peace with the Lusotannan. They also have small contingents in eastern Africa fighting little skirmishes here and there with their on-again off-again war with the Ptolemies. The real action for the Phoenicians is taking place in the western Mediterranean, in Italy, Sicily and the islands of Corisca and Sardinia where the Punic Wars are raging. They were kicked out of Capua, traded the islands back and forth and have heavy fighting in Sicily, eventually getting completely kicked out by the Romans by 222 B.C.
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Punic Wars on islands at 229 B.C.
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Carthage's African main forces 222 B.C.
Speaking of the Romans - they have finally turned it on, expanding northward and finally winning the war in Italy and Sicily against the Carthies. Their northern borders are fairly well consolidated with nice armies around that could move further and take more land for the Republic.
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Westward Roman expansion, about to take Massalia
Sweboz, Arverni and Auedi - have been mixing it up with the Sweboz moving down nicely and especially impressively conquering the tough tribes of Germania. Their also giving the Gauls a tough time while they're down there, not to mention threatening my growing Casse empire along the coast. The Auedi haven't been faring too well in the Gallic wars, losing some lands to their rival Arverni, who have been expanding a bit more to the south more recently and having some success against the Sweboz incursions.
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Southern expansion of the Sweboz, a tough time for anyone
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Sweboz threatening my European foothold. They looked poised to attack my lightly defended city until I very timely landed the huge invasion army to deter any ill-advised thoughts. That's when they pulled back to behind their own borders
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Auedi trying to hang on, with forts built at strategic locations they'll be fighting till the bitter end
Now the Epirotes - were doing real well up until about 235 B.C. when they had taken out the Maks and built themselves a nice kingdom. But with the Greeks attention focused mainly on them after the Maks were gone, not to mention the fact that the Getai finally turned it on after years of docility, they couldn't hold up much longer and kind of fell apart. Now they're divided up into eastern and western territories and the situation isn't looking all that great.
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Western Epirote remnants, being scouted out by a Roman advance force for a possible invasion by powerful armies hovering near the borders. Their situation there decent for now, but against relentless attacks they won't stand much of a chance.
The Greek Alliance - has done a hell of a job expanding their influence along the Mediterranean, moving in on Epirote territories and even sending forces into Northern Africa and taking a city there. They did however lose Rhodes to the Maks and more recently lost some more land to them on the mainland, but they seem to be doing fine overall and we'll see how they bounce back.
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Greeks in Africa 222 B.C. Lot of action around this area with Ptollies moving in and Carthy remnants from sand wars hanging around, allied to the Greeks but probably won't offer much help in the situation.
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Greek stronghold on Krete 222 B.C. that will likely move out to where they're needed most, maybe Africa but more likely the mainland to fight off encroaching Ptollies
The Makedonians - are a tenacious bunch, I'll tell you that much. After being down to one stronghold in Asia Minor, they managed to expand in the area and even took Rhodes and moved back into the western lands. After a brief resurgence they were overtaken by the supreme Ptollies in Asia Minor and their situation is quite interesting to follow.
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Maks siege and eventually take Byzantion in 232 B.C. extending their lives and looking like their making good moves.
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Last major Makedonian stronghold in conquered Rhodes, but even this is now getting threatened by the Ptolemies.
Now we get to the great Ptolemies - who have blown up into a full-fledged superpower with the destruction of, you guessed it, the Seleukid Empire. That's right, the Seleukids have been completely destroyed, torn apart by the Baktrians and the light yellow menace, and even Hayasdan a little in the northern areas.The Ptollies pretty much reign supreme in their areas and are actually moving across the channel into eastern Europe and Greek lands. I don't believe they're currently at war with Baktria, but their fighting the Greeks pretty hard and recently went to war with the Saba when a chunk of land was taken by them provoking it.
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A turbulent Asia Minor at 229 B.C. with the Ptollies taking the Maks out of there for good, and the Pontic armies going after the Getic town, and Greeks in the south up to no good
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Possible Ptolly advance on Rhodes
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The Ptolemies have officially begun the invasion from Asia Minor into Europe with their full on war on the Greeks.
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They've in fact gotten all the way to the western coast, deep into Greek territory
All that remains of Arche Seleukia - are the memories of historic battles in Asia Minor, where they ultimately lost their battles against the Ptolemies and were destroyed.
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War memories
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More war memories
Pontus - was having a tough time all throughout, and just when they were able to expand west a little bit, the Getai come in and take a city in Asia Minor sparking off a nice war. Pontus was never able to take it back as the Ptollies beat them to it.
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Pontic remnants in eastern Europe 222 B.C. from Getic wars
The Getai - have finally awakened and took some lands in eastern Europe, expanding consistently and doing all right at this time.
Hayasdan - doing well against the Sarmatians in the north and even took some Seleukid territories to the south.
Baktria - has taken out the Seleukids in the east and went to war with the Parthians, all but destroying them. Soon enough.
The Saka - stopped their expansion but have held on to what they got well enough. Of course if the blue giant decides to turn on them, they'll stand no chance... although I'm not sure if there might even be a protectorate situation right now.
My current campaign in 233bc. Nothing particularly special here. The KH are going strong, having taken Greece for themselves. The Makes are on their last gasp, and the Saka are going nuts to the east.
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First of all congratulations to the EB team for your dedication and the general incredible level of quality of this mod!!! :balloon2:
I am currently playing a Pontus game. I do not have to much time to play, so the pace os slow, but I will try to upload regularly an update of the world situation.
So, here it starts with:
The world in 255 bc
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The world in 250 bc
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My impression is that the AI experiences difficulties in expanding. I noticed, while looking at the money assistance script, that it depends partly on the number of cities the human player controls; so maybe me controlling only 3 cities for a long time kind of limited AI-controlled players accordingly. Maybe also it is expected that the Eleutheroi should offer more resistance than before?
It is, BTW, a very smart decision to adjust AI money assistance partly on the number of human-controled provinces. :2thumbsup:
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Baktria Campaign, H/M, Gen cam only, BI.exe, Large unit size - 237 BCE -
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Holy ****, what a game. The early years were though as nails, Saka and Palhava attacked me in 267 and the only stack i had consisted of 5 FM and 7 archers (built my first phallanx unit in 255).
But the revenge was soooooo sweet ~D
Some cute little horsies. :charge:
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Financial overview, might be of interest to the EB team
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Some observations:
- the AS - Ptolemy war seems to last longer now, both are still of equal strength
- no stack spamming so far
- only the small factions are really rich (Rome being the exception)
- the new unit stats are pretty well balanced imo
Edit: Btw, what´s the console command for perfect spy?
Double post? Moi? :inquisitive:
Is that a Saba exclave right there? Did they just storm through the Ptolmies in the first few rounfs but got beaten back or something?Quote:
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The fact that I'm playing as the Getai might be a part of it! :yes: :laugh:
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Really terrific descriptions of campaigns guys, especially that massive one by wonderland! :2thumbsup:
BB, you can't toggle perfect spy in-game, which really sucks. It would have been great as a a console command. The way to do it is in the EB/data/scripts/show_me/EBBS_SCRIPT take out the ; in front of ;console_command toggle_perfect_spy and save. When you want to turn it off, just put it back.
And thanks TK! Y'know that update took a long time to put together, I'm kind of thinking of transferring this over to an AAR type deal.... do you think it's a good idea or should I just keep updates smaller and maybe a big one like this every 50 years, the way this was?
Eep, im already noticing a trend that may go on to be called the Yellow death. Perhaps Yellow Fever lol?
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242 BCE - Romani baybee! H/M, BI-exe
The Punic Wars have been raging for 12 years now between me and Carthage when the dirty Poeni decided to assault Messana, which was much too close for comfort, so I decided Messana had to come under Roma' mantle. I thought I'd have an easy go of dominating the seas, right up until I hit a roadblock called "Poeni Pentere" which made mincemeat of my pretty Trieres and left me fighting an uphill battle in the ocean for the next 7 or so years. They even landed some elite half stacks onto Sicily to try and take ot back after I seized control, but thankfully I had a full stack that had been en route to Karali to divert, which probably saved them from a watery grave. I finally managed to get Cnaeus Africanus named Imperator and Triumphator, I just need to park him back in Roma for a turn or two and hope he doesn't die (age 62 or so) to collect my very first Triumph ever.
Outside of that, I'm not too active as Carthage is keeping me plenty busy. Some other rules I'm going by: Always build Type IV govs outside of Italy and SLOWLY convert to higher govs. The only exceptions are Sicily, Sardina, Corsica, and the Balearic Isles which go straight to Type II. Try to get a Triumph out of every major campaign. Do not let any city build better stuff than Roma (ie if Roma does not have Hippodrome yet, avoid building Hippodrome elsewhere until Roma does). I mean, Roma is supposed to be the jewel of my fledgling empire, no? Finally, go for the coastlines first and only expand into the interior after securing the coasts of the Western Med, which means my future conflicts are basically set for a while. Intervene in Greece if necessary to stop an AS or Ptolie train wreck.
In other news, the Aedui and Arveni have sadly not expanded, though they are at least attempting. The Germans are slowly working on expanding. The Luso are going bonkers in Iberia and will probably get up the nerve to challenge Carthaginian settlements there soon. That's a place I am NOT looking forward to fighting. The Casse are being the unopposed Casse. The Greek wars seem to be going the way the usually have in my campaigns: KH and Epeiros tag team Maks and make them irrelevant. However, this time the KH and Epeiros are at war finally so its a 3-way brawl in which the Koinon Hellenon has a significant edge. Pontus and the Getai are pleasantly expanding, with Pontus having even taken Byzantion. The nomads are battering at each other with Pahlava apparently getting the short end of the stick so far. Baktria is starting to drill into the Eastern holding of the Seleukids while the Ptolies have the clear advantage in the Ptolie/AS war, plus they've assaulted the KH and seized Rhodes and have occasionally landed troops in Greege proper but so far they've been repelled. The Hai are also active, seizing some turf and advancing on the Sauromatae.
All in all, it looks like fun times ahead for everyone.
EDIT: While I don't know exactly WHAT I did to flatten my map, it did make the colors nice and crisp. I can only guess that deleting map.rwm after switching to BI after a few years did it. In any case, that's the only noticeable "flaw" that came from my muddlings, and frankly it doesn't bother me. Plus I like the team's new money script, as it seems to be working as intended since the Eleutheroi finally started to build up, right on schedule.
Nice screenshots! Due to some setbacks, I haven't been able to download EB 1.0 yet, but I will eventually, perhaps this weekend? In the mean time, I am working on a Vanilla campaign....
-Lucius Julius, Praefectus Illyricum
P.S. Is Praefectus Illyricum correct Latin for Praefect of Illyricum?
Of Illyricum, should be a genetive in Latin. Thus Illyrici seems to be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucius Julius
My latin is a bit rusty (6 years out of school), but if i remember correctly, it should be Praefectus per Illyrium (accusative neuter). The genetiv is used with people and general statements of place (p. legionis / p. urbis). IIRC, that is. ~D
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Thank you :bow:
Wonderland, thanks for that massive and informative post! Most of the armies you showed seem to demonstrate much improved AI recruitment routines. Would you say that's generally seemed accurate? I mean, the 2 Ptolemaic armies in Kyrenaia are absolutely perfect for an elite Alexandreian army and klerouch/machimoi Nilotic army.
I'd say most of the armies around are really well balanced and show good recruiting. There are a few however that still seem to have a few too many mercs or too many lower tier units, skirmishers or militia. Even those have a few good units mixed in there, like the militia Lusotannan army you saw in Iberia (which has since been defeated it seems... no trace of them). But overall, it's a much improved system from 0.8 so good job to the team. :2thumbsup: I believe I saw mention that there is still being work done on it so I'm sure the little details will eventually be made perfect as well.Quote:
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I notice that the Casse have better expansion AI. In some of my EB 0.8 campaigns, they almost didn't expand at all. Thats good to see they are conquering central Britannia.
-Lucius Julius
In .8 I noticed that the Ptolmies tended to win a bit more then the AS, though not as total as now.Quote:
Originally Posted by pseudocaesar
Update of the AI progression
EB 1.0 BI Pontus Hard / Normal
History...
255
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250
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Current state in 245
Map of the known world and main political powers
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Overall, in my campaign the AI expands at a moderate pace.
In more details :
- Carthage controls the whole Western African coast but shows little ambition outside Africa
- Rome has finally been able to conquer one of the northern Gallic provinces, but remains passive towards the Epirote presence in the South of the peninsula
- Punic wars start and end every turn (they declare war then immediately sign a cease fire, this has been going on for years);
- Rome and Carthage are both campaigning against regional powers in Western Sicily, but with rather limited ressources commited;
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- The Ptol. and the AS fight a bitter war in southern Anatolia and in Syria, but with no territorial impact so far.
- Greek cities are having the upper hand in their war against the Antigonids and are sieging Pellas, but nothing is decided yet as Macedonian reinforcements are on their way from Thrace to break the siege;
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- Amongst the minor factions, the only ones expanding somehow are the Armenian, the Getai and the Sweboz ; but Celtic, Iberian, and steppe tribes remain weak and scattered.
Oddities worth mentioning
Sabean enclave in the middle-east, probably acquired through a revolt, now a powerful stronghold
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Seleucid enclave in Africa, between the Ptolemean and Carthaginian empires. Here too I believe the people of Kyrena spontaneously rallied the Seleucid King.
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Thanks for your attention, see you soon for the next update.
Just an update on my current Getai campaign. Its currently 221 b.c.
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Arche Seleukia is now dead, crushed between the rampaging Ptolies and Baktria.
Saba is slowly expanding in arabia.
Makedonia is slowly holding its position in Thrace, although this is tenuous at best due to continuing conflicts with Pontos and KH.
The Getai KH war has been raging now for over 30 years. With little gain the the last few years. Thermon is still a hotly contested city, being the Gateway to lower Greece and the KH capital of Sparte. This war however is draining the KH economy greatly and it is becoming harder and harder for them to field powerful armies instead fielding large armies of conscripts.
The Romani/Epiros war goes poorly for the Romani, loosing their homeland of Roma. Seizing upon this opportunity the Carthagians have nearly secured all of Sicily and the Southern tip of the Italian peninsula.
The Pahlavi have decimated the Sauromatae pushing them back to the city of Olbia on the borders of the Getai lands.
Sweboz are slowly expanding, slowed by heavy barbarian armies in the area.
The Averni and Audei are on the the war path with each other.
The Casse and Lustonnan continue to expand slowly and the Saka seem to have hit their limit for expansion, surrounded by more powerful factions.
Aranor,
Your map is very interesting. I like the way steppes are really controlled by... steppe factions. Baktrian zone of influence stops to far away from the historic great Central Asian urban centers. The Saka and Parthians seem to be actually quite succesful! And in general, your AI factions are very active, even the minor factions.
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Yes I agree, it great to finally see faction actually DOING something, even if it is expanding into barbarian territory. Kudos to the EB team for the amazing script work to get the factions moving in all directions.
That's pretty awesome. I've never seen the Getai expand out of their home territories before O_o.
Hmm, I'll try to upload some pics of my own Romani campaign in 232 BC ^_^
Well , ElphirThe Getai are expanding because he is Getai. :oops: :wall:Quote:
Originally Posted by Elphir
my current romani campaign:
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Originally Posted by Dan The Great
Yup I am the Getai. ( I never play as anything else!) When I next get a chance I will post some more details about the current campaign and some of my Elite units for you all too drool over :2thumbsup: :smug: :laugh4:
Zak, you helping anyone out financially or diplomatically or anything? If not, that's some awesome variation there. I love how so far, there aren't too many similar trends... except maybe the Seleuks going down a bit, but in some campaign they do fine so it's not a for sure thing. Parthia kicking ass there is good to see, as well as Saka, Getai, Maks, Pontus, etc. Good stuff!
Here is my Romani campaign in 247BC. RTW 1.5 VH/M.
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A few notes: Carthage has been by far the most active, and even owned Kyrene before AS took it from them. They tried to take Arse too but were unsuccessful. AS and the Ptolemaioi have been fighting each other non-stop from the get go, as have the Arverni and Aedui. AS now has Alexandria under siege and it appears the Ptolemaic Empire will soon come to a premature end. Epeiros, Koinon Hellenon and Makedonia have all been beating the crap out of each other, and Athens has been captured about 5 or 6 different times. Thermon was only recently taken; it was a rebel city until 2 or 3 turns ago.
The Lusotanni and Getai have been completely and utterly inactive, never moving any units outside of their occupied area for over 20 years.
After a while the AI did start doing some naval invasions. Carthage launched a massive naval invasion, led by Xanthippos, and Xanthippos. (not a typo, two of them spawned for me; the bug was reported). They did win a battle against Cotta, but I eventually fought them off and killed both of them near Syrakousai. Several years later my general Caivs Avrelivs Cotta invaded Carthage and captured Utica after a massive battle.
Pontos led many large armies to Byzantion and Pergamon but they were unsuccessful in their efforts. Also, AS hasn't seemed to really attack Pontos with much force yet.
You may have noticed Massilia is owned by KH; I initially captured it, and opted not to slaughter/enslave the populace. The city soon revolted and turned to KH. I figured something like that would happen, but it does make things a little more interesting :)
Overall it's been a great campaign. I thought about trying BI.exe but this campaign ended up being fine, however it did start out quite slow.
Awesome, more variety! Now AS beat down the Ptollies, good to see for a change. Long live EB!
Yeah, Arche Seleukeia has become very powerful in my campaign. KH originally captured Halikarnassos, but AS declared war on KH and took Halikarnassos from them. They do appear to finally be moving against Pontos as well.
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Originally Posted by Aranor
Must...read...posts...carefully...
Hayasdan. H campaign difficulty.
206 BC.
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Romani, 232 BC
Fun times. After a brief truce in the Punic Wars Carthage reinstigated hostilites by attacking Sardinia. I have responded by sacking multiple cities and have begun to slowly conquer the Carthaginian mainland. I was prefectly willing to live in peace and they chose war so now they reap the rewards.
AS are crumbling like so much bad cake between the Blue and Yellow Deaths. The only reason I can think of this is the Kleurochi Phalangites are now L3 instead of L4, which changes the dynamic in Asia Minor particularly (personally I feel they should have been left at L4). Pontus, while showing signs of life, is likely to swiftly find out the meaning of "rock and a hard place" while they Hai are merrily going about beating up on nomads.
The Luso are making repeated attempts to unify Iberia, but now the Carthies are on them so we'll see if they pull their usual Carthie attack swoon. Ankyra went to the Aedui and it seemed to finally trigger their expansion nerve (my taking Mediolanum probably helped as well).
Epeiros, Maks, KH, and Getai are all attempting to establish dominance but all face big problems in doing so, esp since the Ptolies keep landing forces that tie up KH resources.
@ PewPew
holy f*ck... that's some nice stuff there...
Another Getai campaign update. It is now 217 bc and alot has been going on.
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The war between the Getai and Koinon has now been raging for nearly 35 years with the Getai now successfully holding Thermon and driving for the Koinon capital city of Sparte. With this great city under their control the Getai leader know that there will be no chance that the vile greeks will be able to muster the strength to assault their armies with large legions of assault troops.
Pontos has now been crushed between wars the the Ptolies and Makedon. The capture of Byzantion by the Makedoni has confirmed their control of lower Thrace and the Cheresonos. They now concentrate their strength on the KH who have been decimated by the Getai army ravaging their lands.
Baktria and the Ptolies are now in direct conflict each seizing control of one of the others provinces.
Saba continues to expand in Arabia, as the Saka seem to have continued their stagnation.
Epiros seem to have settled into an uneasy truce with the Romani and have declared war on the Carthaginians, capturing southern Italy.
Rome continues to expand to the north into Cistalpine Gaul.
The Carthaginians, aside from loosing their foot hold in southern Italy and the city of Syracuse seem to have settled down into a nice empire of trading and economic stability.
The Sweboz now war with Gaul. With the Aedui capturing cities on the Celto-Germanic border.
Now to my promised sneak peek at my KH slaughtering army besieging Sparte.
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For reference the Drapanai unit has 1 Gold cheveron. All the other that might look gold are actually silver cheverons.
This army has been pretty badly mauled at the hands on the Koinon armies who have sent atleast 2 full stacks to relieve Sparte, to no avail. :2thumbsup: They have now been reinforced by 3 units of Greek turn-coats ( the 2 silver cheveroned Thureophoroi being the first of the Greek turn-coats).
In my Hai campaign it is year 267 and my homeland has been attacked by the GETAI!!! With three units of aorsi cavalry
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Originally Posted by helenos aiakides
Where did they come from and how did they pass all those lands or did they have a fleet. Would love to know more about it
Casse campaign (H/M, BI.exe) 20 more years.
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The Lusotannan - have finally done it. After years of wars on the Iberian peninsula against neighboring tribes, they eventually turned on the Carthies and made quick work of them. They had a little trouble with Baikor in central Iberia for a while but eventually took it to retain full control of all of the land. Of course, once power was consolidated, they moved up into the mainland and took the west coast Arverni town, twice, and twice it rebelled back to the Gauls.
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Baikor garrison, the tribe which gave the Lusotana a lot of trouble over the years but were finally conquered and subdued by a powerful force.
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The Lusotannan armies concentrated in northern Iberia, had taken some Arverni towns but lost them to loyalist Gauls. Now they're at peace and the Arverni don't have much left, mainly because I betrayed them and expanded the Casse borders south.
Carthage - having been kicked out of Iberia have been focusing all their attention in Africa, finally taking the western towns that were still independent until recently. At peace with Rome, they're moving their armies east and taking of the Ptollies, taking and losing some cities along the border.
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The Sand Wars, 202 B.C.
The Ptolemies - continued their advances into eastern Europe, having great success against Greeks and Maks, and in fact wiped out the Maks by taking Rhodes. They had trouble holding their new lands however and lost some to rebellion, but then come right back and take them back. It's a crazy war going on there.
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Ptolly advances on Greeks
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Ptolly support, moving troops east perhaps against the Baktrians, who they are still at peace with, but who are attacking their allies, the Armenians.
Pontus - has been bitchified by the Ptollies, and have one big standing army that doesn't do anything.... that is all.
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They had minimal success years ago, but eventually succumbed to the Yellow Death (credit to whoever coined that phrase).
Parthia - eventually gave in to the Blue Giant of course, and are now their protectorate. They have two towns, but one is in a shambles and doesn't even count. Their one main city has the remnants of their armies from their wars with the Baktrians.
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Baktria has an army in Parthian lands to keep and eye on their interests.
Getai - got a second wind after their first offensive burst, moving north. They're doing fairly well and aren't at war with any faction currently.
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Famous battle took place along the river where the Getai were moving against independent tribes in the area. They've been doing great ever since.
The Romans - took out western Epirus, but lost it to rebellion. They did expand further east before then and have built themselves quite a stronghold in the area. And as might have been expected, they did try and move across the Alps and into my territory. They had quite a bunch of armies moving through the mountains, but I beat them back for the most part. They seem to be mustering more forces to make another effort. My own forces are depleted so it's getting a little scary.
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Greeks trying to take advantage of rebellions, sieging a formerly Roman town. The Romans themselves have powerful armies around and are moving more in from Italy.
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Roman driven back below the Alps, but are mustering more armies to make their move on me again.
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A great man by the name of Satres has been able to halt Roman advances north across the mountains, as well as beat back the Sweboz who were trying to advance on his lands.
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And here is the man himself circa 203 B.C. with his powerful army. Haven't seen him in the past year however, he might finally have been defeated.... or he could be hiding out in the forests somewhere.
The Greek Alliance - has exploded into a very powerful kingdom . They took out Epirus and kicked out the Maks. They even had some lands in Iberia and Massalia due to rebellion, twice in the case of Massalia. So they are at war with Rome now, as well as the Ptollies.
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The 2nd Massalia rebellion. They've held on better this time, driving out some small Roman forces from the area and doing well. We'll see how long it lasts.
The Sweboz - allied with the Romans moved against me and payed for it. I took some of their western cities, and after having their asses kicked for a while, they actually stopped sending armies at me. I have one huge army as a deterrent along the northeastern border and it's working perfectly. The fact that they're having a lot of trouble with very powerful independent tribes in Germania may have something to do with their problems recently.
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Sweboz eastern borders, powerful independent tribes giving them grief. They're a godsent for me, keeping the Sweboz away from me.
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My borders with the Sweboz, quiet for years now other than troop buildups.
Hayasdan - has been steadily losing ground, to the Sarmatians, and to the Baktrians. They have some armies still around, but are significantly weaker than their peak years ago.
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Hai armies trying to advance in the steppes against independent tribes.
Baktria - of course is huge. They've put down the Saka and Parthia as their protectorates, and had Hayasdan in there too. Not sure who turned first but now they're at war with each other. Hayasdan is allied with the Ptollies, so they might soon become involved in this eastern theater.
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Baktrians moving in on the Armos. It's not looking good.
Saba - was doing well and had taken the entire coast of the Arabian peninsula, but once the Yellow Death turned their attention on them they were moved back a bit. They did however take a Ptolly city by way of rebellion a few times, and lost it back. They currently have it again.
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A big battle that possibly turned the tide on Saba advances on the Arabian peninsula.
Auedi - are gone. It's my fault. Boo hoo.
Really great stuff Wonderland, thanks!
Gah. The Romans still seem to find the north-eastern Alps appealing.
Oh.. I would love to post my campaign here but I dont know how - that is first, and second, I just yesterday found that If I dont turn the EB script on when I reload my game -- I will get 1 year per turn game unsted of four --but that wont stop me in my play - I will play to see all EBs katches and then I will rule the world (in a new campaign ofcourse;:yes: )
Looks like the Ptolmies have become the spiritual ancestors to the Ottoman Empire sort of.
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Update on my Getai campaign. Now we are in 206 bc.
The Getai now battle on 2 fronts with the Makedonians breaking their alliance with the Getai, and allying with their Southern neighbors. The Getai have responed with a swift assault on Tylis, capturing the city in 208 BC. The KH front of the battle with the Getai has divulged into a stalemate.
The Sweboz continue to make gains against the Aedui.
The Epiros have forced the Romans out of Italy and into Cistalipe Gaul fully.
The Ptolies continue to make gains in Baktria.
All other factions seem to be stagnated right now.
Here's my Getai campaign.
H/M, using BI.exe, 231BC
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Notes:
*Lusotanan doing sod all.
*Carthage is also doing sod all in Iberia. It has landed a two stack army over by Tolosa but its been standing around not doing much.
*Arverni are getting trashed by Aedui.
*Aedui armies are everywhere, including heading into both Iberia and Germany.
*Sweboz are expanding gradually, fortunately there are some nice big stacks of Eleutheroi between myself & them :)
*Rome is slowly expanding both North & South, with Sicily likely to fall soon.
*Epirus has taken control of Illyria, Macedon & Thrace but has since stalled.
*Macedon just about died out but was able to take Pergamon & Athens, is in a much healthier way now.
*KH was doing very well but got smacked back & seems on the brink of full collapse.
*Ptolomies & AS swap cities in Asia Minor & the Levant.
*Sabyn have the whole West coast of Arabia & even the inland parts of the Levant, presume this was a lot to do with rebellions?
*Sakae seem to have been whalloped by Bactria.
*Hai seem to be strongly heading North.
*Successor AI seems to have gotten the hots for Rhodos, its changed hands twice in last several turns. AS will have to do better than that to make it three though.
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Myself, I've just taken control of the Bosphoran Kingdom & have otherwise only been expanding at the expense of the Eleutheroi with the exception of two provinces who rebelled from Epeiros to myself.
I'm happy to leave the big stacks of Eleutheroi as buffers between myself & Sweboz until I'm more secure.
Its hard making money as Getai.
I'm about to make a push into Southern Thrace & Macedon.
Have been frustrated by my inability to work out how to recruit Rhomphaiaphori & Triballoi, I thought I had all the requirements but can't :no:
Stratiotai are great though :)
My Parthian campaign VH/M:
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Seleucids and Ptolemies are allied since 270 BC, Baktria was allied to me but they betrayed me and had to fall. Saka are constantly attacking my towns to the north with small armies but are easily defeated by my experienced garrisons. However, I won't expand further north because there is a lot of unrest due to distance to capital (which is Hekatompylos). Seleucids let me conquer Persia with little resistance (native spearmen were no challenge for horse archers) but now, Assyria sees a lot of hard battles because the Seleucids started recruiting elite forces (in Antiochia I think). I have 2 provinces in which I could build Parthian reformed government, Hekatompylos and Persepolis.
I don't know why I can't build the settled aristocracy e.g. in Seleukeia, Ekbatana or Babylon, I have build the same buildings as in Hekatompylos there. In Seleukeia I have built every building available but without effect.
Sweboz have 5 full stacks standing near their cities but are now moving against rome. Armenia is conquering Sarmatia with very small armies, although they have 3 stacks in their homeland not doing anything. Carthage seems to wake up and attack Iberia. The Getians got active after a settlement in Asia Minor rebelled to them and was conquered again by the Seleucids.
Follow-up of my EB 1.0 BI Pontos campaign
History
255
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250
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245
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World Situation in 245
Political Map
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Overall, once more, little changes during the last 5 years with positions quite similar to starting ones.
Current hot wars
Punic Wars
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During the last 5 years, like always since I remember, every turn Carthage and Rome have been declaring war / immediately signing a ceasefire. All their conflict and negociation game revolves around Corsica, which sees increasingly big armies concentrating but no real battle. Very strange...
Armenian steppe war
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Armenians are fighting a war far away from their main bases to defend their domination of the steppes North of the Caucasus range.
Battle for Rhodos
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Koinon Hellenon is attempting to reconquer the rich harbour of Rhodos, occupied by the Ptolemeans.
Gallic Civil War
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It has been furiously fought during a whole generation now without any concrete gains for one side or the other.
Seleucid Eastern Campaign
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The Seleucid King has signed peace with his Ptolemean rival and is attempting to expand Eastwards. The newly starting war in Anatolia with Pontos does not distract him from his interest in things Eastern - yet.
Sleepy factions
In the meanwhile, a lot of factions seem to be quite happy with their lot and are very passive...
Baktria
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Parthians
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Lusotanians
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The worst of all... Casse have not built a single unit since the start!!!
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Financial Analysis
General situation
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Most minor factions and some important ones are more or less constantly broke
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This graph includes :
- Epeiros
- Lusotana
- Sauromatae
- Getai
- Hayasdan
- Sweboz
- Aedui
- Arche Seleukia
- As Sabyn
- Arverni
- Saka Rauka
My campaign as Arche Seleukia. As part of a learning curve, this game is M-M. I know some of you may laugh, but I figured I'd re-learn it all over again...although it does seem to me that M-M is easier on 1.0 than it was on 0.8. Took me forever to get anything done as ANYONE there. In 1.0, I have the actual money for two and a half stacks!
Well, I did before I decided to nip the Pahlavia before they could kill me. Unfortunately, the Bactrians decided to side with them....so now it's a free-for-all in the Northeastern part of my empire.
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The year right now is 256 BC. I should note also that I have Kisa and Memphis under siege--the Baktrians have Antiochia-Margaine under siege. All hell is breaking loose in the east, while my war with the Ptolemies has been fairly straightforward.
I finally discovered by accident why the Archae Seleukia gets Kyrene. The Carthies attacked it, and took it....and then it revolted, and revolted to me. I am suprised it didn't revolt to the Ptolemies, but *shrug* It gives me an opening, perhaps, to send some units behind Ptolemaic front lines and wreak some havoc :juggle2:
It does seem that just about every faction (including the Casse) has expanded save for the Ptolemies (mostly because I'm beating them down), and the Hasaydan. It seems though, that Hellas is bogged down in a three-way war that has resulted in what is now a stalemate...perhaps this is good news when I come to reclaim what is rightfully mine!
Numahr - Ha! The money the Casse and they haven't trained a single unit!?! :laugh4: :laugh4: :laugh4:
Might do more of an update later, but here is the current map: Lands in red outline are Clients of Rome. Those with (Amicus Populi Romani) are allies. This is from my current game "First Among Equals" AAR in this forum.
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And I always thought it would be "Hic sunt dragones".~;)
Heh. I guess my map maker is dislexic lol.. thats what powerpointing at 4am will do for you
That map's looking astonishingly accurate.
My Ptolemaioi Campaign (VH/M, with BI.EXE) 227 BC
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So here comes my Sweboz campaign in 252 BC:
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Carthage managed to conquer Syrakus the last year.
Roma conquered Taras and Bononia, bot got expelled of the latter by the Aedui.
The Aedui conquered two regions, namely the mentioned Bononia and Lugonensis.
Lusotana conquered at least Tyde.
The Getai started furiously, taking Sarmiszegethusa in the first turns, than quickly conquering Kallatis, then stagnating.
Epeiros lost Taras and Ambrakia and now goes for Illyria.
The Maks lost Thessalia and Korinthos to the KH but conquered Ambrakia.
The war between the Ptolemaioi and the AS is stagnating. No major changes, or even no changes at all.
The Hai and Pontos both managed to conquer a settlement to their north.
Saba could conquer two settlements, the Saka are a bit rampaging through the steppe and Baktria goes for the Tarim basin.
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222 BCE, Romani, BI-exe, H/M.
The Carthies ticked me off so now they get to lose all their African territories, at which point I'll attempt making peace with them again, as I need a counterweight to Luso expansionism. Thankfully (for now) I am allied with the Luso's as the Aedui decided to renew hostilities with me, which means I now have to fight the Gaesetae wave (blech). I am already tired of fighting half-3/4 stacks which have 5-8 units of Gaesetae, but I AM winning and I'll be damned if I give any ground to those green tree-huggers. Here's hoping the Arveni decide the alliance we have is worth it, especially now that they have access to Alpine Phalanxes (yet another phalanx, arrrggghhh!!!). It would be....troublesome, if the Arveni betrayed me, since they would both focus on me and let the Germans come marching in (darn cheese-eating surrender monkeys!!). The Maks have a pulse and Epeiros and KH are busy battering away at each other. I'm pulling for Epeiros as I'd rather not face the brutal heavy infantry given to KH.
AS = boned
Pontus = boned worse.
Ptolemies = scary
Baktria = looks pretty but not building factional MICs in AS lands so when inevitable clash with the Jaundice Empire arrives, they'll be beaten back to home ares pretty badly.
Pahlava, Hai, Sauromatae, Saka = still trying to figure out the pretenders from contenders
Saba = not going to expand past Ethiopia and Arabia
Getai = the big ? as they could explode or they could grind away and get chewed up
Well, I always thought it would be "Hic sunt leones" :laugh4:Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurio Nixalsverdrus
Anyway, that is amazing map, Zaknafien! :2thumbsup:
Have you somehow shaped the borders of AI factions by diplomacy (give region) or is that wholly "natural" interplay of AI?
BTW, Good to see that Pahlava is indeed creating the Parthian Empire, I am looking forward when you will meet them of Euphrates.:yes:
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259 KH campaign, no real surprises to my eyes except the lusotanians are moving pretty well.
AS/Ptol are duking it out as usual
Epi/Mak are ceasefire both fighting me
Romans cleared out Epi prescence from italia not long ago and are now fighting carthage over messana and rhegiom
baktria was on the brink of destruction earlier with only 2 cities but now has expanded to 4, with some $$ help from me(maybe 3500$ total)
Glad to hear that Baktria got into a bit of trouble.Quote:
Originally Posted by madmatg
Shame on you for helping Baktria...
They deserve to get a bit of beating, since it doesen't happend to often. :)
Quick overview of my KH campaign, 219 BCE, H/M, BI.exe, general cam
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Slow campaign pace due to a lot of roleplaying and the fact that i suck balls through a straw at commanding an army with the generals cam. ~D
Lost many battles and a faction leader/heir in asia minor (had 5 provinces, but the Seleukid/Ptolemy/Pontus alliance in 240 BC was simply to much), so i had to pull out.
One of my full stacks
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Financial overview
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Getai - Peacefull lumberjacks and sheppards, they dont seem
to like the eleutheroi much though.
Epirotes - After i kicked them out of their homelands at peace with everbody
Rome - At war with the Arverni, i sincerly hope they enjoy the climate on the "wrong" side of the alps ~D
Lusotannan - Expanded like crazy in the beginning but lost 3-4 full stacks to
Moskos (he spawned twice by the way).
Quart Hadasht - At war with me, ptolemies ("only begun the sand war has"^^) and lusotannan . Constantly invading sicily.
Seleukids - no comment :furious2:
Ptolemies - no comment, part 2
Sweboz - At war with Averni, Aedui , Rome. And kicking some serious ass.
Sauromatae - Protectorate of Hay and happily counting their horsies.
Hay - My only ally, giving AS what the treatment they deserve. Sieging Seleukeia and Babylon atm.
Baktria - Once the powerhouse of the east but got sandwiched by the Saka/Seleukid alliance.
Saka - At war with baktria and palahva.
Palahva - Loosing the war against saka.
Pontus - Down to one city in 250, then part of the axis of evil ^^
Saba - At war with the ptolemies
Casse - Invaded Ire recently !!
Im going to post a full overview with some suggestions/observations as soon as i meet the VCs. Might take a while , though ~D
Edit: Btw, are all descendants of the lakedaimonians supposed to be complete retards? 1 out of 11 got the sharp trait, most are dull/uncharismatic/vigorous -
hyperactive idiots :laugh4:
Im afraid they´re going to forget how to breath in one or two generations...
https://img137.imageshack.us/img137/815/greeksjs6.jpg
Its so great to see the Seleucids being devoured by Baktria and Ptolemies. The small factions *hai, pontos, lusitanians, getai* are exapanding alot faster then they did in .8. They might actually become a threat instead of just sticking with one province until 200BC.
This is a Parthia campaign update in year 225 (years 255,245,235 are on page 2 of this thread). I think it will be the last screenshot because the campaign gets a bit boring. Ptoliemies and Carthies are fighting a desert war with 4 full stacks each, Greece is going rampage. If someone is interested, I'll give you the savegame.
https://img81.imageshack.us/img81/786/225zr2.png
Thats a nice empire Meothar! Thats about as far as I got on my 0.8x Pahvlan camp. Pretty much the same year too. :P
Damn I loved that camp. Maybe my best EB-experience yet! :2thumbsup:
I finally managed to get a screen out.
https://i187.photobucket.com/albums/...4BCFinal-1.jpg
Still haven't figured out the resizing part, sorry. Any clues where I should expand to next (playing as Epeiros)?
You forgot to mention the date. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Elphir
254 BC ^^
1. You can't make bigger screenshot, so resize in your graphics program. I use irfanview, it's easy to use.Quote:
Originally Posted by Elphir
2. Finish the conquest of Greece and Italy, then make a land connection between the parts of your realm. Then...conquer the seleucids and have a bigger empire than Alexander :2thumbsup:
"You are only allowed to post URLs to other sites after you have made 1 posts or more." it says. Well, here's post one. Hopefully now you'll be able to recieve my mighty fortress wall of text.