1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

[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!

[IrishHitman]

Northern Front (Formerly the Getic Front):
The Getai hold one settlement after a massive pincer offensive with combined Macedonian and steppe forces. Meanwhile, the Germans seized the rebel settlements that I didn't. Furthermore, Sarmatian raids have started, but are easily repulsed. Due to the German and Sarmatian threats, I have to keep three large armies in the former Getic homeland.

Western Front:
The Lusotann attacked as predicted, and the Alps have turned into the Battle of the Somme.
Constant battles and sieging of Segesta in a complete stalemate are the order of the day.
This stalemate will soon be broken, as I have sent both Macedonian and steppe armies to the front.
The steppe forces have just entered the Italian province, and the Macedonian forces are in Illyria nearby. I expect to take Massalia within three seasons.

Eastern Front:
Captured Antioch and Sidon from AS, two turns after they took them from the Ptollies.
Lost them to rebellion two years afterwards after I failed to reinforce them.
Mazaka was taken by a fullstack Pontic army after a long, crippling series of sieges by AS.
Another wave of armies is being trained in the Eastern Aegean regions at present to take Pontus down, as the AS threat is now minimal, thanks to Pontic and Hai actions.

Elsewhere:
Ptollies and Carthage are locked in a titanic war in Africa, as the screenshot shows.
Saka, Parthia and Bactria are in stalemate with only the AS benefitting.
The Saba are strangely stagnant, which is weird considering that my diplomats spot Saba armies as deep as Babylon on a regular basis.

[athanaric]

IrishHitman:

How did the Swêboz capture Eburonum?? Did you help them or did the "roving defender" commit suicide? I've never yet seen any faction (except myself playing Swêboz) seize Eburonum.

[schlappi]

After a long time of EB absence, i tried a KH campaign

My main roleplay objective is to support the free poleis. When Emporoion and Halikarnassos rebelled, i shipped forces there to secure their "independant" status. On one such voyage, a large force got stranded on sicily, revenging hiero of syracuse and just now took lilibeo, after defeating numerous carthagian armies. PLayed on VH/H, every battle is quite costly, especially against those damn elite phalanxes.



Standings in 219 bc:
(currently at war with carthage in iberia, ptolemaic egypt in asia minor and hayasdan over trapezous)

[Elcmar]

After a long time of EB absence, i tried a KH campaign

My main roleplay objective is to support the free poleis. When Emporoion and Halikarnassos rebelled, i shipped forces there to secure their "independant" status. On one such voyage, a large force got stranded on sicily, revenging hiero of syracuse and just now took lilibeo, after defeating numerous carthagian armies. PLayed on VH/H, every battle is quite costly, especially against those damn elite phalanxes.

Standings in 219 bc:
(currently at war with carthage in iberia, ptolemaic egypt in asia minor and hayasdan over trapezous)

Sounds like a pretty cool campaign - i'm liking the AI expansion too

[schlappi]

Update, Map in 211 b.c.

Rome took Syracuse and Lilibeo from me and Carthage steamrolled the iberian peninsula, including my well-sized and decently defended polis of Emporoion. It will be a long time before i can take revenge, since i am busy fighting Macedon (side by side with my allies, the Epirotes), Pontos, Hayasdan and Ptolemaic Egypt.



Playing the last eight years took longer than the whole game before and every battle takes careful planning to minimize losses of remote armies.

[IrishHitman]

IrishHitman:

How did the Swêboz capture Eburonum?? Did you help them or did the "roving defender" commit suicide? I've never yet seen any faction (except myself playing Swêboz) seize Eburonum.

I didn't help them.

I have a theory regarding how they were able to take it...
The Swezboz didn't have to deal with the Aedui/Arverni as they were too busy with themselves, my Italian armies, and the Lusotann (whom Gaul eventually fell to). They've built up a large amount of stacks that just walk around picking off random independent settlements in their path.

[bobbin]

Previous Update :195bc

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Pontos 183bc

Continued my invasion of egypt, hoping to take the rest of their settlements in the south and leave the western ones as a buffer state. After that i plan to raise an army in ethiopia and launch a punitive expedition against the Saba who have been attacking my cities in the Levant.
Currently also at war with the Arche, who seem content with fighting the Pahlava (with neither getting anywhere) and have left me alone and the Sewboz who sent a stack from Gawjam Bastarnoz to attack Kallatis, my army form Chersonesos responded quickly and those silly unarmoured northmen were slaughtered by my massed Bosphorian archers. I am currently marching north to capture the city teach them a lesson.

The only other thing of note is the Lusotann who are tearing into the Romanoi at a frightening pace. Not looking forward to confronting them.

[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