1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[LordCurlyton]

Step 1: Wait until, or lure away, the big uber army.
Step 2: Spies
Step 3: No-turn siege
= Victory! Deal with the scary stack as you will; it won't lay siege to you.

[gamegeek2]

Where exactly is EB installed on your computer? Download the file to your desktop, then copy/paste it to EB/saves

I actually defeated the stack in an actual battle (somewhere a page or two back, its in a thread called "Lugii Rhesus Defender" and took the city, I sent a unit to defeat the respawned fullstack using auto_win, to make things fair on me).

[Mediolanicus]

SPQR 190BC



I saved the KH from destruction by giving them Byzantion 1 turn before Epeiros captured their last city.
I gave Casse settlement in Belgium back in 220BC and look at them now, they are fighting a fullstack war with Sweboz now.
Talking about the Sweboz, After I drove them back 230-220BC across the Alps and gave those settlements to the Arverni and Casse they've been quiet. Now, suddenly turning up out of nowhere, they are laying siege to Buridava and Sigudunum (sp.).

Pahlava is doing great!!! Seleukies won't last that long anymore, I'm afraid.
Baktria is starting to eat up Saka, they are allied to Pahlava.
The Ptolies are beginning to push back Pontos, I don't like that...

[Rilder]

Mediolanicus, do I see some mithridatic wars in the making?

[Mediolanicus]

Mediolanicus, do I see some mithridatic wars in the making?

That's the main reason why I don't want the Ptolies to become too strong. Taking Greece is my first priority and I don't want to see Pontos dying a horrible yellow death in the meantime.
I may attack Syria first and give that back to the Seleucids.
Besides Pontos has been an ally since ~260, so I better make up a good reason to attack them.

[SwissBarbar]

what a beautiful map that is

[Chris_]

That's the main reason why I don't want the Ptolies to become too strong. Taking Greece is my first priority and I don't want to see Pontos dying a horrible yellow death in the meantime.
I may attack Syria first and give that back to the Seleucids.
Besides Pontos has been an ally since ~260, so I better make up a good reason to attack them.

I had a similar thing happen in my Luso campaign, so I sent out 2 armies to ruin the Ptolies front lines. It worked well, and the other factions have retaken Asia Minor and I have temporarily taken control of Egypt, and am working on getting rid of the yellow death elsewhere. When it's all over, I'll just leave it to them, however I'm having to hold settlements rather than letting them rebel because they just go back to being Ptolemaic (with thousands of Apeluetheroi)

[Mediolanicus]

That's why I want to give a few regions to the Seleucids. No Apeleutheroi! All those cities have MIC's that the Seleucids can use too.

But first I need to repell the Sweboz and pacify Greece.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

SPQR 190BC

Wow, you can have your Gallic, Mithradatic and Parthian War.

[IrishHitman]

SPQR 190BC



I saved the KH from destruction by giving them Byzantion 1 turn before Epeiros captured their last city.
I gave Casse settlement in Belgium back in 220BC and look at them now, they are fighting a fullstack war with Sweboz now.
Talking about the Sweboz, After I drove them back 230-220BC across the Alps and gave those settlements to the Arverni and Casse they've been quiet. Now, suddenly turning up out of nowhere, they are laying siege to Buridava and Sigudunum (sp.).

Pahlava is doing great!!! Seleukies won't last that long anymore, I'm afraid.
Baktria is starting to eat up Saka, they are allied to Pahlava.
The Ptolies are beginning to push back Pontos, I don't like that...

I hope you have a large diplomatic corps, because you could be forced into a NINE front war.
Or even a TEN front war if the Casse come south via that independent region.

[Mediolanicus]

Lusotann and the Getai have been friendly for the last 30 years or so. The Aedui have been bordering me since 260BC and are still ignoring me (I took Mediolanum and the Alpine cities from the Sweboz).

Chartage is a problem though. They recently captured Kirta with a fullstack and are laying seige to Atiqa with another.
I'm my main front is in Greece against Epeiros at the moment.

I just signed a ceasefire with Sweboz after their 5 unsuccesful attemps to capture Buridava and Tylis. The cities' garrizons can manage the threat.

Arverni, Macedon in Olbia and KH are no threat to me either. They are weak and when they decide to attack me a halfstack should enough to destroy them if I want.


I wonder what Pahlava and Baktria are going to do now. They've both taken that last patch of other faction and they are building up their armies. I wonder which way they'll go.
Pontos has gained some ground from the Ptolies, but the Seleucids look quite dead.

[gamegeek2]

I guess the Aedui are still pacifistic?

[IrishHitman]

Lusotann and the Getai have been friendly for the last 30 years or so. The Aedui have been bordering me since 260BC and are still ignoring me (I took Mediolanum and the Alpine cities from the Sweboz).

Chartage is a problem though. They recently captured Kirta with a fullstack and are laying seige to Atiqa with another.
I'm my main front is in Greece against Epeiros at the moment.

I just signed a ceasefire with Sweboz after their 5 unsuccesful attemps to capture Buridava and Tylis. The cities' garrizons can manage the threat.

Arverni, Macedon in Olbia and KH are no threat to me either. They are weak and when they decide to attack me a halfstack should enough to destroy them if I want.


I wonder what Pahlava and Baktria are going to do now. They've both taken that last patch of other faction and they are building up their armies. I wonder which way they'll go.
Pontos has gained some ground from the Ptolies, but the Seleucids look quite dead.

The Getai always find some excuse to attack me (when I'm Makedonia), I don't see why it would be different for you... The Lusotann territory is rich in mines, not taking it would be a mistake.

My point is to be careful is all.
AI factions declare war for no reason at all quite often.

[Marcus Ulpius]

Romani campaign 221BC:




The Aedui, Arverni and Sweboz are not fighting each other any more. Instead, Sweboz and Aedui are fighting me, which puts my Northern border on fire. Sweboz are sending small stacks to Aventicum, while Aedui are sending their elite stacks to Massilia and were close to taking the city once or twice. They've also sent a surprise naval attack against Quart-Hadashtim and took Balearic Islands My primary front is the Luso war and they are starting to show signs of breaking which is good - I need those legions against Aedui.

In the East I'm fighting Epiros who managed to take Dalminion and right now I can't spare more troops to retake it without compromising my defenses in Greece. Getae were very ineffective in fighting the Epirotes and are slowly losing. KH are my allies and are very weak. They get new towns only by rebellions and can't hold them for long. Maks got themselves in trouble with the Grey Death and are... well, dying. Same goes for Pontos. Pahlava and Bactria are trampled into the dust by the phalanxes. Saka doing nothing important.

The only power who can probably make some progress against the Grey Death is the Yellow Death who made a comeback in Syria and took Antioch.

Qart-Hadasht - dormant after the loss of Balears and Iberian territories, they sometimes go to war against the Ptolies over Kyrenaika, but soon make peace after it rebels back to Eleutheroi (sp).