1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

**XSamatan** · 11-23-2009, 22:00

My new AS campaign:

Houserules:
garrison all towns with 5 units of Kleroucoi Phalangitai; strongholds/strategical important places with 10; important cities with phalangitai and elites
have at all costs in every sea at least one strong fleet; in the ageis and against the ptolemaioi have uber-fleets (mine is bigger than yours style)
don't destroy any factions, better send them in exile
do not conquer the steppe, if they come and attack do some punitive expeditions
do not conquer India, only if Baktria has it already
build,build,build
just 2 offensive armies (leader+heir) with max 4 elites and rest successor style
all rules apply only if the money is available

this restrains me from getting to powerful (have you ever invaded the parthians with just one levy army...that is NOT fun)

The known world in 265:

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I gathered all available forces to two points, Antiocheia and Hekatompylos, so leader in the west and heir in the east can lead their armies. Conquering the Ptolemaioi holdings in Cilicia and in the Levante is no great thing, more challenging was the re-occupation of Asaak, the Parthians beat me there as my main army was on the way to Nisa.
Any other factions like normal, some braindead.

at 260

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In the west I conquered some holdings at the bosporus, in the east much fighitngs with the saka and a peace treaty (by FD) with the Parthians who had just a very small army left. The Saka accepted my peace+tribute as soon as Bartix attacked them too.
Romans and Sweboz are good expanding and the hay are on the move and standing good against the sauros who are getting beaten by the Getai

at 255

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I had to kill Pontos....all Pontic FM's created a repeatable CTD and I wasn't able to fix that....

Batrix is on their way to become a real threat....until this no sign of their units near our borders, but that is just a question of time...with the end of the expansion in the east my Leader is on his way to Seleukeia to punish some illoyal FM's who gained some traits like "Ateleia", "Proxenos Under Suspicion" or "Purchases Loyality" which is cutting my income

XSamatan

**athanaric** · 11-25-2009, 03:23

Baktria, H/M, 1.2

250 BC

240 BC

Have any of you guys ever seen anything like this? Saba, of all factions, sieging Antiocheia in 240 BC! Moreover, they actually took the city - after they had already taken Babylon.

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Otherwise, the AS was strangely peaceful (apart from foiled assassination attempts). When they attacked after 240 BC, they found me ready with reformed bodyguards, Elephants, and heavy HAs. I've actually been able to bribe four provinces, which is rather decadent at such an early stage in the game. Perversely, I'm also allied to the Saka and they haven't attacked yet! Go figure...

My apologies for the ugly white frames.

Update 221 BC - Caius Iulius Caesar found!!!

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He appears to be an unimportant admiral blocking the port of Syrakousai. Pahlava is still allied to me.

**XSamatan** · 11-25-2009, 04:20

Update to my AS campaign:

250

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I disbanded my armies and started to build up my economy and military infrastructure.
The Ptolies aare attacking Hierosolyma more and more often, but they stopped after I captured Alexandreia and Memphis and gave it for peace back to them.
Baktria is winning ground against the saka, autoresolving prefers phalanxes against HA's.
Rome made the aedui ther vasalls, nice expanding with elites after elites

245

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Baktria conquers a province and then it rebels back...this way the saka are coming back and also the parthians attacked baktria, lets see who will win this war in the end

240

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lusos, carthies and romans are beating the crap out of the poor arverni, they will not make it long. The cimmerian kingdom is beginning to be built!

XSamatan

**Jebivjetar** · 12-01-2009, 13:55

Pahlava, 148BC

**Horatius Flaccus** · 12-01-2009, 15:50

Nice, Sweboz creating a Baltic empire.

**Titus Marcellus Scato** · 12-04-2009, 18:52

Has anyone ever seen the Sweboz invade Britain?

**SwissBarbar** · 12-04-2009, 19:02

Safot Softim biQuarthadast
187 BC
VH/M

I play Carthage, have conquered the western part of northern Africa, have reconquered Messana and Sicily from the Romans and all of Spain is mine. If you want to read more about the epic war Carthage vs Roma, please read the closer look to the situation here: Epic War - Carthage vs. Roma

But it's not about me, look and enjoy this wonderful AI Progression.

The Koinon Hellenon have founded a powerful empire by exterminating Epeiros and Makedonia and sucessfully fighting the Hay in the east (who had conquered great parts of Anatolia !!!) and by pushing back the Aedui in the west (who had conquered great parts of Illyria !!!) and now fighting the Romani in Italy

The Ptolemaioi have coquered huge parts of the former Arche Seleukeia, but could not exterminate the Saba, with whom they're at war ever since. They are losing the war against the Koinon Hellenon for Anatolia at the moment and regularly trying to conquer Lepki from me

The Aedui, once being most powerful empire in the whole world (!!) for ca. 20 years, are now being pushed back by the Sweboz and the Koinon Hellenon.

The Sweboz have forced the Sauromatae to be their client kingdom

The Pahlava, Baktria and Saka Rauka are fighting each other, making it quite easy to the Ptolemaioi to expand in the east.

The Getai once ruled more lands southwards of their current southern border, but have been pushed back by the Koinon Hellenon.

The Casse haven't had contact to anyone outside Britannia