1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[anubis88]

as they said, i changed to the RS textures to have a fresh look at the game

[Mediolanicus]

The world: 150BC

1. Senatus Populusque Romanus, including the client kingdoms of Mauretania, Numidia and Odrysai, the indepentent city states of Massalia, Emporion, Syrakousai, Athenai and Kallatis, the tribal confederacy of Helvetian tribes, the Scordisci clan and the semi-autonomous regions of Lusitania, Galaecia, Celtiberia, Rhaetia, Noricum and Getia.
2. Confederacy of various Northern Iberian and Southern Celtic tribes.
3. Aedui Confederacy
4. The Treveri
5. Various British tribes
6. Various Belgae and Celto-Germanic tribes
7. Various Germanic tribes
8. Independent Boii tribes
9. independent Getae and their client Boii tribes
10. Maure and other Breber tribes
11. Garamantine Kingdom
12. The Military Alliance of the city states of Olbia and Pantikapaion and subjagated Scythian tribes
13. The Steppe Satrapy of Tanais
14. Sauromatae, Roxolani, Yancai, Aorsi and free Crimean Scythian tribes
15. Kingdom of Pontos, including the allied city states of Mytilene, Rhodos, Pergamon and Halikarnossos and the client states of Syria, Phoinike, Ioudaia and Palmyra
16. The Satrapy of Lazona
17. Parthian Empire
18. City State of Seleukeia
19. Ptolemaic Empire
20. Kingdom of Saba and client kingdom of Nabataia
21. Kingdom of Baktria, including the client kingdom of Sind and the Saka client tribes
22. Yuezhi and Wusun steppe tribes

[penguinking]

Really cool expansion- you'll get great Pontic and Persian wars. Did you aid either of them in any way?

[Tyrfingr]

The possibility for The Mithridatic Wars is great, go for it!

[Mediolanicus]

Really cool expansion- you'll get great Pontic and Persian wars. Did you aid either of them in any way?

I helped Pontos a bit indirectly by raiding along the Nile and thus weaking the Ptolies.
They did the rest on their own.

Right now I'm playing a defensive war against Pontos, but once I've secured my border with the Aedui, the Pontic war will really kick off!

[Elcmar]

Seleucid Campaign Winter 270bc


Decided to simulate an early collapse of the Arche, RP'd that Antiochus Soter kind of went a little senile in his old age and made some really bad decisions which basically lost most of the empire and alienated most of the old client kingdoms (let everything but antiocheia rebel at the start). Antiochus II (Theodorus) now rules in all but name - keeping the father stuck in Antiocheia, and am starting to re-assert Syrian influence (taken Damaskos and Galatia). Looking forward to progressing with this campaign

[Hotseat_User]

hehe, Elcmar - quiete an interesting idea but i wonder how much dept you will be in about 10years ...

[Karo]

Here's my Hayastan campaign in 217BC

the Yellow death has almost crushed the Selceudics, that's why I'm kicking their ass very hard now so they'll learn their place.
The AI in Europe is doing really awesome only Eiporos has been destroyed the rest of ht efctions are alive and kicking.

I've to say I'm now sharing a border with pontos, Makedonia and HS for a decade or so and they still haven't attacked me very weird. And Pontos being my ally hasn't back stabbed me yet.

[Elcmar]

hehe, Elcmar - quiete an interesting idea but i wonder how much dept you will be in about 10years ...

Heh i've already had to give myself some debt-clearing money just to keep the story going, but things are picking up, albeit slowly - the ptolies were nice enough to offer me a ceasefire, trade rights, and some mnai - probably felt sorry for me Also helps that i'm keeping a small enough army at the moment - making full use of the native phalanxes and peltastai!

[Elcmar]

Seleucid Campaign Winter 270bc


Decided to simulate an early collapse of the Arche, RP'd that Antiochus Soter kind of went a little senile in his old age and made some really bad decisions which basically lost most of the empire and alienated most of the old client kingdoms (let everything but antiocheia rebel at the start). Antiochus II (Theodorus) now rules in all but name - keeping the father stuck in Antiocheia, and am starting to re-assert Syrian influence (taken Damaskos and Galatia). Looking forward to progressing with this campaign

Now at 248bc in that campaign



Theodorus has been busy!

Well this is what happens when you leave a huge power vacuum in the east

Pahlava, Baktria, Hayasdan, and the Saka - Pahlava, Baktria and Hayasdan were quick to gobble up all of the former AS territories, i'm currently engaged in a guerrilla war with Hayasdan around Assyrie - they seem content to maul themselves attacking me over the bridge in the south of the province.

Ptolemaioi - was at peace with them until the mid 260's or so when they decided to send a halfstack to besiege antiocheia, it's taken until now to push them out of anatolia completely and further south in egypt (though they could undo all my hard work in egypt quite quickly because my mostly machimoi army is fairly depleted and i'm low on cash)

Asia Minor - Used my Galatian client king and his army to secure most of the 'spare' rebel towns, the Galatikoi during the Ptolemaioi war. The KH, in their infinite wisdom, decided to attack me on Krete, the turn after my 3/4 stack landed back in Lydia - ended up taking Sparte from the KH and RPing it as an independent allied city state to the AS.

Hellas - Epeiros (in blue) are dominant, although the Makedones have several fullstacks maintaining the current status quo. The Makedones (my long time allies) also own Rhodos and have a stack of crap sitting around there.

Elsewhere - The Sweboz are slowly massing stacks - as usual. My allies the Aedui are winning in Gaul and successfully holding off the Romani. The Carthies are expanding in Africa, and declaring war/ceasefiring with the Romani every other turn

Right. I think i should shut up now