1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[bobbin]

Now this is a really promising screenshot: Pahlava actually goes on to conquer Caucasian Albania and the Gerrha strip. This is, as far as Pahlavân progressions go quite a rarity. Especially the latter.

Thanks I've been especially happy with the faction progression in that game, heres a little update.

Romanoi 219bc

Pahlava have now full conquered the persian gulf and are heading toward india, they are allied with the Ptolemaioi and have Baktria as a protectorate.

Baktria has lost Baktra to the Saka and have now become a indo-greek kingdom, which is nice.

Also notice the Pontic expansion in the crimea, with the pounding their reciving from the Ptolemaioi I'm hoping they'll form their own version of the bosphorian kingdom once they lose anatolia.

Apart from that not much else to report, captured Ak-Ink and gave it to the getai (the first time i've done that in this game as i like to leave the factions to do their own thing).

[Berg-i-dum]

I'd be more concerned about the Getai.

Yep, they are my allies since the first years and they are doing his own empire living under my shadow hehe. But well I havent interest in Dacia for now and they can stop the Sarmatians and so, I dont think they will be a hard opponent.. but dunno, I have never fought them.

The long war in Asia is complicated and the campaing in Hispania has just started. The situation in Asia Minor is hard too, with Makedonians, Pontos, Hayasdan and some well defended Ptolemaioi cities. But Mesopotamia is open.

Suevi are allies too but I have already fortified the Rhin front hehe.

Next to Hispania I think i can try Britannia or go finally against Carthago.

[Berg-i-dum]

...And this is of course so messed up I can barely find the words for it. I have never seen Pahlava go this batshit crazy (Now, of course, we'll have to consider limiting them down to EB2, but it's still quite a sight to see them divide the world quite like this!)

I think It was the Seleucid fault hehe, they were destroyed really too fast by Ptolemei in the first decades. And well the Ptolomei became weak since they are fighting me in a long war, so Pahalava had "free field".

Dificult settings are H/M. May be i should have set VH/M.

[A Very Super Market]

A powerful Getai will put severe hurt on you romans. Bloody romps..

[Ravenfeeder]

Hai H/N bi.exe (just exe, no formations) with gold and silver modded to 4 and 2 respectively.

240bc


230bc


Early on Pontos took Mazaka and Ptolemaioi too Antioch, but AS took them back plus Tarsus and Side. AS and Ptolemaioi then declared peace and have remained that way since about 250bc.

From 240 to 230 AS and Pahlava have had a sort of armed truce, at war but not attacking each other.

Saka beat up Baktria early on, but didn't follow up their victories, although Baktria's recover by their insistance on repeatedly attacking the Saka rather than going for India.

Arverni and KH expansion quite interesting, although now that the Romani have taken Sicilia I'm not sure I fancy their chances.

Sauromatae took Kabalaka and Phraapsa early on, but the latter rebelled to me almost immediately.

[Tartaros]

do you prepare an orontid empire?

edit: is rhodos eleutheroi???

[Rilder]

do you prepare an orontid empire?

edit: is rhodos eleutheroi???

Looks Makedon.

Also, is that Seleukia in Kyrene?

[Ravenfeeder]

Yep, Makedon in Rhodos. Kyrene rebelled from KartHadast to Selukid. Krete is still Elutheroi despite having large stacks of both Makedon and KH wandering the island for years (without attacking each other).

[Rilder]

Romanoi 245 BC, normally would wait for 200ish before I posted a map but the eastern faction expansion is quite interesting.

Not to mention the Greek Triumvirate in Greece (and extending in to Asia Minor)

[Ravenfeeder]

It's nice that AS and Ptolemaioi are both still along old borders (apart from Tarsus). Are they still at war?

[Rilder]

As far as I know, haven't been paying much attention.

Epeiros is on the move north though, The Getai have been pushed north east, but Makedonia is on the move north too, Ambrakia got taken.

[Mediolanicus]

SPQR 162



The marian reforms have happened! Now it's time to take Spain and after that, time to start the Mithridatic Wars!

[Rilder]

Romanoi 245

Update:

238 BC, A tenuous peace dawns upon the Res Republica, in 240ish, with the Carthaginian fleet broken and the Roman fleet getting stronger every day Kart-Hadast abandons trying to Reclaim Corsica, ending the Punic war, this brings about the first peace in many years, in Cisalpine Gaul, the Aedui Confederacy make several attempts to take Segesta but fail and lose one of there best generals in a Pyhrric victory. (haha I lost a bridge defense) They soon agree to peace and turn back attention to removing the Averni Threat.

Greece:

Epeiros meets setbacks against Makedon and Pontos, losing Byzantion and Ambrakia, in response it signs an alliance with the Illyrian tribes at sword point and begins pushing north into Dacia in an attempt to gain more troops and profit from the north for its war against the Other Greek Nations.

In the north the Getai are driven north by the Epeirots and march against the Saurmotae, driving as far as Bosporion

Makedon holds her lines tight and even makes ground against Epeiros, but looses Rhodios.

The Koinon Hellenon also hold strong, and push against Makedon Phalanx and regains Rhodios, but the Ptolemaioi exploit the instability in the region and marches on Rhodios.

Pontos Drives west, marching against Epeiros and taking Byzantion.

In the East, Pahlava unites Bactria and the Hai against Seleukeia, The Anti-Seleukid pact drives forward as Babylon and Seleukeia falls.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Res Publica, public matter.

[Rilder]

I was elected to lead not to read >_>

Res Republica sounds better though, but look at the map not the text :p

[NickTheGreek]

I would argue that the expansion of the glorious SPQR is avery public matter indeed

[Ravenfeeder]

Continuation of Hai game above

220bc


Arverni threw Aeudi out of Gaul and mad the Swebox their bitches Protectorate and immediately went to war with the Romani. They've swapped Segesta and Massilia, but my money is on the Romani in the log run.

AS and Pahlava armed truce continues. Whoever incures the wrath of Pahlava is going to reap the whirlwind - they're frightning. Saba getting flattened by Ptolemaioi, only holding on due to revolts.

Pontic expansion entirely due to my efforts/generosity. KartHadast looked like they were building up nicely in Iberia, but are now at war with the Lusotannan and it doesn't look good for them.

[Marcus Ulpius]

217 BC, my Macedonian campaign

Lusos are ready to kick Quart-hadasht out of Iberia (as usual).
Aedui are creating an impressive western empire.
Romans are strangely quite. They are stuck in the war with Epiros, although they should have kicked them out of Italy long time ago. Even more strange is that they went north-east instead of northe west and appear to be stuck fighting huge multi-chevroned rebel armies, giving Aedui a chance to grow stronger. The future doesn't look bright for them at all.
Getae are trying to get their homeland back from me, but without any success.
Pahlava are fighting Bactria and AS and appear to be stuck.
AS are driven deep into Asia by my glorious phalanxes. They've even stopped trying to attack me and are doing something else elsewhere.
Bactria were on the receiving end of some heavy beating from Saka and now are fighting Saka, AS and Pahlava.
Saba are doing better than usual, but it's most likely because I've dealt with the Grey Death and the Yellow death.
Ptolies are fighting me. They've lost Syria and Judea. Soon they'll lose Palmira and the naval expedition to Alexandria in it's final stages of preparation.

[SwissBarbar]

Great Aedui expansion

[IrishHitman]

217 BC, my Macedonian campaign

Lusos are ready to kick Quart-hadasht out of Iberia (as usual).
Aedui are creating an impressive western empire.
Romans are strangely quite. They are stuck in the war with Epiros, although they should have kicked them out of Italy long time ago. Even more strange is that they went north-east instead of northe west and appear to be stuck fighting huge multi-chevroned rebel armies, giving Aedui a chance to grow stronger. The future doesn't look bright for them at all.
Getae are trying to get their homeland back from me, but without any success.
Pahlava are fighting Bactria and AS and appear to be stuck.
AS are driven deep into Asia by my glorious phalanxes. They've even stopped trying to attack me and are doing something else elsewhere.
Bactria were on the receiving end of some heavy beating from Saka and now are fighting Saka, AS and Pahlava.
Saba are doing better than usual, but it's most likely because I've dealt with the Grey Death and the Yellow death.
Ptolies are fighting me. They've lost Syria and Judea. Soon they'll lose Palmira and the naval expedition to Alexandria in it's final stages of preparation.

Why didn't you seize Italy?
It's richer than Dacia...

[JRG]

RTW exe Makedonia Campaign 255 BC:


The first couple of turns for Makedonia were very difficult for me. I was constantly on the brink of destruction, caught between Epeiros to the west and the KH to the south.
On turn 1, Phyrros took Pella (also killing Alkyoneus) so Antigonos had to go north to reclaim it. Then I went south back to Greece, and with great difficulty managed to secure it.

After a decade or so of peace, the Seleukids attacked Mytilene, and not wanting to get involved in Asia Minor yet, I ceded it for a ceasefire. As revenge, I got my spies to make it revolt and go Eleutheroi. Then the KH (who were still living on Rhodes) launched a naval invasion (On RTW exe!!) and captured it, then captured Krete too.
Seeing the resurgent Koinon Hellenon, I caused a revolt at Corinth to roleplay having difficulties securing Greece, but to my disappointment it just went rebel. Then, however, as I was laying seige to it, another KH army comes and seiges Sparta!


Also, the AS is going into Grey-Death mode, and the Aedui has secured almost all Gaul.

[Onehandstan]

Casse Campaign:

Changed the Casse to reddish-brown (because I can) and AS to olive. My Lusotanna campaign is near an end after I've beaten them back from Belgae and I have bitter war with the Qarthadastim to finish for the Italien Peninsula (I got to Rome first :p). AS are terrifying, the Makedonians have plenty of full stacks in the Balkans but instead of protecting their rich homeland they are instead using them to look at the getai menacingly from over their northern borders. Saka are also becomeing pretty big. Ever since about 264 BC the only provinces the Koinon Hellenon have gained have been from revolt.

[IrishHitman]

Casse Campaign:

Changed the Casse to reddish-brown (because I can) and AS to olive. My Lusotanna campaign is near an end after I've beaten them back from Belgae and I have bitter war with the Qarthadastim to finish for the Italien Peninsula (I got to Rome first :p). AS are terrifying, the Makedonians have plenty of full stacks in the Balkans but instead of protecting their rich homeland they are instead using them to look at the getai menacingly from over their northern borders. Saka are also becomeing pretty big. Ever since about 264 BC the only provinces the Koinon Hellenon have gained have been from revolt.

Care to explain Carthage?

[Lovejoy]

I like the green color on AS. I never liked the old light grey color.

Nice empire btw!

[Tartaros]

my hai-update 228bc
ptoly´s are going west, they look successfull
pontos is now in war with rome and macs

started my orontid-reform in susa and persepolis
short after that pic i conquered kydonia and rhodos and a stack is near edessa and halikarnassos

[Rilder]

Look at them Ptolemics.

[Onehandstan]

Care to explain Carthage?

They decimated Rome, taking as far up as bononia (but leaving Roma) at the same time the Romans were being destroyed by the lusoes in Gaul, it'kll be one hell of a fight to get the Italien peninsula but I'm starting to gain ground.

[IrishHitman]

They decimated Rome, taking as far up as bononia (but leaving Roma) at the same time the Romans were being destroyed by the lusoes in Gaul, it'kll be one hell of a fight to get the Italien peninsula but I'm starting to gain ground.

That'll be amusing..

[Hax]

MAKEDONIA - 205 BCE
No Force Diplomacy (save the switch of Pontos to Bosphoros)
No cheats
BI.exe



And here the mess in the west:

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Casse: United Britain. Woo. Hoo. Then went to sleep.
Aedui: Being killed by the Sweboz and Luso's at the moment, although they did manage to kill a lot of Arverni before the Sweboz decided it was enough. Having a new, interesting future in Venetia and Pannonia.
Arverni: Dying. Sloooooowly dying.
Lusotannan: Does not want to take Baikor for some mysterious reason. I think they like to annoy me with that sharp stingy white in the midde of a brown sea (politically incorrect post to be deleted!)
Sweboz: Deadly, huge, evil. Killing other barbaroi.
Getai: A bit sleepy at the moment, I think they're happy with the fact they've united the tribes.

Sauromatae: Nothing really special, enjoying the horses women of the steppes.
Saka-Rauka: First tried to be somewhat interesting by invading Seleukid lands, but then decided to return to their grassy nomad plains, where nobody is around to see them do things to horses.
Pahlava: Meh. Losing slightly against the Seleukids, though I wonder what will happen when the Seleukids lose their riches in the west. We'll see.

Arche Seleukeia: Involved in a three-way struggle against the Saka, Pahlava and myself. Oh yeah, and the Ptolemaioi, but who cares. They are too busy sending useless stacks to Rhodos and Alexandreia.
Ptolemaioi: Dying lalala dying dying dying soon dead.
Baktria: Sleepy, eh?

Koinon Hellenon: *tumbleweed*
Epeiros: Woohooo! Ever since I kicked them out of Epidamnos and Ambrakia they LIVED with the fact that they lost Epeiros and apart from three attempts to conquer Epidamnos, they're mostly contended with the dealings in Megale Hellas and Illyria to be really annoying me, I'll let them live for the time being. They were renamed to the Illyrioi and given a slightly different shade of green. I'm afraid they're losing to Kart-Hadast in Italy at the moment, but the tide may just change!

Romani: Well, they pretty much got raped by the Illyrians, the Karthaginians, the Aedui and the Lusotannan. Reduced to three settlements at the moment. They did manage to fix me the March of Time before they went! Woohoo for Hysteroi Pezetairoi!

Carthage: Shown on the map as Politeia Karchedonoi. Did some cool things in Iberia at first, even taking Baikor and Oxtraca; but then sadly got kicked out by the Lusitanian warmachine. Now they've conquered all of Sicily and are slaughtering Illyrians in Italy.
Saba: Brains...

Hayasdan: Brains...
Pontos: BRAINS! They are now known as the Basileion Bosphorou, who have a tendency to march armies all around the Black Sea to attack Amaseia. Weird people. Those pigspawn even bribed one of my new generals, who was underway to Sparta. Unreliable little -- *grumbles*

Makedonia: Me. United Hellas a bit, relaxed for a while, then took western Anatolia, finished off the KH, finished off Pontos, and now killing Ptolemaioi and Seleukidai!

Edit: I noted there is an inconsistency in the screenshots. In the first, Kart-Hadast did not take Taras yet, in the second they did. This is a result of the fact that I took the first screenshot in summer 205 and the second in autumn. Sorry.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

Nice empire, Hax. Gutenoi? Where does that derive from?