1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[desert]

You referred the French in a bad way, so I'm ignoring it.
Ever heard of Napoleon? Sort of conquered Europe?

Touchy, eh?

[Tyrfingr]

You referred the French in a bad way, so I'm ignoring it.
Ever heard of Napoleon? Sort of conquered Europe?

Google "French military victories"

[SwissBarbar]

ouch, that's ... true

[desert]

Google "French military victories"

That sort of thing will lead to INTERNET RAGE, Jaertacken.

[Olaf Blackeyes]

Can i has French surrender jokez naow??

[bobbin]

Getting back on topic


Ptolemaioi 242bc


Getai 224bc


Saka 240bc


Pahlava 244bc


Arverni 224bc These frenchies are doing rather well

[desert]

Screenshots?

[Hotseat_User]

my Getai, RTW.exe with fixes - and greek phalanxes recruitable for KH without MoT (due to my KH-game - around 232BC, not shure, just raiding around.

the Aeudui?!? were crushed between Averni and Sweboz, a think the Romans had their part, too.

till 245BC I thought I would get a GreyDeath, they had captured Antioch several times and owned the major part of Asia-Minor but now they are quite gone. Dunno if I should feed them.

I'll describe it a little bit more if you want to.

[Tartaros]

Whow!!
that´s great - nisa(?) is owned by hayasdan!
did they captured nisa or was it a rebelion away from the seleukids??

[Hotseat_User]

well tbh. I don't know. but should i feed the arche? I'll raid the east-med-coast to nerf the yellow beast but I don't know if thats enough. any suggestions?

[IrishHitman]

my Getai, RTW.exe with fixes - and greek phalanxes recruitable for KH without MoT (due to my KH-game - around 232BC, not shure, just raiding around.

the Aeudui?!? were crushed between Averni and Sweboz, a think the Romans had their part, too.

till 245BC I thought I would get a GreyDeath, they had captured Antioch several times and owned the major part of Asia-Minor but now they are quite gone. Dunno if I should feed them.

I'll describe it a little bit more if you want to.

Dirty barbarian hordes!

[Mediolanicus]

SPQR 155 BC




I'm fighting my Vietnam war in Spain against the Luso's. We've send fullstack after fullstack at each other for the last 5 years and we haven't gained or lost anything except a few thousand men each...

The Aedui have declared war on me too. I'm playing on the defensive there, although I am sending an army over to capture Massilia.

The East is quiet for me.
Pontos and Pahlava keep expanding.

The remnants of the Carthaginians keep harassing me, but I don't want to destroy them.


It takes me 2.5 hours on avarage to play a game-year, but I'm really enjoying this campaign so far.

[SwissBarbar]

What's a "vietnam war" in spain? are you going to lose it or are you using napalm?

[IrishHitman]

SPQR 155 BC




I'm fighting my Vietnam war in Spain against the Luso's. We've send fullstack after fullstack at each other for the last 5 years and we haven't gained or lost anything except a few thousand men each...

The Aedui have declared war on me too. I'm playing on the defensive there, although I am sending an army over to capture Massilia.

The East is quiet for me.
Pontos and Pahlava keep expanding.

The remnants of the Carthaginians keep harassing me, but I don't want to destroy them.


It takes me 2.5 hours on avarage to play a game-year, but I'm really enjoying this campaign so far.

I've been fighting a Vietnam for the past fifteen friggin' years with the Getai, AS and Pontus, though I'm starting to make progress at last.

[Mediolanicus]

What's a "vietnam war" in spain? are you going to lose it or are you using napalm?

I tought Spain was going to be an easy picking with my Marians. Instead I ended up losing more than half my battles to their skimishers. When I finally defeat a full stack, three others turn up out of nowhere.

If RTW had diplomacy I'd be trying to find ways to stop the conflict.
Now, I'll have to send all the troops my economy can support over there to defeat the Luso's.

I've been fighting a Vietnam for the past fifteen friggin' years with the Getai, AS and Pontus, though I'm starting to make progress at last.

Strangely enough the Getai have not attacked me for the +80 years they've been bordering me now... Each time I take Rhodos or Kypros, Pontos is immediately there to ship an army over and declare war on me. Once they take the islands they come asking an alliance...

[IrishHitman]

Strangely enough the Getai have not attacked me for the +80 years they've been bordering me now... Each time I take Rhodos or Kypros, Pontos is immediately there to ship an army over and declare war on me. Once they take the islands they come asking an alliance...

Be ready for that to change at a moment's notice.

I'm now fighting (successfully) against the remaining Aedui in Italy after large preparations were made.
The Lusotann will have trouble beating me as well despite a massive empire.

[Lovejoy]

SPQR 155 BC




I'm fighting my Vietnam war in Spain against the Luso's. We've send fullstack after fullstack at each other for the last 5 years and we haven't gained or lost anything except a few thousand men each...

The Aedui have declared war on me too. I'm playing on the defensive there, although I am sending an army over to capture Massilia.

The East is quiet for me.
Pontos and Pahlava keep expanding.

The remnants of the Carthaginians keep harassing me, but I don't want to destroy them.


It takes me 2.5 hours on avarage to play a game-year, but I'm really enjoying this campaign so far.

Was it you that help Casse over to main land europe? Or did they do that by themselves? The scripted invasion?

[Ignopotens]

Dirty barbarian hordes!

Kickass Getai!

sorry, they're my favorite faction :D

[Tolg]

Be ready for that to change at a moment's notice.

I've never, not even once, been attack by the Getai. It's really strange, I've bordered them for more then 50 years in countless campaigns, often without guarding my border at all, yet they never showed any signs of aggression. In the end I came to believe that they're the only pacifistic EB faction. ;)

[Mediolanicus]

Was it you that help Casse over to main land europe? Or did they do that by themselves? The scripted invasion?

Back in 240-30BC the Sweboz were pouring over the Alps. I raided 7 settlements, kept three, gave two settlements to the Arverni and one to the Casse (Northern Belgica) - and let one rebel back to the Sweboz. What those factions did afterwards they did on their own.

[IrishHitman]

I've never, not even once, been attack by the Getai. It's really strange, I've bordered them for more then 50 years in countless campaigns, often without guarding my border at all, yet they never showed any signs of aggression. In the end I came to believe that they're the only pacifistic EB faction. ;)

That's just strange.

[Lovejoy]

Back in 240-30BC the Sweboz were pouring over the Alps. I raided 7 settlements, kept three, gave two settlements to the Arverni and one to the Casse (Northern Belgica) - and let one rebel back to the Sweboz. What those factions did afterwards they did on their own.

Ah ok. I see :)

234BC KH (HEHE, sry for bad image. By accident I included a small army defending Asia Minor)



Army setup:
Spartan Army - in Italy.
Syracuse Army - also in Italy
Athenai/Rhodos Army - in Asia Minor
+several small hoplitai armies defending the borders.

5 years later. Everything is the same. :/ My Spartan Army had an exiting battle against the Romans. They were severely outnumbered - but fought until the last man. The faction leader, a spartan and my best general, was killed and the entire Spartan Army was slaughtered.

With the Spartans weak and ashamed, the Grand Greek Alliance is now led by the Athenians. Now the western expansion wont be supported by the Alliance anymore. But if the Allied State of Syracuse wants to continue on its own, it is free to do so. Tough it's unsure if they have the will, money and manpower to beat the Romans.

The east will get prioritised. The AS just had a crushing defeat against the joint Army of Athenai and Rhodos ouside Tarsos, and the Galatians(pontos) just wont stop attacking me. No armies, many enemies. Things looks nasty.

[Teucer]

First, allow me to introduce myself... I'm Teucer, a long time fan of RTW and especially EB. I've lurked around these fora for some time now (although not nearly as long as my extremely old join-date would suggest). I'm not usually one to go in for online conversation so I haven't posted very often, but I've followed the various AARs and other interesting threads at the org for a goodly space of time.

I break my customary silence now, because over the last few months I've been working on a (not so)mini mod for EB. Its almost done to the point where I will consider releasing a beta. Here are a couple of maps to whet your collective appetite....

The year is 320 BCE. Alexandros has been dead for a few years now, and his successors have already waged one war over his patrimony. The first war was brought to an end when Perdiccas, one of the key players, was murdered by his subordinates (Seleukos, Peithon, and Antigenes). With Perdiccas dead, a treaty was concluded at Triparadisos which divided the empire among Alexandros' generals. Peace was not to last, however. Now war is being waged against Eumenes of Kardia (a follower of Perdiccas) and Antigonos Monophthalmos (the main power in Anatolia who has gotten a little too big for his britches). To the east, anarchy rules. Each Satrap rules his own little kingdom, while noone holds the reins of imperial power. An enterprising general could bring unity to the region once more, but the task will not be easy...



Here are the major players:
-The Basileion Antipatra (dark purple and black)
-The Basileion of Lysimachos (dark green and black)
-The Basileion of Eumenes (light purple and dark purple)
-The Arche of Antigonos (dark blue and black)
-The Arche of Seleukos (grey and dark red)
-The Basileion of Ptolemaios (I think you can figure this one out)
-The Satrapies of Phrataphernes (green and dark green)
-The Satrapies of Oxyartes and the Paktyans (maroon and yellow)
-The Massagetai (red and gold)
-The Hegemonia of Syrakousai (light blue)
-The rest of the factions are largely unchanged (except for some shifts in borders)

After 10 years of doing nothing as the Casse we end up with this....



I'm not sure I like what the Massagetai are doing up in the corner, but I'm quite happy with everyone else. In reality, Antigonos expanded east very quickly after 320 (but subsequently lost most of his holdings), so I may have to make the Antigonids a bit more powerful to recreate this pattern.

Although its not historical, I have to say I'm enjoying Syrakousai's expansion in the west.

Let me know what you think. I'll be posting later maps as I continue to test the campaign.

[Ignopotens]

I like the additional factions but I wish you'd dropped the Casse and kept the Hai, just personal preference, but yeah I'd love to see further developments of this

[Cyrus]

I love it! Seems very interesting, but have you got a name for this mod?

[Ravenfeeder]

@Teucer - looks interesting and I have a couple of comments, but please can you put this in its own thread in the EB modding sub-forum, rather than in this thread.

[Phalanx300]

Although its not historical, I have to say I'm enjoying Syrakousai's expansion in the west.

Let me know what you think. I'll be posting later maps as I continue to test the campaign.

Really nice minomod, I suggest that you make your own tread in the unofficial modding section!

And on Syracuse, it wouldn't be fun if you had to lose and win all the time at set dates would it? After the start of the game anything should be possible.

And of all the Greek poleis in Magna Greacia Syracuse probably had the biggest chance of becoming a super power, or well it even was for a while.

[General Appo]

Oh oh, I wanna play as Eumenes!

[Rilder]

Romani 200BC

Bactria expansion has slowed down somewhat from my last update, warfare mostly been confined to the Steppes fighting the Saka, and the Saba in Arabia. Oh yeah, Pahlava is dead if you didn't notice.

Bloody Makedons nearly conquered my Pontos :(

Been fighting a bloody war with makedon, given Makedon devastating defeats but each major battle forced my Consular army to retreat back to Roma for retraining. The legions in the area are forced to bring large contingents of Mercenary and Allied Troops to hold the line.

[miotas]

Baktria the year is 229BCE


the nation grows wealthy off the mines captured from those mighty warriors from beyond the Indus after over a decade of fighting. This was one decade ago now and the Basileus has now trusts them enough to let one of his nephews lead an army of these fearsome warriors, accompanied by the finest Hellenic Pezhetairoi and Hetairoi Kataphraktoi to subdue more of these rich indian lands.

The Hetairoi Kataphraktoi have already proven themselves many times against those foolish weaklings of Seleukeia who seek to have our rich lands as their own and they now wish to test themselves against those worthy foes of the Indus.

The Iron Lions of Baktria will have a difficult fight ahead of them but if they succeed they will bring untold honour upon themselves and their ancesestors and much wealth to the empire. Be brave mighty warriors, the hopes of the nation rest upon your strong shoulders

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