1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[Lovejoy]

KH 253BC (alex .exe)



I am besieging what's rest of Epeiros and the eastern most Pontic city.

The AI has been VERY smart and fun in this game.

I really like how things have played out. In the beginning AS was very active in asia minor. When I had kicked Mac out of greece, they had captured most of it. Except Pergamon(rebel), Lesbos(owned by Mac) and the Pontic cities.

I didnt like AS dominating asia minor, but didnt want war, so I trained a team of expert spies, and was able to delay their progress causing disorder. AS didnt like that, so they attacked and captured Byzantion(owned by me). But at that time I had build a large army with who I landed in Asia minor and captured Halikarnassos. Now, much of asia minor was undefended, so they agreed on peace in exchange of Byzantion to me.

A few, 5 years later the AS attacked again. They once again captured Byzantion. I moved my army, killed a large stack outside Sardis and captured the city. And I send new stack to recapture Byzantion. The AS saw they were fucked. So I asked for peace in exchange of Byzantion AND Ipsos. They agreed. I was shocked.

And so the KH vs AS wars ended.

[Lovejoy]

KH 253BC (alex .exe)

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.

To go east and west at the same time proved to be difficult. The Romans are tough. But the Syracuse Army just had a crushing victory against them outside Arpi - so things look better. The Spartan Army is under siege by the Romans in Capua.

Back east the Athenai/Rhodos army just captured Tarsos from the AS.

I am allies with the Ptolemaioi.

Comments?! :P


Desert: I would LOVE if my Pahlava faction could get that huge. :O

[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.