1.x AI Faction Progression Thread

**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

**Horatius Flaccus** · 12-04-2009, 20:31

Wow, nice - surprising - expansion. Especially the Koinon ofcourse.

**SwissBarbar** · 12-05-2009, 21:59

Update
Safot Softim biQuarthadast
165 BC
VH/M

The news:

The Romani. Too long have they crossed our borders and raided our towns and villages. Too many men have died because of their pride. But pride always goes before a Elephants. Their walls have collapsed due to the warcries of our warriors. Their skies have darkened over the smoke of victory. Their people has been vanquished and enslaved. The Romani are no more.

The enemy alliance. When the dust of the great war against the Romani has abated, our people was known as the most powerful empire under the eyes of Baal-Hammon. Emissaries from all corners of the world have come to Quart-Hadast and have bowed before the might of your people. But dark clouds approach from the east. The still powerful Ptolemaioi, enemies of old, have gathered a strong confederacy. The Koinon Hellenon and the Pahlava joined forces with the Ptolemaioi and with each other, and now try to bring us to our knees. Supported by Pahlavan money, the Koinon Hellenon attack our possessions in Europe and the Ptolemaioi those in Africa. But we are battle-tested like no other people in the world. Our Generals have ravaged in Egypt, have burned fields, annihilated cities and brought home 100'000 slaves from Alexandreia alone. Soon our great fleet will be ready to sail the greatest army the world has ever seen to Egypt, and when we have finished there will be no Ptolemaioi in Africa anymore.

The friends. But not all peoples as eager to go to death like our enemies. The strong and wild tribes in the north, the fearsome Sweboz and the again strengthening Arverni are supporting us in our war against the Koinon Hellenon. And in the east the proud and venerable Saba are fighting the superior Ptolemaioi for over one century and are still not broken.

Ye gods, give us the wisdom to honor you, give us the courage not to fail in battle and give us the strength to subject our enemies, and we will sacrifice their children to you, and you shall be satisfied.

**athanaric** · 12-09-2009, 04:58

Senatus Populusque Romanus, 222 BC, VH/M.

Current reform level:

Time of Soldiers
March of Time
Polybian Reforms (229/228 BC)

Epeiros will be the first faction to snuff it. They were fun for a while, fielding large armies with Chaonion Agema, Thraikioi Rhomphaiaphoroi, Molosson Agema and even Elephants. Then they decided to assassinate one of my generals. This of course requires their extermination.

Aedui are surprisigly tenacious. They even reconquered some provinces from the Swêboz.

Arverni are my most active enemies, fielding decent armies with Solduros, Neitos, Arjos, and other interesting units.

Hayasdan is looking forward to serious trouble with Suebi loyalists. Totally wacky epansion.

Baktria required a lot of babysitting on my behalf. Even now, they are beset by Seleukid forces.

Pahlava isn't doing great, either.

Casse are quite active, surprisingly.

The Getai just decided to betray me. Brilliant idea.

Here's my first and, as of yet, only Triumphator, an excellent S/C/V character:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

He was born an Arverni. I can provide more screens if you don't believe me.

**The Celtic Viking** · 12-09-2009, 08:48

My Arverni Campaign

234 BCE:

No special development by any AI faction that I can see, with the exception of Makedonia perhaps. They've taken both the KH and Epeirote homelands, and are expanding into Mikra Asia as well (which the KH has done as well, possibly through rebellion?).

222 BCE:

While I have been busy fighting off the Romans and the Sweboz, Lusotannan have conquered Iberia and crept up on me from behind. Aedui are down to their last settlement, while the Epeirotes have made a small comeback, taking Pella again. Saba expands north, AS takes Alexandreia and Carthage wins the battle over Sicily.

215 BCE:

Finally 215 BCE and the Lusotannans' holdings in Gaul have been divided by me after they decided to attack and take Avaricum. This is also after I made my raid on Roma, which caused so much problems for the Romani that they got completely conquered by Carthage. Sweboz forced to accept a peace treaty for the return of a couple Germanic settlements I had taken.

Makedonia won the battle over Greece, and the Epeirotes are done. Their holdings in Mikra Asia remain the same. Pontos, however, have expanded a little more on the expense of AS, who's lost territory to the KH, but are otherwise pushing back against Pahlava and still holding Alexandreia. Ptolemaioi have kicked back Sab'yn and conquered all territory south of Alexandreia.

Oh, and I also had a brief encounter with the Getai, in which I got Ak-Ink, but no other changes have been made. I also believe the Getai accepted to become protectorates under Sweboz rule shortly before this picture. (If not, it was shortly after it.)

210 BCE:

I have completely conquered T. Gaul and in doing so gained a peace with Lusotannan, while Carthage have stabbed both me and the Aedui in the back. Aedui have once again been pushed back to their last settlement.

Otherwise, it remains much the same since 215 BCE. Makedonia expands further in Mikra Asia, Pahlava and AS both lose and take territories from each other, and Saka Rauka are breaking down on Baktria.

202 BCE:

Aedui have been defeated, and I have accepted a cease fire with the Carthaginians, who gained Bononia in the war. I haven't expanded much since, living mostly in peace until the Makedonians decided to make for Segestica. I then took Illyria down to Ambrakia, and in exchange of not destroying the wonder and giving Ambrakia back, I managed to get back Ambrakia (which they had bribed) and a peace. As soon as I left Ambrakia and they had it under control, they attacked me again in violation of the peace. Must raid Pella.

In Mikra Asia, the Makedonians have had more success, making it as far as Antiocheia. The AS, while beating back the Pahlavans, are having a hard time with the Ptolemaioi and Makedonians working on them in the west.

**Marcus Ulpius** · 12-12-2009, 23:17

Update from my Seleucid campaign:

it's year 193

Previous maps:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Campaign in India is finished. Bactria lost common border with Saka and didn't find better thing to do than to attack me. They paid the price for that. Campaign against Hayasdan in its final stages. They were pushed out of their homeland into the cold void of the steppes. Saka will most likely be my next target and that should bring the East under the full control of the Seleucid king.

AI:

Romani are winning their war against the Lusos. Rome slowly but steadily becoming a superpower.
Lusos are losing to the Rpmani and they also lost a coastal town to Carthadahst, hard to tell if it was a naval invasion or rebellion.
Arverni - surrendered to SPQR and became the protectorate.
Sweboz - busy fighting immortal armies of Satres.
Geate - their expansion stopped for some reason and they even allowed weak Epiros to take two towns from them without any response.
Macedonia - made peace with KH and are desperately trying to take Byzantion back from me.
KH - attacked Epirotes. They have quite significant forces stationed in Greece and if they use only a fraction of those, Epirotes should be crushed.
Carthadasht - they refuse to make peace with me, but they also don't attack.