1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Tyrfingr]

Impressive, the Ptolies still holds Kilikia after 50 years into the game. Usually, if the Ptolies hold Kilikia at that time, they have either conquered half of the map, or has just defeated the AS.

[Olaf The Great]

232 BC
I have force diplomacy, but didn't use it.

I Like the expansion of all factions(except maybe Makedonia and Hayasdan)
Romani expansion into Germania is really out of the complicated alliances in Gaul, they recently encroached upon my German Province, sending a full stack full of Extraordinarii and Ligurians, basically the best stuff they had in the area. I somehow managed to scrap up a bunch of mercenaries, low end levies, and some Belgae spearmen.
I pretty much eviscerated the entire roman war machine, scoring multiple heroic victories with sad crappytastic troops.
At the same time a small army of about 4 Gaelich and Slingers took Masilia, and 2 huge armies are going around Iberia to invade them from the sea.

Best Expansion I've seen so far with Pontos, taking all of the coastal rebel cities and building up a great economy
Iberia is in great shape, with 3 Large cities and about 3 full-stack armies, I'm allied with them(when they invaded Gaul and declared war on Aedui it gave me a reason to take the entire northern coast. Not really sure why they haven't taken Baikor...

225 BC
The 3 armies invaded Italy at the same time, overwhelming the romans in about 2 years, would've been much faster if it weren't for their powerful and cheap armies that number in the tens of stacks...

The Lusotana managed to take even more of Gaul, declaring war on the Arverni and..giving me an excuse to eliminate them.
The Aedui managed to hold out a bit longer against The Arverni, Lusotana, roving Roman straglers, and of course me, through a rebellion and a lucky 16 year old sucessor in Tolosa, then of course the 2 main armies of the Luso's destroyed them.

[Subotan]

Romani
238 BC
EB v1.1

This is my 'Autoresolve all battles' campaign.

Woah. Don't be offended, but the Ai expansion is ugly

Getai, Epeiros and Pontos are beautiful. That KH expansion is nice and and irregular too (Just what you'd expect)

225 BC

Baktria's expansion is pretty sweet, if unorthodox.

[Olaf The Great]

Woah. Don't be offended, but the Ai expansion is ugly

Getai, Epeiros and Pontos are beautiful. That KH expansion is nice and and irregular too (Just what you'd expect)


Baktria's expansion is pretty sweet, if unorthodox.

I wish I could have kept the peace for a bit longer in Europe, but the Romans tend to steamroll everything once they declare war, so I was forced to blitz them.
But yes, perfect Epeiros, Pontos, and Getai, and the Getai are very powerful, full Komatai Epilektoi armies too.

I'm going to sack the hell out of Roma, then give it back to the Romans(I still have the #1 gov for them there) and make them a permanant one-province protectorate until the March of Time.

Min-Update Carthage declared War on me and are sending stack after stack of those badass Loricata and Mail-phracts at Emporion and Lusotana, and in some sheer move of idiocy Lusotana besieged Massalia.

Europes going to change colors again, I'm actually worried about my southern border, I don't have much time to retaliate, Iberia may or may not become white.

[Mediolanicus]

SPQR 226BC with BI

No FD used

[SwissBarbar]

nice gaul, nice sweboz, very nice pontos and promising makedonian expansion. i hope the Hay, Pontos, Baktria, Pahlava and Saba can withstand the Seleukids and expand furthermore

[Mediolanicus]

Rome 226 + BI, no FD used (and reposted because of new page [on my - default - settings])

nice gaul, nice sweboz, very nice pontos and promising makedonian expansion. i hope the Hay, Pontos, Baktria, Pahlava and Saba can withstand the Seleukids and expand furthermore

Macedon was down to Pella and Lesbos by 245. Epeiros and the Getai had taken all the rest, but then Macedon came back.
Now Epeiros are down to 2 settlements (Demetrios and Athena), although I had a hand in that by taking their Adriatic possesions.
It's a shame that the Getai lost 3 settlements to Macedon... They fell silent now.

Plus, I might put a stop to Macedon now. It's either that or taking Spain that is next on my list.

Pontos is still expanding, so they will hold on. Although the Seleucids and the Ptolies just signed a ceasefire so that the Seleucids might focus on Pontos alone.

Hay are going to the steppes. You just can't keep them away from there...

The Sauros started well but then 2 settlement rebelled to the Sweboz and they went braindead.

Pahlava has been losing some settlement to the Seleucids the last 2 decades.

Baktria is still growing.

[LordCurlyton]

I'm going to sack the hell out of Roma, then give it back to the Romans(I still have the #1 gov for them there) and make them a permanant one-province protectorate until the March of Time.

Note that Roma itself will not trigger the March of Time upon reaching Huge. Give them Arretium instead.

[Mediolanicus]

Note that Roma itself will not trigger the March of Time upon reaching Huge. Give them Arretium instead.

Unless you have MAA's city mod installed, that is.

[Subotan]

More nice Pontos expansion.

[LordCurlyton]

Unless you have MAA's city mod installed, that is.

I stand corrected but then I never used the city mod.

On other news...


I'm sure I don't need to tell you who I am.
Most of the progression has been fairly standard with a few notable exceptions, all of which are directly or indirectly related to my actions.
The first is that the Aedui are holding on and gaining ground mainly because I allied with them then allied with the Sweboz, which put them at peace. The Aedui and Sweboz are now allies themselves while I am no longer an ally of the Aedui. Next is the slow Baktrian demise after I gifted them my "at-risk" provinces. It finally came crashing down for them around 234 BC when the Pahlava stormed Baktra, then the Saka in 230 BCE after it revolted back to Baktria. Now they sit as the Saka's protectorate and I eagerly await the coming of the Saka *sarcasm*. After that we have the situation in Greece. I eliminated the KH mainly b/c I had no desire to see them grow by revolution and then had a brief war with the Maks in which we traded Sparta for Mytilene. Now the Maks sit at peace with the world, though I doubt it can lat too much longer as Epeiros blocks their expansion. Speaking of those green buggers....wow. I thought Rome was going to steamroll as by 260 BCE it had taken Corsica, Sardinia, the Balaeric Isles, all of Sicily, all of Italy, and was expanding along the coast into Spain. they had the Arveni as a 3 province protectorate and for a couple decades had Epeiros as a 6 or 7 province protectorate. Then it all started to unravel about 10 years ago. All those cities that normally would have revolted to the KH? Well now the went to Epeiros. Taras, Rhegion, and Syracuse all revolted in under a year to Epeiros, naturally canceling the protectorship. The cutting off of funds and troops from that area proved deadly as the Carthies wasted little time in seizing Corsica and Sardinia back, further crippling Roman income. Once the Carthies marched up the coast of Spain and began assaulting advance Roman positions, it was over. Unable to hold back the quadruple threat of Gauls, Greeks, Germans, and Africans the Romans have just collapsed and been split apart, with Epeiros being the big winner of the pie-grabbing contest.
We'll get to see if the Carthies can survive outside of Africa as I intend to drive them out now that they have begun the Sand Wars with me.
Other than that, fairly expected AI progression.

One question though: are the TAB a post-reform or post-March of Time unit. None of my L5 barracks that I have built will allow me to recruit them.

[Ibn-Khaldun]

I'm going to sack the hell out of Roma, then give it back to the Romans(I still have the #1 gov for them there) and make them a permanant one-province protectorate until the March of Time.

For some reason Rome doesn't trigger March of Time event. Romans need at least one other Italian settlement for that.

Edit: Gah! Should've read the rest of the posts in here before replying!

[Olaf The Great]

For some reason Rome doesn't trigger March of Time event. Romans need at least one other Italian settlement for that.

Edit: Gah! Should've read the rest of the post in here before replying!

Haha.

Well, thanks for the advice people, I'm probably going to give them capua or arrentium..bummer.

[Subotan]

I've started a Baktria game, and the Seleukids conquered Galatia, and it revolted Arveni by 269 BC.